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ParalympicsGB top cycling track table

ParalympicsGB end the cycling track competition in Rio de Janeiro top of the medal table.

ParalympicsGB have ended the cycling track competition top of the medals table.

The final day of action at the Rio Olympic Velodrome saw GB pick up two golds, a silver and a bronze to take their overall haul from the last four days to eight golds, two silvers and two bronzes.

China were a distant second in the velodrome with a final tally of three golds, two silvers and two bronzes.

Jon-Allan Butterworth, Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe pose with their gold medals after winning the mixed C1-5 750m team sprint at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on September 11, 2016© onEdition

The final day was capped off with a dominant performance in the mixed C1-5 750m team sprint, as Jon-Allan Butterworth, Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe eased past their Chinese rivals with a new world-record time of 48.635s.

Earlier, Lora Turnham and Sophie Thornhill took gold and bronze respectively in the women's 3000m individual pursuit event.

Turnham and pilot Corrine Hall had set a Paralympic record in the heat and stormed to gold in the final race, with a finish time more than three seconds ahead of New Zealand's world-record holder Emma Foy.

Meanwhile, Turnham's fiance Neil Fachie picked up silver in the men's 1000m time trial, having been edged out by Dutch cyclist Tristan Bangma by 0.419s.

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Louis Rolfe in action during the men's C1-2-3 1000m time trial on September 10, 2016
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Olympic medal table header
CountryGold medalSilver MedalBronze MedalT
ChinaChina34241674
United StatesUnited States30352792
JapanJapan22101547
Great BritainGreat Britain17181954
AustraliaAustralia1762043
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Friday's key events


HOCKEY
· Great Britain's women aim to secure their place on the podium as they face India in the bronze medal match (2.30am)
· Netherlands - silver medallists five years ago - and Argentina battle for the gold medal in the women's final (11am)

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
· The women's gold medal will be decided as Australia and USA go head to head (3.30am)

BOXING
· Lauren Price will be looking to add to Team GB's success in the ring when she takes on Nouchka Fontijn of Netherlands in the women's middleweight semi-final (6am)

DIVING
· Tom Daley already has one Olympic gold to his name in Tokyo, and he begins his bid for second in the men's 10m platform. Teammate Noah Williams is also involved in the preliminary round (7am)

CYCLING
· Jason Kenny's reign as sprint king may be over, but Jack Carlin looked strong in his bid to succeed his compatriot. He takes on Harrie Lavreysen in his sprint semi-final (8.10am), with the final taking place later in the day (10.35am)
· The women's madison makes its Olympic debut at the velodrome as Team GB duo Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny look to add another medal to their collections (9.15am)

FOOTBALL
· Hosts Japan will look to get themselves on the podium as they face Mexico in the men's bronze medal match (10am)
· The women's champions will be crowned as both Sweden and Canada aim to win Olympic gold for the very first time (1pm)

ATHLETICS
· The men's 5000m final includes Great Britain's Andrew Butchart, but most eyes will be on Ugandan world record holder Joshua Cheptegei (1pm)
· Team GB's Jodie Williams will hope to get on the podium in the women's 400m final, but defending champ Shaunae Miller-Uibo is favourite for gold while Stephenie Ann McPherson should challenge and Allyson Felix is bidding to become the most decorated female track and field athlete of all time (1.35pm)
· Netherlands' Sifan Hassan takes on leg two of her ambitious attempt at a Tokyo treble in a women's 1500m final which also includes Great Britain's Laura Muir and Faith Kipyegon of Kenya (1.50pm)
· A star-studded women's 4x100m relay final will see a Team GB quartet including Dina Asher-Smith look to upset defending champions USA and favourites Jamaica, who boast Elaine Thompson-Herah as she goes for her third gold of the Games (2.30pm)
· Great Britain and Jamaica will also be going for gold in the men's 4x100m relay final, and their medal hopes have been boosted by USA's failure to qualify (2.50pm)

> Today's schedule in full
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