Here's how the medal table looks, with the Chinese and Americans neck and neck and Britain moving into third place.

Nation G S B Tot

China 20 13 9 42

United States 21 9 11 41

Britain 8 6 8 22

Russia 3 11 8 22

Japan 2 8 11 21

Germany 5 8 6 19

France 7 5 6 18

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South Korea 9 2 5 16

Australia 1 9 4 14

Italy 4 5 3 12

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