Winners and losers
Another medal for Team GB and from an unexpected quarter! The team gymnastics provided real drama as we appeared to win the silver medal, only to be relegated to bronze after an appeal from Japan. Nonetheless bronze was a fantastic achievement matching the bronze we had won 100 years before.
Elsewhere the Three Day Event team go into the show jumping phase in with medal chances after the dressage and cross country. We are currently lying second behind Germany with Sweden in 3rd and New Zealand not far behind.
There was disappointment for Team GB in the diving where Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield finished fourth.
One of the best performances from Team GB ended in defeat, albeit a very creditable one going down 7.8 to Russia.
The most remarkable moment of the day came in the women’s basketball where Belinda Snell scored a 3 pointer in the last second from inside her own halfto equalise for Australian against France at 6 all. There was not to be a happy ending though as Francec went to to win in added time.
The gentler sex
China seem to be winning gold medals all over the place and their China’s Li Xueying added to their collection in the women’s weightlifting 58kg category breaking the Olympic record in the process.
Boxing
We continue to do well in the boxing. Welterweight Freddie Evans, ranked 2 in the World beating his Algerian opponent. He faces a Lithuanian in the next round.
Hockey
The men’s hockey got under way with Korea beating New Zealand 2.0 in the opening game. India have a proud record at the Olympics with more golds than any other nation but they have not beten Holland for 26 years. The sequence continued as the Dutch won a thriller 3.2 Team GB got off to a good start with a 4.1 win over Argentina.
Handball
There was an exciting game at the Copper Box with Korea beating Denmark 25.24. There have been some close games in this group with France beating Norway 24.23 on Saturday. Tonight Brazil kept up their 100% record against Montenegro in another tight game.
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