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Rio Recap: Simone Biles stumbles in beam event

So she is human after all... Simone Biles finally cracked at Rio 2016 in the final of the balance beam event.

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- Simone Biles stumbles on balance beam as attempts to win a record five gymnastics golds in a single Olympic Games go up in smoke, leaving her to settle for bronze.

- Poland's Anita Wlodarczyk sets a new world record in the hammer throw, storming to gold with an effort of 82.29 metres.

- Ruth Jebet takes 3000m steeplechase gold for Bahrain, but misses out on a world record time by slowing up towards the end of the race.

- Controversy in 10 kilometre swim as Aurelie Muller is stripped of silver medal for 'dunking' rival Rachele Bruni at the line. Sharon van Rouwendaal wins gold.

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QUOTES OF THE DAY

"After the world record I felt an explosion of happiness," the record-breaking Wlodarczyk  said. "It was my mum's birthday today so it is such a gift that she is here today."

"My goal is the world record. If you come out with that then you get the gold medal." - Christian Taylor

MEDAL WATCH

Great Britain kept their hold on second place in the medal table as Charlotte Dujardin took gold in the individual dressage, her country's 250th gold medal at summer Games.

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COMING UP

David Rudisha will defend his 800m title, with a tough year behind him in which he has often been beaten. Allyson Felix headlines the women's 400m final, while medals are on offer in boxing, wrestling and the men's omnium cycling.

AND FINALLY...

She insisted pre-Games that she had no thoughts of retirement but we may have seen the last of two-time Olympic champion over 200m Veronica Campbell-Brown after she failed to make it out of today's heats.

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