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The Latest: Shields wins boxing; Hockey star gets honor

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

5:10 p.m.

British field hockey player Kate Richardson-Walsh will carry her country's flag at the closing ceremony of the Olympics.

The 36-year-old Richardson-Walsh, a four-time Olympian, was the captain of Britain's gold-medal winning field hockey team.

Richardson-Walsh says "there are so many fantastic multi-Olympians and multi-medalists here I feel it's such a huge honor for me and for hockey as a sport."

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4:49 p.m.

Claressa Shields is taking home even more than a second gold medal from Rio.