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Wow..... WOW.....I'm shocked. Never though we would beat the Nederlands to be honest. Wow this is by far the most impressive victory we have had in this olympics. I'm almost in tears.That's it...GB wins GOLD. It's 24 now!
Well done our girls, well done team GREAT BRITAIN.
Meanwhile .......another thriller final awaits our 6ft6 tall super heavyweight champion Joe Joyce, he will be facing France's Yoka tomorrow. @Vergennes
Joe Joyce defeats Ivan Dychko to reach Rio 2016 Olympic super-heavyweight boxing gold medal bout
19:52, 19 AUG 2016 UPDATED 20:52, 19 AUG 2016 BY MIKE WALTERS
The Team GB fighter defeated his Kazakhstani opponent on all three of the AIBA judges' score cards to have a chance of winning gold
Fine arts graduate Joe Joyce could be painting the town red on Sunday after reaching the Olympic super-heavyweight gold medal fight.
Joyce celebrated in the ring with a cartwheels from the traditional Brazilian martial art capoeira after earning a unanimous decision against 6ft 8in giant Ivan Dychko from Kazakhstan.
His former sparring partner and world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was at ringside as a BBC pundit.
Now Joyce has a chance to emulate Joshua's triumph at London 2012 and claim Britain's third Olympic super-heavyweight crown this century when he fights Tony Yoka of France for Team GB's final shot at a gold medal in Rio 2016.
Joshua thinks Joyce has already got it in the bag, saying: “Joe will win it – Yoka was hurt by the Croatian (Filip Hrgovic) in their semi-final.”
Joyce's power seemed to rock the Kazkhstani fighter
PA
Joyce was pushed all the way by Dychko
In return, Joyce appreciated his superstar cheerleader and he said: “It was good to see AJ here – when I was standing in my corner, I was looking over and I could see him there, and it was great to have him supporting me.
“I've beaten Yoka once, he avenged that defeat and now it's my turn again, but I haven't allowed myself to think what the gold medal might mean to me – I'll think about that after the final.
“I've read that he doesn't think I'm a very 'smart' fighter, but he will be quite similar to Dychko – he will move around the ring, so I will have to be smarter than he thinks I am.”
Joyce only took up boxing at the age of 22, admitting he prefers leaving his brush strokes on canvas more than his opponents in the ring.
He is a big fan of Picasso, especially the accuracy of his early work before he turned to symbolism and, in fairness, on fight nights at York Hall and in the sweatshops of London's East end, you rarely hear them talking about anything else.
Joyce celebrated in style after victory
Joyce, 30, arrived in Rio with paintbrushes in his luggage as well as his gloves and gumshield in case he was inclined to sketch a quick masterpiece – but these colours don't run.
The Commonwealth gold medallist in Glasgow two years ago hardly took a backward step, and he said of the lumbering Dychko: “It was hard to close him down – I thought I would be able to cut the ring off a bit better than I did and he made it difficult for me.
“But he couldn't keep it up for three rounds, he was tiring towards the end and he wasn't going to stop me getting at least a silver medal – although obviously going for gold is what I'm here for.
“I learned the capoeira moves in London, not over here. My mum does it, so I thought I'd give it a go and the locals seemed to like it.”
A cagey first round ended with both men on the floor in an untidy heap, and little else of note, but in the second Dychko made all the running – he spent most of it running around the ring taking evasive action.
Joyce came from behind after a slow start to the bout
Dychko absorbed some tremendous shots by Joyce
By the end of the contest, Joyce was clearly the stronger as well as the more accomplished technician, and he had enough energy left in the tank to celebrate with those Latin cartwheels.
Now he has a chance to follow Lennox Lewis, Audley Harrison and Joshua in British Olympic heavyweight legend (Lewis won Olympic gold boxing for Canada in 1988) although he has not always appreciated being linked with the Watford Wallop.
Joyce once said: “We get on well, but every time I'm mentioned it is in the same breath as him. It would be nice to be recognised in my own right.”
On Sunday, his wish may well be granted.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/joe-joyce-defeats-ivan-dychko-8666997
We are a boxing superheavyweght power as well.
