Day 6: Full Round-Up Olympic Sportsday

Good evening. Mr anything today? Don't worry. Here is what is coming

up on the programme. Shooting, paddling, peddling. We have had a

golden trouble for Team GB. There is an historic treble for Phelps as

well on another record-breaking night in the pool. And just which

way his gold? It is over there. The race for the top of the podium

speeds up with 18 medal chances across the Games. Good evening. We

are going to squeeze in as much as day six as we can over the next 45

minutes. Olympic Sportsday is bursting with world records and

gold medals and Great Britain have backed three of them. We have bide

another one of Fleet Street's finest, the times' that you say it

is with us and we have tended to talk about. The golden five minutes

coming up but first, the world record 42.6 seconds on the first

night in the Velodrome. That is how long it took for Great Britain's

men in the sprint team to retain their Olympic title, with a certain

Sir Chris Hoy matching Sir Steve Redgrave's record of five gold

medals. As Alex SARS reports, cycling's early success in London

could deliver change somewhere near Good evening. We start with the

disturbing news that the red pillar box is under threat. Around the

country the iconic postboxes are changing colour because of the

Olympics and now the cycling has started it looks like the situation

If this man has got anything to do with it, the answer to that would

turn gold. From the first pedal of Philip Hindes, Great Britain had

the advantage over France. Jason Kenny knows what it is like to be

Olympic champion. He was part of the team that won four years ago

and when he set up Hoy for the big finish, there was only going to be

one result. COMMENTATOR: Lining up, the crowd are going mad. Gold medal

for Great Britain. The new world record. 42.6. I don't believe what

You can't overstate what this means to was in front of a home crowd.

This is our chance, you will not get this again. Enjoy it. We

enjoyed it and we gave it our all his team mate Hines admitted to

I did it to get the restart. My first start was not the greatest. I

thought, get a restart, just to get the safe card. The teenager later

denied the claim and the authorities confirmed the result

that was not in question. If only Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish

could have started again. They came undone at the changeover. Pendleton

jumping the gun and paying the ultimate price. Now and again

rubbish things happen at this is one of those days. All I can do is

keep my head down, because on tomorrow and the sprint competition

the day after that. I will give it everything I have got. So, one

medal missed but if the men's team pursuit form continues.

COMMENTATOR: Look at this, a new world record. It will not be long

before God Save the Queen is heard again the Velodrome, as it was

Hoy's trio. The man is a medal machine, his appetite for gathering

precious Olympic medal is nothing more than astounding and each one

seems to me more than the last. Quite a night, a first night in the

Jabella drone, Matthew. We will touch on the controversial restart

in a moment. But Sir Chris Hoy, what an achievement for him? One of

the great Olympians. An extraordinary story. A great

athlete. When you consider that track cycling has such an

extraordinary reputation for Team GB, that confers a certain amount

of pressure and we had a slightly flat start as a nation and people

looked to track cycling to start delivering and they have done that.

Chris Hoy has shown he can deal with the pressure. He is somebody

who has a relentless appetite for success. We saw that again today.

He ought to be acknowledged as one of the great Olympians.

certainly is. The medals tell their own story. Each one. One of his

chances was taken away from him at this Games so that puts the

pressure on him to deliver in the two chances he has got. It seems

incredibly unjust, the one thing he excelled in was taken away by the

governing bodies. The governing body not just in cycling but across

sport tried to manipulate the rules so they try to ensure that one

country does not dominate. It has happened for Britain in track

cycling. But he has adapted. He focused his energies on a different

event, mastered it and with two other magnificent athletes, let's

not the forget the two people who put him in the chance to win gold,

they put him in grand style. One of them, Philip Hindes, recently

adopted by Great Britain, shall we say. You remind to the start of the

team spent today and when he came off his bike, he got the restart,

initially he said I did it on purpose to get to restart, just to

have the fastest ride. It was planned, really. British cycling

said something was lost in translation. At a later news

conference he said, my back wheel slipped, I lost control and they

could not handle the bike, a crashed. It would not be an Olympic

Games without controversy. One of the joys of the Olympics is none of

us are expert in all the different sports because there are so many of

them and the Iraq arcane rules and cultures and traditions. When I

listened to the interview it sounded dubious, he seemed to imply

he had deliberately fallen off to get to restart, which from anyone

looking from the outside would contravene the rules. If the boot

was on the other foot and another nation had confessed that in an

interview you would want an analysis, a probe, an investigation.

