:00:28. > :00:33.Another day is done the last of the fans are making their way home
:00:33. > :00:40.after high drama across this amazing facility. It is time for
:00:40. > :00:46.your one stop shop for all the day's sport and time for Olympic
:00:46. > :00:54.Sports Day. Tonight nerves jangle in the gymnastic as GB win their
:00:54. > :01:02.first team medal for over a century. A 15-year-old wins gold in the pool.
:01:02. > :01:08.And hell hath no fury like a woman with a sword. And the story from
:01:08. > :01:14.the men's gymnastics later. And round up the rest of the news with
:01:14. > :01:19.this particular Fleet Street flyer, Oliver Holt of the Daily Mirror.
:01:19. > :01:29.First the evening in the swimming, where there was sort of British
:01:29. > :01:35.
:01:35. > :01:40.success and plenty of tales to be told. Ruta Meilutyte, a whrirtian
:01:40. > :01:48.who trains in Plymouth and became the first person to win a swimming
:01:48. > :01:52.medal for her country. It will be tight. Meilutyte it is. A gold
:01:52. > :01:57.medal to Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania and Plymouth. There must
:01:57. > :02:02.be something in the water in Plymouth, Meilutyte attends the
:02:03. > :02:07.same college as Tom Daley. How does a 15-year-old react to becoming
:02:07. > :02:17.Olympic champion. How special is this for you? It is too much for me.
:02:17. > :02:20.
:02:21. > :02:27.Talk to me about dad, dad is watching in Plymouth. SPEAKS IN
:02:27. > :02:37.LITHUANIAN. What does that mean? Thank you I love you. I can't
:02:37. > :02:44.
:02:45. > :02:54.believe you. Thank you darling. She'd better believe it. And Agnel
:02:54. > :02:58.destroyed Lochte in the free style. The American president's wife
:02:58. > :03:06.wasn't in the aquatic centre, perhaps she should have been and
:03:06. > :03:11.would have saw two golds for her country, for Matt Grevers, Liam
:03:11. > :03:21.Tancock finishing fifth and two for Missy Franklin, a 17-year-old who
:03:21. > :03:21.
:03:22. > :03:28.one could touch in the women's 1 hundred m backstroke. Jemma
:03:28. > :03:32.Spofforth finished fifth. enjoyed this and I want to say to
:03:32. > :03:39.people at a time of crisis there is people there. I have been rock
:03:39. > :03:47.bottom and it is nice to find a passion again. No doubt Ruta Mel
:03:48. > :03:52.Pete teeter enjoys it, the -- rue that Meilutyte enjoys it. Hers is a
:03:52. > :03:58.face and a name to be remembered. Looks like an innocent face. If you
:03:58. > :04:08.have questions on that subject you want to put to Oliver, send them in
:04:08. > :04:14.on Twitter. Michael Phelps was the stand out swimming story, but young
:04:14. > :04:19.Ruta and plenty of the women are coming through. She seem like an
:04:19. > :04:25.amazing tale. She even the has some Plymouth Argyle green in her outfit.
:04:25. > :04:31.There is a swementation to feel that temptation for us to claim her,
:04:31. > :04:36.because she claims -- trains in Plymouth with Tom Daley. But I
:04:36. > :04:42.think one of the big differences from Beijing that we're seeing is
:04:42. > :04:49.that fell pts -- Phelps was the one dominant character. Irdon't think
:04:49. > :04:54.there will be one. We thought it might be Lochte, but he finished
:04:54. > :04:59.fourth and Phelps isn't anywhere near the swimmer we saw four years
:04:59. > :05:07.ago and the French are an impressive team. Yes. I think
:05:07. > :05:13.you're right about lockty te. People -- Lochte, people talk about
:05:13. > :05:21.him as the new Phelps. But we are beginning to realise the
:05:21. > :05:30.achievement of Phelps in Beijing. Lochte has 1-1 gold, but he won't
:05:30. > :05:38.be as dominate. And one e-mail from Michael The Fish. You have been so
:05:38. > :05:44.great sporting arenas, how did the at Mott fear in the swimming feel?
:05:44. > :05:50.It was a great atmosphere. If you talk about the great atmospheres in
:05:50. > :05:55.sport, you would talk about Anfield on a European night in midweek. One
:05:55. > :06:02.of the best at moss fierce I have witnessed was in the aquatic centre
:06:02. > :06:08.in Sydney. I think that was because Australia is such a huge swimming
:06:08. > :06:14.nation. They had a great team with Ian Thorpe in his prime fighting
:06:14. > :06:20.with the Americans. That was one of the great atmospheres. It is case
:06:20. > :06:28.of remember the name, Ruta Meilutyte. Dom Daley was a
:06:28. > :06:34.prominent face in the preparations for the Olympics. Taird he was
:06:34. > :06:41.going - today he was going for Olympic gold in the sin conniezed
:06:41. > :06:45.diving. The British pair finished diving. The British pair finished
:06:45. > :06:51.just outside the medals. The challenge for Pete Waterfield and
:06:51. > :06:57.Tom Daley to marry the atmosphere with the calm needed. To start with
:06:57. > :07:03.everything was in harmony. Timed almost to perfection and perfection
:07:03. > :07:10.is what this final would demand. The Chinese pair were always going
:07:10. > :07:15.to be the ones to beat. But Daley and Waterfield matched them and
:07:15. > :07:19.added in difficulty. Oh yes, fantastic. The Prime Minister's
:07:19. > :07:26.presence confirmed this was marked as a moment of the games. But in a
:07:26. > :07:33.moment, everything can change. Dive number four something went wrong.
:07:33. > :07:38.Oh! I don't know what to say. size of the splash is equivalent to
:07:39. > :07:43.the size of the problem. Waterfield's mistake send them
:07:43. > :07:48.tumbling down. I just kicked a bit high and couldn't stop it. In this
:07:48. > :07:53.competition you can't make mistake and we left ourselves with a lot to
:07:53. > :08:02.do. We got a personal best in our first two required dives. Our third
:08:02. > :08:07.diver was good. It was just our fourth dive. Others were heading in
:08:07. > :08:12.the opposite direction. The Mexican pair thrived on difficulty and this
:08:12. > :08:17.is one of the most complex dives seen in the Olympics. The Chinese
:08:17. > :08:23.didn't need to show off. Every dive was a demonstration of why they
:08:23. > :08:28.dominate. That look like gold number two for China. Daley and
:08:28. > :08:31.Waterfield would have needed the perfect final dive and in a
:08:32. > :08:38.discipline where margins are fine, they strayed just too far from
:08:38. > :08:45.they strayed just too far from perfection. Often sport at the top
:08:45. > :08:51.is about the fine margin and six perfect dive were needed. And you
:08:51. > :08:56.saw from their faces they knew they had dropped one. Yes it was so
:08:56. > :09:01.tantalising, being there, there was a mounting excitement and a feeling
:09:01. > :09:09.that almost the impossible to beat the Chinese and yet at the half way
:09:09. > :09:15.stage they were leading. So it was tantalising, but it is fine margins
:09:16. > :09:20.and as Tom said, one mistake and you're gone. Is the fourth dive.
:09:20. > :09:25.There has been some sad news and we hear a lot about this in sport now
:09:25. > :09:30.and in life in general. The dark side of Twitter, Tom attacked
:09:30. > :09:34.somebody on titter who said he had let his dead dad down. It is sad
:09:34. > :09:40.that somebody would do that. But it is the front-page of the Daily
:09:40. > :09:46.Mirror tomorrow a about Tom's attack on the Twitter trolls.
:09:46. > :09:52.it will be in all the paper, his response to this sad little troll
:09:52. > :09:57.and what this guy said. As you say, it happens, you see it time and
:09:57. > :10:01.time again, people on Twitter attacking sportsmen. Jessica Ennis
:10:01. > :10:08.said I'm not going on Twitter for two weeks over the Olympics, I
:10:08. > :10:12.don't want that. I don't blame her. The irony today for me I think Tom
:10:12. > :10:18.we have seen him grow up, we have watched him grow up over the years
:10:18. > :10:24.and he has lived a very public life. What that horrible troll said about
:10:24. > :10:28.his dad, I think the opposite was true. We saw Pete Waterfield gave
:10:28. > :10:32.him a chance to protects himself. He said, we're a team and we win
:10:32. > :10:38.and lose together. He stood with his friends and I thought he became
:10:38. > :10:48.a man today. That is something that is more important than winning gold,
:10:48. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:55.silver or bronze. Now, all the way back in 1912 the Titanic sadly sunk.
