JUDOKA SILVA WINS BRAZIL'S FIRST GOLD MEDAL OF RIO 2016!
With the home crowd in full voice behind her, Rafaela Silva has won Brazil's first gold medal of Rio 2016 in the women's 57kg judo final. Silva edged out Mongolian Sumiya Dorjsuren by sumi-otoshi to send the Carioca Arena 2 wild.
The Brazilian judoka, 24, was disqualified in the early rounds at London 2012, though bounced back to win gold at the world championships in 2013. Like that victory, this one was in front of a home crowd.
Vai Brasil!!!
ICE RINKS AND DECK CHAIRS AT THE HOUSE OF SWITZERLAND
The novelty of ice skating outdoors in one of the world's most celebrated tropical cities is probably worth the long queues. The Swiss have gone all out to make their house a themed one at this Olympics.
Veronica Mean, a Brazilian doctor living in Switzerland, took her three children and nephews to the rink. After waiting three hours to get on the artificial ice, she said: "They're used to ice skating in Switzerland, so it's good. It really seems like Switzerland."
If waiting or skating is not your thing, there's always the deck chairs positioned perfectly in front of a big screen. Of course beer, pão de queijo and most likely some Swiss chocolate are also available.
YOU'RE NOT A REAL FAN UNLESS YOU HAVE T-SHIRTS
The family of Rafaela Silva, who just qualified for the women's judo 57kg final, were showing their support in full colours from the stands. Silva's mother, younger sister and dad were all sporting t-shirts with a huge picture of the judoka head on.
A few moments after her semi-final win, Silva's dad, Luiz Carlos Silva was spotted outside the arena frantically puffing away at a cigarette. "I can't take this here, man. I don't like to see fights but Raquel (Rafaela's sister) insisted!" Hang in there, dad!
SILVER FOR SILVA... AT LEAST
Brazil are guaranteed at least a silver medal in judo after Rafaela Silva beat Romania's Corina Căprioriu by golden point in the women's 57kg semi-final in front a boisterous crowd at Carioca Arena 2.
You wouldn't mess with her, would you?
AMERICAN FAMILY VISIT RIO TO SEE HOME OF SAMBA UP CLOSE
Amelia, Mike and Megan Heise came all the way from the United States to enjoy some live Olympic action. However, they also wanted to get the most out of 2016's host city, so archery at the Sambódromo was a no-brainer. "We wanted to get to know Rio to the max," said Amelia. "And here is one of the most emblematic places in the city. Now my dream is to come back and see carnival up close. It's beautiful!"
GET YOUR CHINA-DALEY
The star-packed men's synchronised 10m platform diving event will start imminently. Chinese men have not lost in the event since the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and are under pressure to deliver another gold-medal result at Rio 2016.
The new pairing of Chen Aisen and Lin Yue have already positioned themselves as the team to beat with golden finishes at the 2015 world championships and 2016 world cup. Crowd favourite Tom Daley enters the event in tandem with Olympic newcomer Daniel Goodfellow.
VOLLEYBALL HOUSE IN SCHOOL ON COPACABANA BEACH
The first ever Volleyball House at an Olympic Games is a stone's throw from the competition arena in a school on Copacabana beach. As well as checking out the painted volleyballs left by students before the school holidays, guests can play around with the latest in virtual reality software. If you're lucky, you might even bump into the likes of Bernie Ecclestone, who popped in this afternoon.
SAILING ACTION STARTS
Competitors showed no fear, steering ahead of Rio's shifting winds and challenging currents and tides, as sailing action started at Marina da Gloria today. There were near perfect winds for the start of the 11-day regatta. Racing will take place in 10 classes: five men's classes, four women's classes and one mixed class.
All classes will race either 10 or 12 fleet races with each boat receiving points equal to their finish position. At the end of the fleet races the 10 boats with the lowest point totals will compete in a medal race where points are doubled for each position at the finish. The top three boats after the medal round win gold, silver and bronze.
AUSSIES AND NZ SET FOR SEVENS SHOWDOWN
New Zealand have beaten England 25-7 to set up a rugby sevens women's final against Australia at 19:00 today.
TEAM GB ARE DOWN TO FIVE PLAYERS AGAINST THE ALL BLACKS
Trailing 15-7 at the end of the first half, team GB's hopes look even more dire as they lose two players to yellow cards after a dangerous tackle.
'PROUD, EVEN IN DEFEAT'
Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first USA athlete to compete wearing a hijab, has lost her round of 16 fencing sabre bout 15-12 to France's Cecilia Berder. But this was a moment bigger than sport.
"A lot of people believe that Muslim women don't have voices or that we (don't) participate in sport. And it's not just to challenge the misconceptions outside the Muslim community, but also within the Muslim community," Muhammad said following the contest.
"I want to break cultural norms and show girls that it's important to be active, it's important to be involved in sport. This has been a beautiful experience for me. I know that this was written for me, the chips fell where they did and I feel proud to represent Team USA even in defeat."
And this isn't the last we've seen of Muhammad at these Games. She should be back on the piste representing USA in the women's sabre team event.
(Photo: Getty Images/Patrick Smith)
RUGBY SEMI-FINALS COMING UP
Australia take on Canada at 14:30, before Great Britain face New Zealand at 15:00 in two tasty semi-final clashes, coming up at Deodoro Stadium. Fans at the venue are lubricating their vocal chords, as kick-off approaches.
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