Some Team GB highlights:
- We have to start with Mo Farah who, having won the 10,000m last Saturday, did a truly amazing double and won the 5,000m tonight. Coming down the back straight for the last time, he was in the front, but we were all worried for him as there were three or four others breathing down his neck, but he kept getting faster and faster and there was just no way he was letting anyone come past. Truly fantastic.
- The day had got off to a good start at Eton Dorney, with a gold and a bronze in the canoe sprinting. Ed McKeever led from the start and was still leading 200m later at the finish line.
- One boxing final tonight with British interest, with two more to come tomorrow, and Luke Campbell showed the others the way by winning gold.
- And finally, the amazing 18-year-old Tom Daley put together six great dives this evening and claimed a bronze medal in the 10m diving. He was clearly pleased with his performance, and looked like a very happy bronze medallist. And why not too! Well done Tom!!
However, it didn't go all according to plan today:
- Our men's hockey team lost their bronze medal match with Australia and finished in 4th place.
- Annie Last led most of the way round the mountain bike course at Hadleigh Farm, but ended up in 8th place.
- No medals for our men in the modern pentathlon.
And whilst I've been rather biased in my comments over the last couple of weeks, I can't help but mention the Jamaican sprinters again today. They roared home in the 4 x 100m relay - hardly surprising when you have Blake and Bolt on the last two legs, and claimed a new world record of 36.85s. Bolt is now the proud owner of 6 athletics gold medals, second only to Carl Lewis in the post war era.
TEAM GB
Today: 3 gold, 2 bronze
So far: 28 gold, 15 silver, 19 bronze
Medal table position: 3rd