Thursday 2 August 2012

Olympics - day 6

And I thought that yesterday was a good day for Team GB! Today has been pretty impressive too. Here's a quick round-up by sport:

  • Rowing - our first medal of the day came this morning from the men's lightweight four, getting the silver medal. Our teams were in both of the other finals of the morning, but finished 5th in both.
  • Judo - blissfully unaware of what was going on in the judo up to now, Gemma Gibbons appeared with a silver medal today.
  • Canoe - I thought that getting gold and bronze in the same race yesterday in the men's cycling time trial was pretty amazing, but the canoeists went one better today, winning gold and silver in the C2 slalom.
  • Shooting - just a couple of minutes after our first gold of the day, our next one came at the Royal Artillery Barracks with Peter Wilson claiming gold in the double trap shooting.
  • Cycling - and the velodrome action kicked off today. Two medals were up for grabs today, in the men's and women's team sprint. Team GB was dominant in both events, but desperately sadly the women's team were disqualified for a problem with their changeover. Otherwise, they were on for gold. The men's team nailed it, and claimed the gold in a new world record time, bringing Sir Chris Hoy's gold tally to five in Olympic Games - we can now start the debate about what being the "greatest GB Olympian" means (most medals = Wiggins, most golds = Hoy / Redgrave).
  • Sailing - no medals on offer today, but a good day for team GB. Ainslie finally beat the Dane (twice) and has closed the gap, only trailing him by three points with three races to go. We're in the lead in a couple of other classes as well. Maybe medals when they start coming in the sailing on Sunday.
  • Tennis - Murray is through to the semi finals, but has to face Djokovic next, and this evening the Murray / Robson pair won their first mixed doubles match (in a straight to tie break third set) putting them through to the last eight.
  • Hockey - Team GB ladies won 3-0 against Belgium, making it three wins out of three, and edging them closer to a semi-final place.
  • Boxing - Anthony Ogogo beat the world number one from Ukraine to go through to the middleweight quarter-final.
  • Equestrian - Team GB are in first and second place at the end of the first day of the dressage.
Phew - busy day! And the athletics starts tomorrow ...

TEAM GB
Today: 3 gold, 3 silver
So far: 5 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze
Medal table position: 5th