Rhys McClenaghan won Olympic pommel horse gold for Ireland as Team GB's Max Whitlock finished out of the medals in his final competition before retirement.

Simone Biles clinched her sixth Olympic gold medal as she reasserted her status as the No.1 all around gymnast.

Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred ran away from American sensation, Sha’Carri Richardson, as she streaked across the finish line with relative ease in a blazing 10.72 seconds to claim first place and win her Caribbean nation’s first ever Olympic medal.

Former England manager Steve McClaren has been named Head Coach of Jamaica's men's national team.

As the track and field events was set to take centre stage in Paris, it was France's swimming sensation, Leon Marchand, who would command centre stage, winning a sensational fourth Olympic gold in the pool.

One would think competing in the Olympics would be the ultimate success for an athlete, but for some American athletes, the competitions also have given them a springboard to other successes or even to cultural icon status.