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Great Britain finish above China at Rio Olympics

Great Britain finish in second place at the Rio Olympics, with third-placed China unable to overtake Team GB's medal tally with only one more athlete in action.

Great Britain have officially secured second place at the Rio Olympics, finishing above China in the medal table for the first time.

Team GB have 27 golds to China's 26 and their superior haul of silvers - 22 to 18 - means that China cannot overtake them with only one more athlete in action.

Boxer Joe Joyce fights for gold on Sunday, meaning that Britain are guaranteed to improve on that tally.

The British team have won golds across 15 sports in Rio, and have a total of 66 medals in 19 sports - beating the total of 65 at London 2012.

This means that Britain have also become the first host nation in history to improve on its medal total at the next Games.

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Team GB boxer Joe Joyce celebrates following his win over Moldova's Alexei Zavatin at the European Games in Baku on June 20, 2015
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Olympic medal table header
CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
United StatesUnited States73414
JapanJapan71311
ChinaChina63615
Great BritainGreat Britain3216
AustraliaAustralia3126
Today's Olympic highlights header

Monday's key events


TRIATHLON
· Jonny Brownlee will look to make the most of his brother Alistair's absence as he goes for gold in the men's triathlon (10.30pm-1am)

RUGBY SEVENS
· Team GB get their campaign underway with two matches, against Canada and Japan (from 1.30am)

SWIMMING
· One of Team GB's biggest gold medal hopes, Adam Peaty, will take part in the 100m breaststroke final. (3.12am)
· Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky go head to head for gold in the women's 400m freestyle final (3.20am)

DIVING
· Tom Daley and Matty Lee take part in the men's 10m synchro final (7am-8am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· The men's team final takes place (11am)

> Today's schedule in full
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