Milestones from the Rio Olympics

Milestones of the day from the Rio Olympics.

TROLLED - Australian gold medallist Mack Horton on social media by Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's supporters for dismissing the controversial champion as a "drug cheat".

CAPTURED - Australia's first shooting gold since 2004 in the women's trap by 26-year-old Catherine Skinner at her debut Olympics.

BANNED - Russia from next month's Paralympics over evidence of systematic drug cheating.

TRAPPED - Argentina's tennis player Juan del Potro in an elevator for 40 minutes before his upset win against World No.1 Novak Djokovic.

HOSPITALISED - Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten who crashed badly while leading the Olympic women's road race, leaving her in intensive care with three small fractures to her spine.

DEFEATED - Australia's men's 4x100m freestyle relay team by winners United States and France, with legend Michael Phelps claiming his 19th Olympic gold medal.

UPSET - US tennis players Venus and Serena Williams lost their first ever doubles match at the Olympics, going down to the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova to end their 15-0 Olympic career record.

ASSAULTED - Two of Australia's rowing coaches while being robbed at knife point just before the opening ceremony, prompting athletes based around Ipanema to be advised against going out after dark.