* Games schedule | Results | Medal table | Full coverage * Sign up for the Guardian’s daily Olympic briefing * Marcell Jacobs becomes new 100m king with glory for Italy * Email Scott, tweet or comment below the line 3.48am BST Huge, huge jump by MILTIADIS TENTOGLOU of Greece to jump 8.41m and knock JUAN MIGUEL ECHEVARRIA out of gold medal contention on countback. Echevarria has a chance to better the Greek’s leap with his final jump but pulls up on his approach to the sand, clutching his leg. Oh the drama! Gold to Tentoglou! So first position in the high jump was shared and now the first two men in the long jump final cannot be separated by distance, only countback. Tentoglou has been the standout jumper this season but that was cruel on Echevarria, who was all over a gold medalist until the very end. Bronze goes to Cuba’s MAYKEL MASSO with a jump of 8.21m. 3.41am BST MEN’S LONG JUMP FINAL: Righto, we are at the business end now: the sixth and final round of jumps. Cuban JUAN MIGUEL ECHEVARRIA still holds away in gold medal position with that jump of 8.41m. Sweden’s THOBIAS MONTLER just put in what looked to be a superior jump - and it was - but agonisingly it was a foul, barely centimetres over the stripe. Heartbreak for the Swede. But rules are rules. Continue reading...
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