The U.S. started Day 3 of competition with 12 medals — three gold, six silver and three bronze — and ended it with eight more.

Team USA now has 20 total medals — three gold, eight silver and nine bronze.

The gold medals are in fencing and swimming.

Lee Kiefer won gold in women’s foil individual. Swimmer Torri Huske claimed gold in women’s 100-meter butterfly, and Caleb Dressler, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Chris Guiliano took gold in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

Host country France won eight medals today, bringing its total to 16: five gold, eight silver and three bronze.

Japan, with a total of 12 medals overall, had the most gold medals at the end of Day 3 with six, in addition to its two silver and four bronze.

Stephen Nedoroscik had plenty of time to watch his teammates before he took to the pommel horse as the U.S. men’s team tried to win its first Olympic medal in 16 years.

Nedoroscik said that his teammates paved the way and that “going up to pommel horse, last guy up in the whole competition, I had a good feeling that our team was in a great spot.”

“I just knew I had to go up there and do my job,” Nedoroscik said in an interview after he and his team won bronze.

There was a moment in his routine when he became worried, he said, watching the routine back in the studio.

“I was like, ‘Let’s just get it done; let’s go for it,’” Nedoroscik recalled. “Right here, I was like, ‘If I put this dismount up, Team USA gets a medal!’”

He said landing the dismount was “the best moment of my life.”

The American rapper Flavor Flav became the most prominent U.S. women’s water polo team supporter by signing a five-year sponsorship deal as the official hype man for the team. 

A look at how it happened.

The U.S. women’s rugby team is headed to the semifinals tomorrow after it defeated Great Britain in the quarterfinals today.

The team faces off against New Zealand at 9:30 a.m. ET to see who will make it to the finals.

The U.S. is searching for its first Olympic medal in women’s rugby after it fell short in Rio and Tokyo.

The winner of tomorrow’s game will go on to the gold medal match and the loser to the bronze medal match. Either way, both teams look poised to claim spots on the podium.

The U.S. men’s gymnastics team set out to win a medal at the Paris Games, and its third-place finish did the job.

“It feels amazing,” said Fred Richard, who predicted the team would come home with hardware.

“Because, I mean, we had some highs and lows. You know, qualification wasn’t perfect. But I had no doubt in this team — and it showed today,” he said.

The bronze is the first medal won by the U.S. men’s gymnastic team in 16 years. The last medal, also a bronze, came at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Japan won gold at the Paris Games, and China claimed silver.

American swimmer Lilly King said she was disappointed in fifth-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke but is now focusing on the rest of the competition in Paris.

“I was really just trying to build that last 50, and things kind of fell apart last 10 meters,” said King, who won gold in the event at the Rio Games in 2016 and bronze at the Tokyo Games in 2020.

South African Tatjana Smith won gold, Tang Qianting of China won silver, and Mona McSharry of Ireland won bronze.

“Obviously, disappointed but still got a lot of meet left,” King said. She said she was shifting her focus to the 200-meter breaststroke, which is Wednesday with a final on Thursday, Paris time.

The dominant U.S. women’s water polo team is going for its fourth straight gold medal — and attacker Maddie Musselman has been a critical part of its success.

However, last fall, Musselman’s life took a turn when her fiancé, Pat, was diagnosed with cancer. Unsure at first whether she wanted to continue playing, Musselman chose to support him through treatments while continuing to train with the team.

Her teammates and coaches have been inspired by the couple’s grace through the tough situation.

The pair have both been fueled by dreams of going to Paris. Now, they’re here.

Distance didn’t dampen any enthusiasm in California as Brody Malone and Asher Hong helped Team USA men win its first Olympic medal in 16 years.

Their fellow gymnasts at Stanford, which both either attend or graduated from, cheered as Team USA won the bronze medal in artistic gymnastics. Hong is a sophomore, and Malone graduated last year.

The last time the U.S. men team won a medal was in the Beijing Games in 2008, when they also won bronze.

Snoop Dogg puts his wingspan and “lung power” to good use when he hits the pool with Michael Phelps at the Paris Olympics. 

American gymnastics star Simone Biles practiced normally today after she experienced pain in her calf during qualifiers yesterday, USA Gymnastics said.

Biles, 27, will compete in all four finals, the team said.

Biles was seen with part of her leg taped yesterday. Her coach, Cecile Landi, said after the competition that Biles “felt a little pain in her calf” but that she never considered pulling out.