The top five stories from day 15 at the Paris Olympics as Tamirat Tola sets a new Olympic record in the men's marathon and Team GB's Erin McNeice misses out on a sport climbing medal.
The penultimate day of the Paris Olympics is in full swing with 39 gold medals up for grabs - the highest total on a single day at the Games since 2000.
Elsewhere, Serbia beat Germany to win men's basketball bronze, while New Zealand's Lisa Carrington - already her country's most decorated Olympian of all time - won another canoeing gold.crossing the line in an Olympic record time of two hours six minutes 26 seconds Great Britain's Emile Cairess was in medal contention at one point, holding second position after around 30km, but faded during the latter part of the race before fighting back to claim fourth.
Cunningham beat Niger's Abdoul Issoufou in his men's +80kg first-round contest, while McGowan thrashed Fiji's Venice Traill without conceding a point in her women's +67kg match.Team GB's Rebecca McGowan progresses to women's +67kg taekwondo quarter-finalsNBA star Nikola Jokic starred as Serbia beat Germany 93-83 to win bronze in the men's basketball.
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