Highlights: Day nine at the Rio Olympics (Reuters)

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Latest news from the ninth day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Sunday (times GMT):

1743 BRITAIN'S WHITLOCK WINS MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISE GOLD

Max Whitlock won gold with a score of 15.633 in the men's floor exercise event, ending Britain's 120-year wait for an Olympic gymnastics gold medal.

Brazil's Diego Hypolito and Arthur Mariano won the silver and bronze medals respectively. Two-time world champion Kenzo Shirai finished fourth.

1731 BANTAMWEIGHT MICHAEL CONLAN ASSESSES HIS PERFORMANCE AFTER HIS 3-0 POINTS WIN OVER ARMENIAN ARAM AVAGYAN

"It is what it is. I had one of my worst performances in a long time, and I still came away with the win," the Irish boxer said.

"I…