:00:26. > :00:30.If you have just got up, good morning. If you're heading home for
:00:30. > :00:35.some kip, good evening. Whether it is the start or the end of your day,
:00:35. > :00:40.this is the only show on the BBC that wedges everything you need to
:00:40. > :00:44.know into 45 of your finest minutes. It is called the Olympic Sportsday
:00:44. > :00:50.and this is what is coming up. Michael Phelps has 19 medals, more
:00:50. > :00:54.than anyone else in history. He has 15 golds all to himself, the
:00:54. > :00:58.British equestrian team were after just one but had to settle for
:00:58. > :01:02.silver. And Another day, another slice of controversy. This time in
:01:02. > :01:07.the Badminton. All that to come for you. Loads to
:01:07. > :01:10.get through. We will get to the talking points later with our guest
:01:10. > :01:16.tonight Kevin Garside of the Independent. Your chance to get
:01:16. > :01:21.involved as well. Any points you want to make, send them through on
:01:21. > :01:26.Twitter and we will get through as many as we can. Let's start tonight
:01:26. > :01:30.in the Aquatics Centre. Everything starts at the Olympic Stadium,
:01:30. > :01:36.through the Park, a cheeky right turn and that is when you get too.
:01:36. > :01:41.It was buzzing tonight because of a fellow called Phelps. Jonathan
:01:41. > :01:46.Sutherland was watching. This is what the greatest Olympian of all
:01:46. > :01:52.time looks like and this is a very proud mother. For once in sport,
:01:52. > :01:57.there can be no argument. Michael Phelps completed the final leg of
:01:57. > :02:02.the freestyle relay to win gold for the USA, he knew a new kind of
:02:02. > :02:09.sporting immortality was now his, 19th Olympic medal, breaking the
:02:09. > :02:14.record of 18 held by a Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina or. Early
:02:14. > :02:19.in the evening at the Aquatics Centre, proof that even sporting
:02:19. > :02:25.legends can look nervous. With his power ex -- seemingly on the wane,
:02:25. > :02:31.anxious faces. Phelps' signature event would have made this man who
:02:31. > :02:35.won eight gold medals in Beijing, the first man to win this event in
:02:35. > :02:42.three Olympics in a race to stop he led most of the way but could not
:02:42. > :02:49.quite lose the pack. In the final 50m, signs of tiredness. He lost.
:02:49. > :02:56.The South African Chad le Clos Dole victory by 51 hundredth of a second.
:02:56. > :03:02.It has been my a dream since I was a little boy. I just wanted to race
:03:02. > :03:06.Mughal felt in the final. I won, I cannot believe it. On the podium,
:03:06. > :03:11.the cost would get some help on how best to show off his Olympic gold
:03:11. > :03:19.medal. The night would end as a real American dream. Michael Phelps,
:03:19. > :03:23.quite simply the greatest Olympian of all time. The 200 did not go the
:03:23. > :03:27.way I wanted. I have had the privilege of getting to know Chad
:03:27. > :03:33.and racing with him in the last year. We have done some sheets
:03:33. > :03:37.together. He is a hard worker. He is a very talented kid. I was on
:03:37. > :03:42.the other end of that finish four years ago and he got me here.
:03:42. > :03:50.of course, the swimming at London 2012 was not just been about glory.
:03:50. > :04:00.There was also some controversy in the air. A huge focus on China's
:04:00. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:11.prodigy you she when. -- she when the. -- Ye Shiwen. This time, a new
:04:11. > :04:17.Olympic medal and record. No medals for Great Britain but two hugely
:04:17. > :04:20.happening performances. The game in the semi-finals, first Michael
:04:20. > :04:26.Jamieson broke the British record to win his semi-final and a
:04:26. > :04:31.storming swim from Andrew Willis will qualify from his semi-final.
:04:31. > :04:39.am really happy with the time. I am really excited for tomorrow night.
:04:39. > :04:44.A will you be dreaming of gold medals? We all dream. There is a
:04:44. > :04:47.long way to go with some big guys in the semi-final. Excitement for
:04:47. > :04:55.Great Britain at the Aquatics Centre beckons on day five, but on
:04:55. > :05:00.day four really belonged to one man. We will talk about Mr Phelps in a
:05:00. > :05:02.minute, Kevin, in terms of the British challenge, we had the
:05:02. > :05:05.bronze medal for Rebecca Adlington and Michael Jamieson sounds
:05:05. > :05:10.confident but do you think overall there has been an under achievement
:05:10. > :05:14.from a swimming team we may be expected a bit too much from?
