Day 9: Full Round-Up Olympic Sportsday

Good evening. More gold medals on the wake. And more tears before

bedtime. Coming up on Olympic Sportsday: Lightning can strike

twice. From Weymouth to Wimbledon. The two

winners will Team GB today, Ben Ainslie and Andy Murray.

The gloves are on for the women, Olympic history made again today.

Over the next 45 minutes, we will squeeze in the best of the action

from the 9th day of the Games. On hand to help make sense is will

from the Telegraph. From a produce perspective, the superlatives run

dry it -- but his perspective. But tonight, we had the international

blockbuster. If you remember one event from past Olympic Games, it

Johnson when is it! Linford Christie!

-- wins it! Unbelievable!

Justin Gatlin is going to win it! That is superb! That is a new world

The men's 100m final. We had the semi-finals this evening. Usain

Bolt went alongside Dwain Chambers. Chambers was the quickest British

sprinter but missed out on the final by 300s of a second. Justin

Gatlin looked extremely quick. Only one of the eight finalists failed

the last nine days has provided some of those iconic sporting

moments you just never forget. But the men's 100m final transcends

even sport, and so does he. Usain Bolt! His bravado and brilliance,

the vital ingredients in a race predicted to be the greatest of all

time. The moment of truth has finally arrived. The 100m Olympic

champion becomes a legend! Why did we ever, ever, ever doubt the

brilliance of Usain Bolt? I think even for him, this has more meaning

Remember I told you what my coach said, stop worrying about you start.

The best part of your race is at the end. So I stopped worrying

about the start and I executed it and it worked. What do you say to

the doubters? It all worked on the track. All they can do is talk.

When it comes to the championships, it is all about business, and I

brought it. He brings it more than most. He had to. No man over nine

seconds got a medal. But when you are as good as Bolt, you can afford

to be confident of your ability. And they were equally confident in

Jamaica. At JAMAICAN COMMENTARY: Usain Bolt,

the big man means Business! Dominates in London, he is the king

of sprinting, undisputed! The best in the world, Usain Bolt triumphs

in majestic style! The big man is back in business!

No one can deny he is very much back in business, and in London, on

the eve of Jamaica's 50th anniversary of independence from

Britain. If these Olympics are about creating legacy, Usain Bolt

has cemented his. Never in doubt. The big man turns

on the bigger engine. Jamaica heard all about it. Was it ever in doubt?

I think it was, and that is why he was so delighted with what he has

done tonight. This is comfortably his greatest performance. It is not

his quickest time. In Beijing, it was the wildest thing I have ever

seen. It was a procession. And in Berlin three years ago. But this

was a race. He was under genuine pressure, particularly from Yohan

Blake, but in the big competitions, he performs and that is what he did.

This track is lightning-fast. Should we have seen a world record?

It wasn't far off. The temperature was down to 17 degrees. The

temperature gauge went off in the stadium. They were cool conditions,

great for distance running, but not optimal for sprinting. A world

record would have been the icing on the cake but that was fantastic.

man was arrested at the start. bottle was thrown, just as the

runners ran up into the set position. It lands in lane five,

behind Yohan Blake. The organisers are saying they have arrested

someone, the met Police have. Suggestions that there was an

incident in the crowd after he did it. Edith Bosch is claiming to have

pushed the man who did it! No idea if that is true. Clearly, it is

slightly embarrassing for LOCOG. Quite fitting Olympic justice!

one person you don't want to be sitting next to it is someone who

is competing in judo! Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce took the women's 100m.

Jamaica it continues to produce the greatest sprinters. Fantastic. The

50th anniversary of independence, this is a huge moment for them. And

now they have Yohan Blake as well. Many thanks. Four years ago,

Christine Ohuruogu came back from Beijing with Team GB's only gold in

athletics and since then, has not come close to that form, but no one

in the British team can feel more at home and her. Her family live

just outside the Olympic Park in Stratford. She was worried about

getting her mum and dad and seven per Scissors Sisters enough tickets,

and she has a silver medal to show them tonight -- seven brothers and

Richards Ross. But Christine DeeDee Trotter is trying to get

into this. Christine Ohuruogu has got a chance, right on the outside!

