Olympic Gold Rush: Highlights of Wednesday's Medals and Drama

The Olympics on Wednesday offered 23 gold medals in various sports including athletics, sailing, and boxing. Highlights include the Dutch setting a world record in cycling, France's mixed results in handball and table tennis, and significant wins in sailing for the Netherlands and Australia. Drama included an Australian hockey player's arrest.

The Olympics on Wednesday saw a whirlwind of events with 23 gold medals up for grabs in sports like athletics, sailing, and boxing.

Dutch cyclist Harrie Lavreysen set a new world record in the men's 200 metres flying lap during track cycling qualifications. Meanwhile, France experienced mixed fortunes; a narrow loss in men's handball to Germany ended their Olympic campaign and left back Nikola Karabatic's career, but their table tennis team moved to the semi-finals.

Sailing saw the Netherlands' Marit Bouwmeester and Australia's Matt Wearn clinching gold in the women's and men's dinghy respectively. In a less celebratory note, Australian hockey player Tom Craig was detained in Paris on drug-related charges.

(With inputs from agencies.)