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Well played by the girls. That penalty shootout was funny though.. I thought it's going to be simple penalty strokes..Wow..... WOW.....I'm shocked. Never though we would beat the Nederlands to be honest. Wow this is by far the most impressive victory we have had in this olympics. I'm almost in tears.
Well done our girls, well done team GREAT BRITAIN.
Meanwhile .......another thriller final awaits our 6ft6 tall super heavyweight champion Joe Joyce, he will be facing France's Yoka tomorrow. @Vergennes
Joe Joyce defeats Ivan Dychko to reach Rio 2016 Olympic super-heavyweight boxing gold medal bout
19:52, 19 AUG 2016 UPDATED 20:52, 19 AUG 2016 BY MIKE WALTERS
The Team GB fighter defeated his Kazakhstani opponent on all three of the AIBA judges' score cards to have a chance of winning gold
Fine arts graduate Joe Joyce could be painting the town red on Sunday after reaching the Olympic super-heavyweight gold medal fight.
Joyce celebrated in the ring with a cartwheels from the traditional Brazilian martial art capoeira after earning a unanimous decision against 6ft 8in giant Ivan Dychko from Kazakhstan.
His former sparring partner and world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was at ringside as a BBC pundit.
Now Joyce has a chance to emulate Joshua's triumph at London 2012 and claim Britain's third Olympic super-heavyweight crown this century when he fights Tony Yoka of France for Team GB's final shot at a gold medal in Rio 2016.
Joshua thinks Joyce has already got it in the bag, saying: “Joe will win it – Yoka was hurt by the Croatian (Filip Hrgovic) in their semi-final.”
Joyce's power seemed to rock the Kazkhstani fighter
PA
Joyce was pushed all the way by Dychko
In return, Joyce appreciated his superstar cheerleader and he said: “It was good to see AJ here – when I was standing in my corner, I was looking over and I could see him there, and it was great to have him supporting me.
“I've beaten Yoka once, he avenged that defeat and now it's my turn again, but I haven't allowed myself to think what the gold medal might mean to me – I'll think about that after the final.
“I've read that he doesn't think I'm a very 'smart' fighter, but he will be quite similar to Dychko – he will move around the ring, so I will have to be smarter than he thinks I am.”
Joyce only took up boxing at the age of 22, admitting he prefers leaving his brush strokes on canvas more than his opponents in the ring.
He is a big fan of Picasso, especially the accuracy of his early work before he turned to symbolism and, in fairness, on fight nights at York Hall and in the sweatshops of London's East end, you rarely hear them talking about anything else.
Joyce celebrated in style after victory
Joyce, 30, arrived in Rio with paintbrushes in his luggage as well as his gloves and gumshield in case he was inclined to sketch a quick masterpiece – but these colours don't run.
The Commonwealth gold medallist in Glasgow two years ago hardly took a backward step, and he said of the lumbering Dychko: “It was hard to close him down – I thought I would be able to cut the ring off a bit better than I did and he made it difficult for me.
“But he couldn't keep it up for three rounds, he was tiring towards the end and he wasn't going to stop me getting at least a silver medal – although obviously going for gold is what I'm here for.
“I learned the capoeira moves in London, not over here. My mum does it, so I thought I'd give it a go and the locals seemed to like it.”
A cagey first round ended with both men on the floor in an untidy heap, and little else of note, but in the second Dychko made all the running – he spent most of it running around the ring taking evasive action.
Joyce came from behind after a slow start to the bout
Dychko absorbed some tremendous shots by Joyce
By the end of the contest, Joyce was clearly the stronger as well as the more accomplished technician, and he had enough energy left in the tank to celebrate with those Latin cartwheels.
Now he has a chance to follow Lennox Lewis, Audley Harrison and Joshua in British Olympic heavyweight legend (Lewis won Olympic gold boxing for Canada in 1988) although he has not always appreciated being linked with the Watford Wallop.
Joyce once said: “We get on well, but every time I'm mentioned it is in the same breath as him. It would be nice to be recognised in my own right.”