:05:14. > :05:19.went so well when Rebecca won twice in Beijing. There is perhaps a
:05:19. > :05:22.level of expectation which was not merited the way the results have
:05:22. > :05:26.gone since. Are we have a cup of guys going in the breaststroke
:05:26. > :05:29.Marek which may turn things around and Rebecca is going in the 800 so
:05:29. > :05:34.a couple of golds at the end of it would not be too bad. What about
:05:34. > :05:39.this man, Phelps, people are talking about him as the greatest
:05:39. > :05:44.ever Olympian, 15 gold medals on his own puts him ahead in history.
:05:44. > :05:49.What is the debate to be had? I saw him deliver eight of those in
:05:49. > :05:54.Beijing. A brilliant guy, he spoke to us afterwards, I do not know why
:05:54. > :05:57.people complain. I think the argument is that you can win eight
:05:57. > :06:02.in one Olympics where somebody like Steve Redgrave for another athlete
:06:02. > :06:08.can only win one every four years so it is easier to pick up medals
:06:08. > :06:13.in a sport like swimming. It is dead easy to swim, you go and buy a
:06:13. > :06:17.pair of Speedos and you are away, you cannot go and buy a boat. There
:06:18. > :06:23.is a great privilege and exposure to rowing which you do not get as a
:06:23. > :06:26.swimmer. It is easy to do, everyone can swim freely and cheaply. It has
:06:26. > :06:31.WITH rowing. That is not to denigrate Redgrave, it is a
:06:31. > :06:35.terrific effort but to win eight golds is not easy and if anyone
:06:35. > :06:38.thinks it is, they should give it a crack. There has been a lot of talk
:06:38. > :06:43.about the Chinese 16-year-old swimmer Ye Shiwen and the
:06:43. > :06:47.controversy even though she has not failed a drugs test. No one was
:06:47. > :06:53.testing Phelps four years ago when he won eight times, it is
:06:53. > :07:01.ridiculous. I wish the American coach had the same grace as Phelps.
:07:01. > :07:04.16 years old, the scull, leave her alone. -- this girl. Here are some
:07:04. > :07:12.of the headlines around the world, golds in fencing, weightlifting,
:07:12. > :07:22.judo, knowing. Some dodgy Badminton antics and the longest tennis match
:07:22. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:44.The pink dust was flying everywhere for Vincent Hancock. The American
:07:44. > :07:50.was almost perfect, missing two out of 150 targets getting gold in the
:07:50. > :07:54.skeet final. The baby-faced assassin left the rest of the field
:07:54. > :08:00.in the rear-view. The man from Qatar added a bronze medal to his
:08:00. > :08:06.rather eclectic trophy cabinet. Last year, he won the Paris to
:08:06. > :08:14.Dhaka Rally. Revenge was the order of the day in judo. The pain of
:08:14. > :08:23.four years ago in Beijing is washed away in London. The South Korean
:08:23. > :08:27.savoured every moment of his victory over the German.
:08:27. > :08:35.The Slovenian competitive went through the pain barrier to turn
:08:35. > :08:45.bronze in Athens two gold. There was not even a grimness from
:08:45. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :08:59.the Kazakhstan weightlifter who The Chinese fencer celebrated as
:08:59. > :09:04.all gold medallist should. Britain's David Florence were shown
:09:04. > :09:09.how to bounce back in the slalom by France's Tony Estanguet. He crashed
:09:09. > :09:16.out four years ago but this time make no mistake, tasting Olympic
:09:16. > :09:23.glory for the third time. From gold to goals, or were they? Their act
:09:23. > :09:28.was outside, or is it? New Zealand thought they had scored, South
:09:28. > :09:32.Africa asked for the decision to go upstairs and soon wish they had not.
:09:32. > :09:38.Nearly four minutes later, no one was any the wiser. If you're
:09:38. > :09:44.interested, the goal stood and the Kiwis won macro 4-1. Then the issue
:09:44. > :09:48.of goal-line technology in water polo re-edit it ugly head. Spain
:09:49. > :09:53.thought they had a last minute equaliser. The goal-line referee
:09:53. > :09:57.disagreed. Queue,, call sit-in. If that was a farce then the badminton
:09:58. > :10:01.is turning into a scandal. It appeared to China and South Korea
:10:01. > :10:06.who had qualified for the knockout stages were trying to lose to get
:10:06. > :10:13.an easier draw into the next round. The crowd understandably were not
:10:13. > :10:19.happy but beck -- it did not stop it happening. Another game, the
:10:19. > :10:24.same thing again. The spirit of the Olympics tarnished at Wembley Arena.
