Day 10 BBC One: 22.30-00.00 Olympics

CLARE BALDING: Good evening and welcome back to further coverage of

the Olympics from here in Rio. To viewers BBC One, confirmation that

Mark Cavendish took the silver medal in the Omni, his first Olympic

medal. Laura Trott is currently involved in the elimination race,

the third of six events in the Omni, and the aim here is not to finish

last when they sprint every other lap, so we are on sprint seven of

16, and Laura Trott is looking comfortable. We will leave you on

BBC Two, join us now on BBC One where we rejoin commentary with

Chris Boardman and Simon Brotherton. COMMENTATOR: Laura Trott still in

this field, the tension really building, the elimination race is

exciting. Laura Trott is towards the back of the moment, needs to move

forward, and she has realised that, moving around the outside of the

track. She is comfortable riding this race at the front or back, she

just smoothly went through, she looks so strong and confident she

moves to the front, Sarah Hammer has barely moved out of the first three,

so desperate not to get eliminated early. Lauren Ellis from New Zealand

is the latest rider out, and in the end, we will just have two sprinting

for the line, but it is so relentless, that bell every other

lap. Sprint every 30 seconds. Sarah Hammer has found herself in a

difficult spot, panicking a little early. Annette Edmondson is also at

the back, and she needs to get a little bit of a sprint on to avoid

getting knocked out, it may well be the rider from China who is out, Lou

Ojha Lane from China. Edmondson had to sprint there to keep her place in

the field. Hammer has found herself at the back, she is having to sprint

it out, Laura finding herself on the front, Hama just has one rider

behind have a safety. Sharrock over tried to go around the outside. . --

Sharakova. She is in the white and green of Belarus. And that is Laurie

Berthon out. Not many laps remaining now, and every sprint will count.

They take the bell again. And Sarah Hammer finds herself on the back.

Laura Trott is on the inside now, that is dangerous, but she spotted

immediately and creates a hole. And Sarah Hammer now is having to dig in

to make sure she is not eliminated here as they come up towards the

line, and the rider out is the rider from Germany, Anna Knauer. Sarah

Hammer likes to ride on the front normally, but dangling on the back

and having to come along way around each time, it a costly way to do it.

So she is having to sprint harder than the riders on the front. You

lose five metres going up the banking on the corners like that.

Laura Trott looks comfortable in the middle of this small pack now. This

is the 12th sprint in the elimination race, Laura Trott on the

outside. Dideriksen on the outside, and the Belarus rider, Sharakova, is

out, so we are down to six now. It is D'Hoore from the Netherlands,

Edmondson, Laura Trott. Sarah Hammer is there. It looks like she's

decided to ride from the back and keep sprinting. Edmondson knows what

the strategy is now, and she knows the America will, at her soon. This

will be difficult for Hama, and Dideriksen might get boxed in little

on the left-hand side. Amelie Dideriksen frustrated, she was in a

good position but was closing in with the other two sprinting. That

was strongly dashed by Sarah Hammer. She showed her hand a little bit, is

holding something back for that final sprint, and now it is Laura

Trott she has got between her and staying in this race. Laura Trott

moving alongside Kirsten Wild on the edge of the track. Sarah Hammer is

in big trouble here now in this particular sprint as Laura Trott

moves through on the outside, comfortably through, and Edmondson

is out. Edmondson was riding nicely, and suddenly, there was nowhere to

go. Laura Trott is there for Great Britain, Sarah Hammer has decided to

try to take this one from the front, to try to make sure she can stay in.

Laura Trott in the back position now, so she has got it all to do.

She needs to be a bit careful, D'Hoore and Kirsten Wild are both

capable of sprinting, but here she comes once more. D'Hoore is at the

back and could well be out, no, it is Kirsten Wild. The Netherlands

out. Trot doesn't look like she is being challenged at all at the

moment, just one more to go before that final sprint for the line. It

is down to three, and Laura is still there from Great Britain, with Sarah

Hammer her great rival from the United States, and D'Hoore. Sarah

Hammer has attacked now, treating this like a match sprint, Laura

Trott is going after the American, how much does Sarah Hammer have as

much left? D'Hoore brings up the rear of the three of them, and easy

over the line is Laura Trott. She might be out there, it was very,

very close. Let's have a look. It is the American who is out, Sarah

Hammer is gone. She will finish third, she is eliminated, and

D'Hoore and Laura Trott, one final sprint to see who will win this

race. I would accurately say it is Laura Trott's to lose here. And the

sprint is on down the back straight, Laura Trott takes it on, and Julian

Deraa hasn't got enough to take it on and respond, and once more, Laura

Trott shows she is masterful when it comes to the elimination race.

