ACC Surpasses 20 Gold Medals in 2024 Paris Olympics

The ACC is still leading the charge in terms of medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Out of all NCAA conferences, the Atlantic Coast Conference, led by Stanford and other schools, led the way through Saturday’s action with 61 medals (22 of which are gold).

On Saturday, the following medals were earned by former or current ACC athletes.

Virginia field hockey player Pien Dicke competed for the Dutch Field Hockey team and won a gold medal in the competition.

𝐎𝐋𝐘𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍. 🥇

Congratulations to Pien Dicke and the Dutch Field Hockey team on securing GOLD!#AccomplishGreatness x #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/JkMa2My35Q

— The ACC (@theACC) August 9, 2024

In addition, Erik Shoji, representing the Stanford athletic department, won a bronze medal with Team USA’s men’s volleyball team.

🥉 Erik Shoji 🥉

Volleyball 🇺🇸 @TeamUSA#OlympiansMadeHere x @StanfordMVB pic.twitter.com/UlOdnbf5Xn

— NCAA (@NCAA) August 9, 2024

NC State freshman David Betlehem won a bronze medal on Saturday in the men’s 10 KM swimming competition. That medal was the fourth won by an athlete representing the Wolfpack swimming team in this year’s Olympics.

Pack bringing home another medal from Paris!

Freshman David Betlehem wins bronze in the men’s 10km, finishing with a time of 1:51:09.0.

It is the fourth Olympic medal won by Wolfpack swimming at this year’s games.#GoPack | #PackInParis pic.twitter.com/V1F7ls16KZ

— NC State Swimming & Diving (@packswimdive) August 9, 2024

In other Olympic news, former Stanford star swimmer Katie Ledecky will be the closing ceremony flag bearer for Team USA when the games conclude on Sunday.

🇺🇸 @stanfordwswim ICON @katieledecky will be the closing ceremony flag bearer for @TeamUSA!!

You can catch the ceremony this Sunday on @NBCOlympics/@peacock!#OlympiansMadeHere | https://t.co/3mz9RF4Vx3 pic.twitter.com/YD77uObAaV

— NCAA (@NCAA) August 9, 2024