:10:55. > :11:03.Asquirs was the Prime Minister and Britain won their last medal in the
:11:03. > :11:10.gymnastics. But tonight the British are back on the map and a stunning
:11:10. > :11:15.performance. But their bronze could have been even better. They had
:11:15. > :11:19.come in hope they could make history, rope climbing was in the
:11:19. > :11:25.disciplines the last time the British team reached the final. Now
:11:25. > :11:31.they had a chance of a first medal they had a chance of a first medal
:11:32. > :11:37.for a century. The enormity of reaching the fiedge had reduced
:11:37. > :11:46.Louis Smith to tears. -- final. Britain had started well, but to
:11:46. > :11:53.leap into contepgs they needed more. -- contention. We're a third of the
:11:53. > :11:59.way through and team GB were in fifth and they needed to raise
:11:59. > :12:06.their performance to claim a medal. Kristian Thomas had done that with
:12:06. > :12:14.a stunning vaults. China's grip on gold was assured, but with tension
:12:14. > :12:20.rising, Japan were led -- let second place W Thomas landing his
:12:20. > :12:25.floor routine, Britain had stolen silver. A feat met with royal
:12:25. > :12:30.approval. Except it wasn't as simple as that. Unhappy with the
:12:30. > :12:35.score for Kohei Uchimura, the Japanese lodged an appeal and then
:12:35. > :12:39.were elevated from fourth to runners up. Relegating Britain to
:12:39. > :12:44.bronze. The protests and then getting the score changed, for us,
:12:44. > :12:50.this is a dream come true. It is what dreams are made of. When I was
:12:50. > :12:57.young that was all I could think about. Getting bronze is amazing.
:12:57. > :13:01.Despite the late twist, Britain still exceeded all expectations
:13:01. > :13:04.after so many years out of reckoning, these were medals to
:13:04. > :13:12.reckoning, these were medals to cherish, regardless of their colour.
:13:12. > :13:18.What a day for the gymnasts it should be open top bus tour time.
:13:18. > :13:22.It was almost a weird sense of disappointment that the silver was
:13:22. > :13:29.there. Yes there shouldn't be any disappointment. One of the things
:13:29. > :13:33.about this is it reminds me of Bradley Wiggins in the Tour de
:13:33. > :13:41.France, they have come from nowhere and there noise history of
:13:41. > :13:45.achievement in this sport. -- there is no history. Actually the people
:13:45. > :13:52.that I feel sorry for are the Ukrainians who thought they had...
:13:52. > :13:59.Ru saw their faces. And they haven't got medals. For us bronze
:13:59. > :14:07.or silver, it is a stunning achievement. Somebody said you
:14:07. > :14:14.Brits are all the same, take off your Team GB hats and Kohei
:14:14. > :14:18.Uchimura was di -- detected too many points. Most of the experts
:14:18. > :14:24.seem to say that the appeal and the protest was fair enough. That the
:14:24. > :14:28.right decision was made and as I say I have no problem with it. It
:14:28. > :14:32.is a fantastic achievement. It doesn't make much difference to me
:14:32. > :14:42.and it is a wonderful day for our sport. And they have still got the
:14:42. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:55.In total, there were 12 medals up for grabs. We can show you some of
:14:55. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:08.These were not the only gold medals handed out at the Olympics today.
:15:08. > :15:18.Once again, there were more eye- popping exploits in a weightlifting.
:15:18. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:25.There was a new record in the women's 58 kilogram section. It is
:15:25. > :15:35.the best part of 31 stone but it would get even heavier as the day
:15:35. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:03.judo. And also a gold for Russia. The Olympics is not just about
:16:04. > :16:11.medals, it is also about great excitement. This quite incredible
:16:11. > :16:16.three-pointer from Belinda smell -- Belinda Snell drew France level.
:16:16. > :16:23.Despite this moment of magic, the Aussies would lose in overtime as
:16:23. > :16:27.France recorded something of a surprise win, 74 points to 70. A
:16:27. > :16:33.great sport is always about great drama and there was plenty of that
:16:33. > :16:43.in the women's a page. The Korean thought she was through to the
:16:43. > :16:53.final. There was a lengthy protest from the South Koreans which proved
:16:53. > :16:54.
:16:54. > :16:59.fruitless. She lost the bronze medal and finished four. Big
:16:59. > :17:04.Ukrainian took the Olympic crown and gold medal. But this is the
:17:04. > :17:14.Olympics and it is all about how you play the game and the triumph
:17:14. > :17:26.
:17:26. > :17:33.of human spirit in the face of Badminton as the true Olympic
:17:33. > :17:38.spirit shone through one day three. This is how the medal table looks.
