Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals in Rio.
Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals in Rio.
Mo Farah wins record-breaking third gold but Jessica Ennis-Hill settles for silver - What you missed last night at Rio 2016
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1. Farah writes his name into the history books
Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals on Saturday night after he retained his 10,000 metres title in Rio.
The 33 year-old continued his unprecedented spell of long-distance domination by landing his eighth straight global crown, but he did it the hard way after falling to the track following a trip from training partner Galen Rupp.
Mo Farah looks to the heavens after winning the 10,000mCREDIT: REUTERS
He recovered from two early falls to respond to the challenge laid down by Kenya's Paul Tanui, bursting past him down the home straight and crossing the line in 27 minutes 5.17 seconds.
Victory saw him eclipse the Olympic achievements of the likes of athletics double champions Sebastian Coe, Daley Thompson and Kelly Holmes.
2. Jessica Ennis-Hill misses the gold by seconds
The Olympic champion fell agonisingly short in her bid to become the first British woman to retain an Olympic title in athletics as she settled for silver, finishing 35 points behind brilliant young Belgian Nafissatou Thiam.
After two days of see-saw competition, Thiam went into the final event with a lead of 142 points, which equated to around nine seconds.
Ennis's personal best before Rio was 9.47 seconds better than Thiam's and she ran hard from the front to finish well clear.
Thiam, however, dug deep to come in just over seven seconds behind, a second inside her personal best, and good enough to take gold.
Jessica Ennis-Hill smiles after securing silver in the women's heptathlon CREDIT: PA
3. Rutherford loses title in the long jump final
Defending Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford could only manage bronze in his final attempt in the long jump final, as gold medallist Jeff Henderson of the USA and silver medallist Luvo Manyonga beat him comfortably.
Henderson claimed gold in a drama-filled competition in which a trailing left hand from his compatriot Jarrion Lawson was all that spared Rutherford from walking away empty-handed.
Lawson finished fourth but his final jump went way beyond that of Henderson's, only for his left hand's contact in the sandpit to ruin his jump - and his medal hopes with it.
Henderson managed a best of 8.38 metres, finishing 1cm ahead of South African Luvo Manyonga, with Rutherford only managing 8.29 in his final jump.
With Rutherford only just qualifying in tenth place for the final, it was always going to be a huge challenge coming back to defend his title.
Greg Rutherford manages a smile after securing bronze for Team GB CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES
Britain took the silver medal and Australia bronze. Phelps, who swam the third butterfly leg, ends the most successful Olympic career of all time with 23 golds, three silver and two bronze.
Murphy broke the world record for the 100 backstroke in the leadoff, clocking 51.85 seconds to eclipse the 51.94 that compatriot Aaron Peirsol swam in 2009.
Britain's Olympic champion Adam Peaty then swam the breaststroke leg in a scorching 56.59 seconds to move his team up from sixth to first place, with Cody Miller touching second for the U.S. at half-way.
A huge roar went up when Phelps hit the water for the butterfly and then caught and overhauled Britain's James Guy to hand a 0.41 second cushion to Nathan Adrian.
After the race, Phelps raised his alarms aloft to acknowledge the cheers from the crowd, while fiancee Nicole wiped tears from her eyes as she cradled their baby, Boomer, in the crowd.
But she failed to do so last night after being dethroned by the latest sprinting sensation from the island, Elaine Thompson, who produced the fastest gold medal-winning run since Flo-Jo to storm to the title.
Thompson’s 10.71 seconds was the joint 12th fastest time in history, with Fraser-Pryce not even able to finish second despite an injury-plagued season’s best of 10.86s.
The deposed champion had to settle for bronze, with Tori Bowie of the United States taking silver in 10.83s.
Elaine Thompson celebrates as she crosses the line first in the women's 100m final CREDIT: REUTERS
6. British cyclists continue to dominate the track
Team GB brushed aside USA in the women's team pursuit final on Saturday night in world record time as Britain's gold rush in the velodrome continued apace.
After trailing early on, the quartet of Laura Trott, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand cranked up the pace to devastating effect, winning in 4min 10.236sec - nearly two seconds quicker than the world record they set in the heats.
Britain won by 2.218 seconds - a country mile in the world of track pursuiting - to match the feat of the Sir Bradley Wiggins-inspired men's team who won a much tighter duel with Australia to win gold on Friday, also in a world record time.
Trott, 24, became the first female British Olympian to win three gold medals and is now only one behind the four of her fiancé Jason Kenny who could take his tally to five in Sunday's sprint. Kenny will face team-mate Callum Skinner in the men's sprint final after the duo beat Denis Dmitriev and Matthew Glaetzer respectively in Saturday night's semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Rebecca James won an emotional silver medal in the women's keirin after the Welshwoman ended a miserable couple of years by standing on the second spot of the podium below Elis Ligtlee of Holland but above Australian track legend Anna Meares who had to settle for bronze.
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