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

It would look like Thompson had it wrapped up for 95m of the race only for Lyles to get the victory

He would chase Marchand on the final leg but he was nowhere near taking gold as Marchand won his fourth individual gold in an Olympic record

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.

Biles 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.

Juniansyah went up to 199kg, setting an Olympic record. Zhiyong would have a second fail and when he failed again on his third attempt

It took the first visit to the range for the lead to change as Gulyas went into the lead, with Clouvel taking fourteen attempts.

A tense final round saw the Thai fighter win 6-2 to win her second consecutive gold medal before retiring.

Abe would get an early score only for Keldiyorova to land a beautiful throw to win by ippon. Abe would weep uncontrollably.

Germany would edge France in extra time of the quarter-finals and meet Spain in the semi final, who also needed extra time to progress. Both of the winners, came from behind at half time. Germany won that semi final 25-24. Denmark edged Sweden 32-31 and Slovenia beat Norway. Denmark narrowly defeated Slovenia 31-30 in the semi final. Denmark won the final, building up a big lead in the first half.

New Zealand would go back ahead with 100m to go and were able to hold on from Germany with Hungary taking the bronze.

China were upset by Turkey despite winning the first set. Brazil, Italy and United States would all go through in straight sets

It felt like the final actually took place in the semi-final as Kellie Harrington (Ireland) beat Beatriz Ferreira (Brazil).

It would come down to the final dive with them less than a point behind the United States whilst the British pair were hoping for a miracle.

Victor and Phil Wizard went through to the semi finals, winning 3-0. Shigekix (Japan) would also win 3-0, beating Menno.

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

With forty laps to go in the points race Thomas had gone into the overall lead but the top three were separated by just four points.

Netherlands came from 9-6 down to stop United States from winning a water polo medal, the first time since the event made the Olympics.

Emma Wilson was utterly dominant, in the race series of the event. She only finished outside the top three once winning eight races

Jakob Schubert (Austria) would score 96 on the lead which would guarantee him a medal. Roberts got to 92.1 to put pressure on Anraku.

The big news came in the round of 32 as Truls Möregårdh (Sweden) upset Wang Chuqin (China) in four sets to two.

France would lead by double digits in the third-quarter after a 10-0 run. With 92 seconds left France were a point down.

Amongst the drama of a spying scandal, Canada would win all three group games but were docked six points.

Ahman/Hellvig (Sweden) and George/Andre (Brazil) only went through as lucky losers. In the round of sixteen, the Brazilian pair went out

Ko would start impressive on the final day, opening up a five-shot lead through twelve holes before a triple bogey on thirteen.

The acrobatic section was closer but again it was China who led. United States were second to guarantee themselves silver.

The French pair were able to come through the semi-finals and set up an all-French final. Brunet would beat Balzer 15-12.

The other semi final was something of a classic, Germany winning 3-2 despite India creating a greater number of chances.

The first finalist to lay down a score was Schaar with 90.11. Palmer followed with a 93.11 to lead the competition

Steve Guerdat (Switzerland) would be the third man clear. The three riders would go into a jump-off for gold.

Fox would complete a clean sweep of the slalom events for the family.

The final was much more dramatic with Turkey taking an 8-2 lead before Serbia pulled it back to 12-12.

In the final, Se-Young won the opening set 21-13 with an incredible ability to keep the shuttlecock in play. Bingjao saved two match points in the second set but it was not enough and Se-Young took gold.

Gabriel Medina (Brazil) scored a brilliant 9.9 surf to set up a clash with Joao Chianca (Brazil) who scored 18.1 overall.

On the final lap, Beaugrand would slowly attack, getting a bit of distance from the rest of the group,

Evenepoel would take a historic double winning both the road race and the time trial.

The draw produced the intriguing possibility of a Novak Djokovic (Serbia) vs Rafael Nadal (Spain) second-round matchup, and that came to fruition, but Djokovic sealed a comfortable straight-sets victory and progressed to the semi-finals without dropping a set.

The most impressive performance came as Brady Ellison (United States) scored 87 points over three sets to beat Je-deok to nil.

The lead would begin to close and after looking like they were running out of water, Britain was able to steal the gold by 0.15.

Again in the semis, it was the dominant Frenchmen as only they won races.

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

France, led by an incredible assist and two tries from Antoine Dupont managed to take gold and become the first team to beat Fiji

Pidcock took an aggressive line on the inside and the two almost tangled but Pidcock would stay on his bike and win an incredible gold.