:17:38. > :17:45.China leads the way as they did four years ago. USA had a good
:17:45. > :17:49.night in that swimming pool. Kazakhstan have a couple of gold
:17:50. > :17:59.medals in a road race and weightlifting. Great Britain have
:18:00. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:08.United States argued that even though it China won more golds,
:18:08. > :18:13.America will won more medals, what have you judge on, they will be
:18:13. > :18:18.hoping Trina did not finish top of the medal table. They will and
:18:18. > :18:22.people computed in different ways. Having been at the pool for a few
:18:23. > :18:27.days already this week, you get an impression of the Chinese dominance
:18:27. > :18:32.already. It will be a titanic battle between them. And a few
:18:32. > :18:37.people are asking on Twitter, 19 gold medals and won in Beijing, can
:18:37. > :18:43.you see that being better adore it equalled? Wake you see the gold
:18:43. > :18:47.medal count being? First of all, there is no need to panic. You can
:18:47. > :18:51.sense there are elements of panic and restlessness that we have not
:18:51. > :18:55.won a gold yet. There were a couple of opportunities we thought might
:18:55. > :18:59.happen, Mark Cavendish in the road race. I think some people were
:18:59. > :19:04.expecting Rebecca Adlington to win gold because she did in Beijing.
:19:04. > :19:10.Those have not happened. But I think there are lots of events
:19:10. > :19:15.coming up quickly where we have very good possibilities of gold,
:19:16. > :19:21.starting in the Equestrianism tomorrow. There is the women's pair.
:19:21. > :19:26.On Wednesday morning there is Bradley Wiggins in the time-trial.
:19:26. > :19:31.I do not think there is any need to panic. We have lots of good
:19:32. > :19:35.opportunities coming up. I think we won 10 gold medals in one day in
:19:35. > :19:40.Beijing so there is time. It is worth mentioning just briefly,
:19:40. > :19:44.someone else who missed out on a medal in the fencing, she lost her
:19:44. > :19:47.match which could have gone to the gold medal match. She thought it
:19:47. > :19:52.was unfair so she decided to sit and wait because if she had left
:19:52. > :19:56.the arena she would have been disqualified. It was a protest but
:19:56. > :20:00.it was almost an honourable protesting the fencing. It was and
:20:00. > :20:05.it was a desperately sad story. The Olympics are full of stories of
:20:05. > :20:10.great triumph but they also full of stories of terrible, you know,
:20:10. > :20:14.people who have worked for four years and miss out by a smidgen. It
:20:14. > :20:21.was sad that she then went on to lose the bronze medal as well. It
:20:21. > :20:24.would have been nice if she had won that. You are probably getting used
:20:24. > :20:29.to the fact that the first few days of the Olympics are jam-packed with
:20:29. > :20:35.a little bit of everything. We can talk tennis now. Wimbledon champion
:20:35. > :20:43.Roger Federer was back at the All England Club today but he only came
:20:43. > :20:51.back to Pall Mall Julien Bonnaire Toll France. Federer is yet to win
:20:51. > :20:58.an Olympic gold medal.. Federer swept aside the Frenchman in
:20:58. > :21:05.straight sets. It was also relatively straight forward for the
:21:05. > :21:10.women's Wimbledon champion. Serena Williams made it through over
:21:10. > :21:20.Poland's Ursula rap fans go, the sister of an yes go advance go. --
:21:20. > :21:24.
:21:24. > :21:29.Venus Williams was the gold medallist from Sydney 12 years ago.