Six of them altogether here! DeeDee Trotter are coming through! Sanya

Richards Ross is coming through, and Christine Ohuruogu, can she get

there?! Will she make it?! Sanya Richards Ross takes the gold,

Christine Ohuruogu, a Stirling, Your reaction, Christine? I was

stunned. I was stunned. I don't know, I was heartbroken actually. I

was heartbroken, I really was. To have, you know, to use your title

like that... -- to lose your title. It was tough. Sanya Richards Ross

is a worthy competitor and she ran a good race and I have to be happy

with what I got, it could have been worse. It looked like it could have

been Beijing all over again. I know. But I tightened up. I could feel my

shoulders lifting. It is really hard to control when you are under

fatigue. I thought I still had some time, but then the line came too

soon and I thought, no, it has gone, it has gone. Let's look at how some

of the other British athletes did in the stadium. He MLA at Dannatt,

the final of the triple jump. The 39-year-old posted the second

longest jump in the qualifying stages but it was only good enough

of Seth -- Yemi let -- Yamile Adana. Perri Shakes Drayton breed true the

first round of the 400m hurdles in really good time. She is one of the

quickest in the world this year, and a local girl. She can see the

Olympic stadium from the end of her street. There will be no British

runner in the final of the men's 1,500m. Andy Baddeley was eighth,

Ross Murray was 10th. Oscar Pistorius failed to make it through

to the final of the 400m. The first double amputee to compete at the

Games was never really in contention will. The British trio

also went out. Alex Smith was a surprise finalist in the men's

hammer. He finished last with a throw of 72.87. That was about

eight metres short of the winner We didn't quite reach the height of

Saturday, but are really gutsy run from Christine Ohuruogu. Fantastic

to see her perform and get a silver medal. She has had a dreadful time

since Beijing, it was nearly a repeat performance, the leader went

out far too fast, and she overhauled the guys at the front.

In Kenmore metres, she would have won. -- in Pennymoor metres. She

had a real shot at goal. I have just had a question for you, "I was

more impressed with what Oskar Pistorius did tonight than what

Usain Bolt did, the effect will be Worlock -- long-lasting, as well".

It is quite stunning to see what he has achieved to get here. To hear

people suggesting, as they still are, that he somehow has an

advantage, is an affront to common sense. He still has the relays to

come. Many thanks, you are right up to date with what happened in the

stadium tonight. Let me down to Wimbledon, where Andy Murray is

champion. We would have loved to You just have to take your hat off

Well, he was back on Centre Court today against the Swiss, Murray was

blubbing again, but it has been almost routine. He got a silver in

the mixed doubles, but in no way would that take the gloss off what

he has already achieved. The way he played today, his a medal macro was

only going to be one colour. He absolutely thrashed Federer today.

What did this mean to Andy Murray? To revisit the scene of his most

heartbreaking scene go by to take on the man who laid in solo four

weeks ago. Andy Murray had excelled, it is not just the ticket that has

changed. Since he lost at Wimbledon final, perhaps he had lost his

inhibitions, too. The first set, 6- 2. So the first set, one in

impressive style. Everyone realises, this is now or never. Grand Slams

will come and go, Andy Murray will never again have the chance to win

the Olympics here, on Centre Court. Centre court, Federer threw himself

into it, still Murray was better. Now it was his gold medal to lose.

Not a hint of a mistake in the third set. Victory in straight

sets! Simple! It is a golden triumph for Andy Murray! He went

directly to those who have supported him through thick and

thin, he said his extra inspiration have come from watching Mo Farah on

Saturday night. That was the number one for me, the biggest win of my

life. This week has been incredible so far. And I have had a lot of fun,

the support has been amazing. wasn't finished. Even after

collecting the gold medal, there was one more job to do, the mixed

doubles final. They took the first set but eventually lost to Victoria

Azarenka and Max Mirnyi of Belarus. Now I Olympic champions always have

fresh demands on their time. Centre Court has already enjoyed seeing

his sensitive side, now he can say The critics say that tennis has no

place in the Olympics because the players care so much more about the

majors, the Grand Slams. Would you dare say that to Andy Murray

tonight? You have to look at the attitude of the best players in the

world to these events, Rafael Nadal one the Olympic gold in Beijing and

was desperate to do so. -- won the Olympic gold in Beijing. The

Olympic spirit is so strong, not strong enough to make a British

team one on penalties, as we saw last night! Everybody from G4S has

just been raving about how Andy Murray seems to have embraced the

Olympic spirit, and the ideal, he was a man possessed. Absolutely,

that is the point have made your part of a wider team, part of 542

at leads, he has bought into it. He has one it for his country, not for

Andy Murray, that can relieve some of the pressure. And he has won it

the hard way, while playing in the doubles with his brother, fantastic

for him to get through to the final, a silver medal for him and Laura

Robson. Yes, probably too much to hope for a double, but they still

have a medal. 23 gold medals to be grabbed across the games today.

