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 Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia claimed gold in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform diving event at the Rio Games on Tuesday, with Malaysia and Canada respectively taking the silver and bronze medals as the venue's pool turned a bright green hue.
Brazil's interim President Michel Temer is optimistic that the country will stage a successful Rio Games, despite facing health and financial turmoil ahead of the August 5-21 Olympics.
China's Wu Minxia will make her bid to become the most decorated female Olympic diver at the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Rio de Janeiro, on Monday enters the one-month countdown to becoming the first South American city to host the Olympics.
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.
Come August and the world's finest athletes from 206 countries will be out to prove their best at the Olympics.
Hosts Brazil won their first gold of the Rio 2016 Summer Games after Rafaela Silva won the women's-57kg judo event on Monday. Another country to open their 'gold account' was Croatia, thanks to trap shooter Josip Glasnovic's superb effort in the shoot-out.
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