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Rio 2016 day four as it happened: Michael Phelps wins stunning 20th gold medal; Serena Williams knocked out

Follow the latest from day four at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

Jack de Menezes

Rio de Janeiro and London

,Mark Critchley,Samuel Stevens,Ian Herbert,Matt Gatward,Kevin Garside

Tuesday 09 August 2016 07:27 BST

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Michael Phelps celebrates his 20th Olympic gold medal (Getty)

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Day four at the Rio Olympic Games begins under the cloud of a fierce row between gold medal swimmer Lilly King and controversial Russian Yulia Efimova following their 100m breaststroke final, with King also turning on her Team USA colleague Justin Gatlin. Follow the latest here.

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Full Olympic schedule for Tuesday 9 August

08:00 Tennis Order of play available evening before

08:30 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 1

08:40 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 2

08:50 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 3

09:00 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group B: China v Hungary

09:00 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 64

09:00 Rowing Men's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 4

09:00 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:00 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Precision

09:10 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 1

09:13 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:20 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 64

09:20 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 2

09:26 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:30 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Qatar v France

09:30 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Russia v Argentina

09:30 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 3

09:39 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

09:40 Rowing Women's Single Sculls Quarter-Final 4

09:50 Rowing Men's Pair Semi-Final A/B 1

09:52 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

10:00 Hockey Men's Pool A: New Zealand v Spain

10:00 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 1

10:00 Equestrian Eventing Team Jumping Final

10:00 Equestrian Eventing Individual Jumping Qualifier

10:00 Weightlifting Men's 69kg Group B

10:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B

10:00 Rowing Men's Pair Semi-Final A/B 2

10:05 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

10:05 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:09 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:10 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 1

10:13 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:15 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

10:17 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:18 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

10:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:20 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group A: Italy v Brazil

10:20 Rowing Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 2

10:21 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:25 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:29 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:30 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 1

10:31 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

10:33 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:37 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:40 Rowing Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final A/B 2

10:41 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:44 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

10:45 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

10:49 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:50 Rowing Lightweight Men's Four Semi-Final A/B 1

10:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

10:56 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

10:57 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

11:00 Rowing Lightweight Men's Four Semi-Final A/B 2

11:00 Hockey Men's Pool B: Argentina v India

11:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A

11:00 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

11:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 2

11:00 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: Australia v France

11:04 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 32

11:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:08 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:10 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

11:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:10 Rowing Lightweight Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 1

11:12 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:15 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:15 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

11:16 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:20 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:20 Rowing Lightweight Women's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 2

11:23 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

11:24 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:28 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: South Africa v Spain

11:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:30 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:30 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Germany v Poland

11:30 Rowing Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 1

11:32 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:35 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: France v MEX

11:36 Judo Women -63 kg Elimination Round of 16

11:36 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

11:40 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:40 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group B: Spain v USA

11:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:40 Rowing Lightweight Men's Double Sculls Semi-Final C/D 2

11:44 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:45 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

11:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 32

11:48 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:49 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

11:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

11:52 Judo Women -63 kg Quarter-Final

11:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool D

12:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 3

12:00 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: Great Brtiain v Kenya

12:00 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Rapid

12:02 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

12:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:15 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Australia v France

12:15 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:15 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

12:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:28 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

12:30 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 16

12:30 Hockey Men's Pool B: Germany v Ireland

12:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: New Zealand v Japan

12:30 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:30 Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group B

12:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 64

12:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

12:41 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

12:45 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

12:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

12:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

12:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:00 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Table of 16

13:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: USA v Argentina

13:00 Water Polo Women's Preliminary Round: Group A: Russia v Australia

13:00 Table Tennis Women's Singles Quarter-Final 4

13:00 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Preliminaries

13:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:02 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 1

13:05 Sailing Women's One Person Dinghy: Laser Radial: Race 03

13:05 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 2

13:05 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Race 01

13:05 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 04

13:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:08 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 3

13:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:11 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 4