:10:24. > :10:31.Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's physio will be earning his crust after the Welsh
:10:31. > :10:41.No. 6 won the longest tennis match in Olympic history -- the world No.
:10:41. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:49.6. The Frenchman took four hours to defeat Raonic.
:10:49. > :10:55.After winning the World Cup and World Championships team is now on
:10:55. > :11:00.the verge of taking every honour in the game at the age of just 22. If
:11:00. > :11:03.that is not worth a high-five, I do not know what is.
:11:03. > :11:08.Are you want to talk about the Badminton. Some people are getting
:11:08. > :11:11.very annoyed about it. Gail Emms has been covering the Badminton for
:11:11. > :11:14.the BBC. She said at one stage China and South Korea were
:11:15. > :11:18.deliberately setting out because of the grid system rather by the
:11:18. > :11:24.knockout system. I cannot describe to exactly what the Olympic spirit
:11:24. > :11:27.is but it is not bat, is it? If we consider that the greatest
:11:27. > :11:35.Olympians are winners and they are trying to lose, it is deliberately
:11:35. > :11:42.countering that. I am not surprised. I watched a singles match this
:11:42. > :11:47.morning around lunch time in which a Japanese player was contesting in
:11:47. > :11:53.a really mean spirited way, every line call which was marginal. There
:11:53. > :11:58.was no doubt in the judge's mind, they would call the shot and she
:11:58. > :12:02.would grumble. It was going on forever. It flicked a switch in my
:12:02. > :12:07.mind. I thought, is it an oriental thing because it is such a
:12:07. > :12:14.competitive sport for them. They were going to fan mail to win so
:12:14. > :12:20.you could see why they would devise a way to win or lose -- they were
:12:20. > :12:26.going to try and nail a win. In the water polo they staged a sit in
:12:26. > :12:33.protest which is hard enough not in water. Some more controversy there
:12:33. > :12:37.as well? I have seen United denied at Stamford Bridge with a ball over
:12:37. > :12:42.the line. It does highlight the technology issue which we have been
:12:42. > :12:47.discussing in football. Who have to think there is some kind of, going
:12:47. > :12:51.on for Spain. The footballers have gone home now these guys are
:12:51. > :12:56.getting it. After the triumph of club football in Europe we are
:12:56. > :12:59.seeing some retribution. A bit of Spanish fury at the water polo but
:12:59. > :13:04.it was not given and they eventually loosed -- they
:13:04. > :13:10.eventually lost the game. But they look good in the shorts. I'm glad
:13:10. > :13:15.you added that! Thousands gathered at Greenwich to cheer on the
:13:15. > :13:19.equestrian team. The show jumping would decide the team medals and
:13:20. > :13:26.individual gongs as. There was a team silver but it was also a case
:13:26. > :13:32.of right royal disappointment. In showjumping, a misplaced stride
:13:32. > :13:37.can miss a medal. Zara Phillips' presence took equestrianism in
:13:37. > :13:42.another dimension. That is because she is part of such a famous family.
:13:42. > :13:45.But she is also part of a team and her showjumping performance in the
:13:45. > :13:49.morning went towards Britain's collective challenge. There was an
:13:49. > :13:55.early mistake. After a stunning ride in the cross-country yesterday,
:13:55. > :14:00.she found herself behind the clock. Time faults as well for high
:14:00. > :14:06.Kingdom. Mary King in her 6th Olympics was nervous. Pair clear
:14:06. > :14:09.round kept Britain in the next four medals. Germany started the day in
:14:09. > :14:19.front and Michael Jung, European champion, world champion could win
:14:19. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:36.Britain's last rider was Tina Cook. And a mistake could still mean
:14:36. > :14:41.goodbye to the silver medal. Second place sealed. Silver is better than
:14:41. > :14:47.what they managed for years ago. Imagine standing on the podium and
:14:47. > :14:54.getting a medal from your mother. Prince and was an equestrian in
:14:54. > :14:59.1976. She never won a medal. At 31, Zara Phillips is still a junior in
:14:59. > :15:06.equestrian terms. A slightly disappointing silver
:15:06. > :15:11.medal. We have seen big crowds at the Olympics already, 50,000
:15:11. > :15:18.yesterday, and thousands again today but not enough to urge that
:15:18. > :15:23.the team to gold medal? It is probably the only place I have not
:15:23. > :15:29.been in the whole Olympic set-up. I get frustrated with this argument,
:15:30. > :15:36.we did not win the gold. If you saw their interviews, they genuinely
:15:36. > :15:42.thought they could win the gold. They don't fail deliberately. The
:15:42. > :15:48.Germans want to win it as well. They are entitled to win and did
:15:48. > :15:53.the best they could. I am happy we get a silver medal, as long as we
:15:53. > :15:57.are competing. Gold is great, but you cannot knock the silver medal.
