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Milestones from the Rio Olympics

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Milestones of the day from the Rio Olympics for Wednesday, August 17.

SCORED - The fastest goal in Olympic history by Neymar in just 15 seconds as Brazil swept past Honduras 6-0 into the final.

DASHED - Russia's slim hopes of an athletics medal in Rio after the country's sole track athlete, long jumper Darya Klishina was eliminated from the final.

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ARRESTED - Ireland's Patrick Hickey, a member of the International Olympic Committee's executive board, in his Rio hotel in connection with an investigation into ticket scalping at the Games.

TRIUMPHED - Japan's Kaori Icho has become the first wrestler in Olympic history to win four gold medals.

DROPPED - A number of boxing judges and referees after a review of controversial decisions at the Games.

ORDERED - US swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen not to leave the country by a Brazilian court in response to their conflicting accounts of a gunpoint robbery during a taxi ride, while teammates Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were taken off their home flight from Rio by local authorities amid the investigation.

DOMINATED - For the third straight Olympics, China has taken home every table tennis gold medal.

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