PARIS — Ryan Crouser became the first man ever to win three straight Olympic men's shot put golds, blasting three throws good enough to win and sealing his historic victory with a 22.90/75-1.75 in round three before the rain started to fall on Saturday night at Stade de France. His gold headlined a six-medal night for Team USA, putting them atop the medal table with seven, and the U.S. has 58 points, more than double the next nearest nation. Crouser, the world record holder, opened with a 22.64/74-3.5 and then hit 22.69/74-5.5 to add to his lead before the big throw on try number three. After light rainfall made the ring extremely slick and treacherous, Crouser slowed his spin and fouled twice before electing to pass on his final effort when he was assured of gold. Fourth going into the final round, two-time world champion Joe Kovacs summoned up all the power he had and pushed out a 22.15/72-8 that tied him with Jamaica's Rajindra Campbell, but Kovacs earned his third straight Olympic silver based on a better secondary mark of 21.71/71-2.75. Campbell claimed bronze, Jamaica's first shot put medal ever, with Payton Otterdahl an agonizing fourth at 22.03/72-3.5. A wet track didn't slow down St. Lucia's Julien Alfred, who sprinted away from the field to win the women's 100 in 10.72 ahead of a silver-bronze finish for Americans Sha'Carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson. TeeTee Terry claimed fifth in 10.97. It was the first time since Atlanta '96 that two U.S. women earned medals in the event, and with three women in the top five it was the best overall placing since 1988 at Seoul. Alfred was out of the blocks like a bullet in lane six, putting her in a commanding position as Richardson tried to overcome a poor start in lane seven. Giving up nothing on the way to becoming the No. 8 all-time world performer, Alfred ran the fourth fastest time ever at the Games, with Richardson closing well to snag silver in 10.87 and Jefferson grabbing bronze in lane five at 10.92. For the first time in Olympic history, an American woman will be on the podium in the triple jump. Jasmine Moore had only two legal jumps, but her 14.67/48-1.75 in round two was good enough to secure bronze. The three medal-winning leaps all came in round two, with Dominica's Thea LaFond winning her nation's first gold with a massive 15.02/49-3.5 and Jamaica's Shanieka Ricketts taking silver at 14.87/48-9.5. Keturah Orji closed out her storied career with a ninth-place finish, bounding 14.05/46-1.25. Running a PB 4:19.58 in the 1500 to close out the men's decathlon, Harrison Williams finished seventh in the point standings with a season best 8,538 points. Williams was steady through the day's four other events, running 14.28 in the 110 hurdles, throwing the discus 46.91/153-11 and clearing 5.10/16-8.75 in the pole vault. In the penultimate event, Williams threw the javelin 51.17/167-10. Heath Baldwin was 10th with 8,422 points, and Zach Ziemek ended up 17th with 7,983. A strangely unbalanced men's pole vault qualifying round had 10 of the 12 finalists come from Group A, and only Sam Kendricks made it through for the U.S. Kendricks, a two-time world champion and the Rio 2016 bronze medalist, cleared 5.75/18-10.25 on his second attempt to advance from Group A, but Jacob Wooten managed only 5.60/18-4.5 and did not move on. Tokyo silver medalist Chris Nilsen needed two tries to scale 5.40/17-8.5 in Group B but missed thrice at 5.60 and also missed out on the final. Heats in the men's 100 yielded no real surprises, with wins in the final two sections from Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley, both in 9.97 for the equal fastest time overall. Noah Lyles was second in heat three at 10.04 and also easily advanced to the semifinal. The first American to compete in the new repechage round, Allie Wilson clocked 1:59.73 for third in the second heat of the women's 800 and did not advance to the semis.