Rio Olympics Day 3 News & Medal Roundup

Day 3 of the Rio Olympics was action-packed with 14 gold medals being handed out, including in four swimming events. Three of the gold medal winners in the pool - Adam Peaty, Sarah Sjöström and Katie Ledecky - all set world records on their way to winning.

The United States' gold in the men's 4x100 meter relay - Michael Phelps' first event of these games - gave the U.S. their third gold medal of the Olympics, tying them with China and Australia for the most through the Olympics thus far. 

USA also leads the medal count with 12 total medals. China currently sits in second with eight medals, while Italy and Japan both have seven.

Here's a summary of all 14 events that handed out medals on Sunday:

Men's 100M Breaststroke 
Gold: Adam Peaty (Great Britain)
Silver: Cameron van der Burgh (South Africa)
Bronze: Cody Miller (United States)

Women's 100M Butterfly
Gold: Sarah Sjöström (Sweden)
Silver: Penny Oleksiak (Canada)
Bronze: Dana Vollmer (United States)

Women's 400M Freestyle
Gold: Katie Ledecky (United States)
Silver: Jazmin Carlin (Great Britian)
Bronze: Leah Smith (United States)

Men's 400M Freestyle Relay
Gold: United States
Silver: France
Bronze: Australia

Women's team archery
Gold: South Korea 5, Russia 1
Bronze: Taiwin 5, Italy 3

Women's road race (cycling)
Gold: Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)
Silver: Emma Johansson (Sweden)
Bronze: Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy)

Women's synchronized 3m springboard (diving)
Gold: China (Shi Tingmao; Wu Minxia Wu), 345.60
Silver: Italy (Tania Cagnotto; Francesca Dallape'), 313.83
Bronze: Australia (Maddison Keeney; Anabelle Smith), 299.19

Men's fencing
Gold: Daniele Garozzo (Italy) def. Alexander Massialas (United States) 15-11
Bronze: Timur Safin (Russia) def. Richard Kruse (Britain) 15-13

Women's Judo (52 kg)
Gold: 
Majlinda Kelmendi (Kosovo) def. Odette Giuffrida (Italy)
Bronze A: Misato Nakamura (Japan) def. Erika Miranda (Brazil) 
Bronze B: Natalia Kuziutina (Russia) def. Yingnan Ma (China)

Men's Judo (66 kg)
Gold: Fabio Basile (Italy) def. Baul An (South Korea)
Bronze A: Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan) def. Adrian Gomboc (Slovenia)
Bronze B: Masashi Ebinuma (Japan) def. Antoine Bouchard (Canada)

Women’s 10-meter air pistol (shooting)
Gold: 
Zhang Mengxue (China) 199.4
Silver-: Vitalina Batsarashkina (Russia) 197.1
Bronze: Anna Korakaki (Greece) 177.7

Women’s trap final (shooting)
Gold: 
Catherine Skinner (Australia)
Silver: Natalie Rooney (New Zealand)
Bronze: Corey Cogdell (United States)

Women’s 53kg weightlifting
Gold: 
Hsu Shu-ching (Taiwan)
Silver: Hidilyn Diaz (Philippines)
Bronze: Yoon jin-Hee (South Korea)

Men’s 56kg weightlifting
Gold: 
Long Qingquan (China)
Silver: Om Yun-Chol (North Korea) 
Bronze: Sinphet Kruaithong (Thailand)

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