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London 2012 Medal Count: United States Expands Lead Over China Thursday

The United States scored another impressive haul Thursday, winning 10 medals to expand its lead to 90-80 over China in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. A win in women's soccer highlighted the day, as did 1-2 performances in the men's triple jump and men's decathlon. Claressa Shields also became the first American female boxer to ever win a gold medal, winning the 75 kg division.

The following list is an overview of the American medal wins on Thursday:

Gold

Men's triple jump: Christian Taylor
Men's Decathlon: Ashton Eaton
Women's 75kg boxing: Claressa Shields

Women's soccer
Women's water polo

Silver

Men's triple jump: Will Claye
Men's decathlon: Trey Hardee
Women's swimming open water: Haley Anderson

Bronze

Women's 51kg boxing: Marlen Esparza
Men's 68kg taekwondo: Terrence Jennings

Here is the current top five of the Olympic medal standings:

United States, 90 (39 gold, 25 silver, 26 bronze)
China, 80 (37, 24, 19)
Russia, 56 (12, 21, 23)
Great Britain, 52 (25, 13, 14)
Germany, 37 (10, 16, 11)

A complete look at the medal count standing is available from Sports Illustrated.