On Sunday, his wish may well be granted.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/joe-joyce-defeats-ivan-dychko-8666997
We are a boxing superheavyweght power as well.
Meanwhile...impressive win by Joyce. He was up against 6.9 foot tall kazak...first round was tricky.. But did the biz in next two rounds. He has a great chance of winning gold just like Brit heavy weights before him!
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Rio 2016 Olympics: Team GB's Lutalo Muhammad reaches -80kg taekwondo final to guarantee medal
22:03, 19 AUG 2016 UPDATED 22:10, 19 AUG 2016 BY JAMES WHALING
The 25-year-old beat Azerbaijan's Milad Beigi Harchegani in the semi-final and will face either Oussama Oueslati or Cheick Sallah Cisse in the final
Team GB are guaranteed another silver medal at least after taekwondo star Lutalo Muhammad reached the final of the -80kg category.
Muhammad beat European champion Milad Beigi Harchegani from Azerbaijan 12-7 in the semi-final to set up a fight against either Oussama Oueslati from Tunisia or the Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Cisse.
London 2012 bronze medallist Muhammad stormed into a decisive lead in a mightily impressive second round and hung on for victory.
He will compete in the final at 02:15 BST tonight.
REUTERS/Issei Kato
Muhammad in action
REUTERS/Issei Kato
The Brit is in the final
REUTERS/Issei Kato
Muhammad celebrates his victory
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The Team GB star with his coach
Muhammad is bidding to join Jade Jones as a gold medallist for Team GB in taekwondo after her success in the -57kg category last night.
Fellow Brit Aaron Cook suffered a shock 14-2 defeat to Wei-Ting Liu earlier today. Cook elected to represent Moldova at London 2012 after Muhammad was controversially selected ahead of him.
Cook could still land a bronze in the repechage despite his defeat to Liu.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/rio-2016-olympics-team-gbs-8667851
Think we will get about 26 gold medals or more
22:03, 19 AUG 2016 UPDATED 22:10, 19 AUG 2016 BY JAMES WHALING
The 25-year-old beat Azerbaijan's Milad Beigi Harchegani in the semi-final and will face either Oussama Oueslati or Cheick Sallah Cisse in the final
Team GB are guaranteed another silver medal at least after taekwondo star Lutalo Muhammad reached the final of the -80kg category.
Muhammad beat European champion Milad Beigi Harchegani from Azerbaijan 12-7 in the semi-final to set up a fight against either Oussama Oueslati from Tunisia or the Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Cisse.
London 2012 bronze medallist Muhammad stormed into a decisive lead in a mightily impressive second round and hung on for victory.
He will compete in the final at 02:15 BST tonight.
REUTERS/Issei Kato
Muhammad in action
REUTERS/Issei Kato
The Brit is in the final
REUTERS/Issei Kato
Muhammad celebrates his victory
PA
The Team GB star with his coach
Muhammad is bidding to join Jade Jones as a gold medallist for Team GB in taekwondo after her success in the -57kg category last night.
Fellow Brit Aaron Cook suffered a shock 14-2 defeat to Wei-Ting Liu earlier today. Cook elected to represent Moldova at London 2012 after Muhammad was controversially selected ahead of him.
Cook could still land a bronze in the repechage despite his defeat to Liu.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/rio-2016-olympics-team-gbs-8667851
Think we will get about 26 gold medals or more
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Well done girls!!!!!! You made us proud.
Britain's hockey team won gold in a pulsating night in Rio that ended in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.
With the score locked at 3-3 against reigning Olympic champions, the Netherlands, the British players stayed calm under pressure to win the shoot-out.
The win was in stark contrast to the woeful penalties record of England's male footballers, which notoriously included Italia 90 and our painful defeat to Germany in Euro 96.
A herculean performance by British keeper Maddie Hinch – known as 'Mad Dog' – saw the Dutch fail to score a single penalty.
Hollie Webb sealed the gold with a final goal to seal a 2-0 victory in the shoot-out, making her side the first British hockey team to take the title since the men at the Seoul Games in 1988.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...alty-shoot-strike-GOLD-Rio.html#ixzz4Hp7L1VLh
I hope our NZ cousins beat Germany for the bronze. Go black sticks!
