While the Chinese had the highest medal count for the first week-plus of the 2012 London Olympics, the United States has burst ahead in recent days with success in a variety of events, including the gold medal in women's soccer. The Americans now have 90 medals total in this year's games, well ahead of the 80 medals that China has accumulated.
The United States also took the lead in gold medals recently, with a 39-37 advantage in golds over Team China at the moment. Great Britain is the only other nation with more than 12 gold medals, the Brits have 25 as hosts, but the Russians are third in total medal count, beating out the British 56-52.
1. United States (90; 39 gold, 25 silver, 26 bronze)
2. China (80; 37 gold, 24 silver, 19 bronze)
3. Russa (56)
4. Great Britain (52)
5. Germany (37)
6. Japan (33)
T7. France (29)
T7. Australia (29)
9. South Korea (25)
10. Italy (19)
SB Nation Studios has put together another video update on the medal count, which you can check out below.
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