Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Rio Olympics 2016: Tom Daley & Dan Goodfellow; Ed Ling win bronzes

Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow produced a great final dive to win one of two Olympic bronze medals for Great Britain on day three in Rio.
The pair's 10m synchro success and Ed Ling'sbronze in the trap shooting took Britain's tally to four and put them 10th in the medal table.
Britain's men's gymnastics team, the women's rugby sevens team and swimmer James Guy all missed out on bronze.
Hosts Brazil celebrated their first gold with Rafaela Silva's judo win.
Rio 2016 medal table - day three
CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1. United States57719
2. China53513
3. Australia4037
10. Great Britain1124
Fortune was not shining for Team GB in the eventing, with William Fox-Pitt slipping out of medal contention going into the final showjumping round.
In the rowing, Britain's Heather Glover and Heather Stanning nearly had their six-year unbeaten run broken by Denmark but a strong finish saw them through to the semi-finals as heat winners.
There was a shock defeat for Irish boxer Paddy Barnes, with the double Olympic medallistlosing his light-flyweight bout against Spain's Samuel Carmona.
So close yet so far for Team GB in three events.
A mistake by Louis Smith on the pommel horsedashed hopes of Great Britain winning a medal in the gymnastics men's team final.
They also missed out on winning the first ever Olympic medal in rugby sevens competition.They lost their semi-final against New Zealand before Canada brushed them aside 33-10 in the bronze medal match.
And in the pool, Bury's James Guy, 20, waspipped to bronze in the 200m freestyle by 0.26 seconds.
In the Olympic table tennis competition, Paul Drinkhall from Middlesbrough became only the third Briton to reach the last 16 of the event with victory over Croatia's Andrej Gacina. His run came to an end at the quick hands of 40-year-old Belarussian Vladimir Samsonov.

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