Latest news from the seventh day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Friday (times GMT): 2202 BRITAIN WIN TEAM PURSUIT GOLD, WIGGINS BREAKS MEDAL RECORD Bradley Wiggins led Britain to track cycling team pursuit gold in a thrilling final against Australia. Britain were trailing for most of the 4,000m race but stormed back to win in a world record three minutes 50.265 seconds. Victory meant Wiggins, 36, became Britain's most decorated Olympian with eight medals.
After struggling for much of his Olympic singles quarterfinal against a Brazilian opponent backed by a raucous home crowd, Rafael Nadal finally seized control by using a big backhand to set up an easy putaway at the net for a third-set service break. Perhaps wary of drawing the ire of all of those flag-waving fans, Nadal offered a rather muted reaction - none of the leaps or uppercuts or yells of ''Vamos!'' he'd displayed earlier at the Rio de Janeiro Games. Nadal moved into the semifinals as he bids to add a second singles gold to the one he earned for Spain in 2008, handling a hostile environment and coming back to beat 54th-ranked Thomaz Bellucci 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 on Friday.
Rio de Janeiro –  Puerto Rico's Monica Puig continued her stunning run in Rio Olympics tennis, defeating Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-1, 6-1 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the women's singles. Puig, who shocked third-seeded Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza by that identical score on Tuesday, broke Siegemund's serve six times, converting all of her break-point opportunities. The German received medical treatment when trailing 6-1, 3-0 in the second set. The 34th-ranked Puig, whose lone WTA Tour title came at a clay event in Strasbourg, France, in 2014, is catching fire at just the right time and on Friday will take on Czech two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in the semifinals. Puerto Rican