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I think somebody may mean business …
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Now then, I mentioned a little earlier that we’ve got the culmination of the team dressage competition with the grand prix special, having had the grand prix yesterday. Me neither I’m afraid but worry not …
10.40am BST
A glowing tribute from Ben Ryan, coach of Fiji, to one of the most admired and influential figures in world rugby, particularly sevens, who died last year.
Thank you for all the messages. 7s in the Olympics & all the joy had today wouldn't have been possible if not for the late Beth Coalter. ❤️
10.34am BST
Great Britain are currently in eighth place in the medals table with 16, including four gold medals. Have a look at the full list in our snazzy interactive.
Related: Rio Olympics 2016 – medal table and results in full
10.23am BST
Here’s an interesting topic of debate brewing in the comments section below. Thoughts etc?
All this discussion about there being too many medals in swimming, when there really is just the right amount:
50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400m and then the very long distance races.
Freestyle, backstroke, breastroke and butterfly all very different events. And then the medley to decide the best overall swimmer and the relays to decide the best overall team. A bit like athletics but I don't see anyone questioning the amount the medals available in that!
10.15am BST
Among all the stats, achievements and litany of broken records that belong to Michael Phelps, perhaps the most staggering is that at the age of 31, he has become the oldest individual Olympic swimming gold medal winner in history. Here Beau Dure has a look at the how, what, why, when, where.
Related: Why Michael Phelps is still great at an age when most swimmers have faded
10.05am BST
Horses. Time to talk about horses. Because the team dressage competition climaxes today and at present Germany have their equine noses ahead of the defending champions Great Britain, for whom Charlotte Dujardin stole the show in yesterday’s Grand Prix.
9.57am BST
This may be of slightly more appeal to British readers but then I’m sure there are parallels the world over. It’s also really rather funny …
Related: BBC Olympic coverage review: smart segments, skirt scandals and 007
9.49am BST
Worrying news from the sailing venue …
Lars Grael, twice an Olympic bronze medallist for Brazil, feared that sailors would encounter garbage and plastic bags in races at the Guanabara Bay sailing venue on Friday.
Falling tides will drain race courses and rain, which had already begun falling on Friday morning, risked bringing debris along the lines of currents, Grael said about a stretch of water he has sailed on for nearly half a century.
9.37am BST
Today’s action gets under way in a shade under two hours as the men’s golf competition continues. Australia’s Marcus Fraser leads at eight under from Graham DeLaet of Canada, who is three shots back. Justin Rose is tied for fourth at four under following his hole in one yesterday. Barney Ronay was there to witness it all …
Higher, faster, stronger, knitwear. Golf is officially back at the Olympics; the opening round of the men’s competition passing off in a strolling haze of putts and chips and team-branded nylon slacks on a breezy, intoxicating day on Rio’s suburban coastline.
Nobody at Rio 2016 really knew what to expect from this. Like a star fleet cruiser shaking and shuddering as it barrels its way through a passing asteroid belt, these Olympic Games have so far just about held together through a bumpy, often thrilling opening week.
9.17am BST
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9.07am BST
Sticking with the Brits and today could be another bumper day for Team GB. There are no less than 24 gold medals – that’s more than Michael Phelps has won – up for grabs today and Great Britain can boast genuine hopes in the rowing, track cycling, equestrian and can be optimistic of a medal in a host of others including skeet shooting, trampolining and swimming.
Those to keep a particular eye on though are Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in the women’s pair at 11:06am. the men’s four shortly after at 11:27am and the men’s track cycling team pursuit at 8:42pm.
Related: Jessica Ennis-Hill relishes ‘massive challenge’ of beating Olympic odds
8.50am BST
It’s just before 9am in the UK, which is around the time that British readers do anything they can to avoid starting work and thus read things like this liveblog – or so the theory goes. So let’s recap last night’s success in the velodrome as Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny and Callum Skinner kept the men’s team sprint gold medal in British hands for the third Games in a row. By saying that it sounds expected – with the team pursuiters in such good form there was certainly a sense of deja vu – but at the same time it wasn’t. Owen Gibson explains …
Related: Great Britain’s cyclists must get back on track after a year to forget
8.42am BST
Want to know how Fiji reacted to its first ever Olympic gold medal? Want no more.
Related: 'Rugby is our religion': Fiji erupts in celebration of Olympic sevens gold
8.32am BST
Of the likely gold medal winners that you’d have put your house on, Simon Biles in the all-around would have been pretty high on the list. Take nothing away from her achievements though, and even better, read about them here …
Related: Simone Biles reaches new heights with all-around Olympic gold medal
8.24am BST
Roll up! Roll up! For the best pictures from day six …
Related: A sneaky peak and a dead heat, Rio 2016: day six - in pictures
8.16am BST
Time for a swimming recap now, and a reminder that Michael Phelps took his Olympic gold medal tally to 22 (TWENTY-TWO)! He won the 200m IM by a country mile (despite what one commentator thought) and he might yet get two more before the Games have finished. Have a read of Andy Bull’s homage here, featuring a nod to Leonidas of Rhodes.
Phelps was however, dragged into the continuing doping row by the Russian Yulia Efimova, who won her second silver medal of the Games in the 200m breaststroke.
7.59am BST
Filed in the ‘things you may have missed’ category, Fiji romped to a historic and heart-warming first ever Olympic gold medal by thrashing Great Britain in the rugby sevens final. Find out exactly how it happened here …
Related: How Fiji manhandled Team GB to claim first rugby sevens Olympic gold
7.49am BST
Hello world! Good morning, afternoon, evening! Thanks to Claire for yet another exhaustive briefing, bringing us all up to date with anything we may have missed, and then some.
We’ll start with doping news for a pleasant change – here’s the story on the Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi and the Bulgarian athlete Silvia Danekova becoming the first competitors to fail tests at the Games.
7.01am BST
Welcome back as we scoot seamlessly from day six to day seven and Rio heads into its wrap-up of week one and the first day of the athletics.
Catch up with it all in the briefing, find out what’s coming up and stick with the live blog to see it all as it happens.
Just look at that gap!
There aren't enough superlatives to describe Michael Phelpshttps://t.co/QWD4R21txF #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/3ZErqTxd7U
I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. I’m the first Simone Biles.
Sorry to the person whose flag I stole.
12 pages of Kyle Chalmers coverage in @theTiser today #thebigtuna pic.twitter.com/pv8ZbqCvwX
It means a lot, especially with what is going on in the world today, some of the issues of police brutality. This win hopefully brings hope and change to some of the issues that are going on. My colour just comes with the territory …
But at the same time, I would like there to be a day where there are more of us and it’s not like ‘Simone, the black swimmer,’ because the title ‘black swimmer’ makes it seem like I’m not supposed to be able to win a gold medal.
Supporting our (#teamNL ) trackies! pic.twitter.com/KOit7CfvPI
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