Nobody can touch her. The defending Olympian champion is absolutely

flying here on the opening day of competition, and she will end the

first day in first place at the top of the standings. She just floated

through that event, and has put another couple of points between her

and her rival Hama. Hama now in third position behind D'Hoore on the

overall points. What a ride by her, and she was like she was in a

different race. We have seen two fantastic rides from Laura Trott

this evening. She has never ridden faster than she did today to win

that section of the competition, and now here as well, this was the

banker for her in many ways, she is always there at the end of the

sprints, and she was dominant here against the Belgian. And in doing

this, she just cruised away, she has a ten point lead over Sarah Hammer,

and considering she is sprinting better, as well, that really bodes

well for her in that points race. So, at this point, Laura Trott looks

to be the class of the field in the women's Army in defence of her

title. She leads on 118 points, Jolien D'Hoore is second on 110, and

Sarah Hammer, you can see the effort on her face there from that

elimination race, in the bronze medal position on 108, there is the

confirmation and the leaderboard. CLARE BALDING: It is staggering how

good Laura Trott is. Chris, is it tactical awareness as well as her

technique? She has the confidence because she knows she has the turn

of speed that she can leave it to the last second, she has options,

whereas other girls, they tend to have one particular strength that

they play too. Just a really assured, confident performance

there. Sarah Hammer, you could see her head dropping when she realised

she had third place. Laura is opening the gap over her rivals, and

you can't look beyond her for this gold-medal. She is defending her

title in style so far, the halfway stage of the Omni and with the 500

metres time trial, with the points race to come tomorrow. Let's have

another look at the end of the race, because it is only at the very last

stage that it becomes that hat and -- cat and mouse sprint. Laura has

the height here, attacking with more height, and she rolls straight past

the Belgian who has to try to create the speed from the bottom of the

track, and it is all over. What a great performance. A terrific effort

from Laura Trott, but we should also mention, this is her third event of

the day, and that individual pursuit, she set her fastest time

ever, and it seems not have taken anything out of her. She has come

back incredibly well, and that is part of this event, and to do it

over one another half seconds off the Olympic record as part of a

multi-event, that is just incredible. That's look at the

standings of the halfway stage of the women's on the. So, Jolien

D'Hoore is now second ahead of Sarah Hammer. Who are the dangers in the

events left? Sarah Hammer is traditionally up there, she is

consistently in the medals. The same way for the men's race for the boys

it was the points race that was the decider, so no matter how well it

goes tomorrow, it will be down to the final race. Katie Archibald

stand there with her, offering her support, and Laura just laughing,

she is having a ball. She always seems genuinely surprised when she

does well. You will see her beforehand, she is saying, I don't

know, and she will get up there and smash it and go, oh, I can't believe

it! And it is genuine. She is just riding a wave at the moment, nothing

she does seems to be a trouble to her, she isn't fatigued, she is

happy, relaxed, so fingers crossed it can continue. There was only one

medal on offer during tonight's racing session, but tomorrow we have

the potential of three, because obviously the women's Omni, and you

would think Jason Kenny would be favourite for the men's keirin. And

it could yet end up being Becky James against Katy Marchand in an

all British affair. It could end up being a 3-goal night, it is

possible. Suspect coaching team are very pleased with themselves with

one session to go. Another medal, you have hit your

target you were set by UK sport, that is a big relief. I don't think

we felt under pressure to deliver medal targets, the only pressure we

created was within the team, just to produce our best performances, and

the rest will take care of itself. So from that point of view, now that

you have said it like that, that is great, we will take it, thank you!