He faces the Frenchman in the final hahaha. Grudge match time. Come on Nelson, I mean Joe
Britain's hockey team won gold in a pulsating night in Rio that ended in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.
With the score locked at 3-3 against reigning Olympic champions, the Netherlands, the British players stayed calm under pressure to win the shoot-out.
The win was in stark contrast to the woeful penalties record of England's male footballers, which notoriously included Italia 90 and our painful defeat to Germany in Euro 96.
A herculean performance by British keeper Maddie Hinch – known as 'Mad Dog' – saw the Dutch fail to score a single penalty.
Hollie Webb sealed the gold with a final goal to seal a 2-0 victory in the shoot-out, making her side the first British hockey team to take the title since the men at the Seoul Games in 1988.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...alty-shoot-strike-GOLD-Rio.html#ixzz4Hp7L1VLh
I hope our NZ cousins beat Germany for the bronze. Go black sticks!
Wow..... WOW.....I'm shocked. Never though we would beat the Nederlands to be honest. Wow this is by far the most impressive victory we have had in this olympics. I'm almost in tears.
Well done our girls, well done team GREAT BRITAIN.
Meanwhile .......another thriller final awaits our 6ft6 tall super heavyweight champion Joe Joyce, he will be facing France's Yoka tomorrow. @Vergennes
Joe Joyce defeats Ivan Dychko to reach Rio 2016 Olympic super-heavyweight boxing gold medal bout
19:52, 19 AUG 2016 UPDATED 20:52, 19 AUG 2016 BY MIKE WALTERS
The Team GB fighter defeated his Kazakhstani opponent on all three of the AIBA judges' score cards to have a chance of winning gold
Fine arts graduate Joe Joyce could be painting the town red on Sunday after reaching the Olympic super-heavyweight gold medal fight.
Joyce celebrated in the ring with a cartwheels from the traditional Brazilian martial art capoeira after earning a unanimous decision against 6ft 8in giant Ivan Dychko from Kazakhstan.
His former sparring partner and world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was at ringside as a BBC pundit.
Now Joyce has a chance to emulate Joshua's triumph at London 2012 and claim Britain's third Olympic super-heavyweight crown this century when he fights Tony Yoka of France for Team GB's final shot at a gold medal in Rio 2016.
Joshua thinks Joyce has already got it in the bag, saying: “Joe will win it – Yoka was hurt by the Croatian (Filip Hrgovic) in their semi-final.”
Joyce's power seemed to rock the Kazkhstani fighter
PA
Joyce was pushed all the way by Dychko
In return, Joyce appreciated his superstar cheerleader and he said: “It was good to see AJ here – when I was standing in my corner, I was looking over and I could see him there, and it was great to have him supporting me.
“I've beaten Yoka once, he avenged that defeat and now it's my turn again, but I haven't allowed myself to think what the gold medal might mean to me – I'll think about that after the final.
“I've read that he doesn't think I'm a very 'smart' fighter, but he will be quite similar to Dychko – he will move around the ring, so I will have to be smarter than he thinks I am.”
Joyce only took up boxing at the age of 22, admitting he prefers leaving his brush strokes on canvas more than his opponents in the ring.
He is a big fan of Picasso, especially the accuracy of his early work before he turned to symbolism and, in fairness, on fight nights at York Hall and in the sweatshops of London's East end, you rarely hear them talking about anything else.
Joyce celebrated in style after victory
Joyce, 30, arrived in Rio with paintbrushes in his luggage as well as his gloves and gumshield in case he was inclined to sketch a quick masterpiece – but these colours don't run.
The Commonwealth gold medallist in Glasgow two years ago hardly took a backward step, and he said of the lumbering Dychko: “It was hard to close him down – I thought I would be able to cut the ring off a bit better than I did and he made it difficult for me.
“But he couldn't keep it up for three rounds, he was tiring towards the end and he wasn't going to stop me getting at least a silver medal – although obviously going for gold is what I'm here for.
