Miller's golden leap

Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas won the women's 400m final in the most dramatic fashion, diving head first across the finish line to deny the USA's Allyson Felix a fifth Olympic gold medal. Miller finished in 49.44 to narrowly hold off world champion Felix, who finished strongly in 49.51. Shericka Jackson of Jamaica won the bronze in 49.85. 

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All hail the 800m king 

David Rudisha became the first man since Peter Snell in 1964 to retain an Olympic title over two laps, with a season best time of one minute and 42.15 seconds. The Kenyan triumphed with a superb last lap, beating Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria. Clayton Murphy of the United States took bronze.  

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Host nation hero

Just as we thought we couldn't take any more excitement at the Olympic Stadium, Brazilian pole vauler Thiago Braz stunned massive favourite Renaud Lavillenie of France and sent the fans into raptures with a 6.03m jump that earned him gold, the host nation's second of the Games. The Frenchman was not happy, but the party raged across Rio.

Polish hammer time

Anita Wlodarczyk set a huge world record in the hammer throw, with a monster lob of 82.29m that added 1.21m to her own mark set last year. The 31-year-old Pole produced three of the five longest throws in history during the competition and now owns the top 15 throws of all time. You can't argue with that.

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Viva Vivani 

Italy's Elia Viviani won the 'decathlon of cycling', the men's omnium at the Olympic Velodrome. Great Britain's Mark Cavendish took silver while Denmark's Lasse Hansen won bronze. Consisting of six different disciplines, the omnium is considered the event that determines the best all-round cyclist.

'Mammoth' on the beach

Brazil's Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison Cerutti, known as the 'Mammoth', edged the USA's Phil Dalhausser and Nicholas Lucena out of the Olympic beach volleyball competition in a dramatic quarter-final match at Copacabana beach. The crowd went nuts for Cerutti, who produced key blocks and spikes to clinch a spot in the semi-finals. 

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Biles in non-gold shock

Simone Biles's attempt to win five gold medals at the Games was halted as Sanne Wevers won the balance beam title, ahead of Laurie Hernandez of the USA. A mistake on the beam kept the USA's Biles from a record-tying fourth gold medal in Rio and she had to settle for bronze.

Horses can do samba?   

British rider Charlotte Dujardin successfully defended her Olympic individual dressage title with her horse Valegro, who she says she will likely now retire. Performing a Brazil-inspired routine that was specially created for Rio 2016, with plenty of samba sounds, the 31-year-old became only the second British woman in history to win three Olympic gold medals, after cyclist Laura Trott.

Gold medal dip

Sharon van Rouwendaal won the open water swimming event by a staggering 17.4 seconds, obliterating her rivals to take the gold at Copacabana beach. "I was swimming so easily at the beginning," said Van Rouwendaal, who finished in one hour, 56 minutes and 32.1 seconds. "I knew the last 100m I could finish strong but I don’t like the feeling of being in front. Then in the last 10m it was like, 'Yay!’" 

Mighty Mijain makes it a triple

Mijain Lopez Nunez added the men's Greco-Roman 130kg gold medal to the 120kg wrestling titles he won at the London 2012 and Beijing 2008. The 33-year-old Cuban was too strong for Turkey's Riza Kayaalp in the final. He's too strong for everyone and joins an elite list of three-time Olympic wrestling champions.

Samba sticks!

Great Britain's women beat Spain 3-1 to book their place in the last four of the Rio hockey tournament, joining Germany and New Zealand who won their matches earlier. In the fourth quarter-final, Netherlands defeated Argentina, in a battle of the world's two top-ranked teams. In the semi-finals, on Wednesday August 17, Netherlands play Germany, and Great Britain take on New Zealand.