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Rio 2016 day four as it happened: Michael Phelps wins stunning 20th gold medal; Serena Williams knocked out

Follow the latest from day four at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Jack de Menezes

Rio de Janeiro and London

,Mark Critchley,Samuel Stevens,Ian Herbert,Matt Gatward,Kevin Garside

Tuesday 09 August 2016 02:27 EDT

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Michael Phelps celebrates his 20th Olympic gold medal (Getty)

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Day four at the Rio Olympic Games begins under the cloud of a fierce row between gold medal swimmer Lilly King and controversial Russian Yulia Efimova following their 100m breaststroke final, with King also turning on her Team USA colleague Justin Gatlin. Follow the latest here.

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Full Olympic schedule for Tuesday 9 August

08:00 Tennis Order of play available evening before

08:30 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 1

08:40 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 2

08:50 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 3

09:00 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group B: China v Hungary

09:00 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 64

09:00 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 4

09:00 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:00 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Precision

09:10 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 1

09:13 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:20 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 64

09:20 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 2

09:26 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:30 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Qatar v France

09:30 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Russia v Argentina

09:30 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 3

09:39 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:40 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 4

09:50 Rowing Men's Pair Semi-Final A/B 1

09:52 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

10:00 Hockey Men's Pool A: New Zealand v Spain

10:00 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 1

10:00 Equestrian Eventing Team Jumping Final

10:00 Equestrian Eventing Individual Jumping Qualifier

10:00 Weightlifting Men's 69kg Group B

10:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B

10:00 Rowing Men's Pair Semi-Final A/B 2

10:05 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

10:05 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:09 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:10 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 1

10:13 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:15 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

10:17 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:18 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

10:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:20 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group A: Italy v Brazil

10:20 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 2

10:21 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:25 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:29 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:30 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 1

10:31 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

10:33 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:37 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:40 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 2

10:41 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:44 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

10:45 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

10:49 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:50 Rowing Lightweight Men's Four Semi-Final A/B 1

10:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:56 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:57 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

11:00 Rowing Lightweight Men's Four Semi-Final A/B 2

11:00 Hockey Men's Pool B: Argentina v India

11:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A

11:00 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

11:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 2

11:00 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: Australia v France

11:04 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

11:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:08 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:10 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

11:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:10 Rowing Lightweight Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 1

11:12 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:15 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:15 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

11:16 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:20 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:20 Rowing Lightweight Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 2

11:23 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

11:24 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:28 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: South Africa v Spain

11:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:30 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:30 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Germany v Poland

11:30 Rowing Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 1

11:32 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:35 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: France v MEX

11:36 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:36 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

11:40 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:40 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group B: Spain v USA

11:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:40 Rowing Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 2

11:44 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:45 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

11:48 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:49 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

11:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:52 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool D

12:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 3

12:00 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: Great Brtiain v Kenya

12:00 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Rapid

12:02 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

12:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:15 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Australia v France

12:15 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:15 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

12:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:28 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

12:30 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 16

12:30 Hockey Men's Pool B: Germany v Ireland

12:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: New Zealand v Japan

12:30 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:30 Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group B

12:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

12:41 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

12:45 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

12:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

12:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:00 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 16

13:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: USA v Argentina

13:00 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group A: Russia v Australia

13:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 4

13:00 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Preliminaries

13:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:02 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 1

13:05 Sailing Women's One Person Dinghy: Laser Radial: Race 03

13:05 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 2

13:05 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Race 01

13:05 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 04

13:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:08 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 3

13:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:11 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 4

13:14 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 5

13:15 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy: Laser: Race 03

13:15 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 04

13:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:17 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 6

13:20 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 7

13:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:23 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 8

13:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:28 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 1

13:30 Canoe Slalom Canoe Single (C1) Men Semi-Final

13:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:30 Hockey Men's Pool B: Netherlands v Canada

13:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: Fiji v Brazil

13:33 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 2

13:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:38 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 3

13:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:43 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 4

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 1

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 2

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 3

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 4

13:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:50 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 1

13:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:55 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 2

13:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

14:00 Equestrian Eventing Individual Jumping Final

14:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:00 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 3

14:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:05 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 4

14:05 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 05

14:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:10 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 5

14:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:15 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Spain v Brazil

14:15 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 05

14:17 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Heat 1

14:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:29 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Heat 2

14:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:30 Sailing Women's One Person Dinghy: Laser Radial: Race 04

14:30 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Race 02

14:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:40 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy: Laser: Race 04

14:40 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Tunisia v Denmark

14:40 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

14:45 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

14:50 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

14:55 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

15:00 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Italy v USA

15:00 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:05 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 06

15:10 Canoe Slalom Canoe Single (C1) Men Final

15:13 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:15 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 06

15:26 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:30 Judo Women -63 kg Repechage contest

15:30 Judo Men -81 kg Repechage contest

15:30 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Brazil v Belarus

15:30 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Semi-Finals

15:30 Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group A

15:39 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:40 Judo Women -63 kg Repechage contest

15:40 Judo Men -81 kg Repechage contest

15:50 Judo Women -63 kg Semi-Final of Table A

15:52 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

16:00 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Semi-Final 1

16:00 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Bronze Medal Match

16:00 Football Women's First Round: Group F: Australia v Zimbabwe

16:00 Football Women's First Round: Group F: Germany v Canada

16:00 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final

16:00 Judo Women -63 kg Semi-Final of Table B

16:00 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 1

16:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: Australia v Spain

16:00 Diving Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final

16:05 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

16:15 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Gold Medal Match

16:18 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

16:30 Judo Men -81 kg Semi-Final of Table A

16:30 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Semi-Final 2

16:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: South Africa v France

16:30 Judo Women -63 kg Final: Gold Medal Contest

16:31 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

16:35 Judo Men -81 kg Semi-Final of Table B

16:40 Judo Men -81 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A

16:40 Judo Women -63 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A

16:40 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Brazil v Slovenia

16:44 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

16:50 Judo Women -63 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B

16:57 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

17:00 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:00 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 2

17:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: Great Britain v Japan

17:05 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Poland v Iraq

17:10 Judo Men -81 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B

17:10 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

17:15 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Bronze Medal Bout

17:15 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:20 Judo Men -81 kg Final: Gold Medal Contest

17:23 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

17:30 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: New Zealand v Kenya

17:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Gold Medal Bout

17:45 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:45 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Turkey v Japan

18:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: USA v Brazil

18:00 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

18:00 Hockey Men's Pool A: Brazil v Great Britain

18:15 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

18:30 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool F

18:30 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

18:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: Fiji v Argentina

18:45 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

19:00 Football Women's First Round: Group G: Colombia v USA

19:00 Football Women's First Round: Group G: New Zealand v France

19:00 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Lithuania v Nigeria

19:00 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Preliminaries

19:00 Weightlifting Men's 69kg Group A

19:50 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Egypt v Sweden

20:30 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Cuba v Egypt

20:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 3

20:30 Hockey Men's Pool A: Belgium v Australia

21:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool F

21:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 4

21:50 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Argentina v Croatia

22:00 Football Women's First Round: Group E: South Africa v Brazil

22:00 Football Women's First Round: Group E: China v Sweden

22:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B

22:03 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Final 1

22:11 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Final 2

22:19 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final

22:28 Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Final

22:30 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Argentina v Croatia

22:35 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Brazil v Canada

22:37 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Semi-Final 1

22:46 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Semi-Final 2

23:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A

23:03 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final 1

23:12 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final 2

23:29 Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley Final

23:38 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final

23:59 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool D

Is the green water in the diving pool safe to swim in? Organisers say yes, but we wanted more evidence, so we spoke to the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group who had some rather interesting things to say on what is now being referred to as "Poolgate".

Olympic officials insist the bright green diving pool is fine. They’re wrong

Jack de Menezes10 August 2016 10:45

Jack de Menezes10 August 2016 16:15

Men's time trial: There's a problem for on-road leader Rohan Dennis as he's forced to change bikes with what looks to be a puncture. That will kelp the chasing Froome and Dumoulin, though he didn't lose a huge amount of time. We're heading towards the conclusion of the time trial and Froome is running out of road to make his move.

Jack de Menezes10 August 2016 16:28

Canoeing: Prskaved and Grigar fall short of Clarke's time! That's it!

Joe Clarke wins gold for Great Britain in the canoe slalom.

Mark Critchley10 August 2016 19:45

Hockey: Scrappy but it's 2-0 Australia.

A scramble on the line eventually allows Whitton to fire home.

Mark Critchley11 August 2016 01:46

Hockey: It's not over yet! Ashley Jackson hits back for Great Britain with a thumping drive from the edge of the box.

2 minutes left, can they rescue a point?

Mark Critchley11 August 2016 01:52

Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of day six at the Rio Olympic Games. What a day we had yesterday!

RECAP

Team GB managed to come away from Thursday's action with two more gold medals as well as a fantastic bronze medal for Max Whitlock in the men's all-around gymnastics final, but the day really did belong to Joe Clarke and the pair of Jack Laugher and Chris Mears as they secured gold in the kayak slalom and 3m syncronised diving finals respectively.

There was also a thrilling finale to the rugby sevens quarter-finals as Team GB needed sudden-death extra-time to beat Argentina 5-0 to book their place in the semi-finals against South Africa, ensuring them a shot at an Olympic medal and putting them one match away from the final.

WHAT'S TO COME TODAY?

Attentions will turn to the Lagoa Stadium where, weather permitting, the rowing finals will get underway in the form of the rescheduled men's quadruple sculls final as Team GB go up against Australia. Following that, Katherine Grainger and Victoria Thornley compete in the women's double sculls final.

David Florence gets a shot at redemption after his mistake-laden run in the canoe slalom final as he joins forces with Richard Hounslow to compete in the C2 slalom, and the women's all-around gymnastics final begins later tonight where the red-hot favourite is America's Simone Biles.

There's also more action in the pool in the early hours of the morning where Michael Phelps and US teammate Ryan Lochte could lock horns in the 200m individual medley, while both Andy Murray and Johanna Konta are in tennis singles action before Konta joins forces with Jamie Murray for the mixed doubles campaign.

Finally, the four-day golf event gets underway as the sport makes its return to the Olympics, and despite the likes of Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson all withdrawing, there are still high hopes for a successful event with Justin Rose and Danny Willett going for Team GB.

Jack de Menezes11 August 2016 07:21

Here's what you need to keep an eye out for today at Rio 2016: Full schedule for day six at the Rio Olympics

Jack de Menezes11 August 2016 07:30

Men's rowing: Britain's heavyweight fours are powering through their semi-final and lead by about three boat lengths ahead of Canada, France and the Netherlands. That said, most of their rivals went in the first semi-final in the form of Australia, the United States and Italy, but at least they're doing what they need to do here.

Jack de Menezes11 August 2016 13:44

Men's rowing: It's time for our first rowing final of the day as Great Britain go in the men's quadruple sculls, with Australia hot favourites for gold. Germany, Poland, Estonia and Ukraine make up the rest of the field, with Great Britain going in lane six. Can they upset the odds and bring home a fourth gold medal of the Games? Let's find out.

Jack de Menezes11 August 2016 14:11

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