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US swimmer Jimmy Feigen to pay $11,000 (approx £8,350) to charity as part of deal to settle Brazil robbery dispute according to US media.

More to follow...

It appeared that one of the main challengers to favourites Jamaica - the United States - had blown their chances in the women's 4x100m relay heats yesterday after a bungled baton exchange.

However after an review of the video tape, the US team lodged an appeal, claiming Allyson Felix was impeded by a Brazilian athlete.

The athletics big bods agreed. However the United States had to have a solo run-off around the Rio track to beat the fastest loser time of 42.70 and book their place in the final.

They duly slapped down a 41.77 second circuit to redeem themselves.

Tom Mitchell, Mark Robertson and James Rodwell - a quarter of Team GB's rugby sevens squad - appeared on the BBC Breakfast sofa this morning, complete with their silver medals from Rio.

Mitchell spoke about how well received the sport was on its Olympic debut: "You never know how it's going to go down on the biggest stage. We realise it's an amazing thing to be a part of. It's brilliant it got the exposure that it did and hopefully it will get bigger and bigger."

And Robertson revealed what it was like playing in the final: "I tried to stay away from social media as much as possible because it was such a big occasion. For the families it's far worse. We've got something to focus on whereas their emotions are up and down. My parents got back a few days ago and feel like they need a holiday."

What were you doing when you were 15?

Studying hard for your GCSEs? Working for £3 an hour in your local fruit and veg shot? Perhaps trading penny sweets behind the back of the school bike sheds?

Not Ren Qian. She's busy winning Olympic diving gold.   

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Will we see scenes like these again in the coming weeks?

The mayor of London says he wants a victory parade to be held in the city to celebrate the achievements of Team GB's Olympians and Paralympians after the Rio Games.

Sadiq Khan told the BBC: "I'm keen for it to happen."

However, the word on the Rio street yesterday was apparently that there is no such event planned.

We will be having a vote here from 11:00 BST today on whether a parade would be welcome after the Games.

American Ashton Eaton has become the second man to retain the Olympic decathlon title, emulating GB's Daley Thompson.

Thompson won gold at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and finished fourth in 1988.  

"To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley is very special," said Eaton.

"One day, I'm going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand and thank him for giving me something to chase after.

"My throwing has been bad in the past, but I really got after the discus and shot here. Can I do three in a row? Maybe you should ask Daley."

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Olympic silver medallist Mark Cavendish has been speaking to BBC Breakfast on his return from Rio.

"I'm a winner, and I'd have liked a gold but I'm super happy," he said of his runners-up prize in the men's omnium.

Speaking about the crash during the race, in which Cavendish careered into fellow competitors, he said: "I can't talk you through what happened in the crash. I don't even know. 

"It was a mistake by me, a lapse of concentration. It happens in bike riding but it's horrible, you don't wish it upon any competitors, especially ones you get on with."

Cavendish also spoke about his reportedly fractious relationship with team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins - an issue which reared its ugly head again after Cavendish was omitted from the team pursuit line-up.

"Me and Brad are like brothers," said the Isle of Man cyclist. "If he was lying on his bed in his pants I'd take a photo. The tabloid press will probably use that for something now, but that's just the way it is."

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Here's our very own commentator Leon Taylor on diving essentials and Tom Daley. Remember, Tom goes in the 10m platform from 20:00 BST this evening.

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The United States Olympic Committee has apologised for what it called the unacceptable behaviour of four US swimmers who falsely said they had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio.

Police questioned three of the gold medal winners and say "they were not victims of the crimes they claimed".

Two of the four - Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger - were allowed to fly out of Rio on Thursday evening.

Ryan Lochte, who has been the inadvertent 'poster boy' of this scandal, had already left, and James Feigen remains in Brazil.

Read more on this story here... 

The American press have duly fed Lochte into the shredder, $1500 sneakers first.

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The Washington Post's take-down is especially stinging., external

"There is a special category of obnoxious American 'bro' that Lochte represents, in his T-shirt and jeans and expensive suede footwear, which he showed off on Instagram that night at the party along with the price tag. 

"Lochte’s done as a public figure, of course. Which is probably the most effective form of justice for someone who apparently so craves attention. Oblivion is what he deserves."

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This was Ryan Lochte's version of events on Sunday.

"And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, “Get down,” and I put my hands up, I was like ‘whatever.’"

It also includes a moment of courage for the narrator when he initially stands up to the armed thieves.

It now has been said that nobody pulled over his taxi. Nobody stole the money from his wallet. Nobody put a gun to Lochte's forehead. 

The reality, it is alleged, is that Lochte and some of his swimming team-mates vandalised a petrol station toilet, attempted to buy off the owners with dollars and then used Rio's own endemic crime and poverty problems as a shameful cover-up.

More on the rapidly unfolding story here., external

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BBC Sport in Rio

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After Brazil lost both the gold and bronze medal match in the women's beach volleyball on Wednesday night, it was important that the host nation bounced back on Thursday in the men's competition, according to Brazilian fan Francisco.

"It would have been a disaster if we lost again," he said. "But the gold for Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt makes up for the disappointment, and after gold in the sailing earlier in the day, it feels like we are having a good Olympics." 

The other gold came when Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze won the final race in the women's 49er FX sailing.

Grael emulated her father Torben, who has twice been an Olympic sailing champion. 

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BBC Sport in Rio

'Monster block' is one of the Beach Volleyball terms that gets flashed up on the big screen and belted out by the 12,000 strong crowd at Copacabana, accompanied by its own dance.

And none were more fitting last night as the giant-size Alison Cerutti and diminutive partner Bruno Schmidt won gold for Brazil in a rain-soaked match against Italian pair Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo. 

Cerutti was a colussus at the net and sent the home crowd wild as they took cover from the wet conditions before emotion overcame him on the podium. 

It earned Brazil a fifth gold of the Games, which equals their highest tally at a single Olympics which they set Athens in 2004.

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Live  on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external is a video session with Great Britain's sevens captain Tom Mitchell and team-mates James Rodwell and Mark Robertson.

Get across it and pose your questions to the trio.

This is a week old - so apologies if you've seen it before, but we hadn't!

There's a sign in one of the Rio toilets which apparently asks people not to fish inside the toilet bowl.

Hmmm?!

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Simon Gleave, head of analysis at Gracenote, which produces a Virtual Medal Table for the Olympics, predicts a GB haul of 67 medals, with 25 golds.

He added: "Assuming that Great Britain and China end up on the same number of gold medals, Britain should win on silvers [23-21], though China have a few more to come.

"The smallest things can change medallists and order of medals in sports in which margins between the top competitors are already tiny."

To see if you agree with their predictions including who they think will win tonight's gold medal hockey match, read on here. 

There are only three days of Rio 2016 remaining.  

*sad face*

Although China lead GB 58-56 on total medals, the table is ranked on golds and GB are ahead by two after wins for Alistair Brownlee,Jade Jones and the sailing duo of Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills on Thursday.

Will Britain (population 64.1m) win more golds than China (population 1.357bn)? 

Will the British beat their London 2012 total of 65 medals?

For the first time, Gracenote Sports are now predicting that GB will pip China to second place in the medals table - but only just...

Yorkshire's finest Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee confirmed celebratory cocktails won't be on the agenda after winning gold and silver medals in the Rio 2016 Olympic triathlon.

"If we were stood at the bar drinking a cocktail where we live, never mind if you had an Olympic medal around your neck, you’d be chucked out quick and called all sorts of profanities!" race winner Alistair told BBC Radio 5 live.