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London 2012 Olympic Games: 11 August - today's highlights

This article is more than 11 years oldMo Farah won his second gold of the Games in the 5,000m final and Usain Bolt won his third as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team, while Tom Daley won bronze in the diving

Day 15 live blog

Please note all times are in BST (EDT+5)

Team GB take gold and bronze in canoe sprints

Ed McKeever won Great Britain's 26th gold medal in the 200m K1 while Liam Heath and Jon Schofield took bronze in the K2 200m final.

Men's football final: Brazil 1-2 Mexico

Oribe Peralta scored twice for Mexico and Hulk's late strike was too little for Brazil who missed out on their first ever men's football gold. Relive the action with our minute-by-minute report.

Men's hockey bronze medal match: GB 1-3 Australia

Britain's men couldn't match the achievements of the women's team, missing out on a medal in the third-place play-off against Australia.

Men's 5,000m final: 7.30pm at Olympic Stadium

Mo Farah won gold to become the first Briton and seventh man ever to win both the 10,000m and 5,000m races.

Women's 4x400m relay: 8.25pm at Olympic Stadium

The USA won a convincing gold, followed home by Russia and Jamaica in bronze and silver medal positions. Britain finished fifth.

Men's 4x100m: 9pm at Olympic Stadium

The Jamaican team, anchored by Usain Bolt, clocked a new world record to give the sprinter his sixth career Olympic gold.

Diving 8.30pm at the Aquatics Centre

Tom Daley's form in the individual 10m platform has been up and down over the past year, but he came good in the latter stages of the competition to earn a bronze medal.

In pictures

Catch the colour and kitsch on display at the Wembley Arena in one of the heats of the rhythmic gymnastics.

Fun Olympic facts

Niki Bakoyianni holds the biggest women's outdoor high jump differential. She's 5ft 7in but leapt 6ft 8in, 1ft 1in above her height.

8.7: The average speed in mph of the men's world record time for 50km, 3:34:14.

What's on tomorrow

Modern pentathlon: 8am at various venues

Modified this year to speed and sex it up by combining the shooting and 3km run in a kind of snowless biathlon, mixing focus and accuracy with the pistol before each 1km run test of endurance.

Men's Marathon: 11am at The Mall

Kenya are so strong that they have a 1-2-3 in their sights despite leaving out the world record holder, Patrick Makau. Abel Kirui won gold at the last two world championships and his compatriot Wilson Kipsang stormed up The Mall to win the London marathon in May.

And finally ... The closing ceremony 8.30pm, Olympic Stadium

Titled 'Festival of Flame', the finale will be co-ordinated by Kim Gavin, who organised the Concert for Diana in 2007. It is expected to feature performers including Madness, Kate Bush, the Spice Girls and Blur.

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