I would love to hear more about this. What do people in cycling

think about this? Is it acceptable? To me, looking from the outside, it

seemed odd and jarring as well. it is something that may come out,

what happened there. Take nothing away from what Sir Chris has

achieved. Oh, no. There is something about a certain type of

athlete, almost a defining pathology, where they want to keep

going. The appetite is voracious. They have won a medal but that is

not enough, they are not sated, they want to go further. That once

late Psyche of Steve HOY, it is the same with Sir Chris Hoy and -- of

Sir Steve Redgrave and they wanted have benign selfishness, to

monopolise the medals. They are a medal machines. Let's get to the

Aquatics Centre, another wonderful writers Michael Phelps set another

standard in the pool. -- in the pool. The Baltimore bullet is going

out with the big bang. He has another gold around his neck

tonight. Jonathan Sutherland has more on that race and the rest of

tonight's swimming. It was all about the jewel in the

Pools. Americans are Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte tea in the final of

the 200 metres individual medley, Phelps that in the start of Beijing,

Ryan Lochte he was supposed to take his crown in London, but sport is

Phelps seems report. He led from the start, first, the butterfly,

his favoured strokes. Over the other three legs, Phelps remained

in control. Ryan Lochte he could not catch him. A 16th Olympic gold,

a 20th Olympic medal and another new Olympic milestone reached.

Michael Phelps, the first man to win the same event three Olympics

in a row. His is the sort of talent The President called me yesterday.

It was cool. Somebody called and asked for me and said, hold for the

President of the United States. I said, OK. He said, everyone is

supporting me and everyone is rooting for me. That was very

special. For Ryan Lochte tea, perhaps tiredness had played its

part. Just half-an-hour before the final, he had been in the final of

the backstroke. He picked up a bronze. Overall it was another good

night's for the President's men and women. For the second evening in a

row, Rebecca Soni broke the world record as she took gold in the 200

metres best stroke. Elsewhere the Netherlands Ranomi Kromowidjojo

took gold in the 100 metres freestyle. From ham stock -- Fran

Halsall had let-up at the start but she ended up six. James Goddard

took 7th in the 200-metre individual medley. With golds

elsewhere, can Great Britain dredge one up from the Aquatics Centre?

Earlier in the day Rebecca Adlington swept to victory in her

800-metre freestyle heat. She will defend her Olympic crown tomorrow

night. I am really pleased with that. They did not know what to

expect after the 400 and the heat, so I am pleased. But tonight was

all about the Americans. Ryan Lochte is big news in the States.

Five golds at the World Championships last year, on the

cover of American Vogue and Time magazine. He was supposed to be the

new Michael Phelps. The trouble is, the old Michael Phelps is still

here. He certainly is. Not much more you

can say about Michael Phelps, all those medals speak for themselves.

Absolutely astonishing. It is incredible and it is an

extraordinary tally of medals. He has more medals than anyone else in

history. It begs the question, is he the greatest Olympian? If you

just look at member of a look -- medals won, he is clearly out in

front but I don't want it alienates women fans around the world. I

think it is easier to win medals in swimming than it is in athletics. I

think one has to temper one's view of whether he is the greatest

because of that. He got eight in Beijing, which will probably never

be bettered. He was going for seven here. The records do continue to

tumble, when you look at the fact he was the first man to defend his

title successfully twice. Three Games in a row he has been champion

at that 200 metres individual. only thing I would say, in

athletics you have to get from A to B as fast as possible. Been

swimming go there are alternative ways, freestyle, breaststroke,

Butterfly and so on. It makes it slightly easier. They are different

technical demands all of them but I would say it is legitimate to have

an opinion that there are greater Olympians than Phelps. This Phelps

Ryan Lochte rivalry. Did it igniter this Games? One of the great things

about it is the contrasting temperaments. Very different

characters. Phelps trying to cement his reputation as the greatest

Olympian and a lot of people within swimming would want to give him

that accolade. Locked -- Ryan Lochte was fantastic in the event

he won, such a charming smile, a laid-back attitude which is very

alluring. I think Phelps is fantastic. We look forward to

Rebecca Adlington, she looked comfortable today in the 800m. That

is the one she Vantis -- France's. She goes in it tomorrow. It has not

been the best of weeks for Britain's judo team but what a game

for jump -- but what a day for Gemma Gibbons as she made it to the

final. It is gruelling, what they go through to get themselves a shot

at gold. With every fight on the same day, she would have first two

to win -- to reach the quarter- final where she faced Marhinde

Verkerk. She had previously beaten the Japanese No. Two seed. There

were worrying signs when Gibbons fell to the mat clutching her hand,

final, up against Audrey Tcheumeo. She forced to the fighting to a

golden score. The next point wins it. The 25-year-old found move when

it mattered most, the ippon, which sent her through to the final. The

first guaranteed medal for 12 years. The enormity of what she had

achieved overwhelmed her. She lost her mother recently and onto the

final, it was there that the journey ended. Perhaps her

Herculean efforts caught up with her as the American Kayla Harrison

was too strong in the end. Two yukos were enough to give her gold.

