Day 11 at the Olympics: another night of drama
Diving again took centre stage for Team China on day 11 of the Paris Olympics, with a teenage star of the national team clinching a second gold of the games. However the nation fell to second in the medal table behind the United States, with 22 golds to 24 for the Americans, after losing in wrestling and boxing finals.  No Hong Kong, China athletes were in action. The SAR remains 21st in the medal table.

Quan, 17, takes third gold as China nears diving clean sweep China's teenage sensation Quan Hongchan comfortably defended her diving gold in the 10 metre platform, fending off teammate Chen Yuxi who took silver while Kim Mi-rae of North Korea rounded up the podium. That marked a second gold medal for 17-year-old Quan in Paris. China remains on track for a clean sweep of diving gold medals at the Games, clinching five so far, with three more up for grabs.

Cao misses out on first ever wrestling gold China's hopes of a first-ever men's wrestling gold were dashed as Cao Liguo was beaten by Japan's Kenichiro Fumita in the 60kg Greco-Roman final. Meanwhile there was history in the 130kg Greco-Roman final, when Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez became the first athlete to win five consecutive individual gold medals in the same event.

Yang beaten by holder in first boxing final Ireland's Kellie Harrington has retained her Olympic title, beating China's top seed Yang Wenlu in a much-anticipated gold medal bout. The women's 60kg showdown took place in front of a raucous crowd inside Court Phillipe Chatrier at Roland Garros. Algeria's Imane Khelif, who was disqualified by the now-suspended International Boxing Association last year after failing gender tests, won through to take on China's Yang Liu in the women's 66kg final.

China stunned by Turks in women's volleyball China's women's volleyball team crashed out, suffering a 3-2 defeat to Turkey in a nail-biting quarter-final clash at South Paris Arena 1. China, who are three-time Olympic champions, took the fourth set to force a tie-breaker, but fell short 15-12 in the deciding fifth set. Turkey next face Serbia or Italy in the semi-finals.

Team China paddlers begin title defence Defending champions China eased past India in the round of 16 in men's team table tennis. China won 3-0 and next take on South Korea in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

1,500m shock, Thomas wins at last, hammer bronze for China
 American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500 metres gold with a stunning finish to blast past world champion Josh Kerr as defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen faded to fourth. American Gabby Thomas finally claimed the global title she has promised for so long when she delivered a dominant performance to take Olympic 200 metres gold, denying silver medallist Julien Alfred a sprint double. Meanwhile, China's Zhao Jie claimed bronze in the women's hammer throw, behind Camryn Rogers, who won gold for Canada, and Annette Echikunwoke of the United States.

Records tumble in velodrome as Dutch win sprint The Netherlands proved once again they only have themselves to beat, shaving fractions off their own record time not once, but twice to retain their track cycling team sprint gold medal. The trio of Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen and Roy van den Berg edged Great Britain's Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull by more than eight-tenths of a second to clinch victory.

China's Zheng, 11, misses skateboard final as teens take medals The youngest Olympian in Paris, 11-year-old Zheng Haohao from China, had a strong first run in the women's park skateboarding preliminaries, but that wasn't enough for her to advance. Australian teenage skateboarding sensation Arisa Trew won the Olympic gold, edging out Japan's Cocona Hiraki in silver and Britain's injured Sky Brown in bronze.