China's Chen Long on Saturday defeated Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei to claim gold in the men's badminton singles competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Usain Bolt completed his third straight clean sweep of Olympic sprint events on Friday by leading Jamaica to victory in the men's 4x100m relay final.
Two US Olympic swimmers flew home from Brazil on Thursday after a local crowd jeered them, calling them "liars" and "fakes", and police accused them of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Games.
China's Yin Junhua, beaten 2-1 on a split decision, took silver for China's first medal of the boxing competition.
China's Liu Hong won women's 20km walk final on Friday, fending off Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez in a thrilling final kilometre dash to the finish line to snatch gold.
Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan held firm in a furious men's doubles final on Friday to win the title for China and trample on Malaysia's dreams of a first ever Olympic gold medal.
Spaniard Carolina Marin defeated India's Pusarla Sindhu 19-21 21-12 21-15 to win the women's badminton singles gold at the Olympics on Friday.
Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei shrugged off eight years of Olympic heartbreak on Friday to defeat his nemesis Lin Dan 15-21 21-11 22-20 and reach the final of the men's badminton after another classic encounter.
Two US Olympic swimmers flew home from Brazil on Thursday after a local crowd jeered them, and police accused them of fabricating a robbery story during the Rio Games.
Russia led with 97.0106 during the synchronized swimming technical routine in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil on August 19. China came in second with 95.6174 points and Japan third with 93.7723. Team medals will be awarded after today's free routine competition.
After his Olympic sprint double at the London 2012 Games, Usain Bolt declared himself a "legend".
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