“I learned the capoeira moves in London, not over here. My mum does it, so I thought I'd give it a go and the locals seemed to like it.”
A cagey first round ended with both men on the floor in an untidy heap, and little else of note, but in the second Dychko made all the running – he spent most of it running around the ring taking evasive action.
Joyce came from behind after a slow start to the bout
Dychko absorbed some tremendous shots by Joyce
By the end of the contest, Joyce was clearly the stronger as well as the more accomplished technician, and he had enough energy left in the tank to celebrate with those Latin cartwheels.
Now he has a chance to follow Lennox Lewis, Audley Harrison and Joshua in British Olympic heavyweight legend (Lewis won Olympic gold boxing for Canada in 1988) although he has not always appreciated being linked with the Watford Wallop.
Joyce once said: “We get on well, but every time I'm mentioned it is in the same breath as him. It would be nice to be recognised in my own right.”
On Sunday, his wish may well be granted.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/joe-joyce-defeats-ivan-dychko-8666997
We are a boxing superheavyweght power as well.
He faces the Frenchman in the final hahaha. Grudge match time. Come on Nelson, I mean Joe
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Well played Team GB..
Congrat to women hockey team for winning gold. Netherland Silver and Germany Bronze.
Coincidentally, Germany defeated Sweden 2 :1 on women football. Wasted the whole night staying up....
Congrat to women hockey team for winning gold. Netherland Silver and Germany Bronze.
Coincidentally, Germany defeated Sweden 2 :1 on women football. Wasted the whole night staying up....
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Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain win Olympic women's 4x100m relay team
Great Britain relay team
Britain win bronze in the 4x100m relay
Great Britain won an Olympic medal in the women's 4x100m relay for the first time since 1984, claiming bronze as the United States retained their title.
Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita ran a British record of 41.77 seconds in Rio's Olympic Stadium.
The US, who only qualified for Friday's final at the second attempt after dropping their baton, won in 41.01, the second-fastest time in history.
Silver medallists Jamaica ran 41.36.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson narrowly missed out on matching compatriot Usain Bolt's sprint treble after her victories in the 100m and 200m.
"Wonderful experience. My first Olympics. Two golds, a silver, I can't complain," she said.
Philip, Henry, Asher-Smith and Neita set a new British record
Age no barrier for record-breaking Britons
GB's first medal in the event since winning bronze at Moscow 1984 capped a remarkable reversal in fortunes after they failed to reach the final at London 2012.
Philip, the oldest member of the quartet at 25, said: "We came here to get a medal and we delivered. We had a lot of pressure to get this, but we had so much trust and faith in these girls."
Henry, 20, said: "I cannot believe it. This was my first Olympics and I wanted to go out and enjoy it but also to get a medal. To do it I had tears in my eyes. Thank you to everyone who has made this happen."
Asher-Smith, also 20, said: "We have worked unbelievably hard. Out of all the teams I think we worked the hardest. This is for the entire nation."
Daryll Nieta, 19, said: "I am speechless. I am so proud of our team. We absolutely smashed it."
Fabulous from the GB quartet. Having spent the day with them as they trained at Loughborough, there was no missing that this is the tightest of teams - true friends, proper racers. Philip in the mother role, Asher-Smith as head girl, Henry the loud one, Neita the kid. Together history makers.
United States came close to setting a new world record
Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Tori Bowie were allowed to compete in the final after running again - on their own - following Thursday's semi-final.
The baton was accidentally knocked out of Felix's hand by Brazil's Kauiza Venancio as she prepared to hand over to Gardner for the third leg.
The US successfully appealed, and ran only two tenths of a second short of the world record at the second attempt.
Bartoletta and Felix were part of the US team that clocked 40.82 to win at London 2012, and Felix has become the first woman to collect five athletics gold medals.
"It's very special. It was great to join these women tonight. It's just a very unique experience," Felix said of her milestone.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...following-semi-final-infraction-a7200681.html
Another gold again for our great nation. Our 25th gold and definitely more to come. @Providence seems you were right after all. We will surpass our london 2012 medal tally SOMETHING NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN HISTORY 4 YEARS AFTER HOSTING AN OLYMPICS GAMES.
