1743 SWISS FABIAN CANCELLARA ON WINNING THE MEN’S TIME TRIAL GOLD MEDAL:
“This was the last time for me to try to win an Olympic medal. It means so much to me. After missing out on gold in London, and all the ups and downs I’ve had since then, this is just amazing to win the gold today.
“This was the last big time trial of my life.”
1715 FIJI TO MEET NEW ZEALAND IN RUGBY SEVENS QUARTER-FINALS
Top seeds Fiji beat the United States 24-19 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the men’s rugby sevens competition, where they will face New Zealand, who progressed by virtue of Fiji’s win despite losing 21-19 to Britain.
1658 PASKOV SHOCKS YAKIMENKO IN MEN’S SABRE
Men’s sabre world number one Alexey Yakimenko of Russia suffered a shock 15-14 defeat against Bulgaria’s Pancho Paskov in the round of 32 in the individual sabre competition.
1655 RAIN DELAYS START OF PLAY IN TENNIS
Rain has hampered the start of play at the Olympic Tennis Centre, as the International Tennis Federation announced that there would be no play before 1815 GMT.
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1639 SOUTH KOREA’S JIN JONG-OH ON CLIMBING FROM SEVENTH PLACE TO WIN THE GOLD IN THE MEN’S 50M PISTOL EVENT:
“I told myself don’t give up, don’t give up. I wanted to give up I was doing badly, but I said to myself this is my last Olympics. I cannot give up.”
1635 AUSTRALIA THRASH INDIA IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Two goals from Jodie Kenny helped Australia beat India 6-1 in their women’s Pool B hockey clash.
1602 CANCELLARA WINS MEN’S TIME TRIAL GOLD
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland claimed gold in the men’s Olympic time trial. Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin won silver, while Britain’s Chris Froome came third on the 54.5km circuit.
1602 BRITAIN BEAT NEW ZEALAND IN MEN’S SEVENS RUGBY
Britain handed New Zealand their second straight defeat in the men’s rugby sevens, winning 21-19 in their Pool C encounter at the Deodoro Stadium. Britain progress through to the quarter-finals.
1545 JIN WINS GOLD IN 50M PISTOL
South Korea’s Jin Jong-oh won a third consecutive gold in the Olympic men’s 50 metre pistol competition. Vietnam’s Xuan Vinh Hoang claimed silver, while North Korea’s Kim Song Guk, in his first ever international final won bronze.
1508 DING NING THROUGH TO TABLE TENNIS FINALS
Women’s number one seed Ding Ning of China earned a 11-5 9-11 11-6 11-3 11-9 victory against Kim Song-i of North Korea to reach the finals of the women’s table tennis competition.
1456 AUSTRALIA OVERCOME SOUTH AFRICA IN RUGBY SEVENS
Australia scored two tries en route to a 12-5 win against South Africa in their men’s pool B rugby sevens encounter at the Deodoro Stadium. Despite the loss, South Africa are through to the quarter-finals.
1454 SPAIN EDGE OUT BRAZIL IN HANDBALL
London 2012 Olympics bronze medallists Spain withstood a fight back from home favourites Brazil to win 29-24 in the women’s preliminary Group A clash.
1428 ERRIGO BEATEN BY HARVEY IN WOMEN’S FOIL
Canada’s Eleanor Harvey stunned world number one and London 2012 Games silver medallist Arianna Errigo 15-11 to move into the quarter-finals of the women’s individual foil competition.
1421 FRANCE TRIUMPH AGAINST SPAIN
Two tries from winger Virimi Vakatawa helped France to a 26-5 win against Spain in their Pool B men’s rugby sevens match. France have qualified for the quarter-finals.
1330 LI THROUGH TO TABLE TENNIS FINALS
Defending Olympic champion and women’s third seed Xiaoxia Li of China dominated Japan’s Ai Fukuhara, seeded sixth, 11-4 11-3 11-1 11-1 to move into the finals of the table tennis competition.
1308 ARMSTRONG WINS ROAD TIME TRIAL GOLD
American Kristin Armstrong clinched a third consecutive Olympic road time trial gold on a damp morning at the Rio Games. Olga Zabelinskaya of Russia took silver, while Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands finished third in the 29.7km course.
1125 ROWING CALLED OFF FOR THE DAY
High winds and rain have forced the cancellation of Wednesday’s races of the Olympic rowing regatta. The finals of the women’s quadruple sculls and the men’s quadruple sculls were to be contested on Wednesday.
Sunday’s races were also postponed due to bad weather at the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.
1115 MICHAEL PHELPS HAS HIS SAY ON THE FINGER WAGGING CELEBRATION AFTER WINNING THE 200 METRES BUTTERFLY GOLD
“I don’t know. It just came to me so I started doing it. I was pretty fired up after that race. Having watched the (London) 2012 (Olympic Games) 200m fly, it kind of stuck with me and this is a race I wanted tonight. I really wanted that one back.”
(Reporting by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru, editing by Susanna Twidale and Toby Davis)
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