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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

10:05 p.m.

MEDAL ALERT: Pernille Blume of Denmark wins gold in women's 50-meter freestyle. Simone Manuel of the United States takes silver. Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus earns bronze.

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10 p.m.

The heptathlon is going to the wire, with the clash for gold set up in the concluding 800 meters between defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Britain and Belgium's Nafissatou Thiam.

Despite a sore elbow, Thiam set a personal best of 53.13 meters to extend her lead of Enis-Hill.