The Olympic Games minute 2016: double gold for Elaine Thompson

Elaine Thompson confirms her status as the world’s fastest woman. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

11.52am BST

1. Thompson doubles up

Elaine Thompson ended any lingering doubts about who is the fastest women on the planet by completing a famous 100m and 200m sprint double.

Read Sean Ingle’s report here

Elaine Thompson: ecstatic. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images

11.52am BST

2. Boxing judges sent home

The International Boxing Association has sent home a number of judges and referees following outrage over a string of contentious decisions.

Read on

GB’s Savannah Marshall: unhappy. Photograph: David Davies/PA

11.52am BST

3. Boo!

IOC president Thomas Bach has described the home crowd’s booing of pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie as “shocking” and “unacceptable”.

Read on

Renaud Lavillenie was jeered. Photograph: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

11.52am BST

4. No time for chat

Usain Bolt had time to strike up a conversation as he won his 200m semi-final heat but there will be little time to talk in the final.

Read more here

A finish-line chinwag. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

11.52am BST

5. Semenya swerves media

Caster Semenya, the public face of a gender controversy, won her 800m heat but avoided the media after seven years of intense and invasive coverage.

Read on

Caster Semenya. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian