Without a doubt, the main reason was Wasabi's dynamic duo of Caeleb Dressel and Emma Mckeon who each grabbed double gold in their respective 50m free and 100m relay races. 40 points from two huge performers with 12 medals between them. Wasabi Warriors is making all the other teams green with envy on these two draft picks.
Wasabi also enjoyed a Diving gold from Shi Tingmao and a Weightlifting gold from the Ecuador women's team.
The Fire Dragons aren't that far behind and also grabbed a gold from Cate Campbell on the swimming relay team. However, they left some points on the board with Suni Lee faltering on the uneven bars and squeaked out a bronze, and Trayvon Bromell went from one of the favorites for the 100m gold to unfortunately not even making the final with a couple of lackluster runs in the heats. Their beach volleyball team (Claes and Sponcil, USA) also faltered in the quarterfinals after having a 1 set lead to a team from Canada, a place famous for its beaches.
SamuRyan also had a big jump today with Ryan Murphy splashing a relay gold, Chen Yufei smashing the shuttlecock to Badminton gold, and the US Women's Weightlifting team raising a silver medal.
Ra-men+women made a splash with Kaylee McKeown (Gold) and Duncan Scott (Silver) in swimming and Wang Han (Silver) in diving. Also, Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic won the women doubles gold medal in Tennis. Ra-men+women have been noodling for a big points day such as this one.
Hibachi Ninjas were the only other team not foiled from points on the day as they speared a bronze from Alexander Massialas of the US who got 3rd in the Team Foil Fencing competition.
It's going to be a sweaty few days as competitions are heating up in Tokyo and anything can happen!
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