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Rio 2016 live: Mo Farah wins 10,000m gold, Jess Ennis-Hill battles to silver and Greg Rutherford takes bronze

Team GB win a gold, silver and bronze in the athletics after dominating in cycling and rowing

Mo crosses the line for gold
Mo crosses the line for gold (Getty)

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Eric Garcia

Washington Bureau Chief

Usain Bolt, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Mo Farah and Andy Murray are among the athletes in action in day eight of the Rio Olympics, which promises to live up to the expectation of "Super Saturday". Here are the latest updates:

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Bolt is to make his first appearance at Rio this afternoon in the men's 100m heats, while Jessica Ennis-Hill will continue the heptathlon with the long jump after finishing Friday's events in the lead.

British rowers will be hoping for a podium finish in both the women's and men's eight finals and medals are also up for grabs in the cycling women's team pursuit and keirin, featuring Team GB's Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell.

Andy Murray continues his defence against Kei Nishikori in the tennis semi-finals, and will next face Rafael Nadal or Juan Martin Del Potro in the gold medal match if he emerges victorious.

Britain's Greg Rutherford will be going for another long jump gold after midnight, and in the early hours of Sunday morning Mo Farah will be running the 10,000m race.

Michael Phelps and Adam Peaty will be swimming in the men's 4x100m medley relay final at around 3am.

Team GB is hoping to add to its haul of gold medals, which put Britain third on the medal table behind only the US and China at the start of Saturday's action.

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It's another gold for Team GB! It was guaranteed a while ago but Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have crossed the finishing line to confirm it. It's Team GB's 21st gold of the Summer Games and Britain's second of the day. Rule Britannia!

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:47
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Great Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have brought their 470 partnership to a dream end by wrapping up Olympic gold.

Four years on from taking silver on the home waters of Weymouth and Portland, the duo arrived in Brazil determined to go one better.

It was a challenge Mills and Clark met with aplomb, producing an opening series as impressive as it was consistent to see them head into the women's 470 medal race all but assured of gold.

The British duo merely had to complete the double-point medal race without disqualification and duly did so, easing home in eighth in the delayed finale to rubber-stamp glory. (Simon Peach in Rio​)

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:51
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Team GB's 21st gold medal 

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:52
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Taekwondo: A flurry of kicks land on Glasnovic, but she responds well by connecting with Jones' head.

The second round ends with the British hopeful 4-3 up - a slender lead going into this last round.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 21:09
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Taekwondo: Jones takes a spot in the Olympic final!

She progresses with a substantial 9-4 lead after a composed duel with Sweden's Glasnovic.

The gold medal match will be at 2.00am BST. We'll have updates here.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 21:13
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Men's 1,500m semi-final: Let's get going then with the first 1,500m semi-final.

Great Britain's Charlie Grice is in contention.

Mark Critchley19 August 2016 00:46
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Men's 1,500m semi-final: Charlie Grice makes it by six-hundredths of a second.

He'll be in the Olympic final, sneaking through in 5th having exploited a tight gap on the inside.

Mark Critchley19 August 2016 00:49
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The rapidly unravelling story of the Rio Games is the one concerning US swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and James Feigen. The United States Olympic Committee have confirmed that the alleged armed robbery story was indeed a cover-up used by Lochte and Feigen, and criminal charges could follow. Here's the latest:

Jack de Menezes19 August 2016 09:40
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In one of the funnier stories emerging from the Olympics, here's Kuwait's Abdullah al-Rashidi, wearing an Arsenal shirt due to his participation for the International Team after Kuwait's ban from Rio 2016. And in true Arsenal fashion, he managed to finish third in the men's skeet. You couldn't script it any better. 

Jack de Menezes19 August 2016 12:27

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