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HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day 12 at the Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 12th day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday (all times GMT): 2307 RUSSIA'S ZHOLOBOVA CONTENT DESPITE MISSING OUT ON GOLD "Maybe I have not yet fully realised that I let the gold slip out of my hands and missed the chance of a revolution in the history of women's wrestling. But everything happens for a reason," said Valeriia Zholobova, who lost to Kaori Icho of Japan in last few seconds of the women's 58kg wrestling final. 2241 DOSHO TAKES WOMEN'S 69KG FREESTYLE GOLD Sara Dosho of Japan beat Russia's Natalia Vorobieva 3-1 to win the gold medal in the women's 69kg freestyle wrestling final. Jenny Fransson of Sweden and Kazakhstan's Elmira Syzdykova won the bronze medals. 2232 FINOL ENDS VENEZUELA'S LONG MEDAL WAIT IN BOXING Venezuela's Yoel Segundo Finol secured his country's first Olympic boxing medal since 1984 after beating Algerian Mohamed Flissi to reach the flyweight semi-finals. Finol will fight Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan on Friday with the winner securing silver and a shot at gold. 2225 U.S. MAKE WOMEN'S WATER POLO FINAL The United States reached the women's water polo final after beating Hungary. In the gold medal match, they face Italy, the gold medal winners in 2004, which beat Russia 12-9 in the other semi-final. READ MORE Europe's top Olympic official steps down after arrest Olympics-Brazilian police arrest Irish IOC member in ticketing probe Boxing-AIBA drops some referees, judges after scoring controversy Table Tennis-Injured Boll helps Germany clinch bronze over South Korea Badminton-Lee still has "anger" to prove himself - coach Athletics-American Eaton and Canada's Warner in decathlon battle Athletics-Kenya's Kipruto wins men's 3,000m steeplechase Judge orders U.S. swimmer Lochte, teammate not to leave Brazil Water polo-U.S. women advance to gold-medal game Basketball-Australia beats Lithuania to go through to men's semi-finals Equestrian-France comes from behind to win jumping gold Athletics-Farah survives scare to reach 5,000m final Badminton-Champion Lin survives to set up Lee showdown Bahraini overtures to Kenya-born runners attract medals, controversy 2137 BRITAIN THROUGH TO WOMEN'S HOCKEY FINAL Britain beat New Zealand 3-0 to make the women's hockey final. They face defending champions Netherlands, who reached the gold medal match after a thrilling 4-3 shootout against Germany. 2136 JAPAN'S ICHO CLINCHES WOMEN'S 58KG WRESTLING GOLD Kaori Icho of Japan beat Russia's Valeriia Zholobova 3-1 to win her fourth successive Olympic gold medal in the women's 58kg wrestling event. India's Sakshi Malik and Marwa Amri of Tunisia won the bronze medals. 2113 GERMANY BEAT NIGERIA TO REACH MEN'S SOCCER FINAL Goals from Lukas Klostermann and Nils Petersen helped Germany beat Nigeria 2-0 to reach the men's soccer final. They face hosts Brazil in the gold medal match. 2049 KEMBOI DQ, MEKHISSI THIRD IN 3,000M STEEPLECHASE Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya, who finished third in the 3,000 metres steeplechase final, was disqualified after the judges found he had stepped out of his lane. France's Mahiedine Mekhissi was elevated to third place. 2036 U.S. REACH MEN'S VOLLEYBALL SEMI-FINALS The United States reached the men's volleyball semi-finals after defeating Poland 25-23 25-22 25-20. Defending champions Russia beat Canada in another quarter-final encounter. 2052 CLUBHOUSE LEADER LOVING LIFE AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE "I like it a lot. First time before I come here, I have no idea what it's going to be like, but when I got here, I like it. I love it a lot," Thailand's Ariya Jutanugarn said after she shot a six-under-par 65 in the opening round of the women's golf competition. "I am room mates with badminton players from Thailand and I have watched them play a few matches. They are pretty good." 2028 TOSAKA CLINCHES GOLD IN WOMEN'S FREESTYLE 48KG Japan's Eri Tosaka defeated Mariya Stadnyk of Azerbaijan 3-1 to win the gold medal in the women's freestyle 48kg wrestling final. Elitsa Yankova of Bulgaria and China's Sun Yanan clinched the bronze medals. 1959 YELEUSSINOV WINS WELTERWEIGHT GOLD Daniyar Yeleussinov of Kazakhstan beat Uzbekistan's Shakhram Giyasov 3-0 to win the gold medal in the men's welterweight boxing final. Morocco's Mohammed Rabii and France's Souleymane Diop Cissokho won bronze medals as losing semi-finalists. 