Australia's Keegan Palmer flew to a stunning skateboarding gold medal on Thursday as the USA suffered track disappointment with a major flop in the 4x100 metres relay heats.
American shot putter Ryan Crouser hurled an Olympic-record 23.30 metres to retain his title, while Portugal's Pedro Pichardo leapt 17.98m to win the men's triple jump.
Jamaica's Hansle Parchment upset America's Grant Holloway to win the men's 110m hurdles in 13.04sec, charging through the closing stages as the world champion faltered.
The biggest disappointment on the track was reserved for Team USA though when their relay team, the world champions and pre-Games favourites, finished sixth in their heat to miss the final.
Sprint legend Carl Lewis called it a "total embarrassment" as Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker and Cravon Gillespie became the first US quartet to fail to make the final from a completed heat.
"We just didn't get the job done today," said Kerley. "No excuses."
At the Ariake Urban Sports Park, Palmer wrapped up the Olympics' inaugural skateboarding programme with a brilliant gold medal in the men's park event.
Pulling some huge airs, the 18-year-old scored a massive 94.04 points in his first run before bettering his score to 95.83, way ahead of silver medallist Pedro Barrios's 86.14 and American Cory Juneau, who claimed bronze with 84.13.
The first of Thursday's 27 gold medals came in marathon swimming, when Germany's Florian Wellbrock won the men's title in a time of 1hr 48min 33.7sec.
Wellbrock and third-placed Gregorio Paltrinieri - who was struck by glandular fever before the Games - had also medalled in the pool, with 1,500m bronze and 800m silver respectively.
Also on Thursday, Kevin Durant's United States face a threat to their men's basketball crown in their semi-final against an Australia team stacked with NBA experience including Patty Mills and Joe Ingles.
In the other semi, France, who stunned the Americans in their opening game, must contain the scoring of Slovenia's Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic if they are to reach the final.
The men's 20km race will take place in Sapporo, hundreds of miles (kilometres) north of Tokyo after it was moved to avoid the capital's punishing summer heat.
However, Sapporo has been battling a heatwave of its own with temperatures climbing to 32 degrees Celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday.
In what is expected to be her last Olympics, 36-year-old football star Megan Rapinoe will look to sign off with a bronze when the United States play Australia in Kashima.
China will attempt to tighten their grip on the diving events by retaining the women's 10m platform title, and the dominant Chinese will play Japan in the women's team table tennis final.
The women's keirin and men's omnium are the next events up in track cycling, and Australia play Belgium in the men's hockey final.
Also, the first Olympic medals will be handed out in sport climbing and karate, two new additions to the programme.
Champions parade (UAE timings)
7pm Gates open
8pm Deansgate stage showing starts
9pm Parade starts at Manchester Cathedral
9.45pm Parade ends at Peter Street
10pm City players on stage
11pm event ends
Match info
Costa Rica 0
Serbia 1
Kolarov (56')
RESULT
Argentina 0 Croatia 3
Croatia: Rebic (53'), Modric (80'), Rakitic (90' 1)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana
Rating: 4.5/5
Fixtures
Wednesday
4.15pm: Japan v Spain (Group A)
5.30pm: UAE v Italy (Group A)
6.45pm: Russia v Mexico (Group B)
8pm: Iran v Egypt (Group B)
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
Results
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Saturday's schedule at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
GP3 race, 12:30pm
Formula 1 final practice, 2pm
Formula 1 qualifying, 5pm
Formula 2 race, 6:40pm
Performance: Sam Smith
How will Gen Alpha invest?
Mark Chahwan, co-founder and chief executive of robo-advisory firm Sarwa, forecasts that Generation Alpha (born between 2010 and 2024) will start investing in their teenage years and therefore benefit from compound interest.
“Technology and education should be the main drivers to make this happen, whether it’s investing in a few clicks or their schools/parents stepping up their personal finance education skills,” he adds.
Mr Chahwan says younger generations have a higher capacity to take on risk, but for some their appetite can be more cautious because they are investing for the first time. “Schools still do not teach personal finance and stock market investing, so a lot of the learning journey can feel daunting and intimidating,” he says.
He advises millennials to not always start with an aggressive portfolio even if they can afford to take risks. “We always advise to work your way up to your risk capacity, that way you experience volatility and get used to it. Given the higher risk capacity for the younger generations, stocks are a favourite,” says Mr Chahwan.
Highlighting the role technology has played in encouraging millennials and Gen Z to invest, he says: “They were often excluded, but with lower account minimums ... a customer with $1,000 [Dh3,672] in their account has their money working for them just as hard as the portfolio of a high get-worth individual.”
