maggie steffen finds the back of the net. they beat spain 14-5 and it's their third straight medal. >>> taking on japan in the gold medal game. japan gets on the board with a solo home run. they add another run in the eighth. team usa couldn't get anything going at the plate. japan beats the u.s. and they settle for silver. >> allyson felix with her 11th career olympic medal. she passes the great carl lewis as the most decorated american track athlete of one time. >> it means so much. obviously i am going to miss being out there, but no regrets. it was fun. >> 35 years old, her fifth olympic game and first as a mother. what a way to go out, on top. >> incredible. what a dream come true. joy talk about dream come true. for another athlete, team usa has chosen tara winger to be the flag bearer at the closing ceremony. she is so proud, she posted it on instagram. she is one of two track and fien tokyo. she had her second best performance in the javelin. you can catch the closing ceremony here starting at 5:00 p.m. >>> and we wil

and finally stanford's maggie steffens leads the women's water polo team against russia. >>> while the u.s. women's gymnastics team has been the biggest story at the olympics for what they didn't do, what they did do and what they were able to accomplish and also the enlightenment they brought us. >> they've going from tokyo to the south bay. raj mathai joins us to explain. >> reporter: konichiwa from tokyo. team usa gymnastics now back in the united states. the next time we will see them in the bay area at least will be september 26th. this is pretty cool. it's one of those post-olympics gymnastics extravaganzas. these exhibitions they put on. simone biles, suni lee, all the members scheduled to appear. again, that's september 26th. we actually caught up behind the scenes with suni lee. 18 years old. she's coming home with the gold medal in the all-around individual. that's a big deal. we talked to her not only about her gymnastics but the impact she's having, especially in the asian-american community. >> i have a lot of people messaging me and telling me that i'm their inspiration a

and usa women's water polo led by maggie steffens from danville, three goals, beat canada 16-5. usa water polo will face russia in the semifinals. we've been here almost three weeks now. weather is a huge part of these olympics. we've got heat and humidity and typhoon conditions an rain. if you watched some of the track and field we're seeing it all. the 400 meter hurdles, anna cook ril, can't beat the rain but can beat her opponent. she was born in san ramon, how about that, before growing up in north carolina. she advances to the finals with a lot of big guys cheering her on. >> that's the tampa bay buccaneers, the super bowl champions. her brother anna cook ril's brother ross plays for the buccaneers. the teach watched her run. anna saw this video and said it made her cry while she was in the dining hall at the athletes village. my life in tokyo, marcus and laura, taic a close look at this. 35 million people and the subway is meticulous, clean, on time. people are courteous. it runs every three to five minutes. we took it actually to the gymnastics event tonight. one of the c

i got to sit down with team captain maggie steffens who said she and her teammates are overjoyed and are you ready to go home? >> i am definitely ready to go home. we're all so happy. we're all so exhausted from not just the physical demands of water polo and these past two years and all the training we've done, but the mental and emotional hurdles we've been through to get to this point. >> reporter: we heard this over and over again from so many athletes. it was such a hard two years, changing training, going through all that, so congratulations to them. as we said, the u.s. topped the total medal count with an impressive 113 gold, silver and bronze medals, guys. >> it was indeed impressive. although the gold medal count, china was nipping at our heels there at 39, 38, 39 for the u.s. it was tough. >> i was going to say, america is kind of the underdog in the olympics. china has more people, more programs plucking kids from basically elementary school, putting them into training, and yet we pulled it out at the end. >> blew them away when it came to the total medal counting. jamie,