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

This was all about Mijain Lopez (Cuba) and his quest to be the first to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event.

1300-1545: Volleyball; Women's Event 🥇Brazil 🇧🇷 🥈China 🇨🇳 🥉Poland 🇵🇱

2030-2300: Weightlifting; Men's +102kg 🥇Lasha Talakhadze 🇬🇪 🥈Varazdat Lalayan 🇦🇲 🥉Gor Minasyan 🇧🇭

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 400m Hurdles 🥇Rai Benjamin 🇺🇸 🥈Karsten Warholm 🇳🇴 🥉Alison dos Santos 🇧🇷

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 200m 🥇Noah Lyles 🇺🇸 🥈Letsile Tebogo 🇧🇼 🥉Kenneth Bednarek 🇺🇸

1815-2200: Wrestling; Women's Freestyle -50kg 🥇Yui Susaki 🇯🇵 🥈Ziqi Feng 🇨🇳 🥉Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal 🇲🇳 🥉Oksana Livach 🇺🇦

1900-2200: Athletics; Men's 1500m 🥇Jakob Ingebritsen 🇳🇴 🥈Yared Nuguse 🇺🇸 🥉Josh Kerr 🇬🇧

Basically, this division is one of the more open; with even the favourite having some question marks around her that don’t exist elsewhere.

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The random draw was felt harshly as the top two seeds Jordan Burroughs and Aniuar Geduev came up against each other in the quarter-finals

Taha Akgul (Turkey) was the reigning Olympic champion but was beaten 7-0 by young, explosive Gable Steveson (United States).