Medal Count 2021 Olympics: Updated Standings, Highlights After Day 16

SAITAMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 8: Team USA celebrate during the medal ceremony of the Women's Basketball Gold Medal Final between United States and Japan on day sixteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena on August 8, 2021 in Saitama, Japan (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)As the Tokyo games came to a close Sunday, American women helped the country take the lead in total gold medals thanks to victories in basketball, volleyball and omnium cycling.

It was American Jennifer Valente's victory in the latter, in which she survived a frightening multi-racer crash that included a previous two-time gold medalist, that earned the United States both its first win in the sport and its…