Another full slate of events in Paris today, plus golf selections

Leon Marchand took home two gold medals (Men’s 200m butterfly and Men’s 200m breaststroke) and Katie Ledecky got her first gold of the games (Women’s 1500m freestyle). The first medals were awarded in Triathlon and Rowing, and Fencing, Judo, and Shooting all continued their daily events.

The Men’s Golf tournament starts tomorrow, so let’s take a look at the favorite selections:

Selections Athlete Country
62 Scottie Scheffler USA
30 Nelly Korda USA
26 Rory McIlroy IRL
24 Xander Schauffele USA
8 Lilia Vu USA
5 Atthaya Thitikul THA
4 Jon Rahm ESP
4 Collin Morikawa USA
3 Charley Hull GBR
3 Ludvig Aberg SWE

With only one medal up for grabs, it’s not too surprising that few teams selected golfers on their rosters, and those who did had a strong United States bias. In leagues that selected a country for each sport, these were the most popular:

Selections Country
1092 United States of America
141 Ireland
98 Great Britain
84 Japan
68 South Korea
54 New Zealand
54 Slovakia
39 Chinese Taipei
35 Sweden
31 Spain