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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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Men's rowing: It's Germany out of the blocks first ahead of Ukraine and Britain, althoug now Australia are beginning to find their stride. The cross the 500m line all within two seconds of each other, though Germany hold a narrow one-second lead.

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Men's rowing: Australia have moved into second but still trail Germany by about a quarter of a length.

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Men's rowing: Estonia have overtaken Britain for third, with Poland also moving ahead and Australia struggling to reel in Germany. If Britain want a medal, they need to make their move now, but they're slipping further back with 500m to go.

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Women's rowing: Grainger and Thornley make a lightning start and hit the 500m mark in the lead. They've got Poland right with them though, and it looks like it's a two-horse race for gold at the moment....

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Women's rowing: At the halfway mark, Grainger and Thornley still lead!

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