PARIS : Spain's men added their first Olympic soccer gold medal in 32 years to their glittering trophy cabinet, while the U.S. women's team won a record-extending fifth title and their first since London 2012 before packed crowds at the Paris Games.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Football - Men's Victory Ceremony - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - August 09, 2024. Gold medallists Spain celebrate on the podium. REUTERS/Paul Childs/File Photo
The triumph earned Spain a first Olympic soccer gold since the 1992 Barcelona Games and first in a team sport in 28 years. The Tokyo gold medallists still reached the knockout stage, but lost to Germany in the quarter-finals in a tournament that the unbeaten U.S. women largely dominated. "It was a perfect storm, in the perfect timing. Winning is in my DNA and so it is in the U.S. national team's," former Chelsea coach Hayes said after the final.
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