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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.

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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

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

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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

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10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final

10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final

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10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final

10:40 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final

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10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/8 Final

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10:50 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/8 Final

11:00 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Final: Rotation 1

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11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final

11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65 kg 1/4 Final

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11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final

11:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg 1/4 Final

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11:30 Basketball Men's Bronze Medal Game

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11:50 Gymnastics Rhythmic Group All-Around Final: Rotation 2

12:00 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg SemiFinal

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

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13:15 Wrestling Men's Freestyle 97 kg Repechage Round 2

13:15 Volleyball Men's Gold Medal Match

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14:00 Boxing Women's Middle (69-75kg) Final Bout

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Men's 800m: And there they go!

Samuel Lovett16 August 2016 02:46

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Men's 800m: Rudisha takes his place at the start before fellow Kenyan Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich surges past...

Samuel Lovett16 August 2016 02:47

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Men's 800m: Rudisha wins gold to defend his 2012 title!

Samuel Lovett16 August 2016 02:48

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Men's 800m: Despite Rotich's best efforts, he grabbed the race by the scruff of the neck in the final 300m and stormed ahead in the final straight to take the top spot on the podium.

Samuel Lovett16 August 2016 02:49

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Brilliant routine from Britain's youngest team member Amy Tinkler on the floor in the artistic gymnastics . Takes the lead with impeccable landings. One of Simone Biles' landings imperfect but she still powers into gold medal position. Amy in silver contention. (Ian Herbert)

Ian Herbert16 August 2016 19:10

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Women's Artistic Gymnastics: AMY TINKLER WINS BRONZE!

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A bronze for Amy Tinkler on the floor – another huge performance for the British gymnastics; one of our squads of the Olympics #rio2016. (Ian Herbert)

Ian Herbert16 August 2016 19:23

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Diving: Caught your breath, yet? Back to the diving then, where Jack Laugher has added a silver to the gold he picked up with Chris Mears last week.

China's Cao Yuan needed to nail his final dive for gold and did exactly that, knocking Laugher into second.

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Athletics: A tearful Laura Muir tells the BBC she's proud of herself despite flying a bit too close to the sun tonight...

I went for the win, it's not every day you find yourself  in an Olympic final.

I was in great shape but the last 150m was not quite in me. I gave everything and I'm proud with how I ran. 

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Quite possibly...

This may just be the worst Olympic dive in history

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