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Rio 2016 Breakfast - All last night's golds, Bolt's 'triple triple', plus today's Olympics schedule

Ben Snowball

Updated 20/08/2016 at 14:39 GMT

Everything you need to know from Friday's action at the Olympic Games in Rio, with Usain Bolt completing the 'triple triple' on his farewell appearance.

Usain Bolt

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Usain Bolt: the end of an Olympic adventure.
The Jamaican signed off with a blistering final leg as Jamaica claimed gold in the 4x100m relay to complete the much-hyped ‘triple triple’ – victories over 100m, 200m and the relay across three successive Games.
Meanwhile, Great Britain’s unlikely quest for second spot in the overall medal table is firmly on track after the women’s hockey team clinched a penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands and Nick Skelton steered Big Star to show jumping gold.
However, there was heartbreak for Lutalo Muhammad as he saw his -80kg taekwondo gold medals hopes vanish in the very last second.
GB have 24 gold medals, two clear of China heading into the final two days of the Games.
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Britain's Sam Quek (2nd R) leads teammates as they run celebrating their victory

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Friday's highlights

  • Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica to 4x100m relay glory to secure the ‘triple triple’ and bring the curtain down on an illustrious Olympic career in Rio. More
  • United States won the women's Olympic 4x100 metres relay as Allyson Felix became the first woman to collect five gold medals in athletics. More
  • Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot won her first Olympic title in the women’s 5000m as overwhelming pre-race favourite Almaz Ayana imploded in the final laps. More
  • Great Britain’s women edged a nervy penalty shootout to win their first Olympic hockey gold medal after a 3-3 draw with the Netherlands. More
  • Ivory Coast’s Cheikh Sallah Cisse landed a head kick in the final second to snatch gold from Great Britain’s Lutalo Muhammed in the men’s -80kg taekwondo final. More
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Lutalo Muhammad

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  • Germany held on to beat Sweden 2-1 in the women’s gold medal football match at Rio 2016. More
  • Deanne Rose and Christine Sinclair scored the goals that won Canada the bronze medal - and left hosts Brazil empty-handed. More
  • Dilshod Nazarov of Tajikistan won the Olympic men's hammer title to capture the first gold medal for the country since it gained its independence with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. More
  • Nick Skelton won show jumping gold - Britain's first individual Olympic medal in the event in 44 years. More
  • Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi won the women's Olympic pole vault on Friday, clearing 4.85 metres to beat American Sandi Morris. More
  • Great Britain’s Joe Joyce is guaranteed to win a gold or silver medal after reaching the super-heavyweight final. More
  • Team GB's Tom Daley qualified in style for the men's 10m platform final, diving brilliantly to lead the field and finish in first place. More
  • The US women's water polo team became the first ever to defend their Olympic title, defeating Italy by 12-5. More
  • Russia's synchronised swimming team swept to their fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal. More
  • Team GB race walker Dominic King was disqualified from the 50km race walk following three 'bent knee' warnings. More
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Usain Bolt (JAM) of Jamaica celebrates with Pole Vault gold medal winner Ekaterini Stefanidi

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All Friday's gold medals

Athletics - Men's 4x100m Relay: Jamaica
Athletics - Women's 4x100m Relay: United States
Athletics - Women's 5000m: Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Athletics - Men's Hammer: Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan)
Athletics - Women's Pole Vault: Ekaterini Stefanidi (Greece)
Athletics - Women's 20km Walk: Liu Hong (China)
Athletics - Men's 50km Walk: Matej Toth (Slovakia)
Badminton - Women's Singles: Carolina Marin (Spain)
Badminton - Men's Doubles: China
BMX - Men's Individual: Connor Fields (United States)
BMX - Women's Individual: Mariana Pajon (Colombia)
Boxing - Women's Lightweight: Estelle Mossely (France)
Football - Women: Germany
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Germany celebrates gold medal win

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Hockey - Women: Great Britain
Modern Pentathlon - Women's Individual: Chloe Esposito (Australia)
Syncronised Swimming - Women's Team Free Routine: Russia
Taekwondo - Men's -80kg: Cheikh Sallah Cisse (Ivory Coast)
Taekwondo - Men's -67kg: Oh Hye-Ri (South Korea)
Water Polo - Women: United States
Wrestling - Men's 57kg: Vladimer Khinchegashvili (Georgia)
Wrestling - Men's 74kg: Hassan Yazdanicharati (Iran)

Leading Brits

Maddie Hinch was the hero as Great Britain’s women upset the Netherlands to clinch their first Olympic hockey gold medal on penalties.
Goalkeeper Hinch was unbeaten in the shootout, with the 27-year-old also making a flurry of impressive saves in the preceding 3-3 draw.
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Madeleine Hinch (GBR) of Britain (R) saves a penalty corner by Maartje Paumen (NED) of Netherlands

