The penultimate day of action at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is also one of the busiest, with 17 different sports featuring medal events.Women's basketball, golf and men's soccer are the highlight events.The United States leads the medal field entering Saturday with 105 total, already surpassing its total from London four years ago (103), and it has a chance to match the 110 it won eight years ago in Beijing.Here are the updated medal results as events continue to go final as well as results from Saturday's events. Kayak: Men's Single 200m SprintLiam Heath earned his first-ever Olympic gold medal with a masterful dash in the men's 200-meter sprint. It's also his first solo medal in Olympic competition after he won a bronze in the K-2 200 meters four years ago and silver in the same event this year.Heath earned a round of applause from England's Ed McKeever, who won the 200-meter sprint in 2012:France's Maxime Beaumont captured the silver medal four years after just missing the medal podium with a fourth-place finish. He also won a silver in this event at the 2015 World Championships.The real drama in the race came in the battle for third, with Spain'sSaul Craviotto and Germany's Ronald Rauhe crossing the finish line at the exact same time. Both athletes were awarded bronze medals for their effort. Canoe: Men's Double 1,000m SprintSebastian Brendel's gold-medal parade continued in the men's double 1,000-meter sprint Saturday, as he and partner Jan Vandrey took home the title in a tight race.The 28-year-old Brendel has three career Olympic medals, all gold. He also won the individual 1,000-meter race in Rio earlier this week.Brazil led most of the way until the German duo vaulted into the top spot in the final 50 meters.Erlon de Souza Silva and IsaquiasQueiroz dos Santos were still able to walk away from the event with a silver in front of their home country. Kayak: Women's Four 500m SprintFor the second consecutive Olympics, Hungary took home gold in the women's K-4 500-meter sprint. The Hungarian quartet built a comfortable cushion over Germany to secure their spot in history.Germany and Hungary have had a good back-and-forth battle in this event at the Olympics for the last 16 years. They have finished 1-2 in each of the last five Olympics, with Germany taking gold in 2000, 2004 and 2008.Hungary has had the momentum since 2012 with no signs of slowing down. Belarus earned its second straight Olympic bronze with a third-place finish. Kayak: Men's Four 1,000m SprintGermany's domination of the men's K-4 1,000-meter sprint was on full display Saturday. The victory was assured almost as soon as the race started, with the Germans cruising to a win by nearly three full seconds over Slovakia.The win also gave Germany bragging rights over Hungary in the battle for kayaking supremacy, per Team World Blog:Slovakia and the Czech Republic went back and forth down the stretch in the battle for silver. The Slovakian team was able to nose ahead near the finish to secure its first medal in this event since 2008.
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