Saturday 4 August 2012

London 2012 Day 8 Part 1

At the Velodrome, Great Britain's Jason Kenny sets a new Olympic track cycling record for the men's sprint, while South African Oscar Pistorius reaches the semis of the 400m making Olympic history as the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics.

No GB medals in the Triathlon as Helen Jenkins narrowly missed out in 5th with Lucy Hall in 23rd while Jess Ennis continues her chase for Heptahlon gold with a massive Long Jump of 6.48m which is worth over 1000 points and puts her in a great position for gold.

Gold for Great Britain at Eton Dorney as the Men's Four win GB's ninth gold of the games ahead of Australia with Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland taking the gold haul to 10 with  win in the Women's double sculls.

Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter win silver after leading from the start to the last 50m when Denmark stormed through for gold in the Men's double sculls.



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