Team Australia

Rio 2016: Nine Australian athletes free to fly home after receiving passports from authorities

The Australian Olympic Committee confirmed on Monday (AEST) that the passports had been returned, marking the end of the saga which had left the athletes departure date uncertain.

The nine — cyclists Ashlee Ankudinoff and Melissa Hoskins, rugby sevens player Ed Jenkins, archers Alec Potts and Ryan Tyack, rowers Olympia Aldersey, Fiona Albert and Lucy Stephens, and hockey player Simon Orchard — were charged with falsifying a document.

Disabled athlete wins weightlift

Malek Chamoun (Australia) a blind weightlifter, raised the bar at 139kg to top the snatch challenge.

The silver medal was won by Petuna Opeloge (Samoa) and Liam Larkins (Australia) got bronze. 

PNG's best lifters in the 85kg snatch were Jarah Matagu Gabi and Lelo Nou Rei. Medals for the clean and jerk are being contested