:21:29. > :21:35.Now at the age of 32 she looked a long way from the lady who lost in
:21:35. > :21:42.the first round of Wimbledon last month. She saw off the 9th seed 6-3,
:21:42. > :21:46.6-1. Things were a bit choppy for Victoria Azarenka. She lost the
:21:46. > :21:52.second set and was a breakdown before rattling off a dozen games
:21:52. > :21:55.in a rope to clinch victory. Azarenka will have to play six days
:21:55. > :22:05.in a road to reach the gold medal match and only the gold will be
:22:05. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:09.good enough to keep her in the world number one spot. There is an
:22:09. > :22:14.interesting quote from Rafael Nadal before this tournament started, he
:22:14. > :22:17.is not here because of injury. He says as a tennis player it is all
:22:18. > :22:22.about the Grand Slams. As an athlete it is all about competing
:22:22. > :22:26.in the Olympics. That is quite a strong argument for sport being in
:22:26. > :22:30.the Olympics that some people say there should not be? It is a good
:22:30. > :22:35.argument. When Nadal had to pull out he said it was one of the worst
:22:35. > :22:41.moments of his career. But I understand what he is saying. I
:22:41. > :22:46.still cannot get particularly interested in it. I think for me,
:22:46. > :22:50.it comes back to the argument that it should be the pinnacle of the
:22:50. > :22:56.Sport and in tennis it is not. There are four pinnacles throughout
:22:56. > :23:01.the season. I am not interested in who wins a Olympic gold as who wins
:23:01. > :23:06.Wimbledon or the US Open or Roland Garros. The same thing will apply
:23:06. > :23:10.to golf when it comes in in 2016. And footballers another sport which
:23:10. > :23:14.has criticised for that. One question coming in says there has
:23:14. > :23:18.been great work done on women's side in the Olympics, do you think
:23:18. > :23:23.that good work will be carried dine terms of coverage, funding and
:23:23. > :23:28.people taking up the game in this country? I hope so. I went to the
:23:28. > :23:34.opening game on Wednesday, Team GB's game against New Zealand. I
:23:34. > :23:38.thoroughly enjoyed it. I say even for someone like me, it was very
:23:38. > :23:43.educational. I enjoyed the GB game but I stayed behind to watch Brazil
:23:43. > :23:50.afterwards. Some of the stuff from Brazil was fantastic. I know this
:23:50. > :23:55.is very basic but I paid to watch it, I would pay to watch Brazil pay.
:23:55. > :24:00.People say you would not pay to watch women's football but I
:24:00. > :24:05.certainly would. There was excellent skill in football. The
:24:05. > :24:09.exposure of the women's game is getting his only a good thing.
:24:09. > :24:14.motto of inspiring a generation, but when there are so many people
:24:14. > :24:20.watching, a ten-point 10 million people watching Rebecca Adlington
:24:21. > :24:26.last night and her other great achievement by British athletes,
:24:26. > :24:30.they might try backhander rowing or football, whatever it may be.
:24:30. > :24:35.is absolutely true. You have only got to look at the explosion of
:24:35. > :24:40.interest in cycling in this country since Beijing, since Cavendish,
:24:40. > :24:45.Bradley Wiggins, Sir Chris Hoy, the effect that has had on the sporting
:24:45. > :24:52.culture in this country. It has had a massive effect. Maybe the same
:24:52. > :24:56.will happen for women's football. You mention cycling and I mentioned
:24:56. > :25:01.rowing and Great Britain's strong support have been cycling, rowing
:25:01. > :25:06.and sailing. We will see shortly the Legion of rowing talent. What
:25:06. > :25:12.about the sailing? Ben Ainslie's bid for a 4th Olympic title has
:25:12. > :25:19.suffered a setback after a poor finish in Weymouth today. After a
:25:19. > :25:25.sluggish start the first race of the day won by New Zealand Dan
:25:25. > :25:29.Slater. Christiansen finish second to start the day in sailed straight
:25:29. > :25:33.into the starter boat and incur penalty turns but failed to take
:25:33. > :25:37.advantage of that one. The Dane recovered and to retain his lead,
:25:37. > :25:43.the British sailor came in 12 in the end. Ainslie has gone to the
:25:43. > :25:50.bronze medal position behind Christiansen and Jonathan Lobert of
:25:50. > :25:58.France. Nobody said the path to gold was easy? Not a good day. It
:25:59. > :26:03.was frustrating, especially the second race. It was difficult. I
:26:03. > :26:09.will have to pick up my game for the rest of the week. Any problems
:26:09. > :26:14.with Rita? She is fine. It is not the boat, it is the person selling
:26:14. > :26:18.it. I did not have a very good day. By did not sail very well.
:26:19. > :26:24.Disappointed with that but still a long way to go. I will have to pick
:26:24. > :26:27.up and say a lot better than I did today if I am going to do well.
:26:28. > :26:31.were you feeling the pressure from Christiansen in the last dregs of
:26:31. > :26:36.the day because he has put down another big market today.
