Day 2: Full Round-Up Olympic Sportsday

The British weather is back and thankfully, we have a first British

muddle. Four years ago in Beijing, the streets were lined with gold.

This time, we have had a silver jubilee for Elizabeth on the Mall.

Lots of images to be taken on the park. How about this one, as

Rebecca Adlington defended her 400m title. I think it might just be

brightening up. We have had a swimmer, a cyclist, what about a

sailor? Ben Ainslie has started If that doesn't put bums on seats,

I am not sure what will. Good afternoon. Do you mind? Welcome to

Of also coming up, the dream is over for Paula Radcliffe.

Indri means she will not making to the start line for the marathon.

There is a royal appointment in Greenwich Park. Zara Phillips and

the rest of the team I in bronze position after the dressage.

And on a day to 40 more medals, we will tell you who is on top of the

table. Good Evening. Over the next 45

minutes on Olympic Sporstday, we'll squeeze in everything you need to

know from the second day of the Games. The Daily Mail's Matt Lawton

is with me to get behind tomorrow's headlines. He is still smelling of

chlorine. Lots of medals coming up, but we'll start with the two that

are hanging around British necks tonight. Rebecca Adlington's

emotional bronze coming up, but the first medal of the day came on a

rain-soaked Mall, washing away the despondency felt by the men. Lizzie

Armitstead was assured a medal in the women's road race if she could

just stay on in treacherous conditions, and in a three-woman

breakaway, she was just outsprinted to the gold by the Netherlands'

Marianne Vos. But every cloud has a race. Emma Pooley here, has she got

a problem? What a curious part of the world, ideal racing country.

The whole field of 66 riders are still altogether. The rain is

peppering down now. Ooh, just lost balance. We have got an attack on

here. It is the rider from Holland having a go. She is the first

serious attack her trying to jump clear. This race as seems to be

getting animated now. Italy are in trouble as well here. The world

champion has taken a wheel change at the back. The USA rider has some

work to do. This is a mass crash. Emma Pooley seizes the day and

jumps straight clearing to the will of the attacker. This is perfect

racing country for her. This is meat and gravy to her. We can see

another GB Jersey coming up behind her. Lizzie Armitstead. A brace of

riders hear from Great Britain are showing that they are in really

good former. Anything the course offers, they can handle it. Nine km

rain -- remaining, about 12 minutes remaining in this Olympic road race.

We have a British rider who is poised, possibly, to take a gold

medal. They will be starting to think about going for the win now.

They are on the red carpet of tarmac here of the Mall. Vos is

leading this. Cam Armitstead challenge? They are gritting their

teeth, both riders looking for the line. Where is the gold going to

go? Vos gets gold, and Armitstead gets silver. Marianne,

congratulations. How does it feel to come up the Mall like that?

course, I was a little nervous, but we gave everything in the break.

It is the Mall, it is nearly a wall of noise. You just sprint until the

line. Lizzie did a really good job in the break. She also had a good

sprint. I am really happy with this win.

Lizzie, how does it feel? Heavy! I suppose the disappointment of gold

may be starting to settle up a bit, but I am still extremely happy. It

is more than I could have imagined. You have secured a place in history,

the first medal Britain has won in its own Olympics. That must mean

something. It is something, but I wish Mark Cavendish could have to

make yesterday for the boys after all their hard work. But the women

proved that we are a team and we did really well. Describe your

emotions coming down those last few hundred yards? It was the strangest

feeling I have ever had. It was overwhelming, the noise from the

crowd and the feeling that "I can do this". That must part, it was

just not to be. Yes, Marianne has been faster than me all year.

difficult was it out there? The conditions looked treacherous.

