Armstrong completes golden hat-trick but rowing hit by storms

Cycling’s time trials provided the early excitement at Pontal, on the coast to the southwest of the Olympic Park

Stormy weather had a big impact on the opening events of Day 5 at the Olympic Games in Rio, seeing all the day’s rowing and canoeing events cancelled, while conditions also caused trouble for those in the morning cycling time trials, writes Will Downing.

Ireland’s two double sculls semi-finals will instead take place tomorrow at the Lagoa Stadium near Ipanema, with Skibbereen brothers Gary and Paul O’Donovan in the men’s semi-finals, and women’s semi-finalists Claire Lambe and Sinead Lynch having to sit it out.