In terms of the sporting competitors, it felt like the end of an era. There is a long list of stars who either have discussed retirement

iles would almost secure gold with her first vault, a massive 15.7. The second vault was a 14.9 to put her into the lead on 15.3.

In the final, Varfolomeev led the hoop event from Boryana Kaleyn (Bulgaria) and they were the top two in the ball event.

It was gold as Yucheng could not get anywhere near the required score meaning China missed out on the medals.

1700-1940: Track Cycling; Women's Team Sprint 🥇Germany 🇩🇪 🥈Great Britain 🇬🇧 🥉China 🇨🇳

1500-1725: Artistic Gymnastics; Women's Floor 🥇Simone Biles 🇺🇸 🥈Rebeca Andrade 🇧🇷 🥉Jade Carey 🇺🇸

1900-2200: Athletics; Women's 100m 🥇Sha’Carri Richardson 🇺🇸 🥈Julien Alfred 🇱🇨 🥉Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 🇯🇲

1910-2200: Fencing; Women’s Team Foil 🥇Italy 🇮🇹 🥈France 🇫🇷 🥉Japan 🇯🇵

1730-2015: Artistic Gymnastics; Men's Individual All-Around 🥇Daiki Hashimoto 🇯🇵 🥈Zhang Boheng 🇨🇳 🥉Fred Richard 🇺🇸

0700-1650: Surfing; Women's Event 🥇Vahine Fierro 🇫🇷 🥈Caitlin Simmers 🇺🇸 🥉Brisa Hennessy 🇨🇷

1100-1200: Diving; Men's 10m Synchronised Platform 🥇Lian Junjie/Yang Hao 🇨🇳 🥈Tom Daley/Noah Williams 🇬🇧 🥉Kevin Berlin/Randal Willars

Perhaps their own challenge is against history and the legacy that this team creates moving forward. 

China has dominated this event, medalling in the last four Olympics. Their leading candidate is Langyu Yan (China)

This event is probably the most open edition of it so far without the usual Russian favourite.

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In the final, performances only improved. Mamun scored 19 points in every event with Kudryavtseva managing it in all but one.

Smith was first up and improved on both scores from qualification, scoring 15.833. Whitlock was the final man to go

Xueying continued the pattern by then going into first with a 56.635. Her compatriot was the only one who could possibly beat her

Qualification was led by Dina Averina with twin sister Arina Averina only 0.125 behind. There was a gap of over three points back

However, she rocked the Olympics by pulling out of the competition due to her mental state leaving a wide-open contest.