used to a lot worse. It was good for me. I have always said I would

like a rainy day, and it came. Well done to Armitstead. So yet

again, Matt, it's a woman in the road race that gets Great Britain

onto the medal table, not the gold of Nicole Cooke four years ago, but

a great ride from Armitstead. was a great race. In the men's race

yesterday, we saw a big group that broke away. If you have a lot of

riders that break away from the main peloton, between them, they

can stay away from the pack. But you just had three goals there that

got away. -- Three girls. Normally in a bike race like that, you would

see the peloton run them down. What probably cost Armitstead was that

she did more work than the other two to keep them awake. It made

sense to stay away, because all three were guaranteed a medal if

they stayed away. I thought she had a chance. Tactically, she rode the

perfect race. She was in the right position coming into the Mall, at

the back of the three. That is exactly where Cavendish would have

been, had he been in that situation. She just couldn't quite get there.

She was talking about the team ethic. So important that she can

take that medal back into the athletes' village and do it for

British cycling, but so important for her after what she has had to

go through over the last few years. I met her a couple of years ago.

The women cyclists are very different from the men. Those guys

are earning seven-figure salaries and have the opportunities to train

in the best facilities. Lizzie Armitstead, two years ago, I

remember talking to her and she was existing on lottery funding of 20

to �30,000 a year, slipping on a friend's floor when she wanted to

use the velodrome in Manchester for training. It is a very different

world, women cycling, so very great for her to deliver when the boys

could not yesterday. To the pool now, where Rebecca

Adlington, double gold medallist in Beijing, was defending her title in

the 400 metres freestyle tonight. But after the heats this morning,

she only scraped in eighth fastest, and she tweeted not long after "Not

expecting anything tonight, all I can do is my best :-) thank you for

all the support. X". Well, that support carried her to a bronze

medal. A great achievement from lane eight. She's the one in the

red cap at the bottom of your screen. Andy Jameson and Adrian

Moorehouse take up the commentary If you go too early, that was what

happened in 2008. Becky was in seventh place with 50m to go, and

she still won it. She is not out of it. Muffat is leading in the centre.

Schmitt second. And Rebecca Adlington turns in fifth position.

She committee is not giving in. She is training with Phelps' coach,

very tough, strong swimmer. Muffat is stretching out. Very casual

stroke. This second part of the 400 is awesome. If they get anywhere

near the world record, it will be a great swimmer. Adlington is in a

good third place. 80 metres to go in the final of the women's 400m

freestyle. Leading at the moment is Camille Muffat of France. Followed

by Allison Schmitt. Also doing well is Adlington at the bottom,

starting to move into bronze-medal position. It was not far off this

position that she won the gold four years ago. Come on, Becky

Adlington! It is Camille Muffat of France leading, Allison Schmitt

second and still in the bronze- medal position, Becky Adlington.

Come on, Becky! This is not over. Muffat has led from the start, but

Schmitt is still coming. It is going to be so close. Muffat of

France in the white hat. Schmitt will get the silver. It is gold to

Muffat. And a fantastic bronze medal for Becky Adlington. Isn't

that marvellous for the 800 as well? I am crying because it was so

overwhelming, the crowd and everything. It was 12 years of hard

work that went into that. It was hard! It is always the 400 that

feels tougher for me. I am so pleased. They were so far ahead but

I could not see beyond them, so I did not know where I was coming. I

am so glad to get a medal at a home games. Not many can say that.

you have any idea how loudly the crowd were shouting? The crowd were

amazing. This is what gets us from fourth to third and gets us on that

podium. I know so many people wanted to get me Hugh -- wanted me

to get the gold, but I tried my Had she calmed down by the time you

got to talk to her, Matt? She was still excited. She came out with a

great line, actually. She said she had watched Armitstead earlier, and

that lifted her. She talked about girl power of than the fact that

the girls had got the British team off and running with the medals. It

was a heroic swim. She was in the first heat this morning. Very hard

to judge it. She swam a pretty fast time to win her heat, but ended up

being the eighth qualifier. So you are not in the race when you look

at that VT. She had no idea what was going on around her. She could

see a couple of lines across, so she just had to swim her own race.

