Rio Olympics: Another Golden Day For Team GB

Team GB has won two more gold medals at the Rio Games, taking the total to three.

Chris Mears, 23, and Jack Laugher, 21, claimed Britain's first-ever Olympic diving gold when they triumphed in the men's synchronised 3m springboard final.

Their feat comes despite Mears suffering a ruptured spleen as a teenager which left him on life support with just a one in 20 chance of survival.

The Rio final took place in a pool which was controversially still a murky green colour.

It turned from light blue on Tuesday, with officials saying tanks had run out of chemicals used to treat the water.

Earlier, kayaker Joe Clarke won the final of the K1 canoe slalom - a day after the heartache of his GB teammate David Florence's last-placed finish.

It was Britain's first Olympic medal in the men's event since Campbell Walsh at Athens 2004.

The 23-year-old said he was stunned by his success and hailed it as a "dream come true".

He said: "I just can't really put it into words. I'm just so made up. I have so many amazing memories of this sport and this just tops all of them in one day."

Clarke's victory in the Whitewater Stadium follows that of swimmer Adam Peaty who triumphed in the 100m breaststroke earlier in the week.

British competitors also won four bronze medals on Wednesday, starting with cyclist Chris Froome in the men's individual time trial event.

Steven Scott won bronze in the men's double trap shooting after beating GB teammate Tim Kneale in a head-to-head third-place contest. Later, Sally Conway took bronze in the women's -70kg judo category.

And gymnast Max Whitlock finished third in the men's individual all-around final.

For Froome, it is the same position he finished in London four years ago and comes just over a couple of weeks after the Team Sky rider won the Tour de France for a third time.

The 54.5km-long course in the Brazilian city was won by Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara in a time of 1 hour 12 minutes and 15.42 seconds.

Froome was a minute behind, finishing in 1:13:17.54, while Dutchman Tom Dumoulin took silver in 1:13:02.83.

The Briton, 31, told Sky News that taking bronze for a second time felt "amazing" and "pretty special".

He added: "I tried to pace myself and hold back a little bit in the first lap and try to save something for the second lap but Fabian was the strongest rider today.

"I've got no regrets. I definitely laid it all down on the road and did the best I could but the legs weren't the same as they were in the tour."

The other British hope, Geraint Thomas, was ninth in 1:14:52.85.

In the women's competition, Britain's Emma Pooley finished 14th as US cyclist Kristin Armstrong won the event.

:: Team GB's medal tally at Rio 2016: Gold: 3, Silver: 3, Bronze: 6