Great Britain came back with a bang with six medals on day five of the Games before hosts Brazil finally hit their stride in the football
If Super Saturday was the highlight in London then Wonderful Wednesday may end up taking the crown for years on.
Four days in and it was all very much a case of so near yet so far for Team GB with fourth places piling up left, right and centre.
But that all changed on day five as Great Britain finally mounted their assault on the medal table.
And they weren't the only ones to hit their stride either as Brazil's football team - spurred on by the talismanic Neymar - finally got into their groove to qualify for the knockout stages overnight.
But there's was plenty more to get our teeth into overnight.
Here is our round-up of the key action...
1. Team GB got back on track
Team GB's crowning glory in London was Super Saturday - four years on they had their own wonderful Wednesday.
Great Britain rocketed up the Olympicmedal table thanks to four medals in 114 mesmerising minutes on day five of the Games in Rio.
Steven Scott grabbed bronze in the shooting, Joe Clarke took gold in the K1 kayak, judoka Sally Conway bronze and Jack Laugher and Chris Mears gold in diving.
Earlier Chris Froome grabbed bronze in the individual time trialbefore Max Whitlock added to great Britain's tally in the evening with a bronze of his own in the all-around gymnastics.
The six medals on Wednesday added to the six already won make it 12 for Team GB so far. Not too shabby.
2. And so, finally, are Brazil's football team
Brazil silenced their doubters and turned the jeers of their own supporters into cheers with a showcase performance over Denmark.
After 206 long, long minutes, Brazil found the back of the net as Gabriel Barbosa prodded home to give his side the lead.
It proved to be the spark of something brilliant, as Brazil found their feet and subsequently showed that samba football was not dead.
Manchester City man Gabriel Jesus made the scoring two before the break, before Luan slotted home to put the game truly beyond Denmark.
There was even time for Barbosa to bag his brace before the end and secure Brazil's place in the knockout stages.
3. Whitlock righted the wrong
Max Whitlocksays his historic bronze medal can rocket Britain even closer to the top of the gymnastics world.
The braveheart from Herts claimed the nation’s first Olympic medal for 108 years in the blue riband male all-round competition last night.
It capped a memorable day for Great Britainand convinced the 23-year-old that the best is yet to come.
“We're in the best place we've ever been in and we can now look forward to more success in future," he declared.
4. Great Britain squeaked home in the sevens
Dan Bibby sent Great Britaininto the semi-finals of the Rio 2016 Olympicswith a sudden death try.
After the regulation 14 minutes were played without a point being scored, Bibby went over the line to score the golden point and secure the victory.
Argentina had a penalty to send themselves into the final four with the very last kick of the match - but it went wide of the posts and the game was sent into an additional period.
The scoreless contest meant that sudden death was to be played, with two periods of five minutes and the first to score a point the victors.
Great Britain could have thought that their chance to score the winner was missed when Tom Mitchell kicked for glory only to see his effort rebound off the post.
But they maintained their composure to see Bibby cross the line and send the GB bench into raptures.
5. One Armenian got a VERY nasty injury
Armenian Olympian Andranik Karapetyan suffered a horror ELBOW dislocation during the 77kg weightlifting event at the Rio Olympics.
The 20-year-old suffered the freak injury during his second attempt at trying to lift 195kg on Wednesday evening.
Karapetyan, the reigning European champion, screamed in pain as his joint popped out during the clean and jerk of his lift.
But as he raised his shoulders, disaster struck as his left arm gave in distressing circumtances.
6. And a Team GB swimmer finished fourth AGAIN
Andrew Willis agonisingly missed out on another medal for Team GBby just 0.08 seconds.
The 25-year-old, who set a lifetime best to qualify for the 200m breaststroke final, stormed down the final 50 metres to drag himself into contention.
But he was touched out into fourth at the last as Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Balandin took gold in a thrilling race.
Frimley-born Willis, who has finished fourth at the last two world championships, was beaten to the podium by Josh Prenot of the USA in second and Anton Chupkov of Russia in third.
That result means Great Britain have finished fourth FOUR times in the pool so far in addition to the four medals already won.
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