<p>Oscar Figueroa, a 33-year-old Colombian who practises meditation and was recently sentenced to 16 months in prison, broke down in tears and retired after winning Olympic gold in the men's 62kg weightlifting on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Figueroa, a silver medallist at the London 2012 Games who escaped jail when the sentence was commuted, came out on top in a head-to-head battle with Indonesia's Eko Yuli Irawan.<br /><br />He was roared on by hundreds of noisy Colombian supporters who cheered his every attempt, as well as the failures of his main rivals.<br /><br />Aus eves triumph<br /><br />Australia became the first Olympic champions in women's rugby sevens when they ran out convincing 24-17 winners over trans-Tasman neighbours New Zealand in the gold medal final at the Deodoro Stadium.<br /><br />The world series champions went behind early in the match but unanswered tries from Emma Tonegato, Evania Pelite, Ellia Green and Charlotte Caslick gave them a lead New Zealand were unable to overcome.<br /><br />Canada earlier took the bronze with a 33-10 victory over Britain.<br />In the men’s section, Japan pulled off a massive shock by beating New Zealand 14-12 in their opening match on Tuesday as Kiwi star Sonny Bill Williams came off injured.<br /><br />Williams was helped off two minutes into the second half, and was led to the team bench where his left boot was taken off and ice applied.<br /><br />It’s Egorian’s day out<br /><br />Russian fencer Yana Egorian beat top-ranked team-mate Sofya Velikaya in a close-fought sabre final, with London 2012 bronze medalist Olga Kharlan of Ukraine again on the third step of the podium.<br /><br />It was a disappointing day for US fencing, however, with Athens and Beijing champion Mariel Zagunis and Ibtihaj Muhammad both losing their second bouts.<br /><br />Egorian scored her fourth win in a year over Velikaya to pick up the gold medal in a final so tense and quiet that a baby could be heard crying in the stands.<br /><br />Burton leads the charge<br /><br />Australia led the eventing after Christopher Burton rode a fast and clean round on a cross country course full of falls, refusals and time penalties.<br /><br />Defending champions Germany dropped from first after dressage to fourth in team standings on Monday though Michael Jung, who took home individual gold four years ago, is in second place behind Burton.<br /><br />Burton's performance helped pull Australia ahead of New Zealand and France.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Oscar Figueroa, a 33-year-old Colombian who practises meditation and was recently sentenced to 16 months in prison, broke down in tears and retired after winning Olympic gold in the men's 62kg weightlifting on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Figueroa, a silver medallist at the London 2012 Games who escaped jail when the sentence was commuted, came out on top in a head-to-head battle with Indonesia's Eko Yuli Irawan.<br /><br />He was roared on by hundreds of noisy Colombian supporters who cheered his every attempt, as well as the failures of his main rivals.<br /><br />Aus eves triumph<br /><br />Australia became the first Olympic champions in women's rugby sevens when they ran out convincing 24-17 winners over trans-Tasman neighbours New Zealand in the gold medal final at the Deodoro Stadium.<br /><br />The world series champions went behind early in the match but unanswered tries from Emma Tonegato, Evania Pelite, Ellia Green and Charlotte Caslick gave them a lead New Zealand were unable to overcome.<br /><br />Canada earlier took the bronze with a 33-10 victory over Britain.<br />In the men’s section, Japan pulled off a massive shock by beating New Zealand 14-12 in their opening match on Tuesday as Kiwi star Sonny Bill Williams came off injured.<br /><br />Williams was helped off two minutes into the second half, and was led to the team bench where his left boot was taken off and ice applied.<br /><br />It’s Egorian’s day out<br /><br />Russian fencer Yana Egorian beat top-ranked team-mate Sofya Velikaya in a close-fought sabre final, with London 2012 bronze medalist Olga Kharlan of Ukraine again on the third step of the podium.<br /><br />It was a disappointing day for US fencing, however, with Athens and Beijing champion Mariel Zagunis and Ibtihaj Muhammad both losing their second bouts.<br /><br />Egorian scored her fourth win in a year over Velikaya to pick up the gold medal in a final so tense and quiet that a baby could be heard crying in the stands.<br /><br />Burton leads the charge<br /><br />Australia led the eventing after Christopher Burton rode a fast and clean round on a cross country course full of falls, refusals and time penalties.<br /><br />Defending champions Germany dropped from first after dressage to fourth in team standings on Monday though Michael Jung, who took home individual gold four years ago, is in second place behind Burton.<br /><br />Burton's performance helped pull Australia ahead of New Zealand and France.<br /><br /></p>