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Day five's Olympic rowing programme cancelled in Rio due to high winds

Day five of the Olympic rowing programme is cancelled due to high winds in Rio de Janeiro.

Day five's Olympic rowing programme has been cancelled due to high winds in Rio de Janeiro.

The women's and men's quadruple sculls finals were due to be held today, but organisers have postponed the races due to wind and rain hitting the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.

Team GB's men Jack Beaumont, Sam Townsend, Peter Lambert and Angus Groom were due to fight for a medal at 2.30pm, but they will have to wait.

World Rowing tweeted: "OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION: Racing postponed. No racing today. A new schedule will be announced soon."

Day two suffered the same fate after two boats capsized before the start of the regatta.

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Today's Olympic highlights header

Thursday's key events


ROWING
· Comeback queen and super-mum Helen Glover goes for her third Olympic gold alongside Polly Swann in the women's pair final (1.30am)
· There is also a medal on offer for GB pair Emily Craig and Imogen Grant in the lightweight women's double scull final (2.10am)

SWIMMING
· As second-fastest qualifier for the final, Team GB's James Wilby is among the medal contenders in the men's 200m breaststroke (2.44am)
· Alys Thomas takes part in the women's 200m butterfly final, although he faces a difficult task to challenge for the medals (3.28am)
· Caeleb Dressel of the USA has been touted by some as the successor to Michael Phelps, and he has the chance to notch up a fourth Olympic gold in the men's 100m freestyle final (3.37am)

RUGBY SEVENS
· After Team GB's men narrowly missed out on a medal, the women get their campaign underway against the Russian Olympic Committee (3am) and New Zealand (10.30am)

HOCKEY
· It is a Great Britain vs. Netherlands double-header, with the men up first in Pool B (4.15am)
· Most eyes will be on the women's showdown between the two nations, though, as Netherlands - the world's best team - look to gain revenge on GB for defeat in the 2016 Olympic final (11am)

CANOE SLALOM
· Mallory Franklin takes part in the women's canoe semi-final, and will hope to do enough to qualify for the final later in the day (6am-8.45am)

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
· With Simone Biles now out of the women's all-around final, the competition has been blown wide open. Team GB twins Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova are among those taking part (11.50am-2.05pm)

> Today's schedule in full
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