Top-3 medal count:
USA, 31 (10 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze)
China, 31 (19 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze)
South Korea, 13 (6 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze)
Long Beach State watch:
Women’s indoor volleyball:
USA def. Japan, 3-1 (25-20, 20-25, 25-19, 25-21)
Cuba def. USA, 3-0 (25-15, 26-24, 25-17)
USA def. Venezuela, 3-1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 25-18)
Women’s beach volleyball:
Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh def. Chiaki Kusuhara/Mika Saiki – Japan (21-12, 21-15)
Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh def. Tamara Larrea/Dalixia Fernandez – Cuba (21-15, 21-16)
Men’s indoor volleyball:
USA def. Venezuela, 3-2 (25-18, 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 15-10)
USA def. Italy, 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21)
Softball:
USA def. Venezuela, 11-0 (5-inning mercy rule)
USA def. Australia, 3-0 (Cat Osterman no-hitter)
Highlights from Beijing:
Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history — Winter or Summer Games — with his 10th and 11th career gold medals, surpassing Carl Lewis, Mark Spitz, Larysa Latynina and Paavo Nurmi, all of whom won nine. He’s also 5-for-5 with three events remaining in Beijing on his quest to break Spitz’ record of seven gold medals in a single Games.
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won a silver medal but faltered in the final event, handing host China its first team gold in women’s gymnastics.