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Cavaliers at Paris 2024 Olympics - Daily Recap
We will update this page daily with a recap of all of the Cavaliers competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
FINAL MEDAL COUNT – 14
GOLD – 7
SILVER – 5
BRONZE – 2
Gretchen Walsh (USA Swimming): 2 Gold, 2 Silver
Kate Douglass (USA Swimming): 2 Gold, 2 Silver
Paige Madden (USA Swimming): 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Emma Weber (USA Swimming): 1 Gold
Emily Sonnett (USA Soccer): 1 Gold
Pien Dicke (Netherlands Field Hockey): 1 Gold
Heidi Long (Great Britain Rowing): 1 Bronze
Saturday, August 10 – Women’s Soccer
Emily Sonnett won gold with the U.S. Women’s National Team as the American side ascended the podium for the top spot for the first time since the 2012 Olympics in London. Sonnett and the USWNT defeated Brazil 1-0 on a second-half goal from Mallory Swanson.
Sonnett is now a two-time medalist as she earned bronze with the USWNT in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Friday, August 9 – Field Hockey
Pien Dicke won gold with the Netherlands field hockey team, becoming the first Olympic medalist in program history. Dicke had been a reserve on the team but was moved up to the active roster for the gold medal game after one of the Dutch players suffered a broken nose in the semifinals.
Dicke played significant minutes in the game in which China jumped out to an early lead, scoring in the first seven minutes of play. The Netherlands tied the match with just under nine minutes left in regulation. With the score tied 1-1 at the end of 60 minutes, the two teams went into a tiebreaker, which the Dutch won 3-1 to take the gold.
Friday, August 9 – Track & Field
Andrenette Knight helped the Jamaican 4×400 Relay advance to Saturday’s final. The team will be seeded fourth after winning their heat. Knight, who made her Olympic debut, had a 51.69 on her split. The team DQed in the final and did not register a finish.
Wednesday, August 7 – Track & Field
Jordan Scott was the last of the Cavaliers track & field athletes to compete, taking part in the qualifier for the triple jump. He registered a 16.36, finishing ninth in his group and 24th overall. Only the top 12 performers advanced to the final.
This was Scott’s first time competing at the Olympics, representing Jamaica.
Tuesday, August 6 – Women’s Soccer
The Cavaliers are guaranteed to add one more medal to its tally after the US Women’s Soccer Team defeated Germany 1-0 in the semifinals to book their ticket to Saturday’s gold-medal match. For the second straight match, it took extra time to decide the game with Sophia Smith scoring the game-winner in the 95th minute.
Emily Sonnett checked into the game to start the second half, playing 75 minutes.
The US team will be playing in the final for the first time since 2012, facing either Brazil or Spain on Saturday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. ET.
Monday, August 5 – TRACK & FIELD
Bridget Williams finished 12th in her group and 22nd overall in the prelims of the pole vault. The first time Olympian cleared heights of 4.20m and 4.40m, but failed to clear 4.55m and did not advance to the finals.
The Cavaliers have one final athlete competing in Paris, with Jordan Scott competing in triple jump qualification on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
Monday, August 5 – 3×3 BASKETBALL
The US Women’s 3×3 basketball team won the bronze medal. UVA alumna Tammi Reese was the assistant coach for the team. Coaches do not earn Olympic medals, so this will not count toward the UVA total medal tally.
This was Reiss’s first time coaching at the Olympics.
Sunday, August 4 – SWIMMING
The Cavaliers closed out the Olympic swimming competition in golden fashion with Gretchen Walsh, Kate Douglass and Emma Weber winning gold medals in the final event, the 4×100 Medley Relay. For the second day in a row, Walsh won gold in a relay in world record time. Douglass and Weber both swam in the prelim to earn the gold but did not swim in the final.
Virginia swimmers leave Paris with 11 total medals (five golds, five silvers, and a bronze) earned by four swimmers.
Walsh has four medals, two golds and two silvers, helping set two relay world records and posting an Olympic record in the 100 Fly.
Douglass has four medals with two golds and two silvers, setting an Amrican record in the 200 Breast.
Paige Madden has a silver and a bronze.
This gold was Emma Weber’s first Olympic medal.
Saturday, August 3 – ROWING
Alumna Heidi Long and Great Britain claimed the bronze medal in the Women’s Eight race. Long, who made her Olympic debut in Paris, and Great Britain finished the A Final with a time of 5:59.51 to hold off Australia (6:00.73) for the bronze medal. She is the eighth former Cavalier rower to earn an Olympic medal.
Her medal is the first medal won by a Cavalier at 2024 outside of the pool.
Saturday, August 3 – SWIMMING
Virginia swimmers won three Olympic medals and set a world record on Saturday. Senior Gretchen Walsh won gold as a member of the Mixed 4Ă—100 Medley Relay, alumna Kate Douglass won silver in the 200 IM, and Paige Madden won bronze in the 800 Free.