It doesn't seem real, but amazing. Where did you find the strength?

The crowd were amazing, I don't think I could have done it without

them. I wish I could have got the gold but it wasn't to be. We

haven't had a medal until today but our guys are training so hard. We

all deserve medals. They are lucky to have horrible draws the first

time around. -- unlucky. The whole of the squad are training so hard

and we deserve more than what we have got so far. Ben Ainslie had

the day off yesterday but had much to think about after getting out

sailed for the first six races in the Finn class by the Danish sailor.

The Ben Ainslie's luck seemed to have changed when Christians and

capsized. He was not scuppered. Ben Ainslie got his first win. It got

prettily -- prickly but Ben Ainslie claimed that he had been gang up --

the other sailors ganged up on him. He said for you -- a few choice

things. Him and the Danish guy, they teamed up on me. I am

seriously unhappy with that. I made a big mistake because I am angry,

and he didn't want to make me angry. -- he made a big mistake. Did you

take the term to be on the safe side? I had no choice because if

there is a protest, two against one, you are going to lose. It is really

bad, it has happened to me in the Olympics before. I am older and

wiser enough to know not to fall for it, but those guys better watch

out. A bit was a good day for the British crews on the water. Stevie

Morrison and Ben Rhodes have had a frustrating time in the 49er class

but won both of their races took lie in silver position after eight

races. Britain are currently top of the fleet in the men 70, they

finished second and first today. Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson got

the same results as they lead the Star class. It is going pretty well

for the sailors in Weymouth. I love the idea of Ben Ainslie, don't make

me angry. I have a vision of the Hulk bursting out of his wet suit

and going for the Dane. That is what struck me when he said those

words. He is so mild mannered. When you interview him, he is charming

and courteous. He seems to be naturally in control of his own

emotions. Then he gets out there and it is not the first time I have

seen him angry. A few months ago, I think a camera crew got too close

and he went crazy. And then there were his choice words. To me, the

question is, does he perform better angry? There are two categories of

people who thrive on anger and they want to be emotional, the one to

have enmity between them and their rivals. -- they want to have. There

are other people who want to be calm and composed. I suspect that

Ben Ainslie knows that he is better be angry. I don't know the ins and

outs. The morality of what happened. But I think that frame of mind

suits Ben Ainslie. He seems to be taking it as a personal slight,

that somebody is taking him on in his own backyard. That will run and

run. He is running out of time in the Finn class. Time for more

British gold. Rowing, cycling, first in the port yesterday.

Canoeing and shooting came together at a party at the top of the podium

today. These boards are worlds apart and it is 20 miles across

London from the Whitewater Center to Woolwich. Today's gold Rush came

in the space of five minutes. The canoeists celebrated first but by

we start with the man With the Golden Gun. If Peter Wilson had

never fallen off his snowboard as a teenager, this day would almost

certainly never have happened. Peter Wilson needs these targets to

win gold for Great Britain. physiotherapist suggested shooting

would be a good way to strengthen his badly damaged shoulder. Give

That Wilson always had gold in his sights. Given coming in as world

record-holder, the number two in the world, that hides the story of

his funding being cut, working in a pub, his parents bailing him out,

before the UK Sport realised it might just be worth investing in

this manner overall -- after all. The locals at the pub where he used

to pull the pints in Dorchester will be raising a pint tonight.

What a feeling, what a rush. Olympic gold medallists. It is

weird to say that, how strange. Dad! Well done! From the double

trap to Great Britain's double medal in the C2. First in the

Whitewater, Etienne Stott and Tim Baillie. They knew that Britain --

they had put in a competitive time but with nine players to follow,

they could only keep pedals cross that it was good enough. -- pedals

crossed. The main threat was from the Slovakian Hochschorner crypt --

twins, named Peter and Pavel. They hit a gate, flyaway Peter, flyaway

POW war. By the time that there -- It was a clean run and down to the

final push for the line. Chris grippy gold and silver. Oh, my

goodness -- this could be gold and silver. A Baillie and stop's long

wait was over. They were the champions but before celebrating

per the first cold, very much a good dunking. -- celebrating the

first gold. It could have been a complete disaster but it is a dream.

