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HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day nine at the Rio Olympics

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.