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Jazmin Sawyers and Abigail Irozuru missed out on the medals in the long jump final as Germany's Malaika Mihambo took gold.
The tense final went down to the wire as Mihambo produced an inspired last-gasp jump to win the event and snatch gold away from USA's Brittney Reese, who held a slim lead going into the final round.
Reese, a multiple global world champion, had a best jump of 6.97m while Nigeria's Ese Brume, who finished with bronze, also jumped the same distance as the American but Reese held top spot due to her second best mark being superior to Brume's.
Team GB's Jazmin Sawyers misses out on the medals in the women's long jump final
Sawyers, 27, from Stoke-on-Trent, finished eighth with a best jump of 6.80m on Tuesday
However, Mihambo snatched Olympic glory at the last second with a huge 7m jump – beating Reese and Brume's jumps by 3cm.
Team GB's Sawyers, 27, from Stoke-on-Trent, finished eighth with a best jump of 6.80m while Irozuru came 11th with 6.51m.
'I'm disappointed,' Sawyers admitted after the event. 'Any Olympic final is an achievement but at this point in my career I think I would be doing myself a disservice if I was satisfied with eighth place.
