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The Olympic Games minute 2016: USA's fab five

A golden moment.
A golden moment. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

1. Gymnastics glory

Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian helped the US sweep to gold.

Here’s our interactive replay

Flying high.
Flying high. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images

2. The golden 21

After another wild night, if Michael Phelps were a country he’d now be 39th on the all-time Olympics gold medal table.

Here’s more

There he goes again.
There he goes again. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

3. Not all cool in pool

The credibility of swimming has been further damaged by serious discrepancies in the entry times of a number of competitors.

Andy Bull’s exclusive

Another blow.
Another blow. Photograph: Francois-Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images

4. Over and out

World No1 Serena Williams was close to tears as she lost 6-4, 6-3 to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the women’s singles.

Get more here

Serena takes her leave.
Serena takes her leave. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

5. Changing colours

Why has the Olympic diving pool turned green? You’ll be delighted to know that it’s not got anything to do with urine …

Our full story

Definitely not blue.
Definitely not blue. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
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