protests large cruise ships can no longer dock in the centre of venice. hello and welcome. we start with the olympics and we ve now reached day nine of the games. here s the medal table as it stands at the moment china is on top with 22 gold medals followed in second place by the united states with 19 golds and the host nationjapan currently in third on 17 golds. let s find out more about today s action from gavin ramjaun at bbc sports centre. great to see you. let s start with the swimming. great to see you. let s start with the swimming- great to see you. let s start with the swimming. great to see you. let s start with the swimminu. . , ,, ., , the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire. he
the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire- he has the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire. he has helped the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire. he has helped the the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire. he has helped the us - the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire. he has helped the us aid - the swimming. kaleb tressel has been on fire. he has helped the us aid to i on fire. he has helped the us aid to five golds at these games. two amassed today at the aquatic centre as the us absolutely dominated the swimming. he is now level with michael phelps. he swam of the butterfly leg as the american set a world record in the men s four by 100 metre medley. he won that with the team there in the three minutes and 27 point 78 seconds, beating the record they set in 2009. that team formidable. it was a race they had to be good in because the great britain team have been so good so far, they needed to be be put inside with adam peaty and duncan scott. they won that
freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke, two men, two women all taking part. it is interesting, in terms of who swims, what, when, and hopkin there you can see on the podium, she spanned the final agony freestyle and she was out in front but the american kaleb tressel, setting records here, following her, but she held him off. the mixed relay events, really interesting that the olympics are embracing it. interesting to see a lot of the joy around and the support that people have been giving, seeing them being able to compete together in the same events. ., , events. certainly getting quite the attention. away events. certainly getting quite the attention. away from events. certainly getting quite the attention. away from team - events. certainly getting quite the attention. away from team gb, i events. certainly getting quite the - attention. away from team gb, some success for new zealand s women in the rugby sevens today. the rugby sevens today. absolutely. the won the