Walsh swam the third leg of the Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay, helping the American team set a world record in their gold medal swim.
CLICK HERE to read a full recap of Saturday’s action in the pool.
Virginia swimmers have won eight medals in total heading into the final day of competition on Sunday (Aug. 4): two golds, five silvers and a bronze.
Saturday, August 3 – WOMEN’S SOCCER
Emily Sonnett and the US team advanced to the semifinals with a 1-0 victory against Japan. The game was tied 0-0 at the end of regulation with Trinity Rodman scoring the game-winner in the first half of extra time. Sonnett played the entire 120 minutes.
The US Team will take on either Germany or Canada on Tuesday, August 6 at 12 p.m. ET.
Friday, August 2 – TRACK & FIELD
Three Cavaliers competed in track and field events on the first day of competition.
Halle Hazzard of Grenada competed in the 100m dash preliminary round, finishing second to advance to the first round of the event. She finished eighth in her heat and did not advance to the next round. This was her first time competing at the Olympics.
Friday, August 2 – SWIMMING
Paige Madden qualified for the 8oo Free final by posting the second fastest time in the morning prelim (8.18.48). The prelim consisted of 16 swimmers in two heats with the top eight times advancing to Friday’s final. The event does not have a semifinal.
Alex Walsh competed for the first time at the Games, swimming the prelim and semifinals of the 200 IM, her lone individual event. Walsh had a 2:10.48 in the prelim and then posted the fastest time in the semifinals, 2:07.45, to earn the top seed in Saturday’s final.
Kate Douglass, fresh off Thursday’s gold-medal swim in the 200 Breast, also competed in the 200 IM, going 2:10.70 in the prelims and qualifying third for the final with a 2:08.59
The two finals will be contested in Friday’s 2:30 p.m. ET session. Gretchen Walsh will compete in the prelims of the 50 Free in the morning session with the semifinals also scheduled to take place in the evening session.
Thursday, August 1 – WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Kate Douglass won gold in the 200-meter Breaststroke, the Cavaliers’ first gold medal of the games. She finished the race in 2:19.24, breaking her own American record in the event.
Douglass is the first Cavalier across all women’s sports to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic games. All previous Cavalier golds were won in team sports and relays.
This is the second gold medal for American women in swimming in Paris.
Paige Madden added to the medal count by winning silver as a member of the US 4×200 Free Relay. This was Madden’s first medal in Paris, but the third of her career as she won silver in this same relay in Tokyo as well as an individual silver in the 800 Free.
Cavalier Swimming Running Medal Tally: 5
Gold (1): 200 Breaststroke (Kate Douglass)
Silver (4): 4×100 Free (Douglass, Gretchen Walsh), 100 Fly (G Walsh), 4×200 Relay (Paige Madden)
Wednesday, July 31 – WOMEN’S SOCCER
Emily Sonnett and the US Women’s National Team finished pool play with a 2-1 win against Australia. They finished group play as the top team in Group B, going 3-0-0 with nine goals scored and two allowed.
The team advances to the knockout stage.
Wednesday, July 31 – WOMEN’S SWIMMING
Gretchen Walsh swam the final of the 100 Free, finishing eighth with a personal-best time of 53.04.
Kate Douglass competed in her first individual event of the Games, swimming the prelim and semifinal of the 200 Breast. She posted a 2:23.44 in the prelims, the third-best time of the morning session, and then swam the top time in the semifinals, a 2:19.74, to qualify for Thursday’s final.
Wednesday, July 31 – WOMEN’S TENNIS
Danielle Collins retired in the third set of her quarterfinal match against No. 1 Iga Swiatek. Swiatek took the first set 6-1, but Collins came back with a 6-2 win in the second to force a decider. Swiatek was leading 4-1 in the third when Collins retired with an injury.
Collins dealt with the medical issue and returned to the court later in the afternoon to play her Round of 16 Doubles match. She and her partner, Desirae Krawczyk, won the first set 6-3 against Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine, but dropped the second 6-4. The Ukranian duo won the tiebreaker 10-7 to take the match and advance to the quarterfinals.
Tuesday, July 30 – TENNIS
Danielle Collins advanced to the singles quarterfinals with a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 win against Camila Osorio of Colombia. Collins is the last American woman in the singles draw after Emma Navarro fell 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4), 6-1 against 6-seed Qinwen Zheng in the Round of 16.
Collins will face World No. 1 and top-seeded Iga Swiatek on Wednesday in the next round.
Collins and Desirae Krawczyk played their delayed first round doubles match, topping Despina Papamichail and Maria Sakkari 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the second round.
