Sailing duo Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson were pipped to gold by by Sweden in the Star class but clinched a well earned silver medal, the success continued as Ben Ainslie became the best Olympic sailor of all time with his fourth Olympic gold medal in the Finn class ahead of Denmark's Jonas Hogh-Christensen.
Over at Wimbledon and a surprise as Novak Djokovic (Srb) loses in straight sets to Argentinian Juan Martin Del Porto who secured a the bronze medal. Gold for Great Britain and Andy Murray with an amazing straight sets victory (6-2 6-1 6-4) over World number 1 Roger Federer (Sui) to claim the first of two possible Olympic golds.
Two medals in the Pommel Horse final as Max Whitlock claims silver and Louis Smith wins silver narrowly missing out on gold to Krisztian Berki (Hun) as the two had the same score except Berki had a higher execution score and took gold. Later on in the Velodrome, Ed Clancy secured bronze in the Men's Omnium with gold going to Denmark.
Back at Wimbledon, Andy Murray and Laura Robson won the first set (6-2) of the mixed doubles against Max Mirinyi and Victoria Azerenka of Belarus but sadly lost the second set 6-3 and then the resulting tie-break 10-8 but secured a well deserved silver and Murray goes from Wimbledon finalist to double Olympic medallist in just under a month. Robson receives Olympic silver at the age of 18 which will hopefully be the starting success of a great career.
The evening session focused in the Olympic stadium as GB's athletes had mixed results, Dwain Chambers finished fourth in his 100m semi but missed out on the final. Yamile Aldama finished 5th in the Triple Jump final with Kazakhstan taking the gold. Ross Murray and Andrew Baddeley missing out on the 1500m final finishing 8th and 10th in their semis.
Christine Ohuruogu sealed silver in the 400m as USA's Sanya Richards-Ross took the gold in a pulsating final which saw a US 1st and 3rd woth DeeDee Trotter with the bronze.
The night ended with the event everyone had waited for in the Men's 100m final which saw the four fastest men on earth all in the same race and after a heart-racing 9.63 seconds Usain Bolt flew over the line after a average start to claim the OR and become double Olympic 100m champion with compatriot Yohan Blake taking the silver ahead of USA's Justin Gatlin.
The medal table looks even better after todays wins...
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Over at Wimbledon and a surprise as Novak Djokovic (Srb) loses in straight sets to Argentinian Juan Martin Del Porto who secured a the bronze medal. Gold for Great Britain and Andy Murray with an amazing straight sets victory (6-2 6-1 6-4) over World number 1 Roger Federer (Sui) to claim the first of two possible Olympic golds.
Two medals in the Pommel Horse final as Max Whitlock claims silver and Louis Smith wins silver narrowly missing out on gold to Krisztian Berki (Hun) as the two had the same score except Berki had a higher execution score and took gold. Later on in the Velodrome, Ed Clancy secured bronze in the Men's Omnium with gold going to Denmark.
Back at Wimbledon, Andy Murray and Laura Robson won the first set (6-2) of the mixed doubles against Max Mirinyi and Victoria Azerenka of Belarus but sadly lost the second set 6-3 and then the resulting tie-break 10-8 but secured a well deserved silver and Murray goes from Wimbledon finalist to double Olympic medallist in just under a month. Robson receives Olympic silver at the age of 18 which will hopefully be the starting success of a great career.
The evening session focused in the Olympic stadium as GB's athletes had mixed results, Dwain Chambers finished fourth in his 100m semi but missed out on the final. Yamile Aldama finished 5th in the Triple Jump final with Kazakhstan taking the gold. Ross Murray and Andrew Baddeley missing out on the 1500m final finishing 8th and 10th in their semis.
Christine Ohuruogu sealed silver in the 400m as USA's Sanya Richards-Ross took the gold in a pulsating final which saw a US 1st and 3rd woth DeeDee Trotter with the bronze.
The night ended with the event everyone had waited for in the Men's 100m final which saw the four fastest men on earth all in the same race and after a heart-racing 9.63 seconds Usain Bolt flew over the line after a average start to claim the OR and become double Olympic 100m champion with compatriot Yohan Blake taking the silver ahead of USA's Justin Gatlin.
The medal table looks even better after todays wins...
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