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Team USA wins its first medal of the Paris Summer Olympics

By Juana Summers
Published July 27, 2024 at 8:05 AM EDT
The United States won its first medals at the Paris Olympic Games when Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon took silver in the synchronized 3m springboard final on Saturday. Cook (right) and Bacon pose after the competition at the Aquatics Center in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
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The United States won its first medals at the Paris Olympic Games when Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon took silver in the synchronized 3m springboard final on Saturday. Cook (right) and Bacon pose after the competition at the Aquatics Center in Saint-Denis, north of Paris.

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PARIS — Divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook have won the United States’ first medal of the Paris Olympics.

Bacon and Cook took home the silver in the 3-meter synchronized springboard competition, held at the Aquatics Center in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. This is the first time the U.S. has medaled in the event since 2012.

Chinese competitors Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen took the gold, followed by Bacon and Cook of the U.S. Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper of Great Britain won the bronze medal.

This is the first medal for both Bacon and Cook. Bacon is making her Olympic debut. Meanwhile, Cook competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she came in 13th in the women’s 3-meter springboard.

It's the first medal of what's expected to be another record haul of medals for Team USA at a Summer Olympics.

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon of the U.S. compete in the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Saturday. They won silver, the first U.S. medal in the event since 2012.
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Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon of the U.S. compete in the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on Saturday. They won silver, the first U.S. medal in the event since 2012.

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Juana Summers
Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got her start in public radio at KBIA in Columbia, Mo., and also previously covered Congress for NPR.
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