HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day eight at the Rio Olympics (Reuters)
Latest news from the eighth day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday (times GMT): 1458 U.S. SET WOMEN’S TEAM PURSUIT WORLD RECORD, BRITAIN BETTERS IT Britain and the United States traded world records in the Olympic track cycling women’s team pursuit to set up a mouth-watering showdown for gold later on Saturday. Racing in their heat against Australia, the world champion Americans, led by Sarah Hammer, broke the record set by Britain in Thursday’s qualifiers by a full second, clocking four minutes 12.282 seconds. 1440 BRITAIN TAKE MEN’S EIGHT GOLD Britain’s men’s eight edged defending champions Germany by 1.33 seconds to win gold in the men’s eight rowing.