Tuesday, July 30 – SWIMMING
Gretchen Walsh was the lone Cavalier competing on Tuesday. She qualified eighth for the semifinals of the 100 Free, posting a 53.54 in the morning prelim. She went 53.18 to secure a spot in the final, scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Tuesday, July 30 – MEN’S SOCCER
Joe Bell and Team New Zealand wrap up play at the Olympics with their final pool match against France, falling 3-0 to the host nation. New Zealand goes 1-2-0 in pool play and will not advance to the knockout round.
Monday, July 29 – ROWING
Heidi Long and the Great Britain Women’s Eight are headed to the A Final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Long and Great Britain raced past Australia 6:16.20-6:18.61 to win its heat and advance to the A Final at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Canada (6:21.31) finished third in the heat, while Denmark (6:39.30) finished fourth. She and her British teammates will race for gold on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 4:50 a.m. ET.
Monday, July 28 – TENNIS
Navarro won 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-1 against No. 49 Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria on Monday in the Round of 32. She will face 6-seed Qinwen Zheng on Tuesday in the third round.
Collins won 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 against former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Collins will face Camila Osorio of Colombia on Tuesday and will also play her Round of 32 doubles match.
Sunday, July 28 – SWIMMING
Virginia senior Gretchen Walsh won her second Olympic silver medal of the Paris Games in the 100 Butterfly. Walsh swam 55.63, finishing 0.04 behind fellow American Torri Huske. It was the first individual medal for Walsh, who won a relay silver on Saturday (July 27) in the 4Ă—100. Huske was also a member of that relay.
In other action, junior Aimee Canny advanced to the semifinals of the 200 Freestyle. Canny, who is swimming for South Africa, posted a 1:57.81 in prelims to earn a place in the semifinals. She finished 12th in the semis with a 1:57.34, not advancing to Monday’s final.
Junior Emma Weber competed in the 100 Breaststroke prelim, finishing 23rd with a time of 1:07.65.
There are no Cavaliers competing in Monday’s events. Walsh will be the next to return to action, swimming in the 100 Freestyle prelims and semifinals on Tuesday, July 30.
Sunday, July 28 – TENNIS
After a full day delay due to rain, Emma Navarro and Daniela Collins made their Olympic debuts. Both players picked up straight-set singles victories to advance to the Round of 32.
Collins will face Caroline Wozniacki on Monday as the third match on Court 14 (approx. 9 a.m.). Navarro will take on Viktoriya Tomova in the second match on Court 6 (approx. 7:15 a.m.).
Sunday, July 28 – WOMEN’S SOCCER
The United States women’s soccer team defeated Germany, 4-1, in the second match of group play. Team USA has six points now to lead Group B, having won its first match 3-0 against Zambia. Emily Sonnett played 46 minutes in the midfield.
Saturday, July 27 – SWIMMING
Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass won silver medals in the 4×100 Relay, the first Cavaliers to medal in Paris.
Walsh swam the lead leg of the relay, clocking a 52.98, with Walsh following with a split of  52.55. Torri Huske and Simone Manuel swam the final two legs, with Manuel outtouching the Chinese team to secure the silver in an American Record time of 3:30.20. Australia took the gold in the event.
It was the first Olympic medal for Walsh, who is a first-time Olympian. It is the second career medal for Douglass, who won bronze in the 200 IM in Tokyo.
This was Walsh’s second record of the evening session. She posted a 55.38 in the semifinals of the 100 Fly to set an Olympic record in the event. She now owns the three fastest times in the history of the event.
In the other women’s final of the day, Cavalier alum Paige Madden placed sixth in the 400 Free, posting a 4:02.26. Madden was seeded sixth in the final after swimming a 4:03.34 in the morning prelim.
Saturday, July 27 – MEN’S SOCCER
New Zealand fell 4-1 against Team USA in their second game of group play. The American team came out firing, scoring twice in the first 12 minutes of the game and taking a 3-0 lead into halftime. Bell was in the starting lineup for the second straight game, playing the first 75 minutes of the contest.
New Zealand closes out group play on Tuesday, July 30, facing France at 1 pm.
Thursday, July 25 – WOMEN’S SOCCER
Emily Sonnett and Team USA opened Group B play with a 3-0 victory against Zambia. Sonnett played 25 minutes in the match.
The American squad will next face Germany on Sunday, July 28 at 3 p.m. ET in Marseille Stadium.
There are no Cavaliers competing on Friday. Swimming and tennis events start on Saturday.
Wednesday, July 24 – MEN’S SOCCER
Joe Bell became the first Cavalier to compete at Paris 2024 when the New Zealand national team took on Guinea at the Stade de Nice, logging a 2-1 victory. New Zealand scored an early goal, taking a 1-0 into halftime. Guinea scored the equalizer at the 72-minute mark, but New Zealand’s Ben Waine scored the game-winner four minutes later. Bell was in the starting lineup and played the entire game in the midfield.
New Zealand will continue Group A play when it faces the United States on Saturday, July 27, at 1 p.m.