They'll use the "per capita". So every time they win a medal. China would have to win four to equal their one. China will never beat them.
Even if China wins 100 gold medals and US wins 0 they will just point to the overall historical medal table since 1896. And if China surpasses them in that one day they will point to per capita all time medal table. And if China somehow wins in that then they will just call you a f@g CCP wumao tankie shill.
You cannot beat these people in a game of their own nature. This is who they are, and the best thing is to just let them be and ignore them, or better yet limit your interactions with them to shitposting and trolling.
My only discussions with Westerners are now just of this nature:
Western shill: CCP killed 1 million Uyghurs!!!!!!111
Me: No you idiot, the real truth is that I'm in the cee cee pee pee right now and can tell you the 1 million number is way off. The real number is closer to 5 million. I am an Uyghur and let me tell you I was just anally probed by a Han chauvinist female. The fact that I sort of liked it does NOT mean that it is not rape.