Day 10 of the Olympics and as usual it is early morning hockey. Germany take on New Zealand in an important game for both teams. Midway through the first half and there is no score. A win for New Zealand will ensure them a semi final place but the Germans must win by 3 clear goals to have a chance of staying in the tournament. The all blacks are playing in all white! The game ended goalless which was enough to put New Zealand into the last four.
Plenty to come later including the medal race of the Laser class in the sailing where Tom Slingsby of Australia is on course for gold.
Evening now and plenty to report on today. Gold for GB in the Show Jumping team event and for Jason Kenny in the cycling sprint. There was also a bronze for Beth Tweddle in the Gymnastics. Saudi Arabia took bronze in the team Show Jumping which was their first medal of the games while in the Gymnastics Brazil’s Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti won the rings, claiming the first ever gymnastics gold for his country.
It is the women’s football semi finals today and Japan beat France 2.1 with France missing a penalty (put it wide) and squandering numerous chances to equalise in the last 20 minutes.
In Group A of the women’s hockey Japan did GB a huge favour earlier today beating China 1.0 which means we qualify for the semi finals. We are into the second half in the women’s hockey and it is 1.1 between GB and Holland. Both teams have already qualified but GB need to win to top the group.
There is plenty going on at the various venues. In the football semi final there is no score after 12 minutes between USA and Canada.
In the women’s boxing Nicola Adams earned at least a bronze medal with a stylish points win against Petrova of Bulgaria in the flyweight division. She meets an Indian boxer in the semi final.
Our flyweight boxer Andrew Selby is in action tomorrow and meets a boxer from Cuba in the quarters. The Cubans are always tough opponents. In the welterweight quarter finals GBs Freddie Evans meets Custio Clayton.
Some sloppy defending and it’s Holland 2 GB 1 meanwhile up at Old Trafford Christine Sinclair has put Canada 1 up with the very cool finish. Game on!
Ostapchuk has won the women’s shot for Belarus beating the defending champ Valerie Adams of New Zealand.
Our pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale has had a bad day and is in tears. You have to feel for her.
We are getting to the quarter final stages in the team sports.
Women’s Basketball – Australia v China; USA v Canada; Turkeyv Russia; France v Czech Republic.
Women’s handball – Brazil v Norway; Russia v Korea; Spain v Croatia; France v Montenegro.
Women’s Volleyball – Russia v Brazil; Japan v China; Italy v Korea; USA v Dominixcan Republic.
In the Water Polo the women are down to the semi finals tomorrow with USA playing Australia and Hungary playing Spain.
Holland win the hockey 2.1 but GB are in the semi finals.
Men’s 400m hurdles final coming up. Dai Green looks up against it after scraping into the final. Fingers crossed though. Green is 5th. Sanchez of the Dominican Republic takes gold and he seems rather pleased!
USA v Canada is now 1.1.
Alternating between the Women’s steeplechase and the women’s pole vault. Zaripova makes all to win gold for Russia in the steeplechase in the 3rd fastest time ver.
3 all at Old Trafford in what is becoming an epic and Womack misses a sitter for the USA. Sinclair has a hat trick for the Canadians.
It’s all happening now. Kirani James of Granada wins the men’s 400m in style to beat fellow teenager Santos of the Dominican Republic. No runner from the USA in the final for the first time in donkey’s years and we had twin brothers from Belgium. Off to the boxing Anthony Ogogo fights Stefan Hartel from Germany. It’s extra time at Old Trafford. There is a vital hockey match in the women’s competition where Australia play Argentina with the winners going through to the semi finals.
Ogogo 5.2 up at the end of round 1. I wonder how the pole vault is going on. Ogogo leads 10.6 at the end of round 2. Ogogo in the semi finals winning 15.10 but the German was no pushover.
Jennifer Suhr has won the pole vault for the USA and the hockey is 0.0 at half time.
Fantastic header by Morgan wins it for USA in the third minute of stoppage time in extra time. They were only ahead in the game for 30 seconds. The hockey ends 0.0 and Argentina go though.It is still 0.0 in the hockey and a draw will do for Argentina.
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