HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day 15 at the Rio Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Latest news from the 15th day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday (all times GMT): 2309 BRAZIL BEAT GERMANY AFTER PENALTY SHOOTOUT TO WIN OLYMPIC SOCCER GOLD Neymar struck the winning penalty as Brazil beat Germany 5-4 in a penalty shootout to win their first ever gold medal in Olympic football. The sides drew 1-1 in a tense encounter at the iconic Maracana Stadium. 2250 RUSSIA'S ANNA SEN STRUGGLES TO CONTAIN EMOTIONS AFTER HANDBALL GOLD "I was crying because this was my dream. My biggest dream. I don't know how to go home because I still don't feel like an Olympic champion yet. It hasn't settled in yet. Everything is like a dream," Russia's Anna Sen is still in shock after her team won gold in the women's handball at the expense of France. 2210 KEEPING CALM THE KEY TO MAMUN'S VICTORY "I was trying to be as calm as possible and as focused as possible. That helped me give such a good performance," said Russia's Margarita Mamun after winning the individual all around gold in rhythmic gymnastics. 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Ibrahim Saidau of Belarus and Georgia's Geno Petriashvili won bronze. 2130 RUSSIA'S LESUN WINS PENTATHLON GOLD Russia's Alexander Lesun notched up 1,479 points en route to gold in the modern pentathlon. Ukraine's Pavlo Tymoshchenko took silver while Mexico's Ismael Uscanga won bronze. 2110 RUSSIA'S SADULAEV WINS MEN'S 86KG FREESTYLE WRESTLING GOLD "I don't feel anything else yet. It was my dream since my childhood to be an Olympic champion. I'm very happy and I want to thank everybody who supported me," said Abdulrashid Sadulaev after beating Selim Yasar of Turkey 3-0 to win gold in the men's 86kg freestyle wresting. 2105 CHINA'S CHEN AISEN WINS GOLD IN MEN'S 10 METRE PLATFORM DIVING EVENT Chen Aisen's total of 585.30 gave him gold in the men's 10 metre platform event, as Mexico's German Sanchez and American David Boudia took silver and bronze. 2056 RUSSIA'S MAMUN WINS INDIVIDUAL ALL AROUND GOLD IN RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS Russia's Margarita Mamun scored 76.483 to win the individual all around gold and stretch Russia's dominance in rhythmic gymnastics into a fifth successive Olympics. Three-times world champion Russia's Yana Kudryavtseva had to settle for silver after dropping a club in the final seconds of her routine, while Ukraine's Ganna Rizatdinova won bronze. 2050 TAURASI THRILLED AFTER U.S. WOMEN MAKE IT SIX BASKETBALL GOLDS IN A ROW "It's pretty incredible. We had a goal to win the gold medal but there's something more to it than that. It's not about one person, one coach, it's about, 'how can we make this the best basketball team ever?'" said Diana Taurasi after the U.S. beat Spain 101-72 to claim their sixth consecutive gold in women's basketball. 2016 ESPINOZA THROUGH TO WOMEN'S HEAVYWEIGHT +67KG FINAL Mexico's Maria Espinoza reached the women's heavyweight +67kg taekwondo final with a win over Jackie Galloway of the United States. 1806 U.S. WIN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GOLD The United States won their sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal in women's basketball, defeating Spain 101-72 in the final. Serbia won the bronze with a 70-63 victory over France earlier on Saturday. 1957 RUSSIA WIN GOLD IN WOMEN'S HANDBALL Russia won their first Olympic gold in women's handball with a 22-19 win over France in the final. Earlier on Saturday, Norway beat Netherlands to take the bronze medal. 1939 ARLEN LOPEZ ON BEING UNDER PRESSURE GIVEN CUBA DID NOT WIN AS MANY MEDALS AS EXPECTED "Yes, I felt pressured by that, because things are always unpredictable in the Olympics. We were able to maintain our mentality throughout the games. We are psychologically strong," Lopez said after winning the men's middleweight title and Cuba's third gold medal of the Olympic boxing tournament. 1857 NICOLA ADAMS DELIGHTED TO BE BRITAIN'S 'MOST ACCOMPLISHED BOXER' AFTER RETAINING OLYMPIC FLYWEIGHT TITLE "I'm absolutely over the moon. I'm now the most accomplished amateur boxer that Britain has ever had. It's a nice title to have. It's been an amazing journey." 