I was really happy that we would be in the top six, then I thought if

we could finish 4th it would be Caulker. To win, it is mad -- I

thought if we could finish 4th it would be cool. Sometimes you have

the quirk of the timetable when everything is coming together. It

was an amazing five minutes. Let's start at the kennelling. They have

got that basilic -- that brilliant facility, the White Water Centre at

Lee Valley and now they have the gold medals to stick up on the wall.

How inspiring is that? Unique the bricks and mortar and the

inspiration behind it, and they have had that -- you need the

bricks-and-mortar. What an extraordinary sport, you are struck

by the chaotic unpredictability. The maelstrom of water, two people

trying to get in sync, use the same minds to go through this type

potent -- openings while trying to make sense of the swirling

unpredictability. -- these tight openings. They were generous to say

that perhaps they benefited from home advantage, they had tremendous

familiarity with the canoe slalom facility and they thought it helped

them to win. Nevertheless, you still have to deliver. The fact

that both British crews did that was a tremendous tribute to them

all. When these sports have great success, like the double trap, and

we week back as we read into the back story, I love this story of

Peter Watson. He is trained by Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, the 2004

champion -- the story of Peter Wilson. A childhood accident

changed his sporting path. There is physios said that shooting will

help sort out your shoulder. After he won he went and greeted his coat

and there was an emotional moment. But Baghdad greeted his coach. --

The sports have diverse and contrasting physiological demands

on the athlete. Fought shooting, you have to stay calm and you have

to aim, -- for shooting. He had to hit one of the two for the last

distance and he nailed it, and you are right to say it will inspire

people. There is a sense in which these things catalyse other people

to take up the sport. There is a question of whether that can be

continued and sustained, rather than the Wimbledon of it, people

playing tennis for a couple of weeks and then falling away -- the

Wimbledon effect. We have had a sport for everybody today. The

tennis competition is shaping up nicely. The women's semi-finals

tomorrow see Serena Williams take on Victoria Azarenka. Maria

Sharapova goes up against her compatriot, Carolyn co. Andy Murray

is another step closer to glory after a commanding performance

against Almagro. Andy Murray cruised to a win on Court number

one. He next up, Novak Djokovic for Andy Murray. The other semi-final

sees Roger Federer take on a Juan Martin del Potro. It was good, I

served well, that help. Nicholas struggled a bit in the second set.

He was not getting as much power behind the surf. It was easier for

me to return from my side of the court -- as much power behind the

serve. He teamed up with Laura Robson in the mixed doubles, the

pair came through a tight first round match. If with the match

level at one set all, it went to a tie-break decider, which the

British duo won 10-seven and a plate Leyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur

in the quarter-finals. -- they play Half be lightweight fours won their

heat and semi-final as they look to topple Denmark -- the lightweight

wire. 50 strokes remain, Denmark, Australia and Great Britain. The

Danes have led this from the first stroke. We get into the danger zone

and Great Britain, led by Chris Bartoli, brings his men right up on

to the boil. Here comes the lightweight four and they will be

met by a roar from the crowd. Africa is coming up, it is a tough

event. They have did turn it up, they have a big ask, can they make

it? -- they have to turn it up. Surely they are looking the

stronger. One last kick, one big push and the crowd are on their

feet on the far side. 20 strokes to Olympic history. They are into

second place, a quarter of a length on the Danes, they are moving.

Danes are responding, down two two boats. South Africa in lane five.

Click is going to the wire. looks like Denmark Bath moved up

again. -- it is going to the wire. It looks like Denmark have moved up

again. One last push, here come the British, the crowd want to pursue

up over the line, they are not going to do it. We are going to

have to wait for confirmation. Great Britain get the silver,

Denmark get the bronze. It is jubilation in the South African but,

it will be disappointment for the silver medal -- jubilation in the

That was an incredible finish, what was going through your mind? A good

question, I don't remember much. It was so painful but the noise and

support of the crowd carried us across the line. Without that, we

would have got the bronze. It was enough to take the silver. Over the

moon, I don't really remember that much. Tough conditions, was it fair

that you were in the middle? It was easier for the guys in the other

lanes? They might have been a bit of difference -- there might have

been a bit of difference but this is an outdoor sport, you have got

to go with the elements. All credit to our competitors, the Australians,

the South Africans who won the gold, Denmark who won the bronze, the

Swiss and the Dutch, they are outstanding outlook -- Alf --

outstanding athlete and any one of those could have won. It is an

outdoor sport, we have to roll with it in terms of the conditions.