:15:58. > :16:02.Zara Phillips gets annoyed talking about her family, but they cannot
:16:02. > :16:08.be many examples where your mother give you an Olympic medal? Given
:16:08. > :16:13.her background, her father also being an Olympian. If I did not ask
:16:13. > :16:20.her about that, you would get the sack. I noticed Gary on the very
:16:20. > :16:24.seat you're sitting, it did his best and was swerving it like a
:16:24. > :16:31.Brazilian free kick, the questions to Zara Phillips about that. She
:16:31. > :16:35.should know better, it really. Someone pointed out on Twitter, New
:16:35. > :16:41.Zealand in the kayak slalom, Mike Dawson was given a penalty by his
:16:42. > :16:46.own mother. She was one of the judges. Stick around for the best
:16:46. > :16:53.of the action from Wembley. Olympic tennis has been rumbling away at
:16:53. > :16:58.Wimbledon. Andy Murray was on court nice and early and did not hang
:16:58. > :17:04.around for too long. Polishing off at Jarkko Niemenen in straight sets.
:17:04. > :17:09.He has spoken of his mission to make amends for his first round
:17:09. > :17:14.exit in Beijing. It is a Marcos Baghdatis for the British No. 1 in
:17:14. > :17:20.Round 3. The same man he beat at the same stage at at Wimbledon.
:17:20. > :17:25.It was bad news for his mixed doubles partner, Laura Robson. She
:17:25. > :17:35.was beaten by Maria Sharapova. There was no shortage of fight from
:17:35. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:46.Laura Robson. 7-6, 6-3, and Heather Watson's Olympic odyssey is over.
:17:46. > :17:50.That leaves only Andy Murray flying a bedraggled flag over SW19 at the
:17:50. > :17:55.moment. In terms of relying on your top man,
:17:55. > :18:02.Ben Ainslie is usually Mr dependable. But the Weymouth wind
:18:02. > :18:08.is getting do best of him. He is yet to get on top of his rival from
:18:08. > :18:12.Denmark. He is second in the standings but it is being held up
:18:12. > :18:19.by the Dane. They have tomorrow off before returning to the water on
:18:19. > :18:24.Thursday. It is tough when things are not falling into place. It is
:18:24. > :18:29.difficult in sport. You are fighting hard and it is not for one
:18:29. > :18:34.reason or another and it is not falling into place. It is difficult.
:18:34. > :18:39.Or you can do is keep grinding away and hope something happens. Today
:18:39. > :18:46.was better. The next couple of days are going to have to be good.
:18:46. > :18:50.is not what you want to happen. Steve Morison and Ben Rhodes came
:18:50. > :18:56.third in the first raced of the day and were well placed in the second
:18:56. > :19:00.before this happened. Capsizing, they finished 18th. An emotional
:19:00. > :19:04.day for Paul Goodison, he finished second today. But is struggling
:19:04. > :19:12.with a back problem which could see him pulling out of the regatta. He
:19:12. > :19:15.admitted he may not be able to continue. I put my back out at the
:19:16. > :19:22.beginning of the second race yesterday. I have been in quite a
:19:22. > :19:26.lot of pain. Today I struggled in the first one and I had a couple of
:19:26. > :19:31.tablets and struggled through the second one. It is difficult to
:19:31. > :19:35.focus on the right stuff when you are hurting. The physios did an
:19:35. > :19:39.amazing job but in the back together last night. I hope they
:19:40. > :19:46.can do the same again tonight. have another emotional interview
:19:46. > :19:51.coming on later. When a man like that is fighting back the tears,
:19:51. > :19:56.you know the dedication that has gone into its so they can be the
:19:56. > :20:03.best at the Olympics, and when something out of their control, it
:20:03. > :20:09.is awful for them isn't it? It is over four years, all the hours they
:20:09. > :20:15.get putting in, and then they get this one shot at it. It is a
:20:15. > :20:19.variable they cannot control and it is devastating. But it does
:20:19. > :20:23.demonstrate one thing, and that is how much they want it. We watch
:20:23. > :20:33.Pete Waterfield and Tom Daley missed out yesterday it on the
:20:33. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:39.diving. To date the British women were in action today. One board
:20:39. > :20:44.died did it for them. They did recover to finish 5th in the end,
:20:44. > :20:52.but admitted the top three per were a class apart. After all the hard
:20:52. > :20:56.work, Tonia Couch said she will consoles herself with a beefburger!
