Rio 2016 live: Usain Bolt wins third 100m title as Team GB dominates on Sunday night with gold rush
Follow the latest medals and news from Rio as Usain Bolt confirms his status as the world's fastest man
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Your support makes all the difference.Max Whitlock won two gold medals for Team GB, ending a 120-year wait for medal glory in the Olympic gymnastics, while Justin Rose added a third in the golf with Jason Kenny taking the fourth in the Velodrome. The fifth came late in the night as Andy Murray overcame Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the tennis final.
Inside the Olympic Stadium, Usain Bolt stormed to gold in the men's 100m as he crossed the line in 9.81 seconds. Here are the latest updates:
- Usain Bolt wins his third consecutive gold medal in the 100m
- Justin Rose captures golf's first gold medal in 108 years
- Whitlock confirms his status as Britain's greatest male gymnast
- Jason Kenny wins his fifth Olympic gold medal
- Mo Farah retains his 10,000m title to win Olympic gold No 3
- Jessica Ennis-Hill takes silver in the women's heptathlon
- Greg Rutherford clinches bronze in exhilerating long jump
- Women's team pursuit race to gold against the USA
- Becky James gets silver in the Women's Keirin
- Great Britain win gold in men's eight final
- Michael Phelps ends Olympic career with 4x100m medley relay gold
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This winning a gold medal thing is becoming a bit of a habit for Great Britain who added three more on day eight to take their tally to nine – with success coming in the rowing, cycling and athletics on another 'Super Saturday'.
The GB joy was delivered at the scenes of their recent successes: the velodrome and Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, home of the rowing. Yet it was the sight of Mo Farah powering home down the final straight inside the Olympic Stadium that could prove to be the iconic image of this Olympics from a British perspective.
Farah's dreams of a third consecutive gold medal - and the second in the 10,000m following his double triumph at London 2012 - was nearly derailed by aan early fall when his American training partner, Galen Rupp, accidentally tripped him.
But Farah bouonced back immediately, and held off a spirited last-lap attack from Kenyan Paul Kipngetoch Tanui to clinch a thrilling victory.
Women's road race: First update in from the roads and it's a one-woman breakaway. It's a courageously bold move from Belgium's Lotte Kopecky, as she broke at the front of the peloton only to see no one go with her. She's built up a two minute gap, but with no wind buffer or anyone to share the work load, you'd back the peloton the reel her in.
Men's Swimming: As we head into the early hours of Monday morning, all British eyes will be on Adam Peaty, as the world record holder goes for gold - and Team GB's first medal of the Rio Games - in the 100m breaststroke final at 02:53 BST.
Men's Tennis: There was controversy out on Centre Court earlier today when Germany's Dustin Brown was regularly booed during his first round match with Brazil's Thomaz Belluci - even when he suffered a badly twisted ankle. Matt Gatward was courtside as the pantomine atmosphere turned sour, and he asks: did they go one step too far?
Men's Tennis: Speaking of Tomaz Belluci, he's back on Centre Court with his Brazilian compatriot Andre Sa as they take on Team GB's dynamic duo of Andy and Jamie Murray. The scores are currently locked at 3-3 in the opening set in what is proving a high-energy encounter.
This stunning image, by AFP's Andrej Isakovic, sums up a lot of what has been said about these Games so far.
Bravo.
Table tennis: Paul Drinkhall faces Beluras' former world silver medallist in the last 16 Vladimir Samsonov in the sternist test of his Olympic credentials. That match is later tonight at 01:30 BST.
Synchro diving: Bronze for Tom and Dan! They've done it at the very death.. It was oh so tense as Daley and Goodfellow awaited the scores but the Team GB pair are in third place on 444.45, above the Germans on 438.42. China gets the gold (496.98) and the United States seal silver (547.11).
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