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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of day 13 at the Rio Olympics, which culminates with Usain Bolt's attempt to win his eighth Olympic gold in the men's 200m final.
The Jamaican will face competition from the United States' LaShawn Merritt and Canada's Andre De Grasse. Great Britain's Adam Gemili also competes.
Thursday brought a gold and silver one-two from Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee in the men's triathlon.
The Yorkshire pair raced together on the course of the men's event in Copacabana until Alistair, the elder brother and defending champion, pulled away.
Elsewhere, Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills' long wait to confirm their status as women's 470 sailing champions ended.
Nicola Adams overcame a shaky start to guarantee herself a medal in the women's flyweight competition after defeating China's Ren Cancan.
Rio Olympics 2016 - day 13
- Alistair Brownlee claims Britain's 20th gold medal in the men's triathlon
- Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark's long wait for dignhy sailing gold ends
- Britain defeat China to take surprise bronze in Olympic badminton doubles
- Liam Heath and Jon Schofield claim Britain's 51st medal with Olympic silver in K2 200m
- Ryan Lochte 'faked mugging to cover up petrol station brawl'
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Full Olympic schedule for Thursday 18 August
07:30 Golf Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 2
08:30 Badminton Women's Singles Semi-Final
09:00 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Double 1000m Final A
09:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
09:08 Canoe Sprint Men's Canoe Single 200m Final B
09:15 Canoe Sprint Men's Canoe Single 200m Final A
09:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
09:30 Badminton Women's Singles Semi-Final
09:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
09:30 Athletics Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles: Heat 1
09:32 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Double 200m Final B
09:35 Athletics Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles: Heat 2
09:39 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Double 200m Final A
09:40 Athletics Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles: Heat 3
09:45 Athletics Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles: Heat 4
09:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
09:55 Athletics Men's Shot Put Qualifying Round: Group A
09:55 Athletics Men's Shot Put Qualifying Round: Group B
09:56 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Single 500m Final B
10:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:00 Diving Women's 10m Platform Semi-Final
10:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:00 Modern Pentathlon Women's Fencing Ranking Round
10:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
10:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:00 Athletics Women's High Jump Qualifying Round: Group A
10:00 Athletics Women's High Jump Qualifying Round: Group B
10:03 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Single 500m Final A
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Qualification
10:25 Athletics Men's Decathlon Discus Throw: Group A
10:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
10:30 Badminton Women's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
10:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/8 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
11:00 Water Polo Men's Classification 5th/8th Place
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Triathlon Men
11:10 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg 1/4 Final
11:10 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg 1/4 Final
11:10 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg 1/4 Final
11:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
11:20 Athletics Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1: Heat 1
11:23 Athletics Women's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1: Heat 2
11:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
11:30 Badminton Men's Doubles Bronze Medal Match
11:40 Athletics Men's Decathlon Discus Throw: Group B
11:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Semi-Final
11:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Semi-Final
11:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Semi-Final
11:40 Athletics Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1: Heat 1
11:43 Athletics Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1: Heat 2
11:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
12:00 Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles Final
12:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Semi-Final
12:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
12:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Semi-Final
12:00 Hockey Men's Bronze Medal Match
12:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Semi-Final
12:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
12:20 Water Polo Men's Semi-Final
12:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Round of 16
12:30 Badminton Women's Doubles Gold Medal Match
12:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Round of 16
13:00 Synchronised Swimming Teams Technical Routine
13:00 Volleyball Women's Semi-Finals
13:05 Sailing Men's Skiff: 49er: Medal Race
13:25 Athletics Men's Decathlon Pole Vault: Group A
13:25 Athletics Men's Decathlon Pole Vault: Group B
13:30 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Heat 1 (all Runs)
13:30 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Run 1
13:34 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Heat 2 (all Runs)
13:38 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Heat 3 (all Runs)
13:42 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Heat 4 (all Runs)
13:51 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Run 2
14:00 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Semi-Final 1
14:05 Sailing Women's Skiff: 49er FX: Medal Race
14:15 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Semi-Final 2
14:17 Cycling BMX Men's Quarter-Finals Run 3
14:30 Modern Pentathlon Men's Fencing Ranking Round
14:30 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Semi-Final 1