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Nick Skelton earned Britain’s first individual Olympic show jumping medal in 44 years on trusty steed Big Star, but Lutalo Muhammad suffered the most heart-breaking of defeats as the Ivory Coast’s Cheikh Sallah Cisse landed a head kick in the final second to snatch victory and push his rival into silver.
GB set a national record to take bronze in the women’s 4x100m relay – the completion of a remarkable four-year cycle after they failed to qualify for London 2012.
Tom Daley eased into the 10m platform semi-finals after topping the preliminary charts, with Great Britain’s men’s and women’s 4x400m appearing to qualify safely for the finals of their respective events. However, the men’s squad were later disqualified, with the reason not immediately clear.

Biggest shocks

Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot claimed a maiden Olympic title in the women’s 5000m, but only after favourite Almaz Ayana disintegrated spectacularly.
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Vivian Cheruiyot

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Hosts Brazil were left without an Olympic medal in the women's football after being stunned 2-1 by Canada.
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Deanne Rose of Canada scores a goal past Barbara of Brazil as Jessie Fleming of Canada and Fabiana of Brazil look on

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Medal Table

Medal table

What went viral?

French race walker Yohann Diniz collapsed with a stomach illness, fainted… then got up and finished eighth!
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Yohann Diniz

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Creativity: 10/10.
Maddie Hinch's water bottle. She followed the plan to perfection.

How the stars reacted

Team GB make hockey history!
Race walker Evan Dunfee finished fourth; a disqualification bumped him into bronze; a counter-appeal demoted him back to fourth. But he was still happy!

Big events today

Athletics - 00:30-02:38
Featuring Mo Farah in the 5000m
Boxing - Women's Flyweight - 18:00-18:15
Featuring Nicola Adams
Diving - Men's 10m platform - 20:30-21:55
Featuring Tom Daley
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Tom Daley during the preliminaries of the men's 10m platform

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Golf - Women's final round - 11:00-19:30
Featuring Lydia Ko
Taekwondo - 13:00-00:30
Featuring Bianca Walkden
Triathlon - 15:00-17:12
Featuring Jodie Stimpson

Predicted British medallists

Athletics - Men's 5000m - 01:44
Mo Farah (gold)
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Mo Farah (GBR) of Britain runs as Mead Hassan (USA) of USA falls

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Boxing - Women's Flyweight - 18:15
Nicola Adams (gold)
Taekwondo - Women's Heavyweight +67kg - 02:15
Bianca Walkden (gold)
Triathlon - Women - 17:12
Helen Jenkins (silver)
Athletics - Women's 4x400m Relay - 02:04
Great Britain (bronze)
Diving - Men's 10m Platform - 21:55
Tom Daley (bronze)
Athletics 4 x 100m Relay - Women - 02:16
Great Britain (bronze)

All today's gold medals

  • 13:14 - Canoe Sprint K1 200m - Men
  • 13:22 - Canoe Sprint C2 1000m - Men
  • 13:39 - Canoe Sprint K4 500m - Women
  • 13:57 - Canoe Sprint K4 1000m - Men
  • 14:30 - Badminton Singles - Men
  • 17:12 - Triathlon Olympic Distance - Women
  • 18:00 - Golf Individual - Women
  • 18:15 - Boxing Flyweight - Women
  • 18:15 - Mountain Bike Cross Country - Women
  • 18:30 - Boxing Bantamweight - Men
  • 19:15 - Boxing Middleweight - Men
  • 21:15 - Basketball Team - Women
  • 21:30 - Handball Team - Women
  • 21:31 - Gymnastics - Rhythmic Individual All-Around - Women
  • 21:38 - Wrestling - Freestyle 125kg - Men
  • 21:55 - Diving 10m Platform - Men
  • 22:20 - Modern Pentathlon Individual - Men
  • 22:38 - Wrestling - Freestyle 86kg - Men
  • 23:10 - Water Polo Team - Men
  • 01:04 - Athletics 1500m - Men
  • 01:17 - Athletics 800m - Women
  • 01:44 - Athletics 5000m - Men
  • 02:04 - Athletics 4 x 400m Relay - Women
  • 02:15 - Athletics Javelin Throw - Men
  • 02:15 - Taekwondo Heavyweight +67kg - Women
  • 02:29 - Athletics High Jump - Women
  • 02:30 - Taekwondo Heavyweight +80kg - Men
  • 02:38 - Athletics 4 x 400m Relay - Men
  • 04:15 - Volleyball Team - Women
(Chronological list)
Day 15, Rio 2016
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