1915 SPAIN MAKE BASKETBALL SEMI-FINALS Spain defeated France 92-67 to earn a berth in the men's basketball semi-finals. A team heavy with NBA players, Spain may face the United States in the semi-finals on Friday if the struggling Americans defeat Argentina later in the day. 1801 BRAZIL BEAT HONDURAS, NEYMAR NETS FASTEST OLYMPIC GOAL Brazil scored six goals past a hapless Honduras side, as forward Neymar opened the scoring with the fastest Olympic goal at 15 seconds in the men's Olympic football semi-finals. Neymar and Gabriel Jesus got two each, Marquinhos and Luan added one each to seal an emphatic 6-0 victory. Brazil will face either Germany or Nigeria in the finals. 1753 GERMANY CLINCH BRONZE OVER SOUTH KOREA IN TABLE TENNIS An injured Timo Boll inspired Germany to a 3-1 victory against South Korea to win bronze in the men's table tennis team tournament. South Korea failed to win a men's team medal for the first time in eight years. 1728 OLYMPIC OFFICIAL HICKEY STEPS DOWN AFTER ARREST Ireland's Pat Hickey has temporarily stepped down from his position as executive member on the International Olympic Committee after being arrested in connection with an investigation into ticket touting at the Rio Games. 1712 INDONESIA CLINCH MIXED DOUBLES BADMINTON GOLD Indonesia's Ahmad Tontowi and Liliyana Natsir, the world number three, beat Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia 21-14 21-12 to clinch gold in the mixed doubles badminton tournament. 1656 FRANCE BEAT BRAZIL TO REACH HANDBALL SEMI-FINALS A dominant second half from France helped the defending champions beat home favourites Brazil 34-27 in the men's handball quarter-finals. 1651 DUTCH WOMEN THROUGH TO HOCKEY FINALS Defending champions the Netherlands reached the finals of the women's hockey after a thrilling 4-3 shootout against Germany. Both teams were locked at 1-1 after normal time. 1631 EATON TAKES LEAD IN DECATHLON Defending champion Ashton Eaton took the lead in the men's decathlon after a strong showing in the long jump and shot put events. Canada's Damian Warner, who set an Olympic record in the decathlon 100 metres, trails Eaton in second place. 1629 ITALY MOVE INTO WATER POLO FINAL Italy beat Russia 12-9 in the women's water polo semi-finals, and will face either Hungary or defending champions U.S. in the finals. 1600 AUSTRALIA FIRST TO REACH MEN'S BASKETBALL SEMI-FINALS Australia caused an upset in the men's Olympic basketball tournament as they emphatically beat third-ranked Lithuania 90-64 to advance to the medal round. 1559 JUDGE ORDERS U.S. SWIMMERS NOT TO LEAVE BRAZIL A judge in Brazil has ordered swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen not to leave the country, saying they gave conflicting versions of how they were robbed in Rio de Janeiro. Police had arrived at the Athletes' Village and asked to meet the swimmers and collect their passports, but as the team had moved out after their competition the athletes were not available, a U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) spokesman said. 1538 FRANCE WIN TEAM JUMPING GOLD France won its first team gold since 1976 after the team came from behind to win show jumping competition. The United States got silver, while Germany claimed bronxe after its riders returned for a jump-off with Canada to break a tie. 1514 KIPRUTO WINS 3,000M STEEPLECHASE GOLD Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto powered to victory in the men's 3,000m steeplechase. American Evan Jager edged out twice Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi near the finish line to win silver. 1511 FAJDEK MISSES OUT ON HAMMER THROW FINAL Poland's Pawel Fajdek, a twice world champion, failed to qualify for the finals of the event after managing 72m, 12m shy of his career best. 1500 SOUTH AFRICA'S SEMENYA AFTER WINNING HER 800M HEAT "I am not focused on any world records, I am focused on enjoying my championship and it's going to be a tough 800m. Times don't matter but medals matter. I just want to run my own race and so far it's been very good." 1407 FARAH ON COLLIDING WITH HASSAN MEAD IN 5,000M HEAT "I've got such a long stride, I get tripped up or tangled up with someone. But I managed to stay on my feet. It was quite nerve-wracking, and (I'm) just getting back into the zone again." 1400 AIBA TO DROP SOME JUDGES, REFEREES AFTER REVIEW The AIBA boxing federation has dropped a number of judges and referees from the Rio Olympics after reviewing decisions at the Games. However, AIBA added that the results of all bouts would stand. 1400 SEMENYA CRUISES TO 800M HEAT WIN Caster Semenya of South Africa, a top contender for the 800m title, remained untroubled and coasted to victory in her heats to move into the next round. (Reporting by Ian Rodricks, Simon Jennings and Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli and Ed Osmond)