Simone Biles returned to competition on the balance beam - which she said "meant the world" - and duly won bronze ©Getty Images

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Guan Chenchen, centre, and Tang Xijing secured a Chinese one-two in the competition ©Getty Images
Guan Chenchen, centre, and Tang Xijing secured a Chinese one-two in the competition ©Getty Images


Meanwhile Daiki Hashimoto added the horizontal bar title to his all-around crown, cementing his status as one of the host nation's stars of the Olympics ©Getty Images
Meanwhile Daiki Hashimoto added the horizontal bar title to his all-around crown, cementing his status as one of the host nation's stars of the Olympics ©Getty Images


Sport climbing made its Olympic debut today with men's qualification ©Getty Images
Sport climbing made its Olympic debut today with men's qualification ©Getty Images


On the track, the day belonged to Norway's Karsten Warholm, who set a stunning 400m hurdles world record of 45.94sec - shaving 0.76 off his previous mark ©Getty Images
On the track, the day belonged to Norway's Karsten Warholm, who set a stunning 400m hurdles world record of 45.94sec - shaving 0.76 off his previous mark ©Getty Images


Rai Benjamin of the United States, top, and Brazil's Alison Dos Santos, bottom, also ran faster than the 46.78sec mark from 1992, which until this year was the world record ©Getty Images
Rai Benjamin of the United States, top, and Brazil's Alison Dos Santos, bottom, also ran faster than the 46.78sec mark from 1992, which until this year was the world record ©Getty Images
Armand Duplantis won an expected gold medal in the men's pole vault, but the Swede came short of breaking his own world record ©Getty Images
Armand Duplantis won an expected gold medal in the men's pole vault, but the Swede came short of breaking his own world record ©Getty Images


Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah won the women's 200m, completing a so-called double-double - back-to-back Olympic 100m and 200m titles ©Getty Images
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah won the women's 200m, completing a so-called double-double - back-to-back Olympic 100m and 200m titles ©Getty Images


Second in that race was 18-year-old Christine Mboma of Namibia, who was not allowed to run over her preferred distance of 400m because of World Athletics' rules on women athletes' naturally-occurring testosterone levels, but still leaves the Olympics with a medal ©Getty Images
Second in that race was 18-year-old Christine Mboma of Namibia, who was not allowed to run over her preferred distance of 400m because of World Athletics' rules on women athletes' naturally-occurring testosterone levels, but still leaves the Olympics with a medal ©Getty Images


Germany produced a third consecutive world-record ride to earn a dominant women’s team pursuit gold in the Izu Velodrome ©Getty Images
Germany produced a third consecutive world-record ride to earn a dominant women’s team pursuit gold in the Izu Velodrome ©Getty Images


Japan's Sena Irie became the first Olympic champion crowned under the IOC Boxing Task Force, winning the women's featherweight division ©Getty Images
Japan's Sena Irie became the first Olympic champion crowned under the IOC Boxing Task Force, winning the women's featherweight division ©Getty Images


Lisa Carrington won two Olympic gold medals in little more than an hour, with the New Zealander first taking the women's K1 200m crown and then teaming up with Caitlin Regal for K2 500m glory ©Getty Images
Lisa Carrington won two Olympic gold medals in little more than an hour, with the New Zealander first taking the women's K1 200m crown and then teaming up with Caitlin Regal for K2 500m glory ©Getty Images


There was heartbreak for Japan in the men's football semi-finals, however, as Spain scored a 115th-minute goal to defeat them 1-0 and set up a final versus Brazil ©Getty Images
There was heartbreak for Japan in the men's football semi-finals, however, as Spain scored a 115th-minute goal to defeat them 1-0 and set up a final versus Brazil ©Getty Images