13:14 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 5

13:15 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy: Laser: Race 03

13:15 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 04

13:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:17 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 6

13:20 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 7

13:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:23 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle: Heat 8

13:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:28 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 1

13:30 Canoe Slalom Canoe Single (C1) Men Semi-Final

13:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:30 Hockey Men's Pool B: Netherlands v Canada

13:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: Fiji v Brazil

13:33 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 2

13:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:38 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 3

13:40 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:43 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly: Heat 4

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 1

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 2

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 3

13:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Quarter-Final 4

13:45 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:50 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 1

13:50 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

13:55 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 2

13:55 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 32

14:00 Equestrian Eventing Individual Jumping Final

14:00 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:00 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 3

14:05 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:05 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 4

14:05 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 05

14:10 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:10 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke: Heat 5

14:15 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:15 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Spain v Brazil

14:15 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 05

14:17 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Heat 1

14:20 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:25 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:29 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Heat 2

14:30 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:30 Sailing Women's One Person Dinghy: Laser Radial: Race 04

14:30 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight): Finn: Race 02

14:35 Judo Men -81 kg Elimination Round of 16

14:40 Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy: Laser: Race 04

14:40 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Tunisia v Denmark

14:40 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

14:45 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

14:50 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

14:55 Judo Men -81 kg Quarter-Final

15:00 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Italy v USA

15:00 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:05 Sailing Women's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 06

15:10 Canoe Slalom Canoe Single (C1) Men Final

15:13 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:15 Sailing Men's Windsurfer: RS:X: Race 06

15:26 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:30 Judo Women -63 kg Repechage contest

15:30 Judo Men -81 kg Repechage contest

15:30 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Brazil v Belarus

15:30 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Semi-Finals

15:30 Weightlifting Women's 63kg Group A

15:39 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

15:40 Judo Women -63 kg Repechage contest

15:40 Judo Men -81 kg Repechage contest

15:50 Judo Women -63 kg Semi-Final of Table A

15:52 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

16:00 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Semi-Final 1

16:00 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Bronze Medal Match

16:00 Football Women's First Round: Group F: Australia v Zimbabwe

16:00 Football Women's First Round: Group F: Germany v Canada

16:00 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final

16:00 Judo Women -63 kg Semi-Final of Table B

16:00 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 1

16:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: Australia v Spain

16:00 Diving Women's Synchronised 10m Platform Final

16:05 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

16:15 Shooting 25m Pistol Women's Gold Medal Match

16:18 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

16:30 Judo Men -81 kg Semi-Final of Table A

16:30 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Semi-Final 2

16:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool B: South Africa v France

16:30 Judo Women -63 kg Final: Gold Medal Contest

16:31 Archery Men's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

16:35 Judo Men -81 kg Semi-Final of Table B

16:40 Judo Men -81 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A

16:40 Judo Women -63 kg Contest for Bronze Medal A

16:40 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Brazil v Slovenia

16:44 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

16:50 Judo Women -63 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B

16:57 Archery Women's Individual 1/32 Eliminations

17:00 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:00 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 2

17:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: Great Britain v Japan

17:05 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Poland v Iraq

17:10 Judo Men -81 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B

17:10 Archery Men's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

17:15 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Bronze Medal Bout

17:15 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:20 Judo Men -81 kg Final: Gold Medal Contest

17:23 Archery Women's Individual 1/16 Eliminations

17:30 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool C: New Zealand v Kenya