1826 CUBA'S ROBEISY RAMIREZ UNSURE OF TOKYO 2020 PARTICIPATION AFTER TAKING MEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT BOXING GOLD "Ever since I started boxing and I won my first in London. I was always thinking about the second, third or fourth. But four years is a long time from now, and we do not know what is going to happen." 1823 ITALY WIN MEN'S WATER POLO BRONZE Italy clinched the men's water polo bronze medal with a 12-10 win over Montenegro. Croatia face world champions Serbia in the gold-medal match later on Saturday. 1820 CUBA'S LOPEZ WINS MEN'S MIDDLEWEIGHT BOXING GOLD Arlen Lopez beat Uzbekistan's Bektemir Melikuziev to win the men's middleweight boxing gold. Azerbaijan's Kamran Shakhsuvarly and Mexico's Misael Rodriguez took the bronze medals as losing semi-finalists. 1812 NIGERIA BEAT HONDURAS 3-2 TO WIN SOCCER BRONZE Nigeria won the bronze medal in men's football with a 3-2 victory over Honduras. Brazil take on Germany in the gold-medal match later on Saturday. 1805 U.S. WINS BRONZE IN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL The U.S. women's volleyball team defeated the Netherlands 25-23 25-27 25-22 25-19 to win the bronze medal. Serbia, gunning for their first-ever Olympic medal in the event, take on two-times gold medallists China in the final later on Saturday. 1746 SWEDEN'S JENNY RISSVEDS THRILLED TO WIN WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY CYCLING GOLD AFTER OVERCOMING INJURIES "I cannot believe it. I do not know what to say. I just came here a week ago. I crashed in training, and ended up with six stitches in my knee and four in my elbow and I thought this is not going to work at all." "This is for sure the biggest achievement in my career. It is just unbelievable." 1739 GOLF WILL GAIN MORE POPULARITY AFTER GAMES, SAYS GOLD MEDALLIST INBEE PARK OF SOUTH KOREA "I think golf is going to get more popular after a lot of people watched golf today. Even people who don't like golf have watched golf this week," Park said after winning the first Olympic gold medal in women's golf since 1900. 1734 FRANCE'S SARAH OURAHMOUNE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM BOXING AFTER LOSING WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT FINAL TO NICOLA ADAMS "This was my last fight. I'm retiring now. This was a great tournament for me. At the beginning I expected to have a medal but day by day as I progressed through the rounds, I had more and more hope. I'm very happy with what I've achieved." 1732 CUBA'S RAMIREZ TAKES MEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT GOLD Cuba's Robeisy Ramirez won the men's bantamweight gold medal after beating 19-year-old Shakur Stevenson of the United States in the final. Russia's Vladimir Nikitin and Uzbekistan's Murodjon Akhmadaliev took the bronze medals. 1720 FAILURE TO QUALIFY FOR MEN'S 10M PLATFORM FINALS WORST POINT IN CAREER - DALEY "It doesn't get any lower than this. It is tough to even think about what the final is going to be like later and what the scores are going to be because if the scores are not over (his preliminary score) 571.00, it will be even more frustrating," Britain's Tom Daley said after finishing in last place in the men's 10-metre platform semi-finals. 1712 ADAMS RETAINS WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT BOXING TITLE Britain's Nicola Adams retained her flyweight boxing title by beating France's Sarah Ourahmoune. Adams became the first British boxer to win two successive golds since London policeman Harry Mallin won the middleweight division at the 1920 Antwerp and 1924 Paris Games. Ren Cancan of China, the 2012 silver medallist, and Colombia's Ingrit Valencia Victoria took bronze as losing semi-finalists. 1707 SWEDEN'S RISSVEDS WINS WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY GOLD Sweden's Jenny Rissveds raced away to gold in the women's cross-country cycling event. Maja Wloszczowska of Poland won the silver medal and Canada's Catharine Pendrel clinched the bronze. (Reporting by Ian Rodricks and Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Nina Chestney, Ed Osmond, Clare Fallon and Bill Rigby)