Rio de Janeiro (Brasile) - Usain Bolt wrote another chapter in his remarkable Olympic story by winning the 100m final for a record third straight summer Games.

Katie Ledecky of the United States destroyed the field in the 800-metres freestyle in Rio, saying afterwards: “I had a lot of fun.”

Michael Phelps has won his 20th Olympic gold medal in the 200 metres butterfly on Day 4 of the Rio Olympics. Japan’s Masato Sakai took silver with Hungary’s Tamas Kenderesi winning bronze.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – The German delegation sighed a breath of relief on Tuesday after Michael Jung successfully defended his men’s individual eventing title to deliver his country’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics.

Brazil’s Senate has voted to indict the country’s first female president. Dilma Rousseff is accused of using accounting tricks to hide large budget deficits.

Protesters set fire to the Brazilian flag in Rio ahead of the Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday, angry at a spectacle they feel has nothing to do with them.