Medal Tally Olympics 2016: Updated Standings, Results After Each Wednesday Event

Action continued Wednesday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as gold medals were handed out in swimming, diving, cycling and more.

In the pool, Kazakhstan's Dimitriy Balandin made history by winning the first Olympic swimming gold in his country's history. He pulled off the feat in the men's 200-meter breaststroke.

Over on the mats, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura successfully defended his 2012 win in the men's individual all-around event. 

On the track, America's Kristin Armstrong, who turns 43 Thursday, won her third straight Olympic cycling gold in the women's individual time trial.

And on the basketball court, Team USA's men got its biggest scare of the tournament against Australia but moved one step closer to the gold with a 10-point win.

A full schedule of Wednesday's events can be found at NBCOlympics.com.

Odds for all Olympic events can be found at Odds Shark.

It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Kohei Uchimura!

Uchimura is known as "Superman" in Japan, per CNN's James Masters. It was easy to see why during the men's individual all-around event.

Uchimura trailed during most of the event but put together an incredible high bar routine that gave him a final edge of .101 points.

NBC announced the victory on Twitter using another of Uchimura's apt nicknames:

Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev had the heartbreaking second-place finish. After coming up one-tenth of a point short of the gold, Verniaiev congratulated Uchimura, per NBC's Julia Fincher:

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After absorbing the blow, Verniaiev draped himself in a Ukrainian flag and posed for pictures with Uchimura with a smile. Verniaiev has said that Uchimura is one of the gymnasts he admires most, and sportsmanship ruled the day. Uchimura silently paid back the compliment, pointing his thumb at Verniaiev as if to say, 'What a competitor.'

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Uchimura will be 31 for the 2020 games, but a chance to three-peat in front of a home crowd in Tokyo may be too hard for "Superman" to resist.

The Kristin Armstrong Cycling Dynasty

Speaking of three-peats, Kristin Armstrong pulled off the unlikely feat in cycling, edging Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya by just over five seconds in the women's individual time trial.

NBC shared Armstrong's reaction after the run:

Armstrong spoke as if she was going out on top after this win, but she did retire after both the 2008 and 2012 games. So, who knows?

Australia's Not Intimidated by Team USA

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Andrew Bogut and his Australian teammates took the loss, but they led for most of Wednesday's game against USA and proved they're a very real medal contender.

The now 2-1 Aussies have a toughness and mindset that is a key to their success.

"If we go out there and are we’re intimidated by them and trying to get our shoes signed before the game, and a signed jersey, then we’re in the wrong mind-set," Bogut said, per USA Today's Sam Amick. “(Facing the Americans is) the ultimate test. It’s the best team in the world, the best players in the world, so I think if we go out there with the right mind-set and compete with them, win or lose we’ll be happy with that."

Australia checked off both those boxes and should be happy with its performance. Having the lead halfway through the fourth quarter could make the result a bit more painful, though.

Based on the way the Aussies have played in Rio so far, there's a chance they'll get a shot at redemption in the knockout round. At least that's what Kevin Durant thinks, per Chris Kamrani of the Salt Lake Tribune:

The World Tries to Catch Team USA in Swimming

After dominating previous nights in the pool, Team USA took a backseat to the rest of the world in multiple swimming finals.

Balandin knocked off USA's Josh Prenot in a performance that caused NBC commentator Rowdy Gaines to say, "The biggest shock of these Olympic Games."

Getty Images shared the 21-year old's reaction:

Later, Mireia Belmonte secured Spain's first gold medal of these games by taking the women's 200-meter butterfly final. Rio 2016's official Twitter account had the news:

And finally, Australia's Kyle Chalmers upended USA's Nathan Adrian in the 100-meter freestyle. It was Australia's first gold in that event in 48 years, per NBC:

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