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Team GBs womens hockey team claimed Great Britains 24th gold medal of the Rio Olympic games, defeating the Netherlands in the final.It was a huge feat for the team, who claimed the countrys first ever Olympic title in womens hockey after winning a dramatic penalty shootout against the world No. 1 team.Hollie Webb scored the decisive penalty, after it finished 3-3 after normal time.Nick Skelton won Great Britains first individual showjumping gold medal in Olympic history following a stunning performance in Deodoro.The 58-year-old, from Alcester in Warwickshire, also became Britains oldest Olympic gold medallist in any sport, eclipsing shooter Jerry Millner, who won gold in 1908.Skelton and Big Star -- his London 2012 team gold medal-winning ride -- were among six combinations that jumped off against the clock after posting double clear rounds earlier in the day.And Skelton, competing in his seventh Olympics, set a scorching pace of 42.82 seconds despite being first to go, that no other rider could match.It means that Great Britains equestrian team finished their Rio campaign with two gold medals -- Skelton and dressage star Charlotte Dujardin -- plus a silver for the dressage team.Lutalo Muhammad described the horrible moment when his Olympic gold medal dream was dashed in the final second of a dramatic mens -80kg taekwondo final at the Rio Olympic Park on Friday.Muhammad looked set to emulate his Great Britain team-mate Jade Jones when Ivory Coast opponent Cheick Sallah Cisse swung a last-gasp head-kick which snatched an 8-6 win just as the final buzzer sounded.Cisse tore away to wildly celebrate his nations first Olympic gold while the 25-year-old Londoner stood dazed in the middle of the mat, his hopes of victory ripped away in the most heartbreaking fashion.Muhammad, who won bronze at London 2012, said: Its a horrible moment when at the last second his points have gone on the board and the time has run out and there is nothing you can do about it.I hit him in the head and it didnt come up for me and I had to re-focus. I went to the body, I was up, and it was the last kick. My check skimmed off, and his reverse hit.Muhammad had set the pace in a dramatic and keenly contested final, scoring with a three-point head kick in the first and edging back ahead early in the last after the Ivorian responded with a three-pointer of his own.The Briton led 6-4 going into the final moments when Cisse clawed back a single point then struck for the most incredible of finishes as the clock ticked down to zero.Muhammad admitted: Obviously, the emotions are very raw right now. Its tough to lose in the Olympic final, especially in the last second of a match I was winning.It does make it all the more painful. If I was losing throughout I would accept it, but I came very close to achieving my goal, and I am going to have to settle for second best today.The joy of Great Britains women was palpable as they won a first Olympic 4x100 metres medal since 1984.Four years ago Desiree Henry was helping to light the Olympic cauldron with other young, talented British athletes, while Dina Asher-Smith was carrying boxes of kit for the athletes lining up.Great Britain did not even a qualify a 4x100m team to compete at their home Games, but on Friday underlined the vast strides made since then by securing Rio 2016 bronze.Henry and Asher-Smith, along with Asha Philip and Daryll Neita broke the British record they set just last month, finishing third in 41.77 seconds to secure the countrys first womens 4x100m medal at the Olympics in 32 years.This means an awful lot because not only have we worked hard to get faster as individuals we have worked hard as a team, Asher-Smith said.To be able to come out here and deliver the goods when the pressure is on is absolutely incredible. Im so unbelievably proud of all of these girls.Henry added: At times we did feel people had given up on us but as individuals, we know how far British womens sprinting is coming.Each year we have got better and better. We are becoming consistent and winning medals.We have belief in ourselves and our team has belief in us and that is all we need.The Press Association contributed to this reportLeSean McCoy Jersey . -- Bryant McKinnie came out of his stance and lowered his shoulder into a practice squad player, causing a crisp thud to reverberate in the Miami Dolphins practice bubble. Jim Kelly Womens Jersey http://www.authenticbillsfanaticfootball.com/authentic-jordan-poyer-bills-jersey/ . -- Edmontons Val Sweeting is two wins away from a trip to Winnipeg to play in Canadas Road of the Rings in December. 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Later in the evening, the favored womens 400 freestyle relay, led by star sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell, defended the event title and set a world record of 3 minutes, 30.65 seconds.Cate Campbell said the repeat -- even though it came by a greater margin than four years ago -- was harder because of the expectations the quartet carried.But, she added, I think Mack was the real hero.It was more than a kind pat on the back from a more experienced teammate. Horton reeled in early leader James Guy of Great Britain and held off 2012 champion Sun Yang of China in the stretch, but it was his blunt talk about doping before and after the race that set him apart.I guess I wouldnt really feel right if I raced at this stage against someone who has tested positive and didnt bring it up, Horton said of Yang, who served a controversial three-month suspension in 2014 due to a positive test for the stimulant trimetazidine. News of the sanction surfaced months after Yang, a double gold medalist in the 400- and 1,500-meter events in London, served the ban.After Saturday afternoons preliminary heats, Horton said he ignored Yangs attempt to provoke him by splashing him in a training session earlier in the week. I dont have time or respect for drug cheats, Horton said.While straight-up personal tension certainly fueled Hortons remarks, they also tap into more general and long-standing suspicion of doping in Chinas swimming program.dddddddddddd. Most recently, the World Anti-Doping Agency and FINA, swimmings world governing body, said earlier this year that whistleblowers claims of positive test cover-ups first revealed in The Times of London were being investigated.Beyond that, the overall disarray in international anti-doping jurisprudence -- laid bare by the dysfunctional process that cleared the way for so many Russian athletes (including swimmers) to compete in Rio despite compelling evidence of pervasive state-sponsored doping -- has prompted an increasing number of athletes to question a system that is supposed to protect them.Often the most corrosive aspects of doping is the internal toll it can take on the psyche of the athlete in the next lane who wonders if his opponent has an insurmountable advantage. Horton said he doesnt lack for confidence, but part of his decision to go public was directed back at himself, saying aloud what he needed to execute in the water.That last 25, that last 15, I felt I had concrete blocks on my arms, basically, but then I kind of flashed back to my statement this morning, Horton said. I dont really have a choice to let him beat me. I kind of have to beat him now. So thats what I did.Horton said he thought about the message he wanted to convey, and if a reporter hadnt brought it up, I probably would have slipped it in there somewhere. He said he hopes other athletes speak their minds on the topic.It will add even more electricity to an already charged atmosphere if they do. ' ' '