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Joy for one very big man, despair for another. Sabah Shariati of Azerbaijan celebrates winning the bronze-medal match against Germany's Eduard Popp in the 130kg category in Greco-Roman wresting.

South Africa newspaper The Star dedicates its front page to Wayde van Niekerk's extraordinary 400m world record win.

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Correio Braziliense focuses on Thiago Braz da Silva's pole vault victory in front of a partisan crowd.

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The Jerusalem Post features Israel's synchronised swimming pair who finished in 20th place.

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Germany canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze has died following a car crash near the Rio Olympic Park last week.

The 35-year-old 2004 Olympic silver medallist suffered head injuries when a taxi he was in with a team-mate crashed into a concrete barrier on Friday.

The German Olympic Committee (DOSB) said Henze had died of his injuries in the presence of his family.

"Words cannot describe what we feel in the team after this terrible loss," said DOSB president Alfons Hormann.

The DOSB will hold a memorial service in the Olympic village on Tuesday and has asked the International Olympic Committee to fly the German flag at half-mast at all venues.  

Read more on this story here.

"I didn't want to be a ballerina but I did ballet until I was 10. It's done a lot for me with exercising."

Sophie Hitchon chose to give up ballet before taking up the hammer and it looks to have paid off after the Briton won bronze in the hammer.

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A biblical downpour temporarily halts competition at the Olympic Stadium with discus thrower Sharice Craft of Germany keeping cool if not keeping dry.

Some breaking news for you... The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended Turkish powerlifter Izzettin Kanat for two years for an anti-doping violation, ruling him out of next month's Games in Rio.

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The women's 400m final was a fantastic race and that was an amazing effort from a world-class athlete.

Allyson Felix will be very disappointed because all she needed was one more metre to really make that happen.

If you want an idea of how bad these athletes want to win gold then look no further than Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas.

In a thrilling finish to the women's 400m final, Miller fell over the line to edge out American world champion Allyson Felix for the gold.

The move worked as, with Felix closing quickly, Miller ended up winning by 0.07secs.

Felix, a four-time Olympic gold medallist, took silver in 49.51 seconds with Jamaica's Shericka Jackson third.

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Fast-twitch grey matter on display here as Anthony Brooks solves a Rubik cube faster than Usain Bolt can cover 100m., external

Brooks' mother Karen is the Jamaican record holder in the Rubik cube by the way.

Whitlock and Smith send Rio postcardpublished at 09:56 British Summer Time 16 August 2016

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Gymnastics

What's the weirdest thing Team GB gymnast Louis Smith has seen in Rio? Find out by watching Smith and fellow gymnast Max Whitlock present their Rio Postcard. Watch here... 

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Russian heavyweight boxer Evgeny Tishchenko voiced his frustration at the audience's reaction to his Olympic gold on Monday over Kazakhstan's Vassiliy Levit on Monday.

Many thought Levit had won, but Tishchenko said: "It's a pity that the public reacted like this. 

"I feel sad that I've been booed. If I was given the victory, it means I deserved it. I respect both the public and my rival. There can't be any complaints as to how I was judged, I'm excited about my win. But if Vasily Levit was treated unfairly, I feel sorry that this happened."

"Spent the afternoon at the British House in Rio. Beautiful set up. Bumped into the lovely @mrdanwalker, external as well - Lots a giggles as we nearly got blown away!"

Much like the British athletes in London 2012, Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva felt the "Home Olympics Love" in the athletics stadium as he became Olympic pole vault champion.

The power of the home crowd launched him over that pole ahead of world number one Renaud Lavillenie of France.

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Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva set an Olympic record of 6.03m to win gold in the men's pole vault but his rival and defending champion Renaud Lavillenie was not a happy chappy.

The Frenchman had to appeal for quiet from the home crowd as he prepared for a jump and gave a thumbs down gesture to the cameras.

"In 1936 the crowd was against Jesse Owens. We've not see this since. We have to deal with it," he said.

"For the Olympics it is not a good image. I did nothing to the Brazilians.

"It really disturbed me, I felt the nastiness of the public and we do a sport where you never see that."  

African-American athlete Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, which were being used by Adolf Hitler to promote Nazi ideologies of racial superiority. 

Lavillenie later apologised for the comparison and has reiterated that today on Twitter.

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Smiley happy people holding medals.

If you like that sort of thing, take a glance at our wall of honour where we have lovingly hung a portrait for every single Great Britain medal-winner.

All 84 of them.

"He received a medal for a football camp last week and he said to me, 'Right dad, I've got my medal, now it's time for you to get yours'."

Justin Rose reveals the motivation behind him winning the golf gold medal for Great Britain.

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Louis got the ball rolling for British gymnasts - Whitlockpublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 16 August 2016

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Gymnastics

We think everyone can agree the gymnastics competitons have been a highlight of the Rio Olympics so far. 

Gold and silver medallists Max Whitlock and Louis Smith have shared their views on each other, the future of gymnastics in Britain and Smith describes the moment he thought he saw a truck on fire...