PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 5 at the Games

American Kristin Armstrong became the first cyclist to win the same road event at three different Olympic Games on Wednesday.

Britain's surprise packet Joseph Clarke won the Canoe gold in the K-1 slalom course on Wednesday.

British duo oust champions China to claim first diving gold

Britain's Jack Laugher and Chris Mears dethroned reigning champions China to claim their country's first ever diving gold medal in the men's 3 metre springboard event on Wednesday. 

China's Qin Kai and Cao Yuan had to settle for third, with a score of 450.21 compared to Britain's 454.32. The Chinese team, led by Qin, had held the men's 3 metre title since the Beijing Games in 2008. 

Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon of the United States took silver after recording 98.04 -- the highest score of the competition -- for their final dive.

Korea's Jin wins third straight gold in 50m pistol

South Korea's Jin Jong-oh shot his way back from the brink of elimination to win his third consecutive gold in the Olympic men's 50 metre pistol event on Wednesday.

With a steadier hand in the final rounds, Jin prevailed over Vietnam's Xuan Vinh Hoang, who made history on Saturday by winning his country's first gold medal.

Kim Song Guk of North Korea won the bronze in his first ever international final.

The 36-year-old Jin, ranked No. 1 in the world, is one of the Olympics' most decorated pistol shooters, having won the 50 metre titles at Beijing and London, where he also claimed the 10m air pistol event.

American Armstrong wins third straight time trial gold

Veteran American Kristin Armstrong claimed a third consecutive road time trial gold to deny former Russian doper Olga Zabelinskaya what would have been a controversial triumph on a rain-soaked course at the Rio Games on Wednesday.

Double London medallist Zabelinskaya, who served an 18-month suspension for a banned stimulant and was only cleared to compete in Rio last week, had set the fastest time with only Armstrong still on the 29.7km course.

Armstrong had been quickest over the opening 10km and then produced a searing late burst on the Grumari circuit to clock in 44 minutes 26.42 seconds the day before her 43rd birthday.

Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen added a bronze medal to her gold in Sunday's road race as she finished 11 seconds back.

Swiss Cancellara wins men's time trial cycling

Swiss Fabian Cancellera won the men's Olympic time trial gold medal on Wednesday, producing a masterful ride around the 54.5km circuit.

Cancellara, who also won the event in 2008 in Beijing, beat Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 47 seconds.

Tour de France champion Chris Froome took the bronze medal, the same position he finished in four years ago in London.

Canoe: Great Britain’s Clarke takes gold

Britain's Joseph won gold on the frothy whitewater of Rio's K-1 slalom course on Wednesday.

Clarke, 23, won by a fraction of a second, completing the course in 88.53 seconds, over second-place finisher Peter Kauzer, 32, of Slovenia, who clocked in at 88.70 seconds.

The CzechRepublic's Jiri Prskavec, 23, took bronze.

Uchimura wins All Around gymnastics gold

Japan's Kohei Uchimura became the first gymnast in 44 years to take a successive Men's Individual All Around gymnastics Olympic gold on Wednesday.
Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine took home the silver while Max Whitlock of Great Britain was bronze medallist.

Shooting: Veteran Aldeehani wins gold in men's double trap

Six-time Olympian Fehaid Aldeehani battled wet and blustery conditions to win the gold medal in the men's double trap event on Wednesday.

A 49-year-old Kuwaiti competing under the Olympic flag, Aldeehani defeated Marco Innocenti of Italy in the duel for gold, nailing 26 orange targets out of 30 to Innocenti's 24.

The bronze medal went to Steven Scott who defeated fellow Briton Tim Kneale with a perfect score of 30 in their match-up for third place.

Japan's Tachimoto wins judo gold

Japan's Haruka Tachimoto won the women's under 70-kg judo gold medal for the sport's birthplace on Wednesday, defeating Colombia's Yuri Alvear who took silver.

Tachimoto, a four-time grand slam winner, was the only member of Japan's 14-strong team who was unseeded going into the competition. Earlier in the day, she beat top seed Kim Polling of the Netherlands.

Germany's Vargas Koch and Britain's Sally Conway each took bronze. Alvear had previously won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics.

Baker wins 90-kg men's judo

Top-seeded Mashu Baker won the men's under 90-kilogram judo competition on Wednesday in a night of double golds for the sport's birthplace of Japan.

He defeated Georgia's Varlam Liparteliani, who took silver. China's Cheng Xunzhao and 2015 world champion Gwak Dong-han of South Korea each took bronze.

Yanmei is women's 69kg weightlifting Olympic champ

Xiang Yanmei won gold in the women's 69kg weightlifting event at the Rio Games on Wednesday.

Kazakhstan's Zhazira Zhapparkul took silver while teenager Sara Ahmed became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium when she finished third in the contest.

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