Rio Olympics medal count 2016: Great Britain gold, US silver in diving

Updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count standings after Great Britain won gold and US won silver in a diving event in addition to judo and weightlifting finals

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The 2016 Rio Olympics medal count has been possibly more fluid than any day before on Day 5 from the Rio 2016 Games. Medals have been handed out all morning with the latest batch coming in the early afternoon as there were finals in the men’s diving, men’s and women’s judo, and women’s weightlifting handed out.

In the Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving finals, it was Jack Laugher and Chris Mears of Great Britain picking up the gold medal while Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon of the United States were right behind to win the silver. Picking up the bronze medal would be the Chinese team of Yuan Cao and Kai Qin.

In the Women’s 69kg Weightlifting finals, China did indeed pick up a gold from Yanmei Xiang while Zhazira Zhapparkul of Kazakhstan and Sara Ahmed of Egypt came in with the silver and Bronze.

For the Men’s Judo 90kg final, Mashu Baker of Japan defeated Varlam Liparteliani of Georgia to win gold while the latter got silver. China’s Xunzhao Cheng and South Korea’s Donghan Gwak picked up bronzes. As for the Women’s Judo 70kg final, Haruka Tachimoto won gold by defeating Yuri Alvear of Colombia with Germany’s Laura Vargas Koch and Great Britain’s Sally Conway won bronze medals.

Here’s a look at the updated 2016 Rio Olympics medal count standing, sorted by gold medals won:

China’s latest gold puts them just one behind the United States in the standings now.

Here is the Olympics medal count, sorted by total medals won:

China is also gaining on the United States in the total medals won, though USA still has a relatively comfortable lead in the standings in that regard.

Who will vault up the 2016 Rio Olympics medal count standings in the days to come? Only time will tell.