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After a day of five gruelling events, Hungary's Zsuzsanna Voros wins the modern pentathlon with a score of 5448

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Poland's Robert Korzeniowski captures a record third consecutive men's 50km walk gold medal

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Germany's now eight-time kayaking gold medalist Birgit Fischer (right) helps to take her team to victory in the K4 500m final

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Gunn-Rita Dahle wins the women's cross-country mountain bike event to give Norway their first cycling gold for 32 years

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USA's 'Dream Team' are ousted in the Olympic semi-finals by Argentina, losing 89-81 in the men's basketball

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Australia win the hockey gold medal for the first time in history after beating Holland 2-1 with a golden goal

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Cian O'Connor secures Ireland's first gold medal of the Games when he wins the men's showjumping final

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Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva (centre), who won bronze in the triple jump, wins gold ahead of Marion Jones who finishes 5th

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A dreadful baton handover ends USA' hopes of victory in the 4x100m relay - Jamaica clinch the gold medal

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China's Xiang Liu equals Colin Jackson's world record of 12.91 seconds to win the Olympic men's 110m hurdles

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There is a massive shock as Xing Huina sprints to gold in the 10,000m - China's second gold medal in less than an hour

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In a compelling final, USA's Timothy Mack sets a new Olympic record of 5.95m to win the men's pole vault gold medal