RIO 2016
Britain’s Liam Heath powers to gold in Olympic men’s kayak single 200m
• Heath wins second medal of Games after silver in doubles on Thursday
• Gold is Team GB’s 25th of Rio Olympic Games
Liam Heath secured gold No25 for Britain in Rio. Photograph: Andre Penner/AP
Guardian sport
Saturday 20 August 2016 13.08 BST Last modified on Saturday 20 August 2016 13.09
Heath Heath has won Great Britain’s 25th gold medal of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, powering to success in the men’s kayak single 200m.
Live Rio 2016 Olympics: canoe sprint finals, women's golf and more – live!
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It is the 32-year-old’s second medal of the Games, after he and Jon Schofield took silver in the doubles event on Thursday – that an improvement on the bronze the pair won at London 2012.
Heath, who qualified second fastest for the final in Friday’s semi, becomes the second Briton to win the title in consecutive games after Ed McKeever’s success at home four years ago.
The result, on the penultimate day of the Games, means that Team GB are just one gold medal behind where they were at the same stage in London – a remarkable haul considering expectations before Rio.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/20/liam-heath-great-britain-rio-2016-olympic-gold
Seems we will definitely beat our 2012 olympics medal tally.
@waz, @Hamartia Antidote , @Steve781 ,
Feel very sad for our taekwondo superstar who lost last night with 1secs to go in a thrilling final. A heartbroken defeat indeed to be beaten just as you thought you had won. At the last second before the final whistle.
At least he got a silver which is not bad.
Plus our 4 ×400m relay team who was favourite to win got disqualified due to a stupid mistake.
Great Britain relay team
Great Britain won an Olympic medal in the women's 4x100m relay for the first time since 1984, claiming bronze as the United States retained their title.
Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita ran a British record of 41.77 seconds in Rio's Olympic Stadium.
The US, who only qualified for Friday's final at the second attempt after dropping their baton, won in 41.01, the second-fastest time in history.
Silver medallists Jamaica ran 41.36.
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson narrowly missed out on matching compatriot Usain Bolt's sprint treble after her victories in the 100m and 200m.
"Wonderful experience. My first Olympics. Two golds, a silver, I can't complain," she said.
Philip, Henry, Asher-Smith and Neita set a new British record
Age no barrier for record-breaking Britons
GB's first medal in the event since winning bronze at Moscow 1984 capped a remarkable reversal in fortunes after they failed to reach the final at London 2012.
Philip, the oldest member of the quartet at 25, said: "We came here to get a medal and we delivered. We had a lot of pressure to get this, but we had so much trust and faith in these girls."
Henry, 20, said: "I cannot believe it. This was my first Olympics and I wanted to go out and enjoy it but also to get a medal. To do it I had tears in my eyes. Thank you to everyone who has made this happen."
Asher-Smith, also 20, said: "We have worked unbelievably hard. Out of all the teams I think we worked the hardest. This is for the entire nation."
Daryll Nieta, 19, said: "I am speechless. I am so proud of our team. We absolutely smashed it."
Fabulous from the GB quartet. Having spent the day with them as they trained at Loughborough, there was no missing that this is the tightest of teams - true friends, proper racers. Philip in the mother role, Asher-Smith as head girl, Henry the loud one, Neita the kid. Together history makers.
United States came close to setting a new world record
Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner and Tori Bowie were allowed to compete in the final after running again - on their own - following Thursday's semi-final.
The baton was accidentally knocked out of Felix's hand by Brazil's Kauiza Venancio as she prepared to hand over to Gardner for the third leg.
The US successfully appealed, and ran only two tenths of a second short of the world record at the second attempt.
Bartoletta and Felix were part of the US team that clocked 40.82 to win at London 2012, and Felix has become the first woman to collect five athletics gold medals.
"It's very special. It was great to join these women tonight. It's just a very unique experience," Felix said of her milestone.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...following-semi-final-infraction-a7200681.html
Another gold again for our great nation. Our 25th gold and definitely more to come. @Providence seems you were right after all. We will surpass our london 2012 medal tally SOMETHING NO OTHER COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IN HISTORY 4 YEARS AFTER HOSTING AN OLYMPICS GAMES.
