Rio 2016 live: Jason Kenny and Laura Trott extend Team GB's gold tally to 18
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Your support makes all the difference.Day 11 at the Rio Olympic Games has delivered more success for Great Britain with Jason Kenny and Laura Trott confirming their status as the country's golden couple.
Trott became Britain's greatest-ever female Olympian on Tuesday, winning her fourth gold in the women's omnium.
Her fiancé followed with a perfectly-timed run in the men keirin to take his sixth career Olympic gold, equalling Sir Chris Hoy as Britain's greatest ever Olympian.
Earlier, sailor Giles Scott took gold in the men’s Finn class.
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- Jason Kenny wins sixth Olympic gold to equal Sir Chris Hoy as Britain's greatest
- Laura Trott pulls off a masterful ride to take gold in women's omnium
- Giles Scott takes gold in final men’s Finn race
- Teenage Amy Tinkler takes gymnastics bronze before learning GCSE results
- Defending Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams wins opening bout to secure minimum bronze
- British 1500m women’s record holder Laura Muir fails to medal in final
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Full Olympic schedule for Tuesday 16 August
08:30 Badminton Men's Doubles Semi-Final
09:00 Marathon Swimming Men's 10km
09:00 Canoe Sprint Men's Canoe Single 1000m Final B
09:08 Canoe Sprint Men's Canoe Single 1000m Final A
09:16 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Double 500m Final B
09:23 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Double 500m Final A
09:30 Badminton Men's Doubles Semi-Final
09:30 Athletics Women's 5000m Round 1: Heat 1
09:40 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Single 200m Final B
09:45 Athletics Women's Pole Vault Qualifying Round: Group A
09:45 Athletics Women's Pole Vault Qualifying Round: Group B
09:47 Canoe Sprint Women's Kayak Single 200m Final A
09:50 Athletics Men's Triple Jump Final
09:51 Athletics Women's 5000m Round 1: Heat 2
10:00 Diving Men's 3m Springboard Semi-Final
10:00 Equestrian Jumping Individual 2nd Qualifier
10:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Heat 1
10:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Heat 2
10:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Heat 3
10:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Heat 4
10:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Race 1
10:00 Handball Women's Quarter-Final
10:00 Equestrian Jumping Team Round 1
10:00 Volleyball Women's Quarter-Finals
10:04 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 1000m Final B
10:08 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:08 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:12 Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 1000m Final A
10:16 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:16 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:18 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round: Heat 1
10:23 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round: Heat 2
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:24 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Qualification
10:28 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round: Heat 3
10:30 Badminton Women's Doubles Semi-Final
10:30 Athletics Men's 1500m Round 1: Heat 1
10:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:33 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round: Heat 4
10:37 Athletics Men's 1500m Round 1: Heat 2
10:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:41 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Race 2
10:44 Athletics Men's 1500m Round 1: Heat 3
10:50 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:50 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final
10:57 Cycling Track Women's Omnium Time Trial 4\6
11:00 Table Tennis Women's Team Bronze Medal Team Match
11:00 Water Polo Men's Quarter-Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Quarter-Final 1
11:00 Basketball Women's Quarter-Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/4 Final
11:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/4 Final
11:05 Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1: Heat 1
11:10 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg 1/4 Final
11:10 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/4 Final
11:11 Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1: Heat 2
11:15 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Quarter-Final 2
11:17 Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1: Heat 3
11:19 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarter-Finals: Race 3
11:20 Athletics Women's Discus Throw Final
11:23 Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1: Heat 4
11:25 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round Repechages: Heat 1
11:29 Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1: Heat 5
11:30 Badminton Women's Doubles Semi-Final
11:30 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round Repechages: Heat 2
11:30 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Quarter-Final 1
