🥇 In arguably the greatest men’s 100m final ever, American Noah Lyles prevailed by five one thousandths of a second to win gold yesterday, while fellow American Fred Kerley finished in third. The definition of a photo finish.

👟 And Americans took home even more hardware on the track as Sha’Carri Richardson dashed to silver and Melissa Jefferson raced to bronze in the women’s 100m, Jasmine Moore (bronze) became the first American woman to claim a medal in triple jump, and Team USA finished with silver in the riveting 4x400m mixed relay final.

• On the field, Ryan Crouser cemented himself as the shot-put king, winning his third straight Olympic gold medal yesterday, with his compatriot Joe Kovacs finishing right behind him to claim the silver.

🤸 The medals came in bunches during the gymnastics individual event finals. Pommel horse king Stephen Nedoroscik captured bronze, Simone Biles and Jade Carey won vault gold and bronze, respectively, and Suni Lee took home bronze in the uneven bars. Stuck it.

⛳ Golfer Scottie Scheffler definitely had fun during yesterday’s final round, shooting nine-under par en route to the men’s golf gold medal, finishing ahead of Great Britain’s Tommy Fleetwood (silver) and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama (bronze). The year of Scottie continues.

⚽ Thanks to this Trinity Rodman beauty, the USWNT survived a thrilling quarter-final extra-time affair with Japan, winning 1–0 and advancing to tomorrow’s semis against Germany.

🏀 Team USA women’s basketball played from behind after the first quarter, but a combo of relentless defense and a team-high 19 points from Jackie Young powered them to a 87–68 win over Germany yesterday to go undefeated in group play.

🚴 American road cyclist Kristen Faulkner wasn’t scheduled to race, but the former rower and venture capitalist upset a stacked field to win women’s racing gold yesterday, the first American gold in the sport in 40 years. Incredible.

🎾 Tennis great Novak Djokovic added a gold medal to his illustrious resume by topping Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final yesterday.

• As for the women, Zheng Qinwen of the People’s Republic of China claimed the country’s first gold medal in tennis with her Saturday singles win over Croatia’s Donna Vekić.

🥊 Amid continued gender misconceptions and controversy, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting and Algeria’s Imane Khelif clinched medals in women’s boxing and will compete in their respective semis later this week.

🤸 Gymnast Kaylia Nemour takes uneven bars gold for Algeria

It’s the first Olympic gymnastics medal for an athlete representing an African country, and the French-born specialist had to beat out some heavy hitters to earn it, including Team USA’s Suni Lee, who took bronze, and the reigning uneven bars gold medalist, Belgium’s Nina Derwael. Flippin’ fantastic.

💨 The “fastest woman alive” is from St. Lucia

Sprinter Julien Alfred snagged the tiny Caribbean country’s first-ever medal when she bested American Sha’Carri Richardson (by 0.15 seconds) in the women’s Athletics 100m final on Saturday. The locals were understandably hyped.

❣️ Refugee Olympic Team earns first medal in the boxing ring

Cindy Ngamba took the women’s middleweight bronze yesterday, the first medal for the federation of refugee athletes since it first competed at the Olympics beginning in 2016. Ngamba left Cameroon — a country where she could be jailed for her queer identity — for the U.K. when she was 11 but is not yet a British citizen.