14:45 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Semi-Final 2
15:00 Basketball Women's Semi-Final
15:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Quarter-Finals
15:00 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Semi-Final 1
15:10 Water Polo Men's Classification 5th/8th Place
15:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Quarter-Finals
15:15 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Semi-Final 2
15:30 Handball Women's Semi-Final
15:30 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Final Bout
15:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Quarter-Finals
15:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Quarter-Finals
16:00 Diving Women's 10m Platform Final
16:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Quarter-Finals
16:00 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Repechage Round 1
16:01 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Repechage Round 1
16:01 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Repechage Round 1
16:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Quarter-Finals
16:15 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Repechage Round 1
16:15 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Repechage Round 1
16:15 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Repechage Round 1
16:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Repechage Round 2
16:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Repechage Round 2
16:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Repechage Round 2
16:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Repechage Round 2
16:30 Water Polo Men's Semi-Final
16:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Quarter-Finals
16:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Repechage Round 2
16:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Repechage Round 2
16:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Quarter-Finals
16:45 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Bronze
16:55 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Bronze
17:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Semi-Finals
17:00 Hockey Men's Gold Medal Match
17:05 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 53 kg Gold Medal
17:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Semi-Finals
17:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Semi-Finals
17:30 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Bronze
17:40 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Bronze
17:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Semi-Finals
17:50 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 63 kg Gold Medal
18:15 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Bronze
18:25 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Bronze
18:35 Athletics Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw: Group A
18:35 Wrestling Women's Freestyle 75 kg Gold Medal
19:00 Basketball Women's Semi-Final
19:45 Athletics Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw: Group B
20:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Repechage
20:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Repechage
20:30 Handball Women's Semi-Final
20:30 Athletics Men's Shot Put Final
20:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Repechage
20:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Repechage
20:45 Athletics Men's 1500m Semi-Final 1
20:52 Athletics Men's 1500m Semi-Final 2
21:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Bronze Medal Contests
21:10 Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Final
21:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Bronze Medal Contests
21:15 Athletics Women's 800m Semi-Final 1
21:21 Athletics Women's 800m Semi-Final 2
21:27 Athletics Women's 800m Semi-Final 3
21:30 Taekwondo Women -57kg Bronze Medal Contests
21:45 Taekwondo Men -68kg Bronze Medal Contests
21:45 Athletics Men's Decathlon 1500m: Heat 1
21:50 Athletics Men's Decathlon 1500m: Heat 2
22:00 Taekwondo Women -57kg Gold Medal Contest
22:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Bronze Medal Match
22:15 Volleyball Women's Semi-Finals
22:15 Taekwondo Men -68kg Gold Medal Contest
22:15 Athletics Women's 400m Hurdles Final
22:30 Athletics Men's 200m Final
23:59 Beach Volleyball Men's Gold Medal Match
Women's rugby sevens: After a tricky first half, Team GB took advantage of a tiring Brazilian defence to score three more tries in the second half to secure a 29-3 victory. Natasha Hunt scored twice, both of which coming from quick thinking as she took a tap penalty to catch the Brazil defence sleeping, and Jasmine Joyce – the only Welshwoman in the squad – demonstrated her devastating pace to complete the scoring.
Men's road race: Nibali breaks at the front and he has three riders with him - and one of them is Geraint Thomas! They've started to drop the rest of lead pack, altough Greg van Avermeet has just about clung on to make it a five-man group. Froome meanwhile has made his move and caught Adam Yates, but the pair have a minute to claw back if they want a medal.
Men's road race: Nibali is trying to break away at the front but Majka and Henao are sticking with him. If they work together they can guarantee themselves a medal each, and fight out what order in a sprint finish. The second chase group is being led now by Julian Alaphilippe, who rode away from Chris Froome and bridged the gap to the second group who trail the leaders by 15 seconds.
Men's road race: Nibali and Henao crash! They're out of the race and Majka is out in front on his own!
Men's 100m breaststroke: Not only has Adam Peaty booked his place alongside Ross Murdoch in the 100m breststroke final, he;s set a new world record in the process!
Men's road race: Disaster for Team GB as Geraint Thomas crashes out of medal contention, and it looks like Britain won't be getting a medal in the men's road race. Poland's Rafal Majka leads on his own by about 20 seconds with 8km to go.
Olympic champion in waiting?
Poland's Rafal Majka leads the closing stages of the road race
Men's road race: This isn't over folks, the lead is being slashed and Majka might be cooked. Greg van Avermaet and Jakub Fuglsang are catching him and we've got a 3km battle on!
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