All to play for still with Laura in the omnium tomorrow, and of course

men's keirin, and we still have Katy and Becky and the women's sprint

tomorrow. No wonder you are smiling. What about Laura Trott, she looks

super strong? It was an elimination example, wasn't it? She loves the

elimination, it is possibly the worst event for me to watch, not

good for the old ticker, but she did a super job and looked good. We saw

Mark Cavendish with his silver, third time lucky for him, a long

time coming. He deserves it, and all credit to him coming back off Tour

de France, four stage wins, 30 in total, what an amazing record that

is, and then finally, last throw of the dice for him to medal in the

omnium. See you could win potentially three more goals

tomorrow, maybe a silver as well. Can you pinch yourself? I will come

back to the process, we try not to get too carried away. We're just

making sure our athletes are in the best shape tomorrow morning. Laura

has a lot of recovery to do to make sure she's in the shape for

tomorrow. We just need everybody in their best position. Spirit is

sky-high in the team? Yes, morale is fantastic, confidences hi, we are in

a good position. Meanwhile, the medal ceremony for

the men's on the is about to take place, and this represent a real

feather in the cap for Mark Cavendish, because Chris, you know

him well, he made no secret of the fact that the Olympic medal was the

one thing that he was missing that he desperately wanted. Everybody

else in the team seem to have a medal of some colour, he loves the

track, it was where he started, and he didn't have to do this, but it

was very much the same way as Bradley Wiggins, and I bet he is

glad he has done. It finished over on BBC two with a thrilling points

race which secured victory, he took the gold medal, but Mark Cavendish

was locked in a real battle with Lasse Hansen of Denmark for the

silver medal, and this is him receiving his bronze medal, and huge

credit to him. The champion in London four years

ago could not possibly have done any more tonight after making a

monumental error at the end of the first day of competition in being

the first rider out in the elimination race. He lost 40 in that

one event. He will be smarting, it does not mean the race would have

panned out that way but he was one of the animators. He was so strong.

Mark Cavendish! What a roar around the Velodrome. He has made it onto

an Olympic podium at the third time of asking. Mark Cavendish who has

won so much during his career, world titles on the road and the track, so

many stages in the tours, and now a medal to go with it. Justifying what

was a contentious selection as well. Did everyone proud. Representing

Italy... Fabrice Santoro! -- Fabrice Santoro -- Elia Viviani.

All these riders know each other well and he was the favourite coming

in here and you can see why. Won three stages of the Tour of Britain.

He has landed a big medal and now time for the Italian anthem.

The crowd joining in the celebration, clapping for Viviani,

the gold medal in the men's omnium. He led going into the final race and

he maintained his advantage during that 160 race but it is good to see

Mark Cavendish when an Olympic medal. He was unlucky in Beijing and

London but after a lot of hard work he has finished with a silver medal

here in Rio. CLARE BALDING: And that is Italy Peter Coulter ape gold

medal. Great Britain are in second and remain in second. That silver

medal for Mark Cavendish brings the total number of medals for Team GB

241. Sir Chris Hoy joins me and a final word on Mark Cavendish, he

said in his interview that the idea of Tokyo was not particularly

attractive. I think he would certainly go back regardless even if

he did not plan to come back to Tokyo, but four is a long time to

look ahead particularly for a road rider who races most weekends, he

will be looking for a break and then he will make a decision from there.

Absolutely. Thank you for all your contributions. One more day of

cycling to come. I am sad. It has been so good, but the potential of

three gold medals tomorrow. Definitely. Laura Trott leads at the

halfway stage of the omnium. Becky James going in the sprint and the

last race for Jason Kenny. We are going to shift into highlights mode.

Mark Chapman will join in but I will tell you what is coming up between

now and midnight. We will be going live in a few minutes to see the

women's hockey team in the semi-finals, the bronze medallists

from London 2012 are in action against Spain. There were medals on

offer at the Olympic Stadium where Sophie Hitchon was aiming to hammer

her rivals. And we are boxing in the ring with Britain's Muhammad Ali and

we will see the heavyweight champion crowned. The British men's doubles

pairing of Marcus Ellis anchors language are hoping to book their

place in the semi-finals and we will see how they got on against much

higher ranked opponents -- Chris Smith. We will be looking back at

events here following another dramatic day -- and we will be

seeing how the Queen of Drescher as, how she got on, Charlotte Dujardin

in defence of her title, she was in action and that always goes down a

hat. We will start with hockey, the Great Britain team in London won a

bronze medal. The bronze medal match, they eventually won, here is

a reminder of the progress so far. An absolute beauty. Great Britain

have got their Olympic hockey tournament off to a dream start. It

is bundled through into the gold by Alex and that will be that. This

tournament really starting to hot up. Lets the ball over. Great

Britain have won it and they remain unbeaten in the Olympic tournament

so far. Great Britain versus Japan. By height. Great Britain have

notched another win, whoever wins this will go into the quarterfinals

having won there are group. It is a goal for Alex Danson, maximum

points, five wins out of five, Great Britain are the top team in the

Olympic tournament. They have made great progress through the rounds

and less than one hour ago they ran out knowing a win tonight would keep

them in the hunt for a medal, here is what has happened so far against

Spain with our commentators. Fleck, scores, Great Britain are in front.

Came off of the stick of Georgie Twigg. Ball goes out to the far left

hand side as we look. She fires the ball and it was either going to be

Helen Richardson Walsh who we saw firing them, but this is a team that

shows as confidence because the injectors there, stick on the floor,

Helen Richardson Walsh and misses it, 1-0 Great Britain. Bad pass,

straight to Alex Danson in acres of space, flicks it to her left to

Sophie Bray who fires it end, that is an easy finish. For Helen

Richardson Walsh. Helen Richardson Walsh of pointers between two

Spanish defenders. Simple tap in for Britain's highest scorer of the

tournament so far. 2-0, a struggle for Spain and hopefully Great

Britain will continue to push on. Great Britain possession once again.

