Only one place to start for the review today - GB's Adam Peaty became the first man since Adrian Moorhouse in 1988 to take gold in a Swimming event at 2.58 UK time with a stunning world record in the 100m Men's Breastroke. Minutes later, fellow GB swimmer Jazz Carlin produced a superb swim to take silver in the Women's 400m Freestyle while Katie Ledecky (USA) stormed to gold with a new world record.
Earlier, Lizzie Armitstead was fifth in the Women's road race won by Anna van der Breggen after leader Annemiek van Vleuten suffered a horrific crash which resulted in three small fractures in her lower back after coming off while leading down the Vista Chinesa descent.
Two huge upsets in Tennis saw defending champions Serena and Venus Williams bow out while GB duo Andy and Jamie Murray exited at the hands of Brazilians Belluci/Sa in straight sets. GB hopes were high in the latter stages of Fencing after a great day from Richard Kruse but he sadly exited in the final and lost out in the bronze medal match.
Late in the evening, Michael Phelps continued his stunning medal haul with a a 19th Olympic Gold in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay. GB's female Gymnastics secured fourth spot into the finals while surviving a scare in qualification as Ellie Downie suffered a fall in Floor but defied the odds to compete in the Vault just minutes later.
Two notable milestones on day two saw a first ever medal for Kosovo as Majilinda Kelemendi claimed gold in the Women's Judo -52kg class while China's Wu Minxia made it five Olympic golds with victory in the Women's 3m Synchronised Springboard with Shi Tingmao.
Earlier, Lizzie Armitstead was fifth in the Women's road race won by Anna van der Breggen after leader Annemiek van Vleuten suffered a horrific crash which resulted in three small fractures in her lower back after coming off while leading down the Vista Chinesa descent.
Two huge upsets in Tennis saw defending champions Serena and Venus Williams bow out while GB duo Andy and Jamie Murray exited at the hands of Brazilians Belluci/Sa in straight sets. GB hopes were high in the latter stages of Fencing after a great day from Richard Kruse but he sadly exited in the final and lost out in the bronze medal match.
Late in the evening, Michael Phelps continued his stunning medal haul with a a 19th Olympic Gold in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay. GB's female Gymnastics secured fourth spot into the finals while surviving a scare in qualification as Ellie Downie suffered a fall in Floor but defied the odds to compete in the Vault just minutes later.
Two notable milestones on day two saw a first ever medal for Kosovo as Majilinda Kelemendi claimed gold in the Women's Judo -52kg class while China's Wu Minxia made it five Olympic golds with victory in the Women's 3m Synchronised Springboard with Shi Tingmao.
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