Day 13 highlights: Australia equals best Olympic performance with two more gold, while Wu gets diving bronze

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Day 13 highlights: Australia equals best Olympic performance with two more gold, while Wu gets diving bronze
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Keegan Palmer wins the men's park skateboard final to deliver Australia its 17th gold, while Melissa Wu collects her first Games medal in her fourth Olympics appearance.

Australia has equalled its best-ever performance at an Olympics with another two gold medals on day 13 of the Games.

Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen qualified fastest for the final and got away to a strong start. Veteran Olympian Melissa Wu has won her first individual medal at a Games with bronze in the women's 10-metre platform.

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