Medal Count 2024 Olympics: Updated Standings, Highlights After Day 9
The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics continued to a ninth day on Sunday and some crucial events got their chance to shine.
The U.S. had more chances to earn an individual men's gold, the swimming events came to a close and it was finally time to crown the "fastest man in the world."
Additionally, the men's golf tournament came to a close, the various team sport competitions continued and the medal totals increased for countries all-across the leaderboard.
Below, check out the updated medal count, which events are scheduled for the rest of the night and finally some highlighted events of the day.
Updated Medal Standings and Schedule
1. United States (71 total medals, 19 gold)
2. China (45 total medals, 19 gold)
3. France (44 total medals, 12 gold)
4. Great Britain (37 total medals, 10 gold)
5. Australia (31 total medals, 12 gold)
Full medal standings via NBCOlympics.com.
Remaining Sunday Schedule
4 p.m. ET
Beach Volleyball Round of 16: Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes (USA) vs. Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti (ITA)
4:05 p.m. ET
3x3 Basketball Men's Play-In: Serbia vs. France
All events stream live on Peacock and NBCOlympics.com
(*) = medal event
Lyles Becomes Fastest in World
For the first time in 20 years, an American is the "fastest man in the world."
By an extreme margin of just 0.004 seconds, Noah Lyles won the 100m to earn the gold medal.
He finished with a time of 9.79. Jamaican sprinter Kishane Thompson took home the silver while American Fred Kerley took home the bronze.
Lyles is the American to win the event since Justin Gatlin did so in 2004. He becomes the 16th American to ever win the event.
His Olympic cycle is not over yet as he is set to compete in the 200m and 4x100m relay. The 200m final is set for Monday while the 4x100m relay will take place on Friday.
Scottie Scheffler Completes Comeback
Scottie Scheffler needed to have a fantastic performance on Sunday in order to have a shot at the podium.
After hitting a course-record 62 at Le Gold National, he secured his first gold medal and the second consecutive gold medal for the U.S. at the Olympic Men's Gold Competition.
He became the first person to win The Masters and an Olympic Gold medal in the same year, per the NBC broadcast, and showed why he is the current No. 1 ranked golfer.
Tommy Fleetwood earned the silver medal and Hideki Matsuyama earned the bronze. Spain's Jon Rahm entered Sunday as the leader by four strokes but would shoot a 70 and fall to a tie for fifth place.
Suni Lee Earns a Bronze
Suni Lee is a medalist once again.
The American gymnast took home the bronze in the uneven bars, giving her a third medal in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Lee scored a 14.800, barely edging out Nina Derwael of Belarus for the medal. Kaylia Nemour of Algeria took home the gold with a score of 15.700 while Qiyuan Qiu of China earned the silver with a score of 15.500.
Lee earned a bronze in the individual all-around earlier in the Olympics and won the gold with her U.S. team in the team all-around. She now has won five total Olympic medals in her career.
Bobby Finke Goes Back-to-Back
Katie Ledecky isn't the only American that dominates the 1500m free.
Bobby Finke won the event for the second consecutive Olympic cycle on Sunday, setting a world record time of 14:30.67.
He became the first men's swimmer to go back-to-back in the 1500m free since Australian Grant Hackett, who did it in 2000 and 2004. Finke is the first American to accomplish the feat since Mike Burton in 1968 or 1972.
This was the only individual men's swimming gold medal for the Paris Olympics. This has not occurred since 1956.
Still, Finke's world record win softens that blow a little bit and allows the U.S. to retain some Olympic glory in men's swimming.