17:45 Fencing Men's Epee Individual Gold Medal Bout

17:45 Boxing Men's Light (60kg) Preliminaries

17:45 Basketball Women's Preliminary Round Group A: Turkey v Japan

18:00 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: USA v Brazil

18:00 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

18:00 Hockey Men's Pool A: Brazil v Great Britain

18:15 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

18:30 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool F

18:30 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

18:30 Rugby Sevens Men's Pool Round: Pool A: Fiji v Argentina

18:45 Boxing Men's Middle (75kg) Preliminaries

19:00 Football Women's First Round: Group G: Colombia v USA

19:00 Football Women's First Round: Group G: New Zealand v France

19:00 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Lithuania v Nigeria

19:00 Boxing Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Preliminaries

19:00 Weightlifting Men's 69kg Group A

19:50 Handball Men's Preliminary Group B: Egypt v Sweden

20:30 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A: Cuba v Egypt

20:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 3

20:30 Hockey Men's Pool A: Belgium v Australia

21:00 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool F

21:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles Quarter-Final 4

21:50 Handball Men's Preliminary Group A: Argentina v Croatia

22:00 Football Women's First Round: Group E: South Africa v Brazil

22:00 Football Women's First Round: Group E: China v Sweden

22:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B

22:03 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Final 1

22:11 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Semi-Final 2

22:19 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final

22:28 Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Final

22:30 Basketball Men's Preliminary Round Group B: Argentina v Croatia

22:35 Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool B: Brazil v Canada

22:37 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Semi-Final 1

22:46 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Semi-Final 2

23:00 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary: Pool A

23:03 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final 1

23:12 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semi-Final 2

23:29 Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley Final

23:38 Swimming Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final

23:59 Beach Volleyball Women's Preliminary: Pool D

It's another gold for Team GB! It was guaranteed a while ago but Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have crossed the finishing line to confirm it. It's Team GB's 21st gold of the Summer Games and Britain's second of the day. Rule Britannia!

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:47

Great Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have brought their 470 partnership to a dream end by wrapping up Olympic gold.

Four years on from taking silver on the home waters of Weymouth and Portland, the duo arrived in Brazil determined to go one better.

It was a challenge Mills and Clark met with aplomb, producing an opening series as impressive as it was consistent to see them head into the women's 470 medal race all but assured of gold.

The British duo merely had to complete the double-point medal race without disqualification and duly did so, easing home in eighth in the delayed finale to rubber-stamp glory. (Simon Peach in Rio)

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:51

Team GB's 21st gold medal

Samuel Lovett18 August 2016 17:52

Taekwondo: A flurry of kicks land on Glasnovic, but she responds well by connecting with Jones' head.

The second round ends with the British hopeful 4-3 up - a slender lead going into this last round.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 21:09

Taekwondo: Jones takes a spot in the Olympic final!

She progresses with a substantial 9-4 lead after a composed duel with Sweden's Glasnovic.

The gold medal match will be at 2.00am BST. We'll have updates here.

Mark Critchley18 August 2016 21:13

Men's 1,500m semi-final: Let's get going then with the first 1,500m semi-final.

Great Britain's Charlie Grice is in contention.

Mark Critchley19 August 2016 00:46

Men's 1,500m semi-final: Charlie Grice makes it by six-hundredths of a second.

He'll be in the Olympic final, sneaking through in 5th having exploited a tight gap on the inside.

Mark Critchley19 August 2016 00:49

The rapidly unravelling story of the Rio Games is the one concerning US swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and James Feigen. The United States Olympic Committee have confirmed that the alleged armed robbery story was indeed a cover-up used by Lochte and Feigen, and criminal charges could follow. Here's the latest:

Ryan Lochte lied about being robbed at gunpoint and his bosses are not happy

Jack de Menezes19 August 2016 09:40

There's been a worrying developments in terms of the Zika virus...

The Zika virus was thought to be harmless to adults who weren’t pregnant. Scientists just found that it’s not

Jack de Menezes19 August 2016 11:58

In one of the funnier stories emerging from the Olympics, here's Kuwait's Abdullah al-Rashidi, wearing an Arsenal shirt due to his participation for the International Team after Kuwait's ban from Rio 2016. And in true Arsenal fashion, he managed to finish third in the men's skeet. You couldn't script it any better.

Kuwaiti marksman wears Arsenal shirt during Olympic final, inevitably finishes third

Jack de Menezes19 August 2016 12:27

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