There was also some punching other sort never seen before at the

It is all about the agony and ecstasy. Emerging from the spangly

tunnel, or women, allowed to compete in boxing for the first

time ever. This Russian made history with victory in the first

bout. In the's five-time world champion came out of retirement for

a double special occasion, her little boy's 5th birthday. She's a

sisterly pummelled her Polish opponent. To the protagonists of

synchronised swimming, it is a heavy schedule of painful bending

and Son House smiling through a thoroughly taxing ordeal. Russia

lead on day one. As with table tennis, the rest of the world

should give up when it comes to badminton and let time I get on

with it, or so we thought! Suddenly Malaysia or were ahead. But China's

finest got his act together to make it 1-1 before winning the final

game in something of a nail biter to take the gold medal. They

eventually calmed him down enough to give him his medal, and the

Chinese have the weight would also win the Double. This brings us

nicely on to weightlifting. The showdown for the Gold between China

and Russia. After victory in this match, the Russian looked like she

was on the way to glory. But eventually, a world record was set.

52 stone! Her coaches were delighted. Tatyana, less so. There

was yet more Chinese success in the diving. An exemplary display it in

the springboard to stop --. Germany one bronze despite at this injury,

he went careering off the piste. There was controversy in the final

when the judge awarded a point to Italy even though the Japanese

dancer touched first. It proved to be the turning point. There was no

stopping Serena Williams at the tennis, along with her sister, they

wrapped up another gold for the USA, and from the tranquillity of the

All England Club to be swept pit that is Greco-Roman wrestling. The

first Iranian to win a gold in this discipline. Clearly, it meant a

great deal. We finish where we started, in the boxing. Something

of a controversial decision, the Azerbaijani one the fight on

countback after the score was even. -- won the fight. His opponent

refused to leave the ring. He had We saw the first female boxers.

Natasha Jonas was the first woman in an Olympic vest, in a

lightweight contest against Queen Underwood of the USA. They were

involved in a right royal rumble. The American in read it tried to

take the fight to Jonas, but she held on. The Queen was dethroned,

and Jonas now has a chance of a medal. She faces Katie Taylor of

Britain are guaranteed their first boxing medal of the Games. The Luke

Campbell is a short at least a bronze after a tough encounter

against the Bulgarian. Luke Campbell turned a deficit around to

win the contest 16-15. What a fight! A win against Japan on

Friday it would give him a shot at goal.

Boxing will always start a debate, but what do you think about the

women being included? If the IOC is going to press for every country to

be truly represented at the Games, you have to have all sports for men

and women. We have come a long way from the days when it was

considered bad for a woman's help to run 800m, which was not so no

word go, so I will commit. We see professional boxing champions born

from the Olympic Games. -- I welcome it. Do you think this

should have come sooner? It has come as soon as it could have come.

The debate is always slow moving. When we get to the climax of the

boxing competition, it is always a brilliant moment in the game's.

Let's head to Weymouth, where Ben Ainslie won gold to become the

greatest Olympic sailor of all time. He has had a tough time this week

as Jonas Hogh-Christensen looked to have the measure of him, but today,

Ainslie was king of the men. Flares are designed to attract

attention, something Ben Ainslie should not need. He has built an

Olympic legend, and not on the seven seas but on a fair few of

them. He got silver in Atlanta, gold in Sydney. He won in Athens

and Beijing. At his home Olympics, a chance to have his achievements

properly appreciated and in perhaps the game's' most beautiful setting,

things have been turning ugly. He claimed that Jonas Hogh-Christensen

and another man had forced him into a turn. They teamed up on the

basically. I was seriously unhappy with that. They made a big mistake

because I am angry and they did not want to make me angry. So one of

the Olympic battles was to take place in Dorset. If Ainslie beat

Christenson in the final race, he won gold. You might think sailing

is a sport of wide, open spaces. Not so. It requires immense clarity

of thought to craft a route through the courts. Ben Ainslie wins his

fourth Olympic gold! It has been the hardest couple of weeks of my

life. I have not slept much the last couple of days. You just have

to deal with that and when you get racing, it disappears and you just

get on with the job. Jonas Hogh- Christensen denied, having led

right up to their end of the race. Sailing can be a very lonely sport.