:20:56. > :21:00.Great Britain's women's football is becoming be story of the games.
:21:00. > :21:10.They have already qualified for the quarter-finals and tonight that
:21:10. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:25.they saw off Brazil at Wembley in look a little frail defensively at
:21:25. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:31.times. The goalkeeper got something on it. Karen Carney gives chase. So
:21:31. > :21:37.deaf heart and can score again! This is incredible. Or what an
:21:37. > :21:42.Olympic games Steph Haughton is having. The left-back has now
:21:43. > :21:48.scored in every game she has played. Great Britain have the lead at less
:21:48. > :21:54.than two minutes in. The golden goal. I think Brazil were trying to
:21:54. > :22:04.play the offside. She got it in from such a tight angle. Tremendous
:22:04. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:22.the team TB. What a start. -- Team GB. I think Karen Bardsley might
:22:22. > :22:25.
:22:25. > :22:32.just have got there. It hit the post with Karen Bardsley struggling.
:22:32. > :22:36.It could have ended up in a goal. I don't know whether Karen Bardsley
:22:36. > :22:43.thought Alex Scott was going to clear it. It could have been the
:22:43. > :22:48.goalkeeper's fault. That was a good cross. Shame there header was
:22:48. > :22:58.straight at the goalkeeper. Kelley Smith on another day would have
:22:58. > :23:02.
:23:02. > :23:12.buried that. It is a penalty for Great Britain. Eni Aluko or have
:23:12. > :23:23.
:23:23. > :23:30.her heels clipped. Team GB have the save. Kelley Smith has missed her
:23:30. > :23:40.moment. Will it come back to haunt the British team? That looks a good
:23:40. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:49.penalty. Little had a go. Then the goalkeeper made the save, because
:23:49. > :23:55.it was going in. Brazil going back to Cardiff to play Japan. Of the
:23:55. > :24:01.women's tournament at this Olympic games is hotting up. Great Britain
:24:01. > :24:05.has secured a magnificent win at Wembley Stadium. This seems a will
:24:05. > :24:15.tell you what it means because they have come through the top of the
:24:15. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:33.Great Britain above Brazil, who would have thought that. Here is
:24:33. > :24:39.The best experience of our lives, to here all the crowd cheering for
:24:39. > :24:45.us, was incredible. I cannot put it into words. It is great to top the
:24:45. > :24:50.group. I'm not sure who we have gone next. You have Canada in
:24:50. > :24:56.Coventry. We wanted to top the group and we have done it.
:24:56. > :25:06.United States made it three wins out of three for them. They beat
:25:06. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:29.North Korea he did not have any Great Britain against Canada,
:25:29. > :25:33.people of Coventry get your tickets. Many worried before this tournament
:25:33. > :25:37.that women's football wouldn't work at the Olympics. The style of play
:25:37. > :25:43.has impressed us, the way Hope Powell has put the team together
:25:43. > :25:51.has impressed. I was thrilled watching the game. If I was Alex
:25:51. > :25:55.Ferguson, I would be looking to buy Kim Little. Fantastic player. I
:25:55. > :26:02.think there are more tickets sold for the football, because of the
:26:02. > :26:07.nature of the event than any other Olympic discipline. I have no
:26:07. > :26:11.problem with the girls playing Olympic football. I don't like the
:26:12. > :26:18.men playing it. The women playing is a great profile and it shows how
:26:18. > :26:24.good they are. A comment cent in has said, I watched a women's final
:26:24. > :26:31.at Old Trafford in front of 900 people. Today I watched the USA
:26:31. > :26:37.beat Korea in France of 20,000. is bigger than the men's game in
:26:37. > :26:41.the United States. Getting sent to Coventry for playing like that! The
:26:41. > :26:46.old jokes are the best. It I had a red card I would give you it for
:26:46. > :26:50.that. We are still waiting for the rowing
:26:50. > :26:55.finals to start. There was plenty going on at Eton Dorney today and
:26:55. > :27:04.that is where we will start a round-up that some of the good news
:27:04. > :27:08.that Team GB. The lightweight four are into the final. Robbie Williams
:27:08. > :27:14.and Chris Bartley are also in there. The women's eight and men's double
:27:14. > :27:19.sculls also made the finals. Alan Campbell produced the single
:27:19. > :27:24.sculling performance of the day to qualify for the semi-finals. He is
:27:24. > :27:29.from the same town as the Chambers of brothers in Northern Ireland.