silver medallists in your family, quite a day. It was good, we had a

great race, we fought really hard to get into contention in the

medals. He we are delighted, delighted to be representing

After you have a chance to sit down and reflect on that final, will you

be thinking about what might have been, or do you put it out of your

mind? We aim to win. We got a silver medal. It is a home silver

medal at the London Olympics in front of 30,000 British fans. Come

on, you have to be happy with that. We will with the punches, we did

everything we could. We could not have done any more. It is where we

were. I colleague Andy Swiss asking the questions. They were being more

diplomatic than a few other quotes but have come out of Eton Dorney.

He Chambers said that FISA, rowing's governing body, should be

ashamed that they were put in lane three, when the conditions, the

cross wins over the first 1000m, clearly Faye it -- favoured other

lanes. FISA had it within their remit to change lanes. Afterwards

the FISA general-secretary said they had considered changing the

lane order and he conceded that conditions were not perfectly fair.

Perhaps they should have changed the lanes. The margin of victory

was so minor. You can understand why a particular lane would be

either advantageous or disadvantageous, but presumably if

they had changed lanes done another nation would have had to have gone

into the lane they would have dedicated and it would have been

disadvantageous for them. Was it the fact they have qualified and a

faster time? Exactly. To me, that makes perfectly sensible stop if

you qualify fast, you should not be given a fixed lane, you should be

given an advantageous lane because it gives you a bigger incentive to

qualify fast or stop the logic of the argument is undeniable.

Controversy again. We love it, don't we? It is all about medals

and great British chances so let's was around the venues and catch up

with Team GB's progress. We start at basketball, where they gave

Spain, the second best team in the world, an almighty scare. Three

points from NBA superstar Luol Deng pulled them to within a point of

the Spaniards but they were out of time. Three Games gone. They are

yet to win. Spain are yet to lose. But it was close. The USA set an

Olympic points record, beating the Nigerians 156-73. It is three

defeats out of three for the men's Hempel team. It is one of those

teams are only granted a place because of their home nation status.

They trailed 16-11 at half-time to Argentina, but went down in the end

heroics, James Austin was not having a good time. He lost his

contest against a Japanese judoka. Britain's female friends has made

it to the quarter-finals. There are only nine teams in a tournament.

They met the formidable Italians. They suffered a heavy defeat. It is

like playing Barcelona and there are three of them, not one, said

team member and a Bentley. She, Sophie Troiano and Bentley finished

in eight. Rebecca Tunney and Hannah Whelan went in the gymnastics all-

round final. 15-year-old Rebecca Tunney finished in 15th place.

There were tears for Hannah Whelan, when she was awarded zero points on

the vault for landing on her knees. She ended in last place but had

hoped for a top ten finish. Team GB are favourites in the dressage.

They struggled. Laura Bechtolsheimer said she was baffled

by her worst school in years. She sought they have been some kind of

mistake. The competition continues tomorrow. The women's hockey team

were coping well with -- without the captain, Kate Walsh, as she

recovers from a broken jaw. They beat Belgium three-Neill this

We have seen the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the royal family

doing the rounds to give British athletes support but look closely

at the crowds and it is a Who's Who of international leaders. We

spotted one at the ExCel Centre. The world's best rarely fail to

disappoint, do they? You would not want to disappoint him, not if you

are Russian anyway. Luckily, President Putin was delighted.

There was gold in the other 100 kilometre -- and not under 100 kg

judo. The glory is Russian and the boss is on his feet. How to

celebrate such an emphatic victory? Well, the bumps, a pat on the back

and Kiss of course. No kissing, more cuddling at the home of

cricket and the home of Korean archery as well, it seems. They won

their second gold thanks to the top seed. She edged a sudden death

shoot off with a Mexican. It was relatively reserved at Lord's. At

the ExCel arena and the men's table tennis it was anything but. First

colour a German got a bit too excited too soon. COMMENTATOR: He

had clenched his fist triumphantly. He thought this was in the net.

