Rio 2016: Guardian writers pick their favourite Olympic moments

From the brilliance of Michael Phelps, Simone Biles and the Fiji rugby team to a Ryan Lochte ‘sit-in’ and a selfie that reminded us all why the Games still matterHow do you pick just one moment? What about Wayde van Nierkerk’s world record lap of the track? The midnight showdown between Renaud Lavillenie and Thiago Braz da Silva in the pole vault? The police’s decision to terrify everyone in the Olympic park by exploding a rucksack containing a coat and a pair of socks just because they could? Almost every last little thing done by Simone Biles? If I really have to pick, the top three would be…

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