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
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Your support makes all the difference.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:
- Mo Farah retains his 10,000m title to win Olympic gold No 3
- Jessica Ennis-Hill takes silver in the women's heptathlon
- Greg Rutherford clinches bronze in exhilerating long jump final
- Women's team pursuit race to gold against the USA
- Becky James gets silver in the Women's Keirin
- Great Britain win gold in men's eight final
- Women's eight take silver to continue rowing medal success
- Andy Murray beats Kei Nishikori to reach men's tennis final
- Usain Bolt eases through 100m heats
- Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 4x100m medley relay gold
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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.
Rowing: Heather Stanning and Helen Glover win gold for Great Britain in the women's pair
Women's 10,000m: Jo Pavey's lost out in the women's 10,000m but she's lost out to a new world record.
Congratulations Almaz Ayana, who crosses in 29:17.45.
Women's 10,000m: Here's the woman everyone's talking about, Almaz Ayana...
"Getting to this point is a dream come true. I never thought that this would happen and I'm so in awe. I'm very happy to get here," she said.
"I have worked very hard. I wouldn't say that my recent training has been any different from before but it was hard and it was all worth it."
Men's Cycling: No problem for Skinner either. He leads out from the front and has enough in the tank to see off Australia's Pat Constable. Two riders through for Team GB and two medal prospects on the cards for Britain.
Men's team pursuit: Australia are still leading at the halfway mark. They're ahead by one seventh of a second...
Men's team pursuit: Australia go down to three as Britain keep together as a four. They're closing the gap and it's almost in touching distance!
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