It was an immense performance. not sure if Danny Boyle managed to

squeeze the Spice Girls into his opening ceremony for some girl

power. But who needs them with Armitstead and Adlington? This

bodes well for the 800. She has said all along that the 400 is not

her event. She did not expect to win it four years ago. The Italian

came in as the world record-holder. She was expected to wind. She was

the fastest qualifier, and she blew it in the final. So aren't --

Adlington was surprised to win four years ago. She has a proper

endurance athlete. She is a world record holder. She is the world

champion from last year, so it is not play like she has not continued

to dominate that event. She is still playing it down say she does

not go in with any great expectations, but she wants to win

the gold medal in the 800. If she does, she will become the first

Briton to successfully defend a swimming title. We look forward to

that. You had a busy night at the Aquatics Centre. Three other gold

medals were won there. Two more world records were broken. Phelps

and Lochte were swimming together, but they could not stop the USA

losing their relay crown to the Who could beat an American relay

team featuring Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps? The answer, for

most of the race, was no-one. The Americans were still in the lead

until Ryan Lochte's final leg, when until Ryan Lochte's final leg, when

France's Yannick Agnel spotted a chance. It was a genuine surprise,

and a satisfying end to an enthralling evening by the pool.

South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh broke a world record, as did

Dana Vollmer. Liam Tancock was third fastest in his backstroke

heat. This 15-year-old became a new European record holder. She seem

more surprised than anyone. European record, we watched you

this morning... European record? Where has this huge performance

come from? I don't know! Few words to explain it, maybe, but for her,

London 2012 will be unforgettable. You will remember tonight, weren't

you, Matt, and what happened there with the USA? It was amazing, the

Americans started brilliantly, they were leading all the way. Phelps,

who we thought was finished as a swimmer last night, swam the second

fastest leg ever in the relay, in an awesome performance. So, when

Ryan Lochte took over, he had a commanding lead. But the French guy,

Yannick Agnel, just absolutely chased him down, closed him up at

the turn and powered past him to the finish. It was an astonishing

performance. The Americans lost their Olympic title. Were there

many empty seats in there tonight? A lot of people have been angry,

people who were not able to get tickets, and they do not like

seeing empty seats - were there any tonight in the Aquatics Centre?

There were some, and they are the prime seats, we think they are the

sponsors' seats. What disappointed me most was yesterday, the Phelps-

Lochte final, the first one up, it was supposed to be the big race.

When I looked across the pool last night, there were loads of empty

seats. I found it astonishing. I am lucky, to be covering it as a

journalist, but there's a lot of people who would have loved to have

had those tickets and to be sitting in those seats. What can you do,

because how do you know if the seat is empty, or it is somebody stuck

on a bus? Because they have been paid for, they are owned by

somebody, presumably by a big-name sponsor, and I guess it is people

just not turning up. I don't know, people sitting in hospitality

suites? I have no idea. It is very easy to get to this park, I have

done it every day for the last seven days. The organisation is

superb, the Tubes are running, there is no excuse for being late,

unless you're coming from further than central London, I guess.

hope those sponsors are listening. Some other news, away from the pool

- Paula Radcliffe is out of the Games. She has been struggling with

a foot injury, but she has finally decided that she will not be able

to compete. It would have been her fifth Olympics, but she has never

one a medal. After turning to the Marathon 10 years ago, she broke

down in Athens, trailed in 23rd in Beijing, although she was a world

champion in 2005. But she said she had been through the mill

emotionally and physically over the past few weeks. She said, the goal

of a fifth Olympics in my home country, what better? Today is

finally closing the door on that dream, she said. At least I know I

have tried absolutely everything, she said. Really strong words from

her. She has been an absolutely brilliant ambassador for distance

running, and an incredible Marathon runner. The best there has ever

been, of the women. To minutes 15, as a world record, is one of the

great world records. But she is 38, she has run a lot of miles in her

career. I guess the body is just creaking. She has been unlucky, she

has won three London marathons, three New York marathons. The

Olympic Marathon, it is difficult if you're British Marathon runner

to try to peak in the summer, with the hot weather. April and November,

that's when she has been at her best. But she can reflect on an

amazing career. There was no talk of retirement in her statement, but

she has been so jinxed in her Olympic years, you cannot see any

chance of her making it through to Rio? It is tough. We have had

Marathon winners at 38, but I think 42, well, I am 42, so, you know!

