Olympic Highlights: Teddy Riner's Historic Gold, Morocco's Soccer Triumph, and Much More

French judo legend Teddy Riner secured his fourth Olympic gold medal, while Leon Marchand is eyeing his fourth swimming title. British showjumpers won gold, Morocco advanced in soccer, and Spain clinched sailing gold. Numerous other events unfolded, including gender controversies in boxing and impressive athletic feats.

French judo great Teddy Riner bagged a fourth Olympic gold medal on Friday, while home favourite Leon Marchand is targeting his own fourth swimming title of the Paris Games later in the day.

Meanwhile, the track and field events have begun. Here's what you need to know about the Olympics on Friday.

GOLD FOR TEDDY RINER Teddy Riner scored an ippon to win gold in the Judo +100kg category at his home Olympics. The 35-year-old has now won four Olympics golds over the course of his career.

Riner lit the Olympic cauldron last Friday alongside French athlete Marie-Jose Perec. BRITISH SHOWJUMPERS

British showjumpers Ben Maher, Harry Charles, and Scott Brash won Olympic team gold, making stellar rides with almost no errors on a challenging track. Securing their third team win in the discipline with just two time penalties and zero knocked-off rails, Britain was ahead of the United States with 4 and France with 7 penalty points.

MOROCCO'S SOCCER MARCH Morocco advanced to the Olympic men's football semi-finals for the first time, thumping the United States 4-0 at the Parc des Princes.

ATHLETICS Germany's Leo Neugebauer leads the decathlon and is well-placed to unseat reigning champion Damian Warner after three of 10 events.

Track gold will be awarded in the men's 10,000 meters. Ethiopia's Selemon Barega will be defending his Olympic title, with Uganda's world record holder Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo looking to improve on their Tokyo silver and bronze medals respectively. SAILING GOLD

Spain's Diego Botin and Florian Trettel stormed to Olympic men's skiff gold with a consummate medal race, after the Netherlands duo of Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz had clinched overall victory in the women's skiff. ANTS IN HIS PANTS

Xander Schauffele remained in the hunt for a second successive Olympic gold as the American took an early clubhouse lead on the second day of the men's golf competition on Friday, unperturbed by a brush with an anthill when he strayed into the rough. BIRTHDAY WIN

Croatian rower Valent Sinkovic celebrated his 36th birthday by coming from behind to win a sensational gold in the men's pair together with his brother Martin. SWIMMER COLLAPSES

Slovakia's Tamara Potocka collapsed after her women's 200 meters individual medley heat on Friday because she has asthma and did not have her inhaler with her, a team official said after the swimmer received medical treatment. GENDER ROW

The International Olympic Committee defended its decision to allow two female boxers to compete at the Paris Olympics despite a gender row, saying the pair were facing "aggression" from critics. Taiwan's presidential office and former president on Friday expressed support for Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting who has been embroiled in the row.

Lin won her featherweight round of 16 bout against Uzbekistan's Sidora Turdibekova on points. (Compiled by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Tom Hogue, Toby Davis and Alison Williams)

(With inputs from agencies.)