Day three saw the GB medal haul double as Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow sealed a superb bronze in the Men's 10m Synchronised Diving while Ed Ling also claimed bronze in the Men's Trap Shooting.
Three other huge chances of medals saw GB miss out with a 33-10 defeat to Canada in the Women's Rugby Sevens with the Gymnastics team finishing in fourth in the Men's Team Final and James Guy finishing just 0.26 seconds away from bronze in the Men's 200m Freestyle.
A first gold for the hosts came in the Judo through Rafaela Silva while in the Rowing - GB duo Heather Glover and Heather Stanning came close to losing their six-year unbeaten run as they just about held off Denmark in their heat.
Some GB joy came in the Table Tennis as Paul Drinkhall became on the third Briton to secure a last 16 spot as he defeated Andrej Gacina (CRO) however his run came to an end at the paddle of Vladimir Samsonov (BLR). Out on the water, Nick Dempsey leads the Men's Olympic RS:X windsurfing after three races.
Gold in the Women's Rugby Sevens went to Australia as they powered past rivals New Zealand 24-17. In the Swimming , Russia's Yulia Efimova was again booed in reference to her previous doping ban ahead of the 100m Breaststroke Final which was won by Lilly King (USA). Hungary's Katinka Hosszu secured her second gold of the games as she took the win in the 100m Backstroke.
Sun Yang took gold in the Men's 200m Freestyle while in Tennis - Novak Djokovic continued a run of all-star exits as he followed his Single exit from day one with doubles exit as he and Nenad Zimonjic lost 6-4 6-4 to Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares.
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