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HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day 14 at the Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 14th day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Friday (all times GMT): 2330 U.S. SWIMMER FEIGEN AT RIO AIRPORT, WAITING TO LEAVE BRAZIL - STAFF U.S. Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen has passed security at Rio international airport and is waiting to board a flight home to the United States, a member of airport staff said. Earlier on Friday, Feigen paid 35,000 reais ($11,000) to a sporting charity in Rio de Janeiro on the order of a Brazilian judge, after police said he and team mate Ryan Lochte lied about being robbed at gunpoint at the weekend. 2313 WINNING BRITAIN'S FIRST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN WOMEN'S HOCKEY 'LIKE A DREAM', SAYS KEEPER MADDIE HINCH "It hasn't sunk in it all. It feels like we're in a dream. This whole tournament feels like we are gonna wake up tomorrow and go do our recovery and play another game of hockey." "It does not feel real at all. What a beautiful medal. This is what dreams are made of. What more can I say?" 2258 FRANCE THROUGH TO HANDBALL FINAL France became the first team to reach the men's handball final when they ousted Germany, the world's top-ranked team, in a thrilling 29-28 win. France, ranked fifth, will meet either Poland or Denmark in Sunday's final. 2255 GETTING 585 POINTS CAN WIN ME GOLD, TOM DALEY "My score today would have gotten a gold medal in London (2012) and in a lot of the international meets this year. It's hard to say because in an outdoor environment, you don't know what the weather conditions are going to be like," Daley, who won a 10-metre platform bronze at the London Games, said. "You don't know if it's going to be windy, if it's going to be rainy, where the light is going to be, if it's going to distract anyone in particular, but I think it's going to take about 585 (points) for the gold medal." 2245 U.S. COACH ADAM KRIKORIAN ON HIS EMOTIONS NEARING THE END OF THE WOMEN'S WATER POLO FINAL AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT "It was hitting me pretty hard. I was thinking about my brother and about how hard this journey has been. It would have been very selfish of me to let what happened to me personally effect this group," he said after the U.S. beat Italy to take the women's water polo gold. 2205 GERMANY TAKE WOMEN'S SOCCER GOLD Germany won their first ever Olympic gold medal in women's football on Friday when they turned in a superior second half performance to beat Sweden 2-1. READ MORE Aboard AA990: A curtain comes down on U.S. swimmers' gold medal glory Russia's Isinbayeva announces retirement, says God will judge IAAF Rio Paralympics to cut costs amid cash crunch, but says Games to go ahead U.S. swimmers' tall tale touches a raw nerve in Brazil Ryan Lochte dubbed "Ugly American" as Rio robbery tale collapses Lochte apologises, team mate pays fine for lying to Brazil police Volleyball-Italian men oust U.S. and seek first gold U.S. women win water polo gold medal, defeating Italy Hockey-Britain dethrone the Netherlands to take gold Basketball-U.S. down Spain to reach men's gold medal final Basketball-U.S. women seek sixth gold with a win over Spain Soccer great Pele to play no role at closing ceremony Badminton-Marin fends off brave Sindhu to win gold Badminton-Lee fends off nemesis Lin in classic battle 2200 BRITAIN TAKE FIRST WOMEN'S HOCKEY GOLD Britain beat defending champions the Netherlands to take home their first women's Olympic gold medal, winning 2-0 in a tense penalty shootout following a hardfought 3-3 draw. Germany beat New Zealand 2-1 to take the bronze medal. 2058 U.S. MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE TOUGH TO BEAT- KEVIN DURANT "We need to continue to play with that effort on the defensive end. With passion like that it's going to be tough to beat us," the player said after the U.S. beat Spain in the semi-finals. "Offensively, any given time we can get hot. You see guys making shots all the time. But for the most part we've got to be ready on the defensive end. I think today and the last two games we were really good." 2041 MISTAKES PROVED COSTLY IN SPAIN'S DEFEAT TO U.S. IN MEN'S BASKETBALL SEMIS - RICKY RUBIO "They (U.S.) are a great team. We fought but it wasn't enough. They played good and we lost. We made a lot of mistakes, especially on rebounds. We gave them a lot of second opportunities and that killed us," Rubio said after Spain's defeat by the U.S. in the men's semi-finals. 2034 HARD TO GET SUPPORT FROM BRAZILIAN CROWD AFTER COUNTRY'S 7-1 DEFEAT BY GERMANY - TAHIR GUELEC "The audience was not against me but against Germany in general," the German said after losing to Cheikh Sallah Cisse of Cote D'Ivoire in the men's -80kg taekwondo quarter-final. "And I just pointed at the (German) flag on my arm so they knew we beat them in football 7-1 (in the semi-final of the World Cup in 2014). They showed me 7-1 with their fingers and I showed them the flag. I am proud to fight for Germany." 2027 HARD WORK AND HAPPINESS KEY TO RETAINING BMX CYCLING TITLE, SAYS COLOMBIA'S MARIANA PAJON "The difference from London 2012 is that I have more experience. I already knew what to expect from the Olympics. The first medal was incredible, and the second medal was more emotional," she said after retaining her BMX cycling title. 2025 BRITAIN'S NICK SKELTON DISMISSES RETIREMENT PLANS AFTER WINNING INDIVIDUAL SHOW JUMPING GOLD "No, I am not going to stop now. When he (Big Star) stops, I will stop. Skelton, who won his first individual Olympic medal, also revealed where he keeps Britain's team gold he won at the 2012 London Games. "It is actually in my sock drawer. But now I will be able to put two (medals) in one frame." 2018 U.S. REACH MEN'S BASKETBALL FINAL The United States continued their reign over Spain with a grinding 82-76 win to put them through to the gold medal final of the men's basketball tournament for a third straight Olympics. The Americans will face the winner of Australia and Serbia who play later on Friday. 2032 COLOMBIA'S PAJON TAKES WOMEN'S BMX GOLD Colombian Mariana Pajon took the gold medal in the women's BMX cycling event, repeating her feat from London four years ago. American Alise Post took the silver medal with Venezuela's Stefany Hernandez claiming the bronze medal. 2028 RUSSIA STRIPPED OF BEIJING 2008 4X400M WOMEN'S SILVER MEDAL Russia have been stripped of the 4x400m women's relay silver medal from the Beijing Olympics after Anastasia Kapachinskaya tested positive for an anabolic steroid in a re-test of her sample, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said. (Reporting by Ian Rodricks and Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ed Osmond)