Then again, the three sports which have had a grim day in Rio today were among that number. The big question for the morning: has this been New Zealand's worst Olympic day? New Zealand won 13 medals in London four years ago, equal to Seoul in 1988. The Los Angeles Games of 1984 remain the country's best in purely golden terms, with eight won, all sitting down. Still today's events throw into sharp focus how predictions around Olympic Games can be a fraught business.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 09, 2016 22:52 UTC