Day Four became the busiest day so far with 22 medal events across 14 different sports which included a mix of all three medal types including history made in some events for the first time since the early 1900's.
Medals
Day Four opened with the
Women's Individual as
Flora Duffy (BER) stormed to
GOLD to become the first ever Bermudan Olympic champion and joy for GB as
Georgia Taylor-Brown fought off a flat tire late in the Biking section to collect
SILVER. The
BRONZE medal went to
Katie Zaferes (USA) while GB duo
Jess Learmouth and
Vicky Holland finished in ninth and 13th.
Double joy for GB in the day's opening event in the pool as
Tom Dean won
GOLD in the
Men's 200m Freestyle just ahead of fellow Brit
Duncan Scott who scooped
SILVER with
Fernando Scheffer (BRA) collecting
BRONZE. The 1-2 for GB is the first in the pool since 1908!.
An Olympic Record for Kaylee McKeown (AUS) as she won GOLD in the Women's 100m Backstroke ahead of Kylie Masse (CAN) who scooped SILVER and Regan Smith (USA) who secured BRONZE. GB's Kathleen Dawson finished in sixth.
A 1-2 for ROC in the Men's 100m Backstroke as Evgeny Rylov narrowly won GOLD ahead of fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov while Ryan Murphy(USA) collected BRONZE.
The final medal event of the day in the pool saw a huge shock as 17-year old Lydia Jacoby (USA) won GOLD ahead of Tatjana Schoenmaker (RSA) who scooped SILVER and Lilly King (USA) who collected BRONZE.
The
Women's +67kg saw
GOLD won by
Millica Mandic (SRB) as she defeated
Dabin Lee (KOR). BRONZES for GB's
Bianca Walkden and Althea Laurin (FRA) as they defeated
Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL) and
Aminata Charlene Traore (CIV).
In the Men's +80kg, GOLD won by Vladislav Larin (ROC) as he defeated Dejan Georgievski (MKD). BRONZES for Don Kyo In (KOR) and Rafael Yunier Alba Castillo (CUB) as they defeated Hongyi Sun (CHN) and Ivan Konrad Trajkovic (SLO).
The
Women's Team saw
GOLD won by the
Russian quartet of
Lillia Akhaimova, Viktoriia Listunova, Angelina Melnikova & Vladislava Urazova) with a score of 169.528. The
USA quartet of
Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, Sunisa Lee & Grace McCallum) took
SILVER with 166.096. GB's quartet of
Amelie Morgan, Alice Kinsella and sisters Jennifer and Jessica Gadirova collected
BRONZE with a total of 164.096, the first GB medal in the event since 1928.
The
Women's Softball GOLD was won by the hosts
Japan as they secured a 2-0 win over
USA who took
SILVER.
BRONZE went to
Canada as they won 3-2 against
Mexico.
The Women's Kayak GOLD went to Ricarda Funk (GER) as she finished ahead of Maialen Chourraut (ESP) who took SILVER and Jessica Fox (AUS) who collected BRONZE. GB's Kimberley Woods finished in tenth.
A clean sweep in the Women's Cross Country for Switzerland as Jolanda Neff took GOLD ahead of Sina Frei who scooped SILVER and Linda Indergand who collected BRONZE. GB's Evie Richards finished in seventh.
In the
Women's Synchronised 10m Platform, Yuxi Chen/Jiaqi Zhang (CHN) won
GOLD with a score of 363.78 ahead of
Jessica Parratto/Delaney Schnell (USA) who scooped
SILVER by scoring 310.80 and
Gabriela Garcia Agundez/ Alejandra Loza Oroczo (MEX) who claimed
BRONZE with 299.70. GB pair
Eden Cheng/Lois Toulson finished in seventh on 289.26.
The Dressage Team event saw GOLD go to German trio Dorothee Schnieder, Isabell Werth & Jessica Von Bredow-Werndl. The USA trio of Adrienne Lyle, Steffen Peters & Sabine Schut-Kery took SILVER. BRONZE went to GB trio Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester & Lottie Fry.
In the Women's Epée Team, GOLD went to Estonia with a 36-32 win over Korea who took SILVER. BRONZE went to Italy after they defeated China 23-21.
The Men's -81kg GOLD was won by Takanori Nagase (JPN) as he defeated Saeid Mollaei (MGL). BRONZES went to Matthias Casse (BEL) and Shamil Borchashvili (AUT) as they overcame Tato Grigalashvili (GEO) and Dominic Ressel (GER).
In the Women's -63kg, Clarisse Agbengnenou (FRA) took GOLD as she defeated Tina Trstenjak (SLO). BRONZES went to Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN) and Maria Centracchio (ITA) as they overcame Anriquelis Barrios (VEN) and Juul Franssen (NED).
The 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team saw the pair of Ranxin Jiang/Wei Pang (CHN) win GOLD ahead of Vitalina Batsarashkina/Artem Chernousov (ROC) who scooped SILVER while Olena Kostevych/Oleh Omelchuk (UKR) claimed BRONZE as they defeated Zorana Arunovic/Damir Mikec (SRB).
In the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team, Qian Yang/Hoaran Yang (CHN) won GOLD ahead of Mary Caroylnn Tucker/Lucas Kozniesky (USA) who scooped SILVER while Yulia Karimova/Sergey Kamenskiy (ROC) claimed BRONZE as they defeated Eunji Kwon/Taeyun Nam (KOR).
History made on the waves with
Italo Ferreira (BRA) becoming the
Men's first Olympic champion by taking
GOLD ahead of
Kanoa Igarashi (JPN).
BRONZE went to
Owen Wright (AUS) as he overcame
Gabriel Medina (BRA).
The Women's event saw GOLD for Carissa Moore (USA) as she defeated Bianca Buitendag (RSA). BRONZE went to Amuro Tsuzuki (JPN) as she overcame Caroline Marks (USA).
The
Women's 59kg saw an Olympic Record for
Hsing-Chun Kuo (TPE) as she won
GOLD with a score of 236 ahead of
Polina Guryeva (TKM) who scooped
SILVER with 217 while
Mikiko Andoh (JPN) collected
BRONZE with a score of 214. GB's
Zoe Smith finished eighth with a score of 200.
The Women's 64kg saw GOLD won by Maude G Charron (CAN) with a total of 236 ahead of Giorgia Bordignon (ITA) who scored 232 for SILVER and Wen-Huei Chen (TPE) who scored 230 to take the BRONZE. GB's Sarah Davies finished in fifth.
Team GB News
A heavy defeat for the GB men as they lost 33-7 to reigning Olympic champions Fiji in their final pool game before a stunning comeback from 21-0 down in the quarter final saw a 26-21 win over USA which sets up a semi against New Zealand on Day Five.
The Women secured top spot in their group after a 1-1 draw with
Canada with
Caroline Weir scoring for GB. The win sets up a clash with
Australia in the last eight on day seven.
The pair of
Andy Murray/Joe Salisbury advanced to the last eight while
Liam Broady reached the third round of the
Men's Singles.
Success in the ring saw Caroline Dubois reach the last 16 of the Light Welterweight while Pat McCormack advanced into the last eight of the Welterweight.