:27:29. > :27:35.They could be a significant bash if those races go according to plan.
:27:35. > :27:39.Gareth Evans is the tale of Olympic dedication. He gave up his job,
:27:39. > :27:45.moved away from his family and daughter to be based near the
:27:45. > :27:52.performance centre in leads. He saved the best to the lips of his
:27:52. > :27:56.career for the competition. A very proud a moment. Despite missing
:27:56. > :28:04.captain, Kate Walsh after recovering from surgery on a broken
:28:04. > :28:11.jaw, the GB women were too strong for South Korea. They now top the
:28:11. > :28:16.table. But striker Alex Danson was stretchered off with a dodgy ankle.
:28:16. > :28:21.You have already got yourself in a bit of trouble with the rowing
:28:21. > :28:29.fraternity. It you look at it, maybe not a great chance for a
:28:29. > :28:39.medal, but could there be a haul of gold medals? Thank God the Chinese
:28:39. > :28:40.
:28:40. > :28:43.have not locked into rowing. It was to illustrate the point rowing is
:28:43. > :28:52.as worthy as any discipline and we are grateful for the gold medal
:28:52. > :28:59.haul and they will bring us. Word does Kevin think Team GB's first
:28:59. > :29:06.gold medal will come from, and he will get it? I am looking for it to
:29:06. > :29:11.come tomorrow. I think Bradley Wiggins is on for this. He won a
:29:11. > :29:16.race called the Tour de France, for those who have not heard of him. We
:29:16. > :29:21.were so enthusiastic on Saturday and we thought Mark Cavendish was
:29:21. > :29:27.going to do it. But it did not happen. Lizzie Armistead the next
:29:27. > :29:37.day was a fantastic story. She was only a wheel behind the gold medal.
:29:37. > :29:41.Hopefully Bradley can make us proud tomorrow. British fans were
:29:41. > :29:46.celebrating a fantastic gymnastic bronze for the men, and the women
:29:46. > :29:51.went into their event hoping to ride the wave of youth -- euphoria.
:29:51. > :30:01.It wasn't meant to be when they only manage 6th. It was the
:30:01. > :30:08.
:30:08. > :30:13.12 years separate Rebecca Tunney and Beth Tweddle. In the beat team
:30:13. > :30:23.gymnastics, the Americans are in a league of their own. Great
:30:23. > :30:29.
:30:29. > :30:36.on the beam would be transferred to the scoreboard. She was assured on
:30:36. > :30:40.the floor and the vaults, joined by 15-year-old Rebecca Tami. She is
:30:40. > :30:47.nicknamed Twiggy Burke strong enough to perform at her first
:30:47. > :30:53.Olympic Games -- Rebecca tiny. Gabrielle Douglas of the US is
:30:53. > :30:58.known as the flying squirrel for the height she reaches on the bars.
:30:58. > :31:08.A Nick aim which perhaps underplays her graceful performance. The
:31:08. > :31:08.
:31:08. > :31:12.Americans did not have the only actor be. The Russians look like
:31:12. > :31:16.challenging the Americans through to the last rotation but it ended
:31:16. > :31:21.awkwardly. Olympic hopes left on the floor from where they could
:31:21. > :31:27.never be recovered. Britain were now I diverting sideshow to the
:31:27. > :31:33.medal contenders but still determined 2010. Tweddle is a
:31:33. > :31:39.specialist on the uneven bars. This routine helped her team to a highly
:31:39. > :31:45.credible 6th place. The afternoon was an American one. Alexandra
:31:45. > :31:50.Raisman's final routine summed up had country's performance. Perm of
:31:50. > :31:54.emotion was apparent before the score was. When it came, it only
:31:54. > :32:04.confirmed Russia's worst suspicions. In a sport of individual brilliance,
:32:04. > :32:04.
:32:04. > :32:08.The American gymnasts were trying to go and NBC to do an interview
:32:08. > :32:12.and the security guards would not let them in so that is a sign of
:32:12. > :32:18.how tight the security is. In terms of the gymnastics, we saw the men
:32:18. > :32:23.get the bronze. Why do think in Olympic competition, why when they
:32:23. > :32:28.performed so well in qualifying did the team need but -- led by Beth
:32:28. > :32:31.Tweddle fail to do their best when it mattered. Unless we can saw the
:32:31. > :32:36.top of their heads off and look inside to how they respond to the
:32:36. > :32:41.pressure, we will never really know. The crowd can at times be a great
:32:42. > :32:47.asset, I suspect that also it heats the pressure run. I think forming
:32:47. > :32:52.at home sometimes is like England footballer Wembley, it is too much.
