Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
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?

### Inputs:
table_name: table, columns: ['Rank', 'Nation', 'Gold', 'Silver', 'Bronze', 'Total']

### Response:
SELECT MAX Gold FROM table WHERE Total < 171 AND Nation = united states AND Bronze < 9