Rio 2016: Day Three in Pictures

Day three of Rio 2016 proved to be a roller coaster ride for Team GB's athletes with agony and ecstasy in equal measure. Catch up on the action with the best pictures from Brazil.

Paul Drinkhall put in a valiant effort but his singles campaign came to an end in round four with a 4-2 loss against six-time Olympian Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus.

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In Equestrian William Fox-Pitt slipped from first to out of the medal places after the cross-country phase of the Olympic eventing competition.

There were high hopes in gymnastics.

And some stand-out performances from Team GB's men.

But in the end it wasn't to be as they narrowly missed out on the podium.

But there was joy in the pool as Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow claimed 10m synchro bronze.

And there was also a medal for Ed Ling in the men's trap.

But the women's 7s side fell just short of a medal as they lost out to Canada in the bronze medal match.

The first day of the sailing regatta saw five-time Olympian Nick Dempsey surge into the lead in the RS:X classification, winning two of his three races.

While in swimming James Guy narrowly missed a medal but