The ninth day of competition out of Tokyo were heavy with personal, Olympic and world records broken from the pool to the track. The USA's own Caeleb Dressel broke an Olympic record in the men's 50-meter freestyle, netting his fifth gold from Tokyo.
Hannah Roberts took home the first medal for Team USA in BMX freestyle with her second-place win, while Katherine Nye broke a 21-year-long dry spell for the United States with her silver-medal win in weightlifting.
Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas smashed a 26-year-long world record in triple jump, as Italy's Lamont Jacobs became the fastest man alive with his gold-medal performance in the men's 100m race.
See the top moments in photos.
Ryan Pierse/Getty Images (1 of 19) Raven Saunders of Team United States protests during the medal ceremony for the Women's Shot Put on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 1, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. "It's the intersection of where all people who are oppressed meet,"
Saunders said of her podium protest .
Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images (2 of 19) Team USA's Xander Schauffele celebrates with his gold medal after winning the Men's Individual Stroke Golf Tournament at the Kasumigaseki Country Club on the ninth day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan, Aug. 1, 2021.
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Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images (4 of 19) Mykayla Skinner of Team USA competes in the Women's Vault Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Aug. 1, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
Skinner won silver for the category .
Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images (5 of 19) Sunisa Lee of Team USA competes in the Women's Uneven Bars Final on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
Lee took home bronze for the category , netting her a gold, silver and bronze medal from the Tokyo Olympics each.
Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images (6 of 19) Belgium's Nina Derwael competes in the artistic gymnastics women's uneven bars final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2021.
Derwael took home gold for the category, beating out uneven bars favorite Sunisa Lee.
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Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images (8 of 19) Italy's Lamont Jacobs holds his national flag as he celebrates winning the men's 100m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2021. He became the
fastest man alive with his personal best time of 9.80 seconds – .04 seconds ahead of USA's Fred Kerley.
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Jae C. Hong/AP (10 of 19) Isaiah Jewett, of the United States, and Nijel Amos, right, of Botswana, shake hands after falling in the men's 800-meter semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo.
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AP Photo/Jae C. Hong (13 of 19) Swimmers start in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the 2020 Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong (14 of 19) Caeleb Dressel, of United States, right, and teammates celebrate winning the gold medal in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
AP Photo/David Goldman (15 of 19) Torri Huske, of United States, embraces teammates after winning the silver medal in the women's 4x100-meter medley relay final at the 2020 Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
Maja Hitij/Getty Images (16 of 19) Robert Finke of Team United States competes on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
AP Photo/David Goldman (17 of 19) Caeleb Dressel, of United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in a men's 50-meter freestyle fiat the 2020 Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. At left Bruno Fratus, of Brazil, celebrates winning the bronze medal.
Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images (18 of 19) Kelly Claes #1 of Team United States attempts to block the hit by Heather Bansley #1 of Team Canada during the Women's Round of 16 beach volleyball on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shiokaze Park on Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (19 of 19) Qatar's Cherif Younousse (L) attempts a shot past USA's Philip Dalhausser in their men's beach volleyball round of 16 match between Qatar and the USA during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shiokaze Park in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2021.