:32:52. > :32:58.To think that will be a factor when the athletics starts on Friday.
:32:58. > :33:05.think it depends on the personality. It can lift some people. It is a
:33:06. > :33:11.numbers game to a degree. Fair enough, we are a 60 million country
:33:11. > :33:15.and we were are fairly well resource but we do not have the
:33:15. > :33:19.resources of Russia, China or America. I think we do a great job.
:33:19. > :33:26.Just turning up and getting into the finals is an achievement.
:33:26. > :33:33.we expect greatness at every turn. We are over expect. Were had Dungey
:33:33. > :33:37.be good but this is GB bad or well done for getting there. We will
:33:37. > :33:42.start with the biggest surprise of all. Real surprise fall world
:33:42. > :33:46.number one and Beijing silver medallist David Florence who failed
:33:46. > :33:52.to reach the final. He dropped down to 10th place which was not good
:33:52. > :33:58.enough. He has another chance in the semi-final of the two-man boat
:33:58. > :34:05.on Thursday. It does not get any better for the British fencers. No
:34:05. > :34:15.one has reached the last 16 of any event. Richard Kruse was given a
:34:15. > :34:17.
:34:17. > :34:21.hiding, I think it is fair to say by it a lower-ranked Russian. I
:34:21. > :34:25.will tell you by Euan Burton. We cannot show you the pictures but he
:34:25. > :34:31.was a leading British medal hope in the judo but left the competition
:34:31. > :34:37.in round one. There was talk that he could lead Great Britain's 12
:34:37. > :34:43.year wait for a medal but he was out rant by the Canadian. This is
:34:43. > :34:46.an example we can promise you, that is not Euan Burton, of what the
:34:47. > :34:51.Olympic heartache is all about. This was the response of Burton
:34:51. > :34:57.after his fight today. At all that hard work and graft ended like that,
:34:57. > :35:01.can you take any positives from that experience? No. None
:35:01. > :35:06.whatsoever. I feel I have let myself down. I feel like I had let
:35:06. > :35:15.down my coaches, everyone I have ever trained with. I have let my
:35:15. > :35:20.mum and dad and brother down. I have been working for this for over
:35:20. > :35:25.a quarter of the century. I'm pretty sure you will not see me in
:35:25. > :35:30.Rio so there are no positives to be taken from it. A crushing blow. You
:35:30. > :35:37.could see it written on his face. That was a sneak preview of the
:35:37. > :35:41.women's competition a moment ago. Gemma how was disqualified for
:35:41. > :35:46.illegal grabbing of the leg. She said she had to go for it because
:35:46. > :35:56.there was nothing to lose but lose she did. Alison Williamson and
:35:56. > :36:07.
:36:07. > :36:14.Naomi Folkard are out of the British interest in the badminton
:36:14. > :36:19.is officially over. Sarah Egelstaff and Rajiv Ouseph were both
:36:19. > :36:27.eliminated from the competition today. Yousef lost 2 1/4 mullah's
:36:27. > :36:33.Kevin Cordon in a three -- Rajiv Ouseph lost to Guatemala's Kevin
:36:33. > :36:38.Cordon. I did not manage to take it, it was really difficult. Anything
:36:38. > :36:43.hit hard or hip height was just going along. It was whoever could
:36:43. > :36:50.get to the net. I know you wanted to win in front of the home crowd.
:36:50. > :36:54.How much were they willing you want to win? A -- I could really hear
:36:54. > :36:57.them and that helped me. They have been great for me in the whole
:36:57. > :37:07.tournament. It would have been nice to finish it off for them. We are
:37:07. > :37:08.
:37:08. > :37:10.still not finished so let us carry The men's handball team were given
:37:10. > :37:13.another hiding in the Copperbox this afternoon. After being
:37:13. > :37:18.thrashed by France on Sunday, today they were humped by three-time
:37:18. > :37:21.silver medallists Sweden, 41-19. The team only got together after
:37:21. > :37:26.London was awarded the games but that won't make these defeats any
:37:26. > :37:29.easier to take. After winning their opening game on
:37:29. > :37:32.their Olympic debut, the women's beach volleyball duo of Zara
:37:32. > :37:35.Dampney and Shauna Mullin came back down to sand as they were beaten
:37:35. > :37:39.today in straight sets by the Italian pairing of Greta Cicolari
:37:39. > :37:43.and Marta Menegatti. They can still make the knockout stages though.
:37:43. > :37:46.They play Russia in their final group game on Thursday.