:26:36. > :26:43.really. He is selling well. He made a big mistake in the beginning of
:26:43. > :26:48.the second race. I was just trying to do my best really. It was very
:26:48. > :26:53.difficult conditions out there. For one reason or another, I really
:26:53. > :26:58.struggled to pick the breeze and the right way up the course. It was
:26:58. > :27:05.frustrating. Still plenty of time for Ainslie. Much better for Andrew
:27:05. > :27:10.Percy and Ian Simpson. They had a good day and finished in the top
:27:10. > :27:14.three for three successive races. Now time to head down to Eton
:27:14. > :27:19.Dorney, the course built by the College of the same name and
:27:19. > :27:23.donated to the Olympics. We will start some round-up of other good
:27:23. > :27:27.news. After three silver medals in a row,
:27:27. > :27:32.Katherine Grainger is looking good in the double sculls along with
:27:32. > :27:37.partner Anna Watkins. They had a new Olympic best time. They broke
:27:37. > :27:42.the mark set by Germany 20 years ago by five seconds. They really
:27:42. > :27:48.have put down an impressive marker for the final of Friday. The
:27:48. > :27:55.flagship boat in the men's four and with good reason. They finished top
:27:55. > :28:01.at the last Olympics. They clearly one bad run not come to an end,
:28:01. > :28:06.they won that easily. They will have to keep an eye on the
:28:06. > :28:10.Australian challenge. They set a new Australian record in their heat
:28:10. > :28:13.today. An encouraging performance from the men's eight as well. They
:28:14. > :28:19.are through to the final after winning the repechage which
:28:19. > :28:23.contained a number of strong crews including the defending champions,
:28:23. > :28:26.Canada. We have got the first British success in archery today.
:28:26. > :28:31.Larry Godfrey put the disappointment of a first-round
:28:31. > :28:36.exit in a team event behind him and he was in sensational form. He
:28:36. > :28:46.celebrated in suitable style. We will see some of his glorious
:28:46. > :28:49.
:28:49. > :28:59.cricket strokes. Not quite majestic A grudge match in the hockey
:28:59. > :29:06.between Britain and Argentina. The final score in that one 4-1 to Team
:29:06. > :29:16.GB. Not a bad day for the businessman's -- women's tennis
:29:16. > :29:20.
:29:20. > :29:29.court. Heather Watson also won in straight sets. But its all over for
:29:29. > :29:33.Elena Baltacha. She lost today. We continued, Lizzie Neave could win a
:29:33. > :29:40.medal in the canoe slalom. She surprised everyone by ending the
:29:40. > :29:50.day in second place. She will hope to carry that through to Thursday's
:29:50. > :29:52.
:29:52. > :30:02.semi-finals. In the two Manca knew, the British pair made it through to
:30:02. > :30:12.the semis. An 18-year-old weightlifter, sewy Smith finished
:30:12. > :30:13.
:30:13. > :30:20.12th. But set a new British clean and jerk railroad. -- record. After
:30:20. > :30:24.that effort she was delighted. Right now, I am kind of feeling a
:30:24. > :30:28.bit of everything. There was disappointment, because the snatch
:30:28. > :30:34.phase did not go how I wanted to. But you have to deal with these
:30:34. > :30:40.things. The clean and jerk could have gone better. But all in all, I
:30:40. > :30:44.came here and to do what I did. So yeah, it is fantastic. You have got
:30:45. > :30:49.fantastic support from the crowd. What was that like? I tried for
:30:49. > :30:55.months to prepare myself for the reception I was going to get. I
:30:56. > :31:01.couldn't even get close in my head. Even now I struggle to take it in.
:31:01. > :31:08.The most people I have competed in front of of us a couple of hundred.
:31:08. > :31:17.That is how small weightlifting is as a sport. But to come to an
:31:17. > :31:20.Olympics and have a crowd of 6,000 cheering my actual name! That was
:31:20. > :31:26.beyond belief! When we spoke a couple of days ago you said you
:31:26. > :31:31.were going to make the A group for Rio and would go for a medal. Are
:31:31. > :31:35.you inspired now? Yes nothing's changed. I was second in the B
:31:35. > :31:41.group today. That is essentially sort of the a couple of places from
:31:41. > :31:50.the A group. But I don't want to be at the bottom of A group. I want to
:31:50. > :31:55.be at the top and on the podium. One more bit of good news, the
:31:55. > :32:02.Britain's volleyball team have beaten Algeria. Weightlifting is
:32:02. > :32:08.almost a sport in its purest form. There is a big thing on the floor
:32:08. > :32:14.and who can lift the most. She is an impressive character and she's,
:32:14. > :32:22.I think she's looking to Brazil in 2016 and she is going to be a medal
:32:22. > :32:28.hope and she will be a trail blazer for women's weightlifting. An
:32:28. > :32:31.impressive character and it is one of those wonderful things about the
:32:31. > :32:36.Olympics, the weightlifting, it is something we never get interested
:32:36. > :32:41.in, apart from the Olympics. But there is a a real fascination.
