Day 14 saw GB reach the 60 medal mark as the superb haul continued with a stunning gold for 58-year-old Nick Skelton in Showjumping, the first for GB in 108 years.The Women's Hockey team stunned defending Olympic champions Netherlands to take gold with a tense 3-3 score at the end of normal time followed by a superb 2-0 penalty shoot-out win.
Lutalo Muhammad suffered a last-gasp heartbreak as he claimed silver in the Taekwondo -80kg, he led 6-4 with a second to go and was hit in the head by Cheick Sallah Cisse (CIV) who took the gold with an 8-6 win. A bronze on the track for GB came in the Women's 4x100m Relay.
Tom Daley qualified for the semi finals of the Men's 10m Platform Diving in first place with Liam Heath qualifying for the final of the Men's Kayak Single 200m while the Women's Kayak Four 500m team also reached the final.
Elsewhere, Usain Bolt completed an historic Olympic 'triple triple' as he added to his 100m, 200m titles with the 4x100m Relay with Jamaica to make it nine finals and nine wins in his Olympic career. In the Women's Golf, GB's Charley Hull sits fifth with China's Lin Xiyu and New Zealand's Lydia Ko both hitting holes-in-one in the third round.
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