Lyles, Scheffler and Faulkner make it a golden weekend: USA's Olympic medal tally

The USA expects success at the Olympics and after a slow start to the Paris Games, the most successful nation in Olympic history has found its form, claiming gold after gold on a weekend filled with dramatic victories for the Americans.

So far, the US has claimed 72 total medals, 19 gold, 27 silver, and 26 bronze.

Noah Lyles' 100m victory highlighted a brilliant weekend of athletics for America with Ryan Crouser also taking gold in the men's shot putt.

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Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook claimed a silver medal in the women's springboard 3m synchronized diving competition.

Kristen Faulkner stormed to victory in the women's road race after Chloe Dygert claimed a bronze medal in the women's individual time trial earlier in the Games

In a race dominated by Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Haley Batten produced the US' best-ever finish in the mountain biking competition, per NBC Sports, by claiming silver.

The US women's rugby 7s team upset Australia in the bronze medal match, pulling off a last-second victory to defeat one of the favorites for the gold.

Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs and Maia Mei Weintraub combined to win the women's team foil event after Lee Keifer beat teammate Lauren Scruggs to win the individual event, making it a fantastic Olympics for the pair.

Simone Biles was her excellent self en route to winning the individual all-round gymnastics event, with Sunisa Lee taking bronze. The pair were also part of the team event gold. The US' gymnastics total is now three golds and five bronzes.

Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston were among the favorites for the men's street skateboarding, with both producing excellent performances to win silver and bronze respectively.

Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke brought home individual golds in the 800m and 1500m races respectively while golds in the women and mixed 4x100m medleys took the US past Australia to finish atop the swimming medal charts

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Perris Benegas pulled off a fantastic ride to win the silver medal in the women's BMX freestyle competition.

Evy Leibfarth held on to claim a fantastic bronze medal in the women's C1 event, with her early time putting pressure on her fellow competitors.

Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan competed in the men's four, winning the US's first rowing gold since 2016 by NBC Sports. The US team also took bronze in the men's eight.

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Scottie Scheffler saw off the challenge of Team GB's Tommy Fleetwood to take gold in a dramatic finale.

Karl Cook, Laura Kraut, McLain Ward took silver in the jumping team event to claim the US' sole medal in the equestrian events.

Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul claimed bronze in the men's doubles while Austin Krajicek, Rajeev Ram took home silver, losing to the Australian pair of John Peers and Matthew Ebden.

Brady Ellison lost out on an Olympic gold medal by five millimeters according to USA Today with South Korea's Kim Woo-Jin claiming top spot. Casey Kaufhold had previously teamed up with Ellison in the mixed team event, where they finished third.

The United States snuck past Great Britain in a photo finish to claim silver in the mixed triathlon relay, losing out on gold by one second to Germany.

The US claimed one gold in the shooting events with Vincent Hancock winning the men's skeet final with Conner Lyne Prince taking silver. Sagen Maddalena took silver in the women's 50m rifle 3 positions event and Austen Jewell Smith took bronze in the women's skeet.

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