Just a shame that she cannot soak Just a shame that she cannot soak

up the atmosphere here. The crowds would have loved it. Yes, I'm sure

when London won these Games, I'm sure she had a big target set for

herself, and particularly when, as a Marathon runner, it is possible

to be at an outstanding level in your 30s. Ben Ainslie's Olympic

adventures started out in the same year as Paula Radcliffe, that was a

silver for him in Atlanta in 1996. Since then, it has been gold all

the way for him. He is aiming for a fourth Olympic title on the bounce.

He finished second in both of his races today, behind the Danish

athlete Jonas Hogh-Christensen. There were a couple of times when

we had some big cheers from the crowds, and it was great. It was a

real boost, because I was not having the greatest of races at the

beginning. It definitely spurred me on. It was not the perfect start in

the first race, but we know you're so good on the downwind legs, and

overall today, you must be so pleased, it was a great start.

it was certainly better than it has been in the past, but of course, it

is where you finish at the end of the week which counts. Jonas Hogh-

Christensen did really well today, for a play to him. It was a good

start, but a long way to go. For me, I guess there is a lot of

expectation, but no more than work I set myself. It is great to get

out there racing. After all the preparation, it is good to get some

really good racing in. Zara Phillips has made her Olympic

debut in the equestrian eventing at Greenwich Park, riding her horse

High Kingdom in the dressage. She helped her team into the bronze

medal position ahead of the cross country tomorrow. She had a few

royal fans watching on, and of course, our man Joe Wilson.

Discipline and precise movement - for some, dress are in Greenwich

was the big attraction of the London Olympics. For Zara Phillips,

it was finally the fulfilment of her talent, after being kept out of

the last two Olympics due to injuries to her horses. This time

she was on High Kingdom. Her appearance created a wow factor. It

was supposedly a sell-out, but empty seats were clearly in view

here, as in so many places. Despite one mistake midway through, she

kept her nerve. 46.1 was not her best, but it was acceptable.

amazing crowd, and it is great to be able to have it in London. It is

great to have everyone come to support you, and to be able to

write for your country. It is awesome. There is a long way to go,

but Zara Phillips has already proved her worth to Britain as an

Olympian. But eventing is a team sport as well, and Tina Cook scored

even lower in weather which was truly dreadful. Britain's horses

and riders held it together, however. Overall, the team are

third after the dressage. Good luck to the eventing team

tomorrow. Hold on to your hats now, as we whizz through some of the

best British performances of the day. First of all, we go to the

North Greenwich Arena, and it has been a great day in the gymnastics

for Britain. Beth Tweddle was outstanding on the uneven bars. It

puts her into all the position of one of the favourites in the

individual event. She has never won an Olympic medal. She had keyhole

surgery on her left knee three months ago. She is retiring after

the Olympics as well. No pressure at all on her! Over at Horse Guards

Parade, Shauna Mullin and Dampney had a great victory for Britain.

