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Rio 2016 live: Olympics day 15 as Mo Farah claims the 'double double' while Nicola Adams defends her 2012 title

Follow the latest from the penultimate day of the Rio Olympic Games

Jack de Menezes

Rio de Janeiro and London

,Mark Critchley,Samuel Lovett,Ian Herbert,Matt Gatward

Saturday 20 August 2016 04:18 EDT

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Mo Farah celebrates as he crosses the line (Getty)

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The penultimate day of the 2016 Olympic Games sees a huge 31 gold medals available in what could be another successful day for Great Britain as they bid to secure second place in the Rio medal table. Follow the live action here.

Mo Farah has now won the 10,000m and 5,000m at Rio
Caster Semenya powers her way to Olympic gold in 800m final
Team GB claims gold in the women's 4x400m relay
Nicola Adams retains her Olympic flyweight gold medal
Tom Daley fails to qualify for men's 10m diving final
Liam Heath wins men's K1 200m canoe sprint gold
Vicky Holland out-sprints teammate Non Stanford to claim women's triathlon bronze
Britain's Mahama Cho and Bianca Walkden in search of taekwondo gold
Charley Hull finishes eighth in the final round of the women’s golf
Neymar scores winning penalty in shootout to clinch Olympic football gold for Brazil

Follow the live action here...

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07:00 Golf Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 4

08:30 Badminton Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match

09:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

09:00 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 200m Final B

09:07 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 200m Final A

09:14 Canoe Sprint Men's Canoe Double 1000m Final A

09:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

09:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

09:30 Badminton Men's Singles Gold Medal Match

09:32 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Four 500m Final A

09:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

09:49 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Four 1000m Final A

10:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

10:00 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Qualification: Rotation 1

10:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Qualification

10:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Qualification

10:08 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Qualification

10:08 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Qualification

10:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

10:16 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Qualification

10:16 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Qualification

10:24 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Qualification

10:24 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Qualification

10:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg 1/8 Final

10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg 1/8 Final

10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg 1/8 Final

10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg 1/8 Final

10:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg 1/8 Final

10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg 1/8 Final

11:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

11:00 Diving Men's 10m Platform SemiFinal

11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg 1/4 Final

11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg 1/4 Final

11:00 Triathlon Women

11:10 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg 1/4 Final

11:10 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg 1/4 Final

11:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

11:30 Basketball Women's Bronze Medal Game

11:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

11:30 Handball Women's Bronze Medal Match

11:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg SemiFinal

11:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg SemiFinal

11:40 Water Polo Men's Classification 7th/8th Place

11:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

12:00 Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming Heat 1

12:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg SemiFinal

12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg SemiFinal

12:05 Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming Heat 2

12:10 Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming Heat 3

12:15 Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming Heat 4

12:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

12:20 Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming Heat 5

12:25 Modern Pentathlon Men's Swimming Heat 6

12:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg Round of 16

12:30 Cycling Mountain Bike Women's Cross-country

12:40 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Qualification: Rotation 2

12:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg Round of 16

13:00 Football Men's Bronze Medal Match

13:00 Volleyball Women's Bronze Medal Match

13:00 Water Polo Men's Bronze Medal Match

14:00 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Final Bout

14:00 Modern Pentathlon Men's Fencing Bonus Round

14:15 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Final Bout

15:00 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Final Bout

15:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg QuarterFinals

15:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg QuarterFinals

15:20 Gymnastics Rhythmic Individual All-Around Final: Rotation 1

15:30 Basketball Women's Gold Medal Game

15:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg QuarterFinals

15:30 Handball Women's Gold Medal Match

15:30 Modern Pentathlon Men's Riding Show Jumping

15:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg QuarterFinals

15:53 Gymnastics Rhythmic Individual All-Around Final: Rotation 2

16:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg QuarterFinals

16:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Repechage Round 1

16:01 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Repechage Round 1

16:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Repechage Round 1

16:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg QuarterFinals

16:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Repechage Round 1

16:26 Gymnastics Rhythmic Individual All-Around Final: Rotation 3

16:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Repechage Round 2

16:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg QuarterFinals

16:30 Diving Men's 10m Platform Final

16:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Repechage Round 2

16:30 Water Polo Men's Classification 5th/6th Place

16:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Repechage Round 2

16:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Repechage Round 2

16:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg QuarterFinals

16:59 Gymnastics Rhythmic Individual All-Around Final: Rotation 4

17:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Bronze

17:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg SemiFinals

17:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Bronze

17:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg SemiFinals

17:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg Gold Medal

17:30 Football Men's Gold Medal Match

17:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg SemiFinals

17:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg SemiFinals

17:50 Water Polo Men's Gold Medal Match

18:00 Modern Pentathlon Men's Combined Running/Shooting

18:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze

18:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze

18:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg Gold Medal

20:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Repechage

20:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Repechage

20:30 Athletics Women's High Jump Final

20:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg Repechage

20:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg Repechage

20:55 Athletics Men's Javelin Throw Final

21:00 Athletics Men's 1500m Final

21:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Bronze Medal Contests

21:15 Athletics Women's 800m Final

21:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Bronze Medal Contests

21:30 Athletics Men's 5000m Final

21:30 Taekwondo Women +67kg Bronze Medal Contests

21:45 Taekwondo Men +80kg Bronze Medal Contests

22:00 Taekwondo Women +67kg Gold Medal Contest

22:00 Athletics Women's 4 x 400m Relay Final

22:15 Taekwondo Men +80kg Gold Medal Contest

22:15 Volleyball Women's Gold Medal Match

22:35 Athletics Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final

It's all kicking off in the wrestling arena. Uzbekistan’s Ikhtiyor Navruzov was awarded bronze in the -65kg freelance wrestling in controversial circumstances, after Mongolia’s Mandakhnaran Ganzorig was slapped with a late penalty.

But things took a turn for the worse when Ganzorig's support staff remonstrated. And then stripped. Yes, stripped. Half-naked, they refused to be moved from the ring as they protested the officials' decision. That's a strop on an absolute Olympian scale...Nonetheless, the decision remained the same. Worth a shot.

Samuel Lovett21 August 2016 18:37

Gaibnazarov is awarded the light welterweight gold medal match against Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo on a split decision. Up next, the moment we've all been waiting for. Big Joe Joyce...

Samuel Lovett21 August 2016 19:28

Men's super-heavyweight: We've been building up to this all night. Will Joyce be able to overcome the Frenchman? Or will it be gold France? I'm not a betting man, but I reckon Joyce has got this one in the bag.

Samuel Lovett21 August 2016 19:30

Men's basketball: The USA (who else?) win the last gold medal of the Rio Olympics, beating Serbia 96-66 in the men's basketball final. They've finished with 45 golds, 37 silvers and 38 bronzes to give an overall total of 120 medals.

Samuel Lovett21 August 2016 21:35

From the magic of Murray to the brilliance of the Brownlees - Britain's greatest Olympic Games

Samuel Lovett21 August 2016 22:55

Throwback to London 2012 when One Direction ruined/capped off (delete according to preference) our very own closing ceremony at the Olympic stadium:

Samuel Lovett21 August 2016 23:52

As it's been for much of the Games, there are yet again a disappointing amount of empty seats at the Maracana. The stadium was packed to the rafters for Brazil's gold medal match against Germany yesterday evening (not surprising) but the lower tiers are looking particularly sparse tonight. It's been a constant source of embarrassment for the officials but it's something that they've lacked any real control over.

Samuel Lovett22 August 2016 00:28

Freezing?! In Rio?! I don't believe you Eilish...

Samuel Lovett22 August 2016 00:29

It looks like the athletes have finally all made their way into the stadium. Now the real fun can start. Someone get the caipirinhas ready.

Samuel Lovett22 August 2016 01:06

Oooooh, ahhhh, goes the crowd, as fireworks explode above the stadium to mark the next stage of the closing ceremony. The athletes have finally taken to their seats. They took their sweet time.

Samuel Lovett22 August 2016 01:08

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