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In the final athletics event of the night Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko storms to 100m glory in a time of 10.93 seconds

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A fine all-round performance sees Sweden's Carolina Kluft wrap up a gold medal in the heptathlon by a 517-point margin

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Belgian top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne lives up to her billing by adding the Olympic crown to her collection of titles

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Cuba's Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano celebrates after knocking out Thailand's world flyweight champion Somjit Jongjohor

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Australians Drew Ginn and James Tomkins confirm their status as the world's best with victory in the men's coxless pairs

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A jubilant Soni Dwi of Indonesia celebrates winning bronze in the men's singles badminton after getting off to a shaky start

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Sanya Richards of United States of America sets the standard in the women's 400 metre heats finishing in 50.11 seconds

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Germany clinch the team dressage gold medal thanks to a brilliant ride by Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty

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Jens Fiedler celebrates with his son following Germany's gold medal win in the men's cycling sprint team final

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Ralf Schumann of Germany wins his third Olympic shooting gold medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event

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Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands is ecstatic after delivering a strong finish to defend her Olympic 50 metre freestyle crown