lost that particular point but persistence pays off and he won the

bronze, but what about gold? In an all Chinese affair, the opponent

Pretty athletic showing but not a patch on the gymnasts and

particularly Gabriela Douglas from America. Only four ft 11, yet she

hit the heights in London jumping and climbing above all others to

win the all-around title. Gymnastics' biggest prize. A golden

smile to match her gold medal. Plenty of smiles from Italy's women

fencers. They secured their second gold for their country of fencing

and for this 38-year-old, a six Olympic title of her career. Jump

and shout she should. COMMENTATOR: Italy have won the gold medal in

the women's team foil and that is what it means to them. Russia lost

the fencing final but on the day their president was in town, the

Russian basketball team produced something that bit special. They

trailed by ten points to Brazil, but with six seconds left it was

down to two. Time-out called, one last chance, four seconds left, you

guessed it. The drama, they really medal table looks tonight. A battle

for supremacy between China and the United States. The Korean -- the

South Korean Archers have helped Six down, still tend to go, a long

way to go. It is a marathon, isn't it? It is, it has been a feast. The

way that the British public has reacted, I am not entirely

surprised. There is a genuine sense of enthusiasm, Patriot ISM, all

these emotions coming out. Sport has a visceral connection with

people, not just now but it was true in the ancient Olympics, in

ancient Greece. 1,200 years of the ancient Olympic Games without a

single interruption, everyone was in to it from the lower classes to

the intellectuals to the philosophers. This has been a

celebration of sport and it has been magnificent. We have seen the

magnificent rowers and cyclists going strong, we wish them well

over the next few days in the Velodrome. But tomorrow, the

athletics. Does the Olympics start properly with athletics? It is

unfair to say it starts properly but the implication, that the

centrepiece of Sport is the athletics. Within that you would

say the centrepiece event is the 100m. I think everybody is looking

forward to seeing what happens. The atmosphere in the mid- -- in the

Olympic Stadium, the athletics stadium, is unique. When the 100m

happens, the good sense of emotional intensity is unrivalled

in an East belting spectacle. -- in any sporting spectacle. There it is,

changing colour. Hopefully they have cleared out Danny Boyle's

spectacular and have a decent track, which will will see tomorrow

morning with heats. Now, a round of British stories starting with

boxing. A massive win for Anthony Ogogo, who defeated the Ukrainian

world champion, Ievgen Khytrov. The Ukrainian hit back in the second,

landing big shots. The Briton had a standing eight count. Both fighters

were all guns -- guns blazing in the third. They were locked at 18-

80 and even the countback and totals on the judges' scorecards

could not separate them. The judges had to pick a winner and picked

Ogogo. An appeal by the Ukrainians was rejected. But so good for Josh

Taylor, the first British boxer to be eliminated after losing to the

experience -- experienced it borrowed. -- experienced Italian.

The British beach volleyball has are out. Lizzie Neave could not

repeat their heroics off the boys in the British kayak. She struggled

and finished 12th, not good enough for the final for her. You might be

surprised to know that Britain has four Olympic what a title -- water

polo titles to its name, the last one in 1920. There could be a

weight. Men were thrashed by the USA. GB were treading water in that

sport at the moment. GB men were no match for Italy's volleyball has at

Earls Court tonight, going down 3-0. The next opportunity is on Saturday

against Poland. They are unlikely to make the back pages any time

It was raining medals. That is the best day we have had so far. Let's

They are easy to write, these? was inevitable that Chris Hoy would

dominate the front pages. It is nice to see some of the images and

the team mates. They were so crucial in delivering him to the

line in a strong position to take That has been story of track

cycling, it is a team effort. Not just the relay, the support

scientists, the physiologists, the performance director, they seem to

coalesce in a way that creates a winning formula. There has been an

extraordinary momentum. We see that in the rowing, strength and depth.

That is the social dynamic created by Sir Steve Redgrave. Everyone

wants to be associated with a team that loses success. Great Britain

have had a purple patch. There will be lean spells where we will be

saying, don't panic if we seem to be falling short of the 48 medals

that would lead in Beijing. I think the interaction between our medal

success in the public is more significant than the medal success

in the athletes. I think the athletes are often quite

individualistic, in a sense that Jessica Ennis will be looking to

win and whether or not other people are many, I don't think it will

affect her preparations. She has to be focused on herself. However, if

the nation is seeing athletes do well, that does have a big effect

on the national mood. A few side, thank you for your time. That was

day six for you, that is about it for a Olympic Sportsday. Olympic

Breakfast will be with you at 6am. Push your red button or go to the

website to catch up on every sport at the Games. Dan Walker is back

tomorrow. That is it, 22 golds # Today, this could be the greatest

# Before it all ends, before we run # Stay close to me. Stay close to

# Watched the world come alive # And the world comes alive, and

# And the world comes alive, and the world comes alive tonight.

and Hayter Michael Phelps has won his 20th Olympic medal --