:32:41. > :32:45.sports come around and are in the spot light. People have talked
:32:45. > :32:49.about pressure and Ben ainsly is saying people expect me to win
:32:49. > :32:54.another gold, but he said the competition is harder this year and
:32:54. > :33:00.we're seeing that. He is one who may not win a gold. Yes it is a
:33:00. > :33:04.fascinating issue, the issue of pressure and a home Olympics. We
:33:04. > :33:12.assumed before the games that the fact of home support would give
:33:12. > :33:16.everyone a boost and all the team from Britain a boost. It may do
:33:16. > :33:23.that. But we're seeing a lot of people talking about the add
:33:23. > :33:29.pressure as well. So it is a double edged sword. If you visit the Old
:33:29. > :33:36.Royal Naval College in London, it is worth a few hours of your time.
:33:36. > :33:45.It forms part of backdrop to the equestrian events. Thing have been
:33:45. > :33:51.hotting up in the cross count - o' country phase. There was a huge
:33:51. > :34:01.crowd for the second stage of eventing. Not all locals were
:34:01. > :34:01.
:34:01. > :34:10.pleased that Greenwich Park had been turned into an arena. Usually
:34:10. > :34:16.been turned into an arena. Usually the sport is outside of town. Mary
:34:16. > :34:21.King has dealt with every obstacle and finished in sixth. Many others
:34:21. > :34:27.fell and there was 15 eliminations. So frequent delays. Frustrating for
:34:27. > :34:32.those who had come to watch a familiar member and eyes turned to
:34:32. > :34:38.Zara Phillips. Twice she had missed the Olympics, because of injury to
:34:38. > :34:45.her horse. But riders don't just compete for themselves, there are
:34:45. > :34:51.team medals too. Let's look at the clock. That motivation drove Zara
:34:51. > :34:56.Phillips to perfection. The object was to clear all the fences within
:34:56. > :35:03.the time. Few made it, but Zara Phillips made it. She is going to
:35:03. > :35:10.be inside. She jumps it and she has. You can't hear your watch baeping.
:35:10. > :35:18.It is unbelievable and hopefully we take - didn't take any heads off
:35:18. > :35:22.cutting the corner. They're not cutting the corner. They're not
:35:22. > :35:25.quite over the moon yet, but close. Glorious sunshine and 50,000 people
:35:25. > :35:29.watching the equestrian events and all the people spoke of the effect
:35:29. > :35:34.of the crowd. It was evident there. I will go there tomorrow and I'm
:35:34. > :35:42.looking forward to it. As the report said, one of the great
:35:42. > :35:48.venues in term of views of London, a very iconic venue. So fantastic.
:35:48. > :35:53.I hesitate to bang on about the seats issue. But being at the pool
:35:53. > :36:00.again today. It has been an issue. A lot of empty seats and prime
:36:00. > :36:06.seats. It is frustrating for us, we're such a fantastic supporting
:36:06. > :36:11.supporting nation. To see the empty seat and know how many people would
:36:11. > :36:17.love to be in the seats. Even at one of the prime events for Britain
:36:17. > :36:21.and for British fans. To see empty seats there. That is part of
:36:22. > :36:28.problem, the organisers are trying to sort it out, but people get
:36:29. > :36:33.annoyed, because they would love to be there and Fay money and sample
:36:33. > :36:41.the atmosphere. Here is the rest of the news. Here is the stuff that
:36:41. > :36:48.done it go to plan. Paul drink erlers run in the table --
:36:48. > :36:58.drinkel's run in the table tennis is over. He was beaten by the
:36:58. > :36:59.
:36:59. > :37:06.German competitor. Britain's only competitor in the fencing lost to
:37:06. > :37:10.the European champion. Not a single fencer from the host nation has
:37:10. > :37:19.reached the last 16. Another disappointing day for the British
:37:19. > :37:29.Judo team. Sarah Clarke and Danny will yaps both suffered defeats. --
:37:29. > :37:29.
