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The Olympic Games minute 2016: Phelps stars on golden night in pool

That makes 19.
That makes 19. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

5. #OlympicNan

Mavis Williams, 74-year-old grandmother of gold-medal winning swimmer Adam Peaty, ‘went ballistic’ and became a star.

‘What a race ooo I’m so proud’

Mavis Williams outside her home.
Mavis Williams outside her home. Photograph: Alexander Britton/PA

4. Van Vleuten latest

Annemiek van Vleuten is in hospital with three cracks in her spine but said she ‘will be fine’ after a horror road race crash.

Read the report here

Annemiek van Vleuten.
Annemiek van Vleuten. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/AFP/Getty Images

3. China's Mack attack

Chinese media say Australia is ‘on the fringes of civilisation’ in an angry retort to swimmer Mack Horton’s criticism of Sun Yang.

Read the full story

A burn of the Mack …
A burn of the Mack … Photograph: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

2. The crying game

‘This is one of the toughest losses in my life,’ said Novak Djokovic after his shock first-round loss to Juan Martín del Potro.

Bryan Armen Graham’s report

Novak Djokovic’s teary exit.
Novak Djokovic’s teary exit. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

1. No19 for collection

The most decorated Olympian ever, Michael Phelps, made it 23 medals in total with gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

Les Carpenter has more

Michael Phelps leads the way.
Michael Phelps leads the way. Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty Images
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