Ben Ainslie was greeted like a victorious Admiral's. His finest

moment has come on what it seems will be his final her Olympic four

yet. I don't think I can do this again, it is killing my body.

his final Olympic voyage. I don't think you will see me in at Rio.

Although he never competed within 100 miles of the Olympic Park, Ben

Ainslie will be one of the abiding heroes of the Games.

Perhaps it should have been double gold. Andrew Simpson and Iain Percy

were defending their Olympic title in the Star class with an eight

point lead, but they only took silver, as the Swedish pair of

Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen got the gold. You are never 100%

confident, it is kind of a lottery and the last race proved it. We

didn't get it right. We cannot blame anybody apart from ourselves.

Fair play to Sweden. They did a great job. And so did the

Brazilians. We are really frustrated. Sorry to everybody

watching, we feel really bad. We tried our hardest but it wasn't to

What about Ben Ainslie? He said this was the toughest medal he has

ever had to fight for to win. have got used to him having Olympic

regattas won by Thursday, and having to proceed through this, it

has been fascinating to watch him. Coming under a bit of the treatment

he has dished out to others. He has not been averse to doing whatever

it takes in the past. When he did that interview and said, you do not

want to make me angry. That proved to be a bad call. He ripped the

Dame apart. That skulduggery of any upon him. An intriguing twist and

he probably needed that. -- skulduggery of hanging up on him.

Yes, he was being beaten. The scale of his achievement is enormous.

That is five medals now in consecutive Olympics. The first

individual event person to make five consecutive medals. Steve

Redgrave apart of -- was part of a team. He is an absolutely stand out

Olympian. He is probably not going to go to Rio, he said as much. He

has big ambitions in the Americas Cup. It would be fantastic to see

him devote that incredible Brana fears and that drive and commitment

-- brain of his. It will be well worth watching. Denmark were

defeated on the water by Ainsley but they had something to cheer

about at the Velodrome in the omnium, which is a new events in

the cycling. Six different disciplines and Ed Clancy was in

fourth place at the halfway stage. Three events today, four kilometre

pursuit, 15km or, and Ed Clancy was down to 5th in the final one

kilometre time-trial. Only good enough for bronze. Lasse Hansen is

the new omnium champion. I have always said I came here for the

team pursuit. I always put my eggs in one basket. Perhaps mentally as

well. It is so hard getting up the very next day to go into a full-

blown omnium. The pursuit, the flying lap, a personal best in all

of them. It is just a shame that in the bunch races, I got torn apart

by the specialists. I always knew it would be touch and go to get a

medal. It is an emotional roller- coaster. One minute you are winning,

then next you are completely out of the race. That is the story of the

last two days. At one point, I was looking at gold, but it slipped

away. We have had so much support. I even had the great Mark Cavendish

on the phone to me this afternoon. The support has been unbelievable.

I would like to say thanks to all of the staff, the management, the

physios, they all worked so hard. They are the real heroes behind

this. Victoria Pendleton has thrown through to the quarter-finals in

the sprint, fresh from her keirin gold medals. She posted a new

Olympic medal at before -- Olympic medal. -- Olympic record. Jason

Kenny is through to the semis after setting the fastest time in

qualifying. He bumped Chris Hoy of the bike for this event, which

Chris won in Beijing. Tough call. That gold is to be won tomorrow.

British Cycling, so driven to perfection, to women. That is the

decision they make. Absolutely. It looks like a tough call but one

suspects that Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy, either of them would struggle

to win gold. The Frenchman is number one in the world by a long

way. Fantastic for Ed Clancy. The disappointment in him, and the

sailors, in not winning gold in those for the lot one sports tells

you everything about how high the standards are -- for those top

British athletes are either celebrating a gold medal or

apologising for letting people down, and they are not letting anybody

down. Louis Smith missed out on gold by the tiniest of margins in

the gymnastics. He thought he had won with a faultless regime on the

pommel horse. The judges gave him the same score as Krisztian Berki.