:37:29. > :37:38.Danny Williams. He is fighting well here. Oh it's... And just as we
:37:38. > :37:47.were turning on the lights for Danny Williams, his opponent turn
:37:47. > :37:55.them out. Oh Danny, Danny lips team GB's volleyball were beaten by
:37:55. > :38:02.Brazil in straight sets. That is two defeats in two. Britain's
:38:02. > :38:09.women's hand ball coach was annoyed after his team were beaten by
:38:09. > :38:15.Russia. We had a few players who weren't up to speed, he said. That
:38:15. > :38:21.followed a defeat. Heartbreak for GB's women's basketball team, they
:38:21. > :38:30.were denied by Canada. They led with minutes to go, but the
:38:30. > :38:35.Canadians won in the end. And a defeat for the women's water polo
:38:35. > :38:45.team in their first ever Olympic match. They were sunk by a late
:38:45. > :38:46.
:38:46. > :38:50.goal from Russia. This is the Olympics and we're the host nation.
:38:50. > :38:54.So there is an opportunity to be representing in some of the sports
:38:54. > :39:03.that usually we wouldn't qualify for. So there is that chance to
:39:03. > :39:09.play in that and that potential for embarrassment. Yes and there is the
:39:09. > :39:13.issue of the plastic Brits, some of the those minor sports people have
:39:13. > :39:18.been drafted in. Or that is the allegation. That is also an issue.
:39:18. > :39:23.I think it can only be a good thing and that as long as it is not
:39:23. > :39:26.embarrassing, it comes back to what we talk about before and giving the
:39:26. > :39:33.sports some oxygen and some publicity and letting people see
:39:33. > :39:38.them. I wipbt to watch the water polo the other way and -- day and
:39:38. > :39:43.for Spain against Kazakhstan, the arena was full. It shows what
:39:43. > :39:49.interest there is in other sports. If people get some familiarty with
:39:49. > :39:54.these sports will help them. will watch any tort -- sport at
:39:55. > :40:04.time. Now the papers that will be out later. We start with the back
:40:05. > :40:10.
:40:10. > :40:20.page of your paper. Gym'll fix it, G B-Boys celebrate. And fantastic
:40:20. > :40:23.
:40:23. > :40:32.gymnastic. And Waterfield sorry for messy dive. And the Daily Star, GB
:40:32. > :40:39.medal storm and a story about Rio - - Reo race charge. And a story
:40:39. > :40:47.about Manchester City bonuses. In the Times Britain's gym class
:40:47. > :40:55.ensure team, sorry dream becomes reality. There is a mix of stories,
:40:55. > :41:02.most people have gone for the gymnastic and Tom Daley and Pete
:41:02. > :41:07.Waterfield. I'm not sure we want to know much about Manchester City's
:41:07. > :41:12.bonus scheme. The gymnastic story is fantastic. It is the obvious
:41:13. > :41:18.lead and it is an underdog story. Some people will say maybe we are
:41:18. > :41:22.clutching at straws and we're lionising bronze medallists, but it
:41:22. > :41:29.is a fantastic achievement that they have done. Coming from nowhere
:41:29. > :41:34.and it is a matter 06 time until we start winning golds. Dave says, do
:41:34. > :41:42.you think coaches should take the step of banning Twitter. Reo Rio
:41:42. > :41:49.Ferdinand fanned is in trouble. Should coaches step in. No, it
:41:49. > :41:53.should be something, we're both on Twitter. As a journalist it is an
:41:53. > :41:58.interesting source material and a way of fans connecting with players.
:41:58. > :42:03.And I think where it will get interesting is if Rio Ferdinand
:42:03. > :42:08.Ferris banned say for a couple of games and I don't want the pre-
:42:08. > :42:15.judge what will happen, if he is band, will Alex Ferguson say this
:42:15. > :42:19.is starting to impact the team. wupbl final one, what will it - one
:42:19. > :42:28.final one, what will it take for this to be remembered as a great
:42:28. > :42:32.Olympics? I think it needs some stand out performances and it needs
:42:32. > :42:37.some degree of home success. Beijing will be remember ford
:42:37. > :42:41.Phelps and maybe not sure we will have that kind of dominant athlete.
:42:41. > :42:48.But at the opening we established a feel good factor immediately and
:42:48. > :42:52.there was a thing where everyone walked out on air. We have had a
:42:52. > :42:57.slow beginning. But it will take off. We need some superstars. That
:42:57. > :43:01.is it for tonight. We are back tofrplt thank you for your time and
:43:01. > :43:11.to Oliver or the answering your questions. And we will have you
:43:11. > :43:16.back. Loads to look forward to on day four. They're about to turn out
:43:16. > :43:26.the light here. So another day without a British gold, but it was
:43:26. > :43:50.