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Another Super Saturday on the cards as Britain targets medal rush

Nicola Adams (R) of Great Britain fights against Cancan Ren of China during a Women's Fly (48-51kg) Semifinal bout
Image: Nicola Adams is looking to win her second successive women's flyweight Olympic gold medal

Nicola Adams, Mo Farah and Tom Daley are all in contention for gold medals on the penultimate day of the Rio Olympics.

Adams will look to defend her title in the women's flyweight final whilst Farah and Daley will fight for gold in the men's 5,000m and men's 10m platform dive respectively.

Adams became the world's first female Olympic boxing champion with victory at London 2012 and will look to replicate the feat when she fights Sarah Ourahmoune of France on Saturday evening.

Britain's Mo Farah looks on after competing in the Men's 5000m
Image: Mo Farah is looking to replicate the 5,000m/10000m double he secured at London 2012

The men's 5,000m features two British runners with Andrew Butchart and Farah both involved. The latter is seeking to match the two gold medals he won at London 2012 after his earlier triumph in the men's 10,000m.

Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow of Great Britain celebrate winning bronze
Image: Tom Daley is looking for his second medal of the games

Daley is Britain's sole competitor in the men's 10m platform diving final with the 22-year-old looking to add to the bronze medal he won alongside Daniel Goodfellow in the men's synchronized 10m platform.

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Jamie Cooke is ranked first in men's modern pentathlon ahead of the final on Saturday having won World Cup gold in the run-up to Rio.

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A medal for Cooke would be the first for a GB male in a pentathlon event since 1988.

Great Britain's Liam Heath (left) and Jon Schofield with their silver medals for the Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Double 200 metres at the Lagoa Stadium on the
Image: Liam Heath and Jon Schofield won silver in the men's 200m kayak double

Team GB have a four-woman team in the women's K4 500m on canoe sprint's final day.

The men's K1 200m event is potentially a chance for Liam Heath to win another medal following his silver alongside Jon Schofield in the men's kayak double 200m.

Bianca Walkden (left)
Image: Bianca Walkden is looking for a first Olympic medal

It is also the final day for taekwondo with Bianca Walkden in action.

Walkden is the current world champion, and only the second world gold medallist in British history, at +73kg but that category does not exist at the Olympics, so she will compete at +67kg.

Going for gold

Neymar was instrumental in Brazil win
Image: Neymar scored the fastest men's Olympic football goal in Brazil's semi-final win

Brazil will take on Germany in the men's football final with captain Neymar looking to lead his country to a first ever Olympic football gold.

The host nation eased through their semi-final 6-0 against Honduras in a match where Neymar scored the fastest ever goal in Olympic men's football. The Barcelona superstar found the net after just 14 seconds and also scored the sixth goal from the penalty spot in injury time.

The two nations will meet at the Maracana in a repeat of the 2014 World Cup semi-final which saw Brazil's senior side embarrassed 7-1.

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(L-R) USA's silver medallist LaShawn Merritt, South Africa's gold medallist Wayde van Niekerk and Grenada's bronze medallist Kirani James pose with their m
Image: LaShawn Merritt (left) will compete for America in the men's 4x400m after winning bronze in the 400m

The men's 4x400m relay final concludes the penultimate day of the games and could see Britain's team face off against gold medals holders the Bahamas and Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 winners America.

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