user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: The united states, with a total medal count of less than 171, and a bronze medal count less than 9, has how many gold medals?
Columns: ['Rank', 'Nation', 'Gold', 'Silver', 'Bronze', 'Total']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'real', 'real', 'real', 'real']
Sample row: ['1', 'Italy', 18.0, 5.0, 12.0, 35.0]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MAX("Gold") FROM "Table" WHERE "Total" < 171.0 AND "Nation" = 'united states' AND "Bronze" < 9.0;