COUNT 'EM: 1,000 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS FOR THE USA
A women's team of swimmers, each of the four selected for their world-beating specialization in the pool, have won the 1,000th Olympic gold medal in USA history. 

Or... are these medals no. 1,000, 1,001, 1,002 and 1,003? 

The momentous hardware goes to Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel, who was just on the podium for the women's 50m freestyle.

GOLD UP FOR GRABS
The final leg of the women's 4x100m medley relay is in the pool — it's the speedsters' stroke: freestyle — and the leaders are the USA, Denmark and Russia.

WANT MORE? 
There's more.

Tune in now to the Olympic Aquatics Centre for the final swimming events of the night, the women's and men's 4x100m medley relays.

At the Olympic Stadiym In 10 minutes, the final event in the women's heptathlon begins, and the Rio 2016 champion will be determined following those 800m heats.

SPEED QUEEN CROWNED IN WOMEN'S 100M SPRINT
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson is the fastest woman on earth. The Jamaican won the 100m sprint in 10.71 seconds, a slim 0.12 seconds ahead of USA's Tori Bowie and compatriot Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce who won bronze in 10.86.

HOW'S THIS FOR A STATISTIC
The most decorated Olympian of all time has 22 gold medals and tonight Michael Phelps could win the 1,000th or 1,001st gold medal in USA Olympic history. This guy can seriously claim the spotlight.

Next up in the pool is the women's 4x100m medley relay, and then Phelps follows with the men's 4x100m medley relay. He will swim the butterfly in the race that features all four strokes by different individual swimmers.

MEN'S LONG JUMP DELIVERS A MEGA METAL FOR THE USA
In the men's long jump, Jeff Henderson won gold for the USA with a leap of 8.38 metres.

The silver medal went to South African Luvo Manyonga, whose jump of 8.37 metres bettered reigning London 2012 champion Greg Rutherford (8.29m) who had to settle for bronze.

RETURNING TO THE OLYMPIC AQUATIC CENTRE
Italy's two 21-year-old swimmers in the men's 1500m final have won gold and bronze. Gregorio Paltrinieri is the Olympic champion, winning in 14 minutes, 34.57 seconds. Gabriele Detti finished third, and USA's Connor Jaeger claimed silver. 

BACK TO THE TRACK, THIS TIME FOR LONG JUMP
In the high jump, the men are working their way through thier final attempt. USA's Jeff Henderson leads Austraila's Fabrice Lapierre and London 2012 champ, Great Britain's Greg Rutherford.

BRAZIL TAKE 1-0 LEAD OVER COLOMBIA IN MEN'S FOOTBALL
Neymar scored on a free-kick in the 12th minute.

AND NOW OVER TO THE POOL...
Denmark's Pernille Blume won gold in the women's 50m freestyle in 24.07 seconds.

Simone Manuel of the USA took silver in 24.09, and Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus won bronze in 24.11.

FARAH CLAIMS GOLD IN MEN'S 10,000M AFTER SLIZZLING FOOT-RACE DOWN THE STRETCH
At this moment, Great Britain's Mo Farah is laying face-down on the track, having just defended his London 2012 title in the men's 10,000m at the Olympic Stadium.

The two-time Olympic gold medallist won in 27 minutes, 5.18 seconds after a blistering kick on the home stretch to out-pace Kenyan Paul Tanui. This, don't forget, came after the Briton tripped and hit the deck earlier in the race.

Trailing Farah slightly, Tanui made his move on the first corner of the final lap. He accelerated and Farah followed. The two sped up with 200m to go and on the final turn, Farah found a faster pace and opened a gap in front of the challenger. Tanui earned silver, and Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won bronze by 0.01 seconds.

(Photo: Getty Images/Paul Gilham)

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FARAH FALLS
Mo Farah tripped and fell while tussling in the pack of 10,000m runners. The London 2012 champion in the event and the 5000m dropped to the track before bouncing right back up, barely appearing to lose pace.

They have 11 laps to go, and Farah has made a move on the three leaders, all from Kenya.

GREAT DAY FOR GREAT BRITAIN AT LONDON 2012
Four years ago, three British athletes won gold in front of a home crowd. Those three are competing at Rio 2016 at this very moment. 

TUNE IN NOW: FOUR GOLD-MEDAL EVENTS BEING CONTESTED NOW (!!) IN ATHLETICS
The men's 10,000m is circling the track with 22 laps to go. The women's heptathlon continues with the second heat of javelin, soon to be followed by three heats of the final event, the 800m. Men's long-jump is half-way through as athletes start their third of six attempts. And, the women's 100m sprints have just wrapped, with the final set for 10:37pm. 

Turn on your television!