:37:46. > :37:50.They came very close but the men's basketball team couldn't clinch
:37:50. > :37:52.their first win of the competition. Luol Deng and co led for long
:37:53. > :37:58.periods of the match but were eventually beaten by Brazil 67-62.
:37:58. > :38:02.Spain are next up on Thursday. Not so close for the volleyball
:38:02. > :38:06.team. After the women won their first ever olympic match last night,
:38:06. > :38:11.them men couldn't follow suit. They were beaten 3-0 by the "Volleyroos",
:38:11. > :38:15.that's Australia in case you didn't know. Bit worrying for team GB as
:38:15. > :38:19.that was supposed to be their easiest game. And the men's water
:38:19. > :38:23.polo team are taking the positives despite another heavy defeat. They
:38:23. > :38:26.lost to Beijing bronze medallists Serbia tonight. They had the
:38:27. > :38:31.support of the Duke of Edinburgh, a mean water polo player himself, but
:38:31. > :38:35.even that couldn't stop a 21-7 defeat. Team GB don't feature too
:38:35. > :38:45.heavily on the medal table but let's have a look at it after four
:38:45. > :38:46.
:38:46. > :38:54.the top of the shop. USA same number of medals but China edging
:38:54. > :39:04.it on golds scored. Bit like the Premier League table with a massive
:39:04. > :39:04.
:39:04. > :39:10.gap to the rest. Great Britain A couple of questions we have had.
:39:10. > :39:16.We have done amazingly well in 2008, have we all been swept along by
:39:16. > :39:21.unrealistic home advantage hype? was unrepresented in 2008. It was
:39:21. > :39:26.the best we had done for 70 years. If you take that away and look at
:39:26. > :39:31.it in the round, Russia have got eight medals, only two gold and
:39:31. > :39:36.these were the guise as the USSR who were so dominant. Pete says you
:39:36. > :39:39.spoke well about Hope Powell and the Great Britain women's team,
:39:39. > :39:43.would there ever be a case that she would get a job in the Premier
:39:43. > :39:48.League? She is a qualified coach and played at the highest level,
:39:48. > :39:56.why not? I would love to see that. And somebody else asks for your
:39:56. > :40:01.Olympic tickets. I would not mind a day are. You might got -- get in
:40:01. > :40:09.trouble with the IOC. Before we go, let's have a look at tomorrow's
:40:09. > :40:16.papers. These are the stories Tearful Zara Phillips says she
:40:16. > :40:26.prevented the eventing team from getting top spot. This is the start
:40:26. > :40:30.
:40:30. > :40:35.And a story about Michael Phelps. In the mirror, Prince William 8th
:40:35. > :40:43.Jessica Ennis as the track athletes arrive in London. -- Prince William
:40:43. > :40:53.meets Jessica Ennis. And Bradley Wiggins about to end the goal
:40:53. > :41:01.
:41:01. > :41:05.drought. The lucky sideburns will lead him
:41:05. > :41:10.three from the Mirror. We saw Prince William with Jessica Ennis
:41:10. > :41:13.and other athletes, how do you think the arrival of the athletes
:41:13. > :41:17.in this stadium which has got the Olympic flame in, how will that
:41:17. > :41:21.impact on the Olympics? We will talk about how we remember the
:41:21. > :41:27.games and a lot of it will depend on what happens in there. I think
:41:27. > :41:32.the slow start will be forgotten once the medals Rollin but we are
:41:32. > :41:38.not expected to win very many in there because track-and-field is
:41:38. > :41:44.not our great event. The 100m will be on Sunday. It has already been a
:41:44. > :41:48.fantastic success. The places I have visited, it was fanfare all
:41:48. > :41:54.the way. People around the Olympic Village are picking up. All we need
:41:54. > :41:58.is a couple of goals. -- golds. People are saying you lot in the
:41:58. > :42:02.media, we always talk about the negative side of things but really
:42:02. > :42:06.there is a huge positive. Thousands of people are watching sports they
:42:06. > :42:10.have never seen before and they are enjoying them. I sat next to a
:42:10. > :42:14.family from Reading watching the beach volleyball. We were watching
:42:14. > :42:18.Spain against Argentina. Nobody knew what the score was. They were
:42:18. > :42:24.right behind the event. They were enjoying the day. They had gone as
:42:25. > :42:29.a family and they were loving it. Let's embrace that. We have reached
:42:29. > :42:33.the end of our Olympic journey tonight. BBC Breakfast will pick up
:42:33. > :42:38.the torch from 6 o'clock in the morning. Thank you for your tweets
:42:38. > :42:47.and messages. Kevin, thank you for your insides. Apologies to the row