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The 2016 Rio Olympic Games comes to an end with the closing ceremony on Sunday night after boxer Joe Joyce completed Britian's record medal haul to ensure Team GB will finish second in the medal table. Follow the live action from Rio here.
Day 15 highlights
- The closing ceremony is underway at the Maracana stadium
- British hockey captain Kate Richardson-Walsh carries the Union Jack to lead out Team GB
- Joe Joyce secured Britain's 67th medal at the Games
- Britain finishes second in the Olympic medal table behind USA and ahead of China
- Team GB a 'sporting superpower', says UK Sport chief ahead of Tokyo 2020
- Mo Farah has now won the 10,000m and 5,000m at Rio
- Caster Semenya powers her way to Olympic gold in 800m final
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08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Qualification
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08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
08:54 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Qualification
09:30 Athletics Men's Marathon
09:30 Volleyball Men's Bronze Medal Match
10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Handball Men's Bronze Medal Match
10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final
11:00 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Final: Rotation 1
11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final
11:10 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final
11:10 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final
11:30 Basketball Men's Bronze Medal Game
11:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg SemiFinal
11:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg SemiFinal
11:50 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Final: Rotation 2
12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg SemiFinal
12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg SemiFinal
12:30 Cycling Mountain Bike Men's Cross-country
12:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 1
12:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 1
13:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 1
13:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 1
13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 2
13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Repechage Round 2
13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 2
13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 2
13:15 Volleyball Men's Gold Medal Match
13:25 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze
13:35 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Gold Medal
13:35 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg Bronze
14:00 Boxing Women's Middle (69-75kg) Final Bout
14:00 Handball Men's Gold Medal Match
14:15 Boxing Men's Fly (52kg) Final Bout
14:25 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Bronze
14:35 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Bronze
14:45 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Gold Medal
15:00 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Final Bout
15:15 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Final Bout
15:45 Basketball Men's Gold Medal Game
Men's Omnium: Fernando Gaviria joins the rest of the pack now having completed the first ten laps. That will have been an expensive set of points for the Colombian as we move into the second sprint now - can he keep it up?
Men's Omnium: Mark Cavendish surged as the pack approached the line for the second sprint but Italy's Vivani just pipped him to it with a late challenge. As it stands, the Italian is currently in the gold position with Cavendish behind him in second.
Men's Omnium: Vivani looking ominous in the omnium...get it? Ominous/omnium...
Men's Omnium: Jokes aside, Denmark's Hansen has just broken away from the group to get a couple of points on the board. He finishes the third sprint first and picks up five points. Neither Cavendish nor Vivani were able to grab any that time round.
Men's Omnium: Roger Kluge wins sprint 13 with 28 laps to go. It's increasingly looking like Viviani will be taking gold in the omnium tonight as Cavendish battles for the second spot with Denmark's Hansen. The Italian currently sits on 197 points at the moment, with Hansen in second on 191 and Cavendish in third third on 189.
Women's Hockey: Team GB lead 3-0 against Spain in the quarter-final with only 15 minutes to go. Unless something disastrous happens, it looks like Britain have booked themselves a spot in the semis.
While we wait for tonight's showcase events, take a read of this...
Women's 400m hurdles: And they're off! Come on Doyle, liven things up for us!
Women's 400m hurdles: Easy as pie - Doyle smashes the heat with a solid, smooth win! She clocked in at 55.46 seconds and qualifies for the next race.
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