World beaters: Women athletes ruled the Olympics

These were the first Games in history to achieve gender parity in terms of having an equal number of women and men compete. Women shone on the world stage, beating many records along the way. Perhaps most impressive is the sheer number of medals won by U.S. women. If American women were their own nation, they would have won the third-most medals, behind only the U.S. and China - and that would be true even without Chiles' bronze. Sixty-seven medals is a record for U.S. women and a record for any country's women in general, beating the U.S. total of 66 in Tokyo. The U.S. women's basketball team won its eighth Olympic gold in a row, earning a shoutout from former President Barack Obama on X. The star-studded women's 4x400-meter relay team rushed to gold Saturday, closing the track and field events for the Games and beating all its competitors by almost four whole seconds. Although there were a lot of triumphs for women, there was also backlash against two athletes whose gender was wrongly called into question.