In the early morning of August 4, Beijing time, the events of the Paris Olympic Games continued. The loss of the traditional sports powerhouse United States on this day of tennis, rowing, swimming and track and field and other inevitable gold points is a big surprise.

In the track and field field, in the men's and women's 4×400m mixed relay finals, the United States relay team, which had directly entered the final with a world record time of 3:07.41 in the preliminaries, was very popular in the final battle.

In the first 1200m, United States and Belgium both ran 2:18.60 to tie for first place, but the last Netherlands team relied on the woman Bol to eat raw United States opponents to help the team win the championship, and the Netherlands team won the championship in 3:07.43. The United States team could only finish second in 3:07.74.

In the subsequent track and field women's 100-meter flyer final, a total of 3 United States reached the final. But even with the "three insurances", the United States team finally lost the gold medal.

Alfred of St. Lucia, who participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, ran a national record time of 10.72 seconds to win the gold medal, while United States' Richardson and Jefferson won silver and bronze respectively, and another United States woman, Tevanissa, ranked fifth. One night, the traditional track and field powerhouse United States team lost two precious gold medals in a row.

And in swimming, the United States team doesn't seem to be going well. In the women's 200m medley final, Walsh of the United States is the favorite to win gold. But in the final she lost again to her old rival McIntosh of Canada, who broke the Olympic record in 2:06.56, United States Douglas won the silver medal, and Walsh, who swam third , was eventually ruled foul and the medal was cancelled.

In addition, the United States team also lost the expected gold medal in the men's doubles tennis and rowing eight sculls. In tennis, Men's Doubles No. 4 seeds Lahm/Krasisek reached the final, but were reversed by Australia's Ibden/Pierce in the first set to tie for 10 in the deciding set, and the United States team once chased 8-9, but ultimately fell short and won the silver medal.

After losing five planned gold medals in a row, the United States team still failed to overtake China in the medal table eight days after the start of the competition.

So far, the United States team has won 61 medals, but as many as 24 silver medals, 23 bronze medals, and only 14 gold medals. Currently, the United States team is in second place in the medal table.