• USA finish Olympics top of the medal table with 46 golds
  • USA beat Spain 107-100 to win gold in the men’s basketball
  • Russia beat Brazil to win first men’s volleyball gold in 32 years
  • Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic wins gold in the men’s cross-country mountain bike race
  • Russia’s rhythmic gymnasts secure a fourth successive group all-round title
  • Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich wins Olympic gold medal in the men’s marathon in 2:08.01
  • Two-time defending world champion Abel Kirui from Kenya claims silver and Wilson Kipsang takes bronze
  • IOC President Jacques Rogges hails Usain Bolt and Jamaica team’s world record in 4x100 relay
  • Russia beat Argentina 81-77 to claim bronze in men’s basketball playoffs
Over 80,000 people were packed into Wembley to see men's final but this is how fans back home reacted to the result.
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The IOC kick hurdler Ghfran Almouhamed out of the London Olympic Games after she tests positive for a banned stimulant.
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Sergei Kirdyapkin gives Russia first gold medal in event in 20 years, breaking the Olympic record by more than a minute.
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They claimed gold in front of thousands at Wembley Stadium but back home the future is less rosy for USA’s all-stars.
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