RIO DE JANEIRO Aug 14 (Reuters) - Latest news from the ninth day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Sunday (times GMT):
1343 LONDON 2012 GAMES GOLD MEDALLIST SOURIAN BEATEN
Iran's Hamid Sourian, the London 2012 Olympic gold medallist in the 55kg category and a six-time world champion, was beaten 5-4 by Shinobu Ota of Japan in the men's 59kg Greco-Roman wrestling qualification round.
1315 NAFISSATOU THIAM, WHO WON THE HEPTATHLON GOLD, ON HER MINDSET DURING THE SEVEN EVENTS
"At first I did not want to think about a medal. After the long jump I thought a podium finish is possible, but not the gold medal.