Paul Drinkhall is through to the third round in the men's Singles in

the table tennis. This afternoon, he beat his opponent from Singapore,

ranked 53 places above him in the world. Sadly, his girlfriend, Jo

Parker was knocked out in the women's Singles. There was a

welcome return to form for Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter, making it

into the semi-finals of the lightweight double sculls. They are

looking good. Sophie Hosking also made it through. Freddie Evans made

it through in the welterweight competition in the boxing. He has

set up a revenge match against the fourth seed, from Lithuania. He

stopped Evans in the World Championships last year. Judge

Taylor is also through. World number 1 David Florence made it

through to the semi-finals of the Canoe Slalom. He won silver in

Beijing. He was struggling after his first run, but he saved himself

for his second. Richard Hounslow is also through. The British women's

hockey team had a convincing victory over Japan. Striker Alex

Danson scored twice. Last time she played on this pitch, she

dislocated her shoulder in the test event. The captain had a nasty

facial injury and had to go at hospital. The weather has disrupted

play at Wimbledon. But Andy Murray was OK under the roof on Centre

court, beating Stanislas Wawrinka. Finland's Yoko Nieminen is up next

for Murray. Any of those take your fancy, Matt? I think the hockey

players could do something, and it is the beauty of the Olympics, the

diversity. For journalists, like me, sometimes it is a rapid learning

curve. With newspapers, you cannot have correspondents for all of

those sports. But you must be looking forward to going to these

strange venues. Absolutely, I have covered five World Cups, never

covered an Olympic before this one. It is really exciting. And I love

swimming and athletics. Actually getting the opportunity to do it

has been brilliant. Don't worry, we're going to talk about football

right now. Great Britain are a bit closer to the quarter-finals, after

beating the United Arab Emirates. It was the first victory of the

tournament. Here's the best of the action from tonight's match at

Wembley. There was a massive crowd, of more than 76,000. Jonathan

Pearce is the commentator. Lovely run from Ryan Giggs. Sordell is in

run from Ryan Giggs. Sordell is in run from Ryan Giggs. Sordell is in

It looks very simple, but that's only because everybody played their

Craig Bellamy takes on the defender. Cleverley! It has stayed out!

MARK LAWRENSON: How unlucky is that? Great play.

That's a lovely burst into the penalty area! It is 1-1! Eisa has

scored, and once again, Team GB have allowed a lead to slip away.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 87 seconds

3-1. That was a perfect breakaway I get the feeling you are starting

to enjoy this. It is like every tournament. You get involved in the

group stages, and you want to get out of that group and test your

team. There is more to come from this team. I want to see them play

as many games as possible to see how the improvement would crank up

over time. Football is unforgiving. We have to get results to stay in

this tournament and be part of it. But if we keep improving, who

knows? Earlier in Great Britain's group,

Senegal stunned Uruguay, 2-0. Moussa Konate got the first at

Wembley. Abdoulaye Ba was sent off for fouling Luis Suarez, who was

Brazil are into the last eight with a game to spare. They went behind

to Belarus before Neymar took charge, helping plateaued to an

equaliser. A great free-kick put Brazil 2-1 up. Barcelona and a few

others have their eyes on Neymar. He then set up a new Chelsea

signing Oscar for Brazil's third at A bit better from Stuart Pearce's

side. Are you a fan of Olympic football? Not a massive fan, to be

honest. For me, the Olympics should be the pinnacle of every sport. It

is intriguing. If Roy Hodgson was today -- was there today, as I

understand he was, I am sure he was encouraged by performances from

people like Tom Cleverley and Sturridge. But we have put a team

out on this occasion because it is our Olympics. I would be interested

to see if we put one out in four years' time. Good performances.

There are good players, Ramsey, Bellamy, gigs. Let's hope they get

into the quarter-finals. For 14 golds were won today. Here

are the best of the rest. They dominated day one with four

golds, and China took another two on day two. Shooting and

synchronised diving this time, for the three-metre springboard title.

Chasing China are the USA. An American became the first to win

individual gold at five successive Olympics. She is the most

successful claim shooter of all time. But if that is impressive,

South Korea's achievement is even better. They won the women's team

archery for the seventh straight time, a run that goes back all the

way to their home Olympics in Seoul, 1988. Things are starting to sound

a bit predictable, but not in fencing. The Hungarian won the

men's individual sabre after the favourites all fell by the wayside.

