Team USA beat China with 113 medals - and most golds

Team USA beat China with 113 medals - and most golds - as Alison Felix becomes the most field athlete in Olympic history

The Olympic Games are come to a close on Sunday, with the closing ceremony.

Team USA won 113 medals in total, with 39 gold - beating China's 38 gold.

China took 88 medals in total, Japan came third, and the United Kingdom fourth.

The result is not as good as Rio 2016 when the United States won 121 medals and 46 gold.

 The U.S. team won 104 medals in 2012 and 112 in 2008

The belated increase put the United States at the top of the medal table on the last day of the Tokyo Olympics.

The U.S. team had more than 100 medals before the final day but had to count on Sunday's winners — including the women's basketball team that took their seventh straight gold — to reach the top of the standings for three games in a row.

They have won 39 golds - one more than their Chinese competitors - and 113 overall, a drop since the Rio Olympics, where they have claimed 46 golds and 121 medals overall.

"We are delighted with Team USA's performance at the Tokyo Games - and couldn't be more proud of the way they performed themselves," said USOPC President Susan Lyons.

"These games are one of the history books."

The belated increase put the United States at the top of the medal table on the last day of the Tokyo Olympics. Pictured: Team USA displaying their medals during the closing ceremony on Sunday

Team USA players pass their medals during the closing ceremonies — more than any other nation at this year's Games.

The women's volleyball team celebrates winning the gold medal in Tokyo on Saturday.

From left: Alison Felix, Athing Mo, Delilah Muhammad, and Sidney McLaughlin of Team USA celebrate gold in the women's 4x400m relay final.

Alison Felix and her teammates won the 4x400m relay, Felix's fifth and final Olympics.

A photo of the gold-medal-winning U.S. basketball team was taken on Saturday. From left: Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, and Diana Taurasi

Katie Ledecky of Team USA poses with her gold and two silver swimming medals.

The pursuit of Olympic glory has taken on more complexity and meaning for some, as the Games continued without fans under restrictive conditions amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Simone Biles entered Tokyo looking to score a record six gold medals in gymnastics but instead moved the narrative away from winning awards to advocating mental health, leaving an indelible mark at the Games and sparking a conversation about the excessive pressures of success.