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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics may be coming to a close on Sunday, but the competition looks to remain as exciting as ever in the interim. Finals in women's basketball, women's volleyball and the men's marathon are set for Saturday, the Games' penultimate day, with the U.S. vying for gold in all.

Here's what to watch on Saturday, Day 16 of the Games, and a quick recap of all the Olympic action that transpired on Friday.  

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Men's basketball

Team USA collected its fourth consecutive gold medal in a 87-82 victory over a France team led by Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier. Kevin Durant scored a team-leading 29 points for the U.S. while adding six rebounds and three assists. The 32-year-old forward now joins Carmelo Anthony -- who he just passed on Team USA's all-time scoring list -- as the only three-time men's basketball gold medalists in Olympic history. Fellow American Jayson Tatum contributed 19 points and seven rebounds. 

Women's marathon

American Molly Seidel claimed bronze in the women's marathon, giving the U.S. its first women's marathon medal since Deena Kastor's bronze in 2004 and third all-time. Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir and Brigid Kosgei finished 1-2 and just above Seidel (2:27:46) with season-best times of 2:27:20 and 2:27:36, respectively. This was just the third ever marathon for Seidel, a four-time cross-country champion at Notre Dame, and she made the most of it. 

Women's golf

Nelly Korda, the world's top-ranked golfer, shot a 17-under 267 to win Team USA's first women's golf gold medal since 1900. She fended off strong competition from Japan's Mone Inami and Australia's Lydia Ko, who tied at 268, to win by a single stroke. Inami and Ko finished with silver and bronze, respectively, after they competed in a playoff for second. This is the Americans' second gold medal in golf in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as Xander Schauffele won gold on the men's side last Sunday. 

Women's equestrian

The U.S. took home silver in the jumping team final, falling just shy of Sweden in a jump-off for gold. Belgium won bronze. American equestrian Laura Kraut, 55, became her country's oldest Olympic medalist since 1904. A two-time Olympian, Kraut also won gold in the team jumping event in the 2008 Beijing Games. McLain Ward and Jessica Springsteen, the daughter of singers Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa, won silver alongside Kraut in the event. This U.S.-Sweden matchup is a rematch of a prior classic, as the Americans bested the Swedes in a jump-off at the 2018 world championship.

Women's track and field

Team USA trotted out its biggest stars for the women's 4x400 relay final in Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu. They were as dominant as advertised. The American foursome sped to a gold medal-winning time of 3:16.85, the event's fifth-fastest time ever. Poland finished second with a national-record time of 3:30.53 while Jamaica took bronze with a season-best 3:21.24. The silver gave the 35-year-old Felix -- who's competing in her fifth and final Games -- her 11th Olympic medal, the most by any U.S. track and field athlete in history. Her 10 coming into the race was tied with fellow American Carl Lewis.

Men's track and field

Men's track and field was largely a struggle for the U.S. in the 2021 Games, but its finish was anything but. Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rae Benjamin dominated the men's 4x400 relay, finishing with a season-best time of 2:55.70 -- well ahead of silver-medalist Netherlands (2:57.18) and bronze-medalist Botswana (2:57.18). This was the second of two U.S. men's track and field golds in Tokyo, the fewest it's ever had in a single Olympics. Ryan Crouser, the world-record shot-putter, was the other American gold-medal winner.

Men's baseball

Team USA won its first ever Olympic silver medal in a 2-0 loss to Japan in the men's baseball final. Japan, which won its first medal since 2004 and first ever gold, became the first host country to win an Olympic men's baseball final. American infielder Eddy Alvarez, who served as an opening ceremony flag bearer, became the third American in history to earn medals in both the summer and winter Olympics. In the 2014 Sochi Games, Alvarez won silver in the men's 5000m relay speed-skating event.

Notable Olympic events for Day 16, Aug. 7

  • Men's marathon, starting at 8 p.m.
  • Women's basketball final between the U.S. and Japan, starting at 10:30 p.m.
  • Women's volleyball final between the U.S. and Brazil, starting at 11:30 p.m.