RIO 2016
Britain’s Liam Heath powers to gold in Olympic men’s kayak single 200m
• Heath wins second medal of Games after silver in doubles on Thursday
• Gold is Team GB’s 25th of Rio Olympic Games
Liam Heath secured gold No25 for Britain in Rio. Photograph: Andre Penner/AP
Guardian sport
Saturday 20 August 2016 13.08 BST Last modified on Saturday 20 August 2016 13.09
Heath Heath has won Great Britain’s 25th gold medal of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, powering to success in the men’s kayak single 200m.
Live Rio 2016 Olympics: canoe sprint finals, women's golf and more – live!
Read more
It is the 32-year-old’s second medal of the Games, after he and Jon Schofield took silver in the doubles event on Thursday – that an improvement on the bronze the pair won at London 2012.
Heath, who qualified second fastest for the final in Friday’s semi, becomes the second Briton to win the title in consecutive games after Ed McKeever’s success at home four years ago.
The result, on the penultimate day of the Games, means that Team GB are just one gold medal behind where they were at the same stage in London – a remarkable haul considering expectations before Rio.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/20/liam-heath-great-britain-rio-2016-olympic-gold
Seems we will definitely beat our 2012 olympics medal tally.
@waz, @Hamartia Antidote , @Steve781 ,
Feel very sad for our taekwondo superstar who lost last night with 1secs to go in a thrilling final. A heartbroken defeat indeed to be beaten just as you thought you had won. At the last second before the final whistle.
At least he got a silver which is not bad.Plus our 4 ×400m relay team who was favourite to win got disqualified due to a stupid mistake.
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@mike2000 is back thanks bro.
You did us all proud Lutalo, please don't say you let the country down, you didn't. You are still young and will return for 2020. Thank you for your silver.
Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad suffered an agonising last-second defeat in the men's -80kg taekwondo final - losing 8-6 to Cheick Sallah Cisse of the Ivory Coast.
World number four Muhammad, 25, led 6-4 but was hit by a reverse turning kick with the last action of the final.
GB were aiming for their second taekwondo gold of the Games after Jade Jones' -57kg triumph on Friday.
"I'm so distraught," said a tearful Muhammad after his defeat.
"I was so close to becoming Olympic champion and making my dream.
"I don't want to cry but I am so sorry to the people that stayed up to watch. I let them down at the last second. This is so hard.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36691180
Our Liam deserves more photos, well done mate for taking gold in the canoe sprint.
I liked this, UK and Aussie brotherhood.
You did us all proud Lutalo, please don't say you let the country down, you didn't. You are still young and will return for 2020. Thank you for your silver.
Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad suffered an agonising last-second defeat in the men's -80kg taekwondo final - losing 8-6 to Cheick Sallah Cisse of the Ivory Coast.
World number four Muhammad, 25, led 6-4 but was hit by a reverse turning kick with the last action of the final.
GB were aiming for their second taekwondo gold of the Games after Jade Jones' -57kg triumph on Friday.
"I'm so distraught," said a tearful Muhammad after his defeat.
"I was so close to becoming Olympic champion and making my dream.
"I don't want to cry but I am so sorry to the people that stayed up to watch. I let them down at the last second. This is so hard.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36691180
Our Liam deserves more photos, well done mate for taking gold in the canoe sprint.
I liked this, UK and Aussie brotherhood.
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UK at 26 now..can't find the event. I think it is boxing.
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Golden boy! Mo Farah will go for a second Rio title in the 5,000m tonight.
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She is Nicola Adams who becomes the first woman to win two boxing golds
Great post, she did it! I have to say, I was very worried as the French girl came hard and took a round, and had one judge on the final round. It was close. I think Nicola should go pro, or just teach our next generation of girls.
Golden boy! Mo Farah will go for a second Rio title in the 5,000m tonight.
Let's all hope we will be doing the Mobot tonight! Hahahaha.
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