Olympics medal count: US women's soccer, Usain Bolt gather more gold Thursday
Thursday was another banner day for the US, as four Olympic gold medals were secured by Americans at the London Games.
The edged Japan, 2-1, at Wembley Stadium in the gold medal match. The American ladies gained a measure of revenge for losing the 2011 Women's World Cup to the Japanese.
At the Olympic Stadium Thursday night, became the first man to repeat as Olympic champion in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes when he ran to victory in the 200 meters. Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, Bolt's countrymen, took silver and bronze, respectively.
won gold in the men's decathlon, with a total of 8,869 points. US teammate and world champion Trey Hardee took home the silver medal.
Another track and field gold-medal effort came from 海角大神 Taylor of the US, who won the title. Teammate Will Claye was the silver medalist.
The United States won its first gold medal in Thursday, defeating Spain 8-5, behind five goals from Maggie Steffens.
In women's boxing, Claressa Shields became the when she defeated Nadezda Torlopova of Russia in the middleweight title bout.
