She might have become the first British woman to win an Olympic medal in the hammer, but Sophie Hitchon seems to have more trouble answering questions while hula-hooping...

If you want to find out how to get into athletics, take a look at our special guide.

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The men's triple jump is one of two athletics finals taking place in the morning session on day 11, and gets under way at 13:50 BST.

American Christian Taylor is the overwhelming favourite as he defends the title he won at London 2012.  

Taylor jumped within 8cm of Jonathan Edwards' 1995 world record of 18.29m at the World Championships last year but has not been in anything like that kind of form in 2016, with a best of 17:78m in London last month. 

In the absence of his big rival Pedro Pablo Pichardo, who has been sidelined this season with an ankle injury, Taylor’s team-mate Will Claye is the only man to beat him this year and will be hoping to add to the silver he won four years ago. 

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"The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, ‘Get down,""

United States swimmer Ryan Lochte has been describing how he and three other team-mates were robbed by a gang who stopped their car while posing as armed police.

“I put my hands up, I was like ‘whatever.’ He took our money, he took my wallet — he left my cell phone, he left my credentials,” Lochte told NBC., external

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There's something in the water... Michelle Weber of South Africa seems set to collide with the camera as she competes in the 10km open-water swimming, where she finished 18th.

So the brilliant snapshot taken by sport photographer Cameron Spencer, has been given the meme treatment... 

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Adam Gemili runs today in the sixth of the 200m heats. 

In London 2012, Gemili made it all the way to the semi-final of the 100m and despite finishing third in a time of 10.06, he didn't quite make the final. 

Can he do one better this year in his preferred 200m?

Fellow Brit, Danny Talbot runs in the first heat. 

We hate to be pedantic, Adam, but it's 16:25 BST. We wouldn't want anybody to miss it.

"A holiday, chocolate, and a mighty strong glass of rum."

Anna Meares of Australia has to make a decision about her future in cycling but she has made other plans in the meantime.

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A very emotional Anna Meares said, for the first time in 20 years, her body let her down as she finished 10th in the women's sprint last night.

She beat GB's now retired Victoria Pendleton to the title in London 2012 and although great rivals on the track they are firm friends off it.

They embraced warmly in the interview zone after the race with Meares paying tribute to the support Pendleton had given her in the run-up to Rio.

The 32-year-old will make a decision about whether she wants to carry on until the Commonwealth Games, in her home country Australia in 2018, in the coming weeks.

Recognise who this is?

[here's a clue: she'll be boxing later on today]

Find out more about this mystery Team GB athlete from her mum.

What is with the cheesy biting-your-medal podium pose?

It's question you never thought of asking, but now need answering.

It turns out it the photographers at the medal ceremonies who demand it.

"It's become an obsession with the photographers," David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians, told CNN., external

"I think they look at it as an iconic shot, as something that you can probably sell. I don't think it's something the athletes would probably do on their own."  

Biting down on a metal was a traditional test for gold as it is relatively soft and so distresses easily. However Olympic medals are made of mostly silver with only around six grams of gold in each.

Inspired by Team GB's success on the track in Rio, BBC Breakfast's Holly Hamilton went off to the Manchester Velodrome - and got a lesson on track cycling, external by 10-year-old Shaun....

If you would like to find out about how to get into cycling, take a look at our special guide.

So after gatecrashing his live BBC Four broadcast with her hen do at the weekend, Maria de Cezar has invited Dan Walker to see her get married next month...

'This appears to be actually happening! Wedding invite from Maria de Cezar, external...'

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Imagine if you were one of Maria's ACTUAL friends and didn't get an invite but a random British TV presenter did...

Livid.

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China's Fu Yuanhui was already one of the stars of these Games thanks to her frank post-race interviews, exaggerated expressions and all-round charm.

Now she is in the headlines again for breaking a sporting taboo by talking about her period.

Fu was part of the China that that missed out on a medal in the women's 4x100m medley relay on Sunday, coming fourth.  

Team-mates Lu Ying, Shi Jinglin and Zhu Menghui were interviewed by a reporter as Fu was crouched behind a board, doubled over in pain.

When she eventually appeared and was asked if she was OK, Fu said: "I didn't swim well enough this time," and apologised to her team-mates.

"It's because my period came yesterday, so I felt particularly tired - but this isn't a reason, I still didn't swim well enough."

Read more on this here.

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Former GB cyclist on BBC TV

There is always drama when Mark Cavendish gets on a bike.

It was an odd move (when he caused a crash). He obviously didn't see the guy. It was a racing accident. It went against Mark Cavendish as people could rest. He would've wanted a hard race.

Viviani, the Italian rider who won, could ride defensively as he just had to follow the top guys.

Floyd Mayweather's story began at the Olympic Games. 

Bronze medallist at Atlanta 1996.... 

Now undefeated World champion and highest paid sportsman.  

So what do you do on your time off? Come to Rio to scope out the champions of the future and stay on a massive cruise ship of course...

  "Overlooking my living space for the 2016 #Olympics, external This 5-Star cruise ship in #Rio, external setup for a first class experience..."  

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What does the future hold for Jessica Ennis-Hill beyond the Rio Games? Our very own Darren Campbell caught up with Sheffield's finest to ask her that very question. Watch the video below to find out more.

One of the overhead spidercams that was set up to film the atmosphere at the Olympic Park fell to earth yesterday, injuring seven people including two children.

The aerial camera, encased in a heavy black cover, belonged to the official Olympics broadcast unit and fell about 20 metres after cables snapped, sending screams through the crowd, witnesses and officials said. 

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France's Renaud Lavillenie was fuming after being booed by the home crowd in the pole vault - the locals backing eventual gold medallist from Brazil, Thiago Braz da Silva.

There's been a mixed reaction to the story in France, with Le Figaro'sCedric Callier saying their man was "booed by a Brazilian public that still has little idea of fair play".

However, writing in Le Nouvel Observateur, Gurvan Le Guellec says that Lavillenie "as usual, preferred to point to external factors [as a reason for his defeat], namely the 'scandalous' booing directed at him by the Brazilian public."

We'll let you make up your own mind.

"The king and queen of Sweden were here and they came and talked with us after the match. It felt good to win in front of them. Maybe if they'd been at all our matches we'd have won them."

Sweden handball player Mikeal Applegen puts his finger on the reason behind his side winning just one of their five games at Rio 2016 and going out at the group stage.

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