On Sunday we reached the close of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and the United States of America were the winners of the games. A duel with China for much of the games over gold medals resulted in a tie, with both nations finishing with 40 — although the USA easily took home the tiebreaker with 44 silver and 42 bronze to China’s 27 and 24 respectively.
While the medal count tells the story of the United States’ sporting dominance on the world stage, the subplot to this is that women were the single biggest reason Team USA ended up winning the games. When we dive into the medal splits
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