It had to be decided on who had executed their regime the best, and

that was the Hungarian. Silver for Smith and a bonus bronze for Max

history. Never before had Britain had an Olympic gymnastics champion,

it was a 116 year wait. Was it about to end? First, a surprise

British contender, Max Whitlock, who produced the routine of his

life to take an early lead. He is challenging for a medal! That was

super stuff! Hiva still second and guaranteed a medal when Smith took

centre stage. The pommel horse is the ultimate test of grace,

strength and have no. Marks are awarded for difficulty and

execution. The crowd held its breath. Until finally, deafeningly,

they roared their approval. What an ovation for Louis Smith! All around

me, the thousands of fans here are on their feet! But will it be good

enough? To score to date, by hungry's Krisztian Berki. Guess

what? Snap! Because Berki's execution score was higher, he got

Do be beaten by anyone apart from Max, Christian Becky is that guy. -

- Krisztian Berki. It is indeed be proud of. The with Whitlock taking

bronze, Britain had two of the medallists. Proof that British

Let catch up with some other British performers from today. The

last chance of a fencing medal has gone, but we gave the eventual

winners Italy a scare. They made their last eight and gave it their

all before losing narrowly, 45-40. All over for the women's volleyball

team, they have genuine hopes of qualifying after beating Algeria or

last Monday, but subsequent defeats mean they cannot reach the quarters.

The latest loss came at hands of Japan, who one in straight -- won

in straight sets. The medals will be decided in

showjumping tomorrow. The surprise leaders are Saudi Arabia. Scott

Brash, Nick Skelton and Chris Mayer are all true.

Gripper's men only need a draw against Spain at in hockey. --

Group -- Great Britain's men. They stormed back to draw 3-3 after

Australia have the lead. Great Britain, down to 10 men. Oh know,

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another mess. And the Australians Where were these players at the

position that looked impossible. Goals were given away, again, it

looked impossible at 3-1. But suddenly, Great Britain came to

life and played really well, and Teresa -- story deserved to take a

point against the best team in the They absolutely love it down there,

we were watching Australia against the US, everybody is incredible. We

talk about the fans at the park, but now the venue, the Olympic

stadium, we were at the aquatic centre, have you been impressed by

it? The turnout has been huge, a few issues around committee stage,

but essentially the public have turned out in huge numbers. The

enthusiasm sparked by these games has been really striking, Christine

Ohuruogu was talking about how fantastic the crowd was for her,

but every non-British at leads had committed on how fair and warmly

they had been treated -- non- British at elite. We saw Greg

Rutherford at last night, in first position, every one of them was

applauded down the runway. This might have been taking hospitality

too far, but the crowd has been a credit to the Games. You do get a

sense that the crowd are pushing the athletes over the line.

just have to think about the incredible race, with Mo Farah,

that roar that distract him around the stadium, that can only have

helped him. A few more British athletes to catch up with, the

synchronised swimmers gave themselves a chance of qualifying

for the final. The top 12 go into the final. The women's handball

team have suffered a disappointing end, four straight defeats. They

finished with a 37-14 hammering against Croatia. Could be the end

of an era, they only formed in 2006, its future hangs in the balance, no

decision is made yet I have to post gains funding. Women's basketball

team all so, bowing out, the Brazil team were far too good, winning 78,

its -- 7266. The women's water polo team contested a quarter-final

tonight, they made quite a fist of it, only losing 9-7 to explain. She

was under water with 20 seconds left, victory for the Spanish, they

are now playing Hungary for a place That metal table will be in the

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papers tomorrow. Let's have a look We haven't got your paper, but I'm

sure that Murray will figure! full of all the finest Olympic

coverage! I'm sure it will be in the shops. What did you write about

tonight? I wrote about Bolt and a remarkable performance which

established him as the greatest ever seen. Was it easy to write,

because of the doubt, or did you just immerse yourself in the

moment? It is tricky because of how late it is, and several people are

trying to write... But the story is so powerful. He is such a

compelling athlete. The epicentre of the Games is the stadium now,

with the athletes arrive, you feel that the Games have gone into six

gear. Do you feel you are missing out with all the other sport? It is

always remarkable how few of the French sports, if I can say that,

you get round to see. -- a fringe sport. You would love to get out

there and see all the people in the Stadium macro -- but they have had

a fantastic time. But nobody can see the cauldron. It is something

you notice more if you have been two previous games. It is a slight

shame. But the court itself as a wonderful idea. A week to go, what

are you looking for in this final week? You would like to see some

metals come from nowhere. -- summer medals. We were treated beyond

anyone's wildest dreams. Rutherford was the first cold before -- the

first told no one expected. That is about it. Dan Walker is going to be