Lydia co could not hold back her tears of joy as she sank her birdie putt on the 18th hole on Saturday at lolf National in Paris France that birdie secured her the gold medal in women's golf at the 2024 Olympics Co now has a bronze medal from the 2021 Tokyo games a silver medal from the 2016 Rio games and a gold medal from the 2024 Paris games that's why I deleted my Instagram I didn't want to be phased by what other people were saying and enjoy this opportunity because this experience has been unbelievable and the fans have been great Co said it's a life Peak for me here I don't think I've experienced this adrenaline before and to do it here it really can't get any better she is the first male or female golfer to win three medals in the modern games on Saturday the 27-year-old carded a one under 71 to post a 10 under overall and win by to Strokes she came into Saturday tied for the lead with Switzerland's Morgan Metra and explained how a younger version of herself would not have been as steady I think when I was younger I would have been oh man everyone is trying to catch me so get almost more pressure from that Co said I tried to think of hey I get two free shots over some of the other players and you know they don't come for free I wanted to have that as a cushion but also focus on my game the the 20time LGA winner stayed focused and completed her goal it's one of the things I'm most proud of I stuck to my game plan and stuck to being aggressive off the tea she said that's something I've been struggling with and been working hard on with my coaches for it to progressively get better these past couple of months and hit its peak here at the Olympics it doesn't get better than this to be holding and wearing this gold medal it's pretty crazy right now Co started day with a bogey on the opening hole but quickly recovered with a birdie on the third and seventh with her third birdie of the day she extended her lead to four shots at number nine a double bogey on the par for 13th brought the lead to three Co made four straight pars to get to the 18th hole and eventually made a seven-footer for birdie to win by Two Shots after her putt dropped the crowd went wild for Co she became emotional as it all began to sink in for her it felt kind of like fate and her own Cinderella Story Cinderella's glass slippers are seeth through and my Podium shoes are also seethrough she noted I feel like I'm part of this story tale going into this week everyone was saying oh what if you finish and collect all the gold on top of the silver and bronze you have of course I want to do that and complete it too but it's much easier said than done joining her on the podium was Germany's Esther pelate for silver and China's Shu Linn who won the bronze her performance also gave her the final point to enter the LGA Hall of Fame