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Milestones from the Rio Olympics

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Milestones of day five from the Rio Olympics.

SHOCKED - Teenage swimmer Kyle Chalmers after snaring the 100m freestyle gold medal, Australia's first Olympic win in the event since 1968.

RETIRED - Veteran swimmer Bronte Barratt, after helping to win silver in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay for Australia alongside Leah Neale, Emma McKeon and Tamsin Cook.

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CLAIMED - The 200m butterfly silver medal by Madeline Groves, 21, who became the first Australian to medal in the event since Jess Schipper took bronze in Beijing in 2008.

SET - An Olympic record by Australian swimmer Cate Campbell in the 100m freestyle semi-finals, clocking 52.71 seconds, some 0.07s quicker than the Olympic record she set earlier in the day in her heat.

OVERTAKEN - US basketballer LeBron James by Carmelo Anthony as the Olympic all-time leading scorer for the Dream Team with 31 points, as the overwhelming gold-medal favourites outlasted Australia 98-88.

CRASHED OUT - Gold medal contenders New Zealand and Australia of the rugby sevens, losing to Fiji and South Africa in the quarter-finals respectively.

SCORED - Hockeyroos player Jodie Kenny celebrates her 100th international goal with her second strike as the Australian women's team destroyed India 6-1 in their Pool B clash.

DECORATED - Japan's Kohei Uchimura, who became the first gymnast in 44 years to win back-to-back Olympic all-around titles.

IMPALED - A man on a fence outside Olympic media accommodation overnight.

ACHIEVED - History by Mary Hanna, at 61 years and 253 days, becoming the nation's oldest competitor at a Games when she rode in the opening round of the dressage competition.

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