On a traumatic day for Michael Conlan, Annalise Murphy scooped a silver medal, Oliver Dingley shone in the men's 3m springboard final and Thomas Barr produced one of the greatest Irish track runs of all time.
- Conlan could not contain his rage after he was controversially eliminated when losing his bantamweight quarter-final bout to Russian Vladamir Nikitin.
- In contrast, an elated Murphy won silver following a superb performance in the Laser Radial medal race.
- Dingley finished in eighth position in the final of the men's 3m springboard at the Olympics in Rio.
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Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern booked their place in the 49er medal race at the Rio Games, after a stunning victory pushed them up to eighth overall on Tuesday evening.
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Simone Biles of the USA won the floor exercise to clinch a record-equalling fourth gymnastics gold.
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Russia were ordered to return their gold medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics 4x100m women's relay, after Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive for a banned substance in a reanalysis of her sample.
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Britain’s Laura Trott became a four-time Olympic champion after winning her second gold of the 2016 Games with an omnium triumph.
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In show jumping Greg Broderick's Games ended in agonising fashion as he just missed out on progression from his qualifier aboard Going Global.
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Sweden beat Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shootout after the sides were goalless following extra time to reach the final of the women's football tournament.
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Ireland’s Tori Pena cleared 4.3m in the women’s pole vault, but failed to progress to the final.
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Croatia's Sandra Perkovic flirted with disaster before snatching gold in the women's discus.
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And finally, Thomas Barr won his semi-final to qualify for the final of the men's 400m hurdles in stunning fashion.
