iles would almost secure gold with her first vault, a massive 15.7. The second vault was a 14.9 to put her into the lead on 15.3.

Abe would get an early score only for Keldiyorova to land a beautiful throw to win by ippon. Abe would weep uncontrollably.

China were upset by Turkey despite winning the first set. Brazil, Italy and United States would all go through in straight sets

With forty laps to go in the points race Thomas had gone into the overall lead but the top three were separated by just four points.

Netherlands came from 9-6 down to stop United States from winning a water polo medal, the first time since the event made the Olympics.

The big news came in the round of 32 as Truls Möregårdh (Sweden) upset Wang Chuqin (China) in four sets to two.

France would lead by double digits in the third-quarter after a 10-0 run. With 92 seconds left France were a point down.

Amongst the drama of a spying scandal, Canada would win all three group games but were docked six points. 

Ahman/Hellvig (Sweden) and George/Andre (Brazil) only went through as lucky losers. In the round of sixteen, the Brazilian pair went out

The acrobatic section was closer but again it was China who led. United States were second to guarantee themselves silver. 

The French pair were able to come through the semi-finals and set up an all-French final. Brunet would beat Balzer 15-12.

The other semi final was something of a classic, Germany winning 3-2 despite India creating a greater number of chances.

Steve Guerdat (Switzerland) would be the third man clear. The three riders would go into a jump-off for gold.

The final was much more dramatic with Turkey taking an 8-2 lead before Serbia pulled it back to 12-12.

On the final lap, Beaugrand would slowly attack, getting a bit of distance from the rest of the group,

The most impressive performance came as Brady Ellison (United States) scored 87 points over three sets to beat Je-deok to nil.

1300-1545: Volleyball; Women's Event 🥇Brazil 🇧🇷 🥈China 🇨🇳 🥉Poland 🇵🇱

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 400m Hurdles 🥇Rai Benjamin 🇺🇸 🥈Karsten Warholm 🇳🇴 🥉Alison dos Santos 🇧🇷

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 1500m 🥇Jakob Ingebritsen 🇳🇴 🥈Yared Nuguse 🇺🇸 🥉Josh Kerr 🇬🇧

1700-1940: Track Cycling; Women's Team Sprint 🥇Germany 🇩🇪 🥈Great Britain 🇬🇧 🥉China 🇨🇳