Wednesday 10 August 2016

Rio 2016 Day Four

Late night success for GB over in the Swimming saw two great silver medals as Siobahn-Marie O'Connor claimed second in the 200m Individual Medley finishing just behind Katinka Hosszu (HUN) who secured her third gold of the games.GB staged a stunning comeback in the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay as the quartet of Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace and James Guy took second as the USA took gold with final leg Michael Phelps collecting his 21st overall gold medal having won the 200m Butterfly earlier on.

After success in the Synchro Diving for the GB men on day three, day four saw the women look to also claim a medal but sadly the duo of Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson only finished in fifth with a score of 319.44. In Tennis, GB's Johanna Konta came from one set down to win 3-6 7-5 7-5 against Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) while a huge shock saw defending champion Serena Williams (USA) exit at the hands of Elina Svitolina (UKR).

Over in the Artistic Gymnastics, GB's female quintet missed on the medals as they finished fifth with United States of America storming to the gold with Russia claiming silver and China bronze. Another missed medal for GB came in the Men's Canoe C1 Final as David Florence could only managed to finish in 10th.

Rugby Sevens saw an upset as Japan held onto stun New Zealand with a 14-12 win in a game that saw NZ star Sonny Bill Williams suffered a potentially serious injury. A milestone on day four saw Greece claim their first gold since 2004 as Anna Koraki took the title in the Women's 25m Pistol.



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