11:35 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round Repechages: Heat 3
11:40 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round Repechages: Heat 4
11:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Semi-Final
11:40 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Semi-Final
11:45 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Quarter-Final 2
11:46 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Race for 5th-8th Places
11:50 Athletics Men's 200m Round 1: Heat 1
11:56 Athletics Men's 200m Round 1: Heat 2
12:00 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Quarter-Final 1
12:00 Hockey Men's Semi-Final
12:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Semi-Final
12:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Semi-Final
12:02 Athletics Men's 200m Round 1: Heat 3
12:08 Athletics Men's 200m Round 1: Heat 4
12:14 Athletics Men's 200m Round 1: Heat 5
12:15 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Quarter-Final 2
12:20 Athletics Men's 200m Round 1: Heat 6
12:20 Water Polo Men's Quarter-Final
12:30 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Semi-Final 1
12:45 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Quarter-Final 1
13:00 Football Women's Semi-Final
13:00 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Quarter-Final 2
13:05 Sailing Men's Skiff: 49er: Race 10
13:05 Sailing Women's Skiff: 49er FX: Race 10
13:05 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Medal Race
13:30 Handball Women's Quarter-Final
14:00 Gymnastics Artistic Men's Parallel Bars Final
14:00 Synchronised Swimming Duets Free Routine: Final
14:00 Volleyball Women's Quarter-Finals
14:05 Sailing Men's Skiff: 49er: Race 11
14:05 Sailing Mixed Multihull: Nacra 17: Medal Race
14:05 Sailing Women's Skiff: 49er FX: Race 11
14:30 Basketball Women's Quarter-Final
14:45 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Floor Exercise Final
15:05 Sailing Men's Skiff: 49er: Race 12
15:05 Sailing Women's Skiff: 49er FX: Race 12
15:10 Water Polo Men's Quarter-Final
15:30 Gymnastics Artistic Men's Horizontal Bar Final
15:30 Weightlifting Men's +105kg Group B
16:00 Football Women's Semi-Final
16:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Semi-Final
16:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Repechage Round 1
16:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Semi-Finals: Heat 1
16:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Semi-Finals: Heat 2
16:00 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Semi-Finals: Race 1
16:01 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Repechage Round 1
16:10 Cycling Track Women's Omnium Flying Lap 5\6
16:15 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Repechage Round 1
16:15 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Repechage Round 1
16:30 Water Polo Men's Quarter-Final
16:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Repechage Round 2
16:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Repechage Round 2
16:36 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Semi-Finals: Race 2
16:45 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Repechage Round 2
16:45 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Repechage Round 2
16:46 Cycling Track Men's Keirin Second Round: Heat 1
16:52 Cycling Track Men's Keirin Second Round: Heat 2
16:58 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Semi-Finals: Race 3
17:00 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Quarter-Final 3
17:00 Hockey Men's Semi-Final
17:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Semi-Final
17:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Bronze
17:00 Handball Women's Quarter-Final
17:05 Cycling Track Women's Omnium Points Race 6\6
17:15 Boxing Women's Fly (48-51kg) Quarter-Final 4
17:15 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Bronze
17:30 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Quarter-Final 3
17:30 Badminton Women's Singles Quarter-Final
17:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Gold Medal
17:44 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Finals: Gold
17:44 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Finals: Bronze
17:44 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Finals: Race 1
17:45 Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Quarter-Final 4
18:00 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Quarter-Final 3
18:00 Diving Men's 3m Springboard Final
18:00 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Bronze
18:00 Volleyball Women's Quarter-Finals
18:04 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Finals: Race 2
18:14 Cycling Track Men's Keirin Finals 7-12
18:15 Boxing Men's Light Welter (64kg) Quarter-Final 4
18:15 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Bronze
18:20 Cycling Track Men's Keirin Finals 1-6
18:26 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Finals: Race 3
18:30 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg Gold Medal
18:30 Boxing Men's Light Heavy (81kg) Semi-Final 2
18:30 Badminton Women's Singles Quarter-Final
18:45 Basketball Women's Quarter-Final
18:45 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Quarter-Final 3
