Golden success for GB continued as Bradley Wiggins stormed home 42 seconds ahead of German Tony Martin to secure his place as Britain's Best Olympian (in terms of medals) now with four golds two silvers and a bronze and cap off two great months after his Tour De France victory. Chris Froome secured a bronze to add to his second place in Le Tour.
GB's boxers Luke Campbell (bantanweight) advanced to the quarter final after an 11-9 victory over Italian Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello and Anthony Joshua defeated Erislandy Savon of Cuba 17-16 in the men's super heavyweight.
GB's football team advanced to a tie with South Korea after beating Uruguay 1-0 thanks to a Daniel Sturridge goal. In the All-Round Gymnastics, mistakes cost GB pair Kristian Thomas and Dan Purvis the chance of fighting for a medal as they finished 7th and 12th respectively.
After a great morning at Eton Downey, the succes continued with Charles Cousins, Stephen Rowbotham, Tom Solesbury and Matthew Wells finishing third in their semi-final to advance to the final with the Men's Pair winning their semi to reach Friday's final.
Andy Murray's chase for gold continued despite dropping the first set to advance to the quarter finals after defeating Marcos Baghdatis 4-6 6-1 6-4 .
Another night in the pool came with mixed results, Michael Jamieson came close to gold and was only beaten by a WR swim by Gyurta to secure silver bu Andrew Willis finished in eighth.
Caitlin McClatchey, Rebecca Turner, Hannah Miley and Joanne Jackson finished fifth in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay with the gold going to Team USA with a new OR.
James Goddard and Joe Roebuck both advanced to the semis of the 200m IM with successes in the heats and Southport's Fran Halsall finished fourth in her 100m freestyle semi to advance to the final but sadly Amy Smith missed out.
Jemma Lowe finishes 6th in the women's 200m butterfly final with James Goddard adding to his earlier success with a third place in the 200m IM semi behind American's Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to reach the final but in the other semi Joe Roebuck came in seventh and missed out on the final.
GB's boxers Luke Campbell (bantanweight) advanced to the quarter final after an 11-9 victory over Italian Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello and Anthony Joshua defeated Erislandy Savon of Cuba 17-16 in the men's super heavyweight.
GB's football team advanced to a tie with South Korea after beating Uruguay 1-0 thanks to a Daniel Sturridge goal. In the All-Round Gymnastics, mistakes cost GB pair Kristian Thomas and Dan Purvis the chance of fighting for a medal as they finished 7th and 12th respectively.
After a great morning at Eton Downey, the succes continued with Charles Cousins, Stephen Rowbotham, Tom Solesbury and Matthew Wells finishing third in their semi-final to advance to the final with the Men's Pair winning their semi to reach Friday's final.
Andy Murray's chase for gold continued despite dropping the first set to advance to the quarter finals after defeating Marcos Baghdatis 4-6 6-1 6-4 .
Another night in the pool came with mixed results, Michael Jamieson came close to gold and was only beaten by a WR swim by Gyurta to secure silver bu Andrew Willis finished in eighth.
Caitlin McClatchey, Rebecca Turner, Hannah Miley and Joanne Jackson finished fifth in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay with the gold going to Team USA with a new OR.
James Goddard and Joe Roebuck both advanced to the semis of the 200m IM with successes in the heats and Southport's Fran Halsall finished fourth in her 100m freestyle semi to advance to the final but sadly Amy Smith missed out.
Jemma Lowe finishes 6th in the women's 200m butterfly final with James Goddard adding to his earlier success with a third place in the 200m IM semi behind American's Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps to reach the final but in the other semi Joe Roebuck came in seventh and missed out on the final.
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