Day Four update: After being badly beaten by the United States in basketball the day before, Venezuela has had another day of nothing. Our gold medalist from London, fencer Rubén Limardo, was defeated by an Egyptian, while his brother Francisco, though he managed to win against two opponents, was also eliminated. A South Korean ended up winning the gold.

In archery, one of our own defeated a Chinese archer to go into the next round of the event, but he too was eliminated, by an Australian. In swimming, one of ours got into a semifinal, but couldn't advance.

Even with this, we still have hope for a medal in boxing, as we have at least three boxers in different categories, and all of them have passed to the next round of their respective event.

Colombia's gold medal in weightlifting the day before means that there are now three South American countries in the medal table, the others being Brazil and Argentina.

[In other news, that Katinka Hosszu (Hungary) now has enough gold for a rap album cover, while Michael Phelps has enough to make a small table]