19:00 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Quarter-Final 4
19:00 Weightlifting Men's +105kg Group A
19:15 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Final Bout
19:30 Table Tennis Women's Team Gold Medal Team Match
19:30 Badminton Women's Singles Quarter-Final
20:30 Athletics Men's High Jump Final
20:30 Handball Women's Quarter-Final
20:30 Badminton Women's Singles Quarter-Final
20:35 Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Round: Group A
20:40 Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Semi-Final 1
20:46 Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Semi-Final 2
20:52 Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Semi-Final 3
21:05 Athletics Women's Long Jump Qualifying Round: Group A
21:05 Athletics Women's Long Jump Qualifying Round: Group B
21:10 Athletics Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 1
21:15 Athletics Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 2
21:20 Athletics Women's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 3
21:30 Badminton Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Match
21:35 Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 1
21:40 Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 2
21:45 Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 3
21:50 Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Round: Group B
22:00 Athletics Women's 200m Semi-Final 1
22:05 Athletics Women's 200m Semi-Final 2
22:10 Athletics Women's 200m Semi-Final 3
22:15 Basketball Women's Quarter-Final
22:15 Volleyball Women's Quarter-Finals
22:30 Athletics Women's 1500m Final
22:45 Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Final
23:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Semi-Final
23:59 Beach Volleyball Men's Semi-Final
Men's road race: Fuglsang and Van Avermaet have caught Majka an the trio are all jostling for position for a sprint finish. 1km to go...
The best that can be hoped after a brutal day in the Olympic saddle is that Chris Froome recovers sufficiently before Wednesday’s time trial and Geraint Thomas has rapidly-renewing skin after a tumble 11 kms from home cruelly robbed him of a road race medal.
Thomas eventually made it across the line in tenth, one place ahead of Froome. Kevin Garside reports:
Swimming: Katinka Hosszu could break the record in the women's 400m individual medley final tonight, according to Australian Blair Evans.
"Obviously I saw Katinka pass me on the way through, so I know she's going to go fast. She'll break the world record tonight," she said.
"I try to block everyone and swim my own race, but I knew she was there and I knew she was going to go fast."
Day one review: In a country as busy, vibrant, controversial and colourful as Brazil, the Rio Olympic Games were never going to get off to a quiet start – and they didn’t disappoint on that count on Saturday.
Day one threw up heart-warming moments, heart-stopping moments and heart-wrenching moments, too, from a home point of view as Chris Froome and Co failed to kick off Team GB’s medal count as they came up short in the men’s road race.
Perhaps the happiest tale of the day was that of swimmer Yusra Mardini who is representing the Refugee team under the Olympic flag and won her 100m butterfly heat to huge cheers in the pool at the Aquatics Stadium in Rio. Allow Matt Gatward to guide you through
What else is going on today?
Away from the cycling, swimming and rowing, there's plenty of other action happening today. Boxing, judo, rugby sevens and beach volleyball all continue after getting underway on day one, while the second round of men's football fixtures take place across Brazil. however, what about the lesser known sports?
There's something for everyone at the Olympics, as the fencing, table tennis and handball competitions unfold, with medals up for grabs in the fencing men's foil.
However, one of the sports first up today - due to the rowing delay - will be archery, with the women's team event taking place today. Reigning champions South Korea are guaranteed a quarter-final berth along with China, Russia and Chinese Taipei, while Mexico and Japan have joined them after seeing off Georgia and Ukraine in the first round. Hosts Brazil are currently in action against Italy, before India take on Colombia.
Olympic champion Ki Bo-Bae leads South Korea in the women's team archery
Judo: Disappointment in the men's 66kg for Team GB's Colin Oates, as he loses his round of 32 clash in sudden death against Killian Le Blouch by virtue of being penalised three times.
Fencing: Some good news in from the piste - no, not the slopes of the Alps - but from the Fencing Arena, where Britain's Richard Kruse has gone one better than his London 2012 campaign in reaching the last-16 of the men's individual foil, matching his Beijing 2008 performance.
Women's rugby sevens: It's three from three for Team GB as Emily Scarratt scores two second-half tries to secure an impressive 22-0 victory over third seeds Canada, meaning they progress to the quarter-finals as Pool C winners and will likely face Fiji for a place in the last four.
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