Catch up on the week two highlights from Rio 2016. In a record-breaking Olympic Games for TeamGB, there were historic wins for Team GB Hockey, Nicola Adams (boxing), Sophie Hitchon (hammer), Amy Tinkler (gymnastics) and Laura Trott (cycling).
Gymnastics: Amy Tinkler wins bronze with exceptional floor routine
Amy Tinkler has been praised by her coach for producing the “routine of her life” to win a gymnastics medal at the Rio Games. The 16-year-old from Bishop Auckland, Team GB’s youngest athlete, juggled studying for her GCSEs with a 30-hours-a-week training regime and Olympic trials to earn her place in Brazil and on Tuesday evening she bagged bronze after scoring 14.933 with a virtually flawless 90-second floor routine. Full story via The Guardian
Athletics: Sophie Hitchon wins TeamGB’s first bronze in the Hammer
Sophie Hitchon put the glamour into hammer by winning Britain’s first Olympic medal in the sport, 11 years after giving up on her dream to be a ballerina. Hitchon, 25, reacted with disbelief after recording a new personal best to snatch a bronze on her last throw in Rio. Full story via The Telegraph
Athletics: Relay teams win double bronze
Great Britain’s women claimed bronze in the 4x400m relay to win the country’s 66th medal of the Rio Olympics and surpass their total from London 2012. Eilidh Doyle, Anyika Onuora, Emily Diamond and Christine Ohuruogu finished in three minutes 25.88 seconds, a first medal in the women’s event since 1992. Full story and video via The BBC
Great Britain take first women’s 4x100m relay bronze in 30 years. Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita broke a national record in the process. Full story via the Independent
Boxing: Nicola Adams becomes a double Olympic champion
Nicola Adams furthered her Olympic legacy by winning the gold medal at Rio 2016 with victory on Saturday. The reigning flyweight champion earned a unanimous decision against France’s Sarah Ourahmoune to become the first female to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals, after initially creating history at London 2012. Full story via Sky Sports
Cycling: Laura Trott wins an historic fourth gold medal
Laura Trott became the first British woman to win four Olympic gold medals by retaining her omnium title. Full story via the BBC
Cycling: Double silver for Becky James
Becky James won her second Olympic silver of Rio 2016 by finishing second in the women’s sprint. The 24-year-old, who claimed silver in the keirin on Sunday, lost the first two races in the best-of-three final as Germany’s Kristina Vogel won gold. Katy Marchant of TeamGB took the bronze. Full story via The BBC
Equestrian: Charlotte Dujardin hails “complete legend” Valegro after history-making Olympic hat-trick
Dujardin, on Valegro, added gold to her silver medal in the team dressage at Rio with Germany’s Isabell Werth and Kristina Broring-Sprehe claiming silver and bronze. Full story via the Mirror
Hockey: TeamGB win historic gold and win the nations hearts
In the end it took a woman with a terrifying nickname and a secret notebook to end the curse of the penalty shoot-out. With the score 3-3 at the end of normal time in the Olympic women’s hockey final, a dreaded shoot out beckoned. One last hurdle before the team could claim a deserved gold. Full story via the Telegraph
Sailing: Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark win 470 sailing gold
Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have won gold in the women’s 470 sailing event at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The pair, silver medallists at the 2012 Olympics in London, only needed to finish the medal race on Thursday to win gold, and came in eighth. Full story via the BBC
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