An emotional victory, after his former coach died in 2008. We

always spoke of this, he said. This is for him. It was also a day of

surprises on the judo mat. North Korea's athlete took the title.

Nothing feels Like Gold. Just ask your countrymen. Another South

Korean claim to a weightlifting prize in sensational style. When

the favourite failed to make his last lift, this one took the gold.

Equally dramatic in the women's 53 kg weightlifting, Kazakhstani's --

Kazakhstani's athlete took the jury. But it is not all about the glory.

Just ask Nigel's Issaka. He finished four minutes and 30

seconds behind the winner. He only took up rowing a few months ago,

but he made it over the line... Eventually.

I hope he was given a hero's How important will it be for those

two medals, the bronze and the silver, to go back into the GB digs

at the athletes' village behind you and hopefully rub off on the

others? Its can only have a positive effect. We should not

panic. The medals will come. The golds will come. There are obvious

sports that they will come in. Keri-Anne Payne will win gold in

Hyde Park. The triathletes will win gold in Hyde Park and. We are just

scratching the surface. We have got Tom Daley coming tomorrow in the

pool. You could have a couple of medals to write about, with

Spofforth and Liam Tancock. Tancock qualified in third in the

backstroke tonight. He is looking good. He isn't the world champion

over 50m. He has to try and extend his speed with a bit of endurance

and hang on for an extra length. It is not easy, but he is in great

form. He is a good lad, one of the characters of the team. And what a

great story if Tom Daley can do it. He was barely a pup in Beijing, but

he was always aiming for this. Absolutely. He is with his team-

mate tomorrow. He is one of the stories of the Games. We just have

to hope he has got -- he has got bigger opposition, but we will see.

Let's wrap up a few more of the British performances of the day,

these ones not so good. Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier are out

of the mixed doubles badminton after losing to the German pair.

But his two defeats in a row, meaning the world championship

silver medallists can no longer qualify from their group.

More disappointment for the British archers. Following defeat for the

men's team yesterday, today the women went out in the first round

after losing to Russia. They will hope for better in the individual

event. There was to feed for the men's

water polo team. Making their first Olympic appearance since 1956, the

Great Britain side were heavily defeated by Romania, so Team GB are

struggling to keep their heads above water. On their Olympic debut,

Great Britain's men's volleyball team lost to Bulgaria.

They were beaten by 3-0 and the captain said it lay on his head.

And Great Britain's men's handball team were heavily beaten by the

French. Making their Games debut against the reigning gold

medallists, they were thumped 44-15 fours up and tonight the men's

basketball team returned to competition, but lost to Russia.

It is the first time Team GB have entered a team since the last

London Olympics in 1948. And what is making tomorrow's

headlines? Let's look at the back pages. We had a few debates on what

to lead on, Adlington or Armitstead. But the beauty of the paper's is

that you can go for both. Surprise on the back page of the Daily Mail?

There we go. That is the quote from Adlington. It is the right way to

do it. The girls got us off to a good start. We should recognise

that. They have got a football story here. Girl power again. This

is the thing that can hopefully get momentum going. It is easier to

talk about success stories rather than empty seats and things going

wrong. Absolutely, and as I say, it will come. It always does. There

will be Olympic champions in the Great British village that we have

not seen. They will emerge and succeed. Obviously other news

stories as well. Let's look at the front page of the Times. A

worthwhile front page for the Times? Empty seats is a big issue,

but a lot of people have been talking about it. Everyone can see

it on TV. It started so well with the opening ceremony, but they want

it to look great all the way through. Thank you for your time

tonight. That is it for Olympic Sportsday. My thanks to Matt. Dan

Walker will be back tomorrow. A limpet Breakfast is here on BBC One

and BBC News in just over five hours' time. You can't wait? Then

push your red button and get on to the BBC Sport website for an

Olympic overdose. But if I were you, I would get some sleep now. We have

still got two weeks of competition to go. Tomorrow, we could have