She sends it in and Alex Danson picks it up. What an easy finish for

Lily. Sophie Bray with a fantastic first touch. Lily Owsley in the air,

into basically an open goal. GB are first at everything this evening and

everything they are touching seems to be going at least towards the

goal and if it is not ending up in the back of the net, it is making

Lopez make the save. Georgie Twigg, Helen Richardson Walsh, all on the

scoreboard, Great Britain leading 3-0, this is live hockey and they

are fighting for a place in the semi-finals and it can be vicious

stuff, let us join our commentators live. Hannah Macleod has taken a

clout on the head. Great Britain three, Spain zero, but Spain

enjoying their best moment of the match I'm getting close to the Great

Britain goal. Pushing up behind. Maddie Hinch has not had a lot to

do, Spain press forward, there is a little bit of relief for Great

Britain, a chance to build from the back ad create an attack at the

other end of the pitch here at the Diadoro. Maddie Hinch did well. It

was Garcia who was three yards offside she gets a touch on it as

the ball was bouncing them. Great Britain got off to a brilliant

start. Three goals in the first half, Georgie Twigg, Helen

Richardson Walsh, Lily Owsley, Laura Unsworth. Georgie Twigg. Short,

sharp, crisp passing from the British team. They are in the

process of dominating Spain here. If they win this match and that looks

likely at the moment, eight minutes to play in the third period, they

will face New Zealand in the semis. Aerial ball. Taken out of the error

comfortably. White inside. Goes backwards Unsworth. Kate, Helen

Richardson Walsh. They faced New Zealand in the bronze medal match

four years ago. Crista Cullen got herself on the scoreboard from the

penalty corner. Helen Richardson Walsh. Hannah Macleod waiting in

front of the goal. Fantastic interchange between Helen Richardson

Walsh and Lily Owsley. The ball did not quite find its way to her.

Georgie Twigg takes it. Tucked in, backhand attempt. Shona McCallin.

Snapshot from Shona McCallin to get the ball on target and that game has

been a real strength from Great Britain this evening, everything

they have touched in that circle has gone at. Lily Owsley and Hannah

Macleod did well to get out of that sticky situation. A Spanish ball in

the middle of the field. The Spanish captain started the game as a

forward and is now playing as a centre back, she is the number

three, she has played three quarters of international career there. Shona

McCallin getting a talking to. She has already had a two minute

suspension. As soon as the umpire had his back turned, she was at it

again. Lucio Gimenez is just trying to set

it up, it has gone all the way back into the second half. Nicola White

is set up, she holds it up. Georgie Twigg is into the circle.

Unfortunately she couldn't make contact. It is just wave after wave

of British attack at the moment. Spain started this quarter brighter

than they have done in any of the other quarters so far.

Giselle Ansley with the decisive tackle, but Garcia has picked it up

to Spain, feeds it through to Berta Bonastre. But Hollie Webb turns and

goes back upfield from Great Britain. What a tournament they have

had, five matches played in the pools, five wins, looking for six

out of six tonight, and a place in the semifinals. Sophie Bray has been

the outstanding player on the field this evening from Great Britain,

number 19. Unsworth in a forward position.

White ahead of her down the right, first touch is a good one from

white, slides it inside to Danson. Danson keeps it going. Danson

appealing for the penalty corner. I thought it was going to be given,

she drove into the circle and rustic tackled, but the umpire felt she had

given Alex Danson the advantage. Giselle Ansley tangling in midfield

once again. Spain go all the way back to Rocio

Gutierrez. Played forward to Xantal Gine. That will fall to Annesley.

Sam Quek, a little flick from Sophie Bray, and she gets the shot, but it

is a miscue. Good defending in the end by Gutierrez to close Sophie

Bray down as she wound up on the forehand. The pass from Georgie

Twigg was bouncing in front of Nicola White, who couldn't get a

decent touch. Danny Kerry looking pretty comfortable at the moment. A

tricky start of everybody tonight, because the adjacent hillside was in

flames when we arrived at the Hockey Centre earlier, a big forest fire

raging, and the whole area was filled with smoke. They seem to have

got it under control, it was threatening the BMX Centre for a

while. Spain are threatening Great Britain's goal here, but Maddie

Hinch gets in the way. Fantastic drive down the right-hand side.

Hinch comes out and ends up with a think it was Lola Riera up there.

That is the closest Spain have come, still in possession in the circle.

Giselle Ansley getting her stick in there, and it will be a penalty

corner for Spain. It is their first of the match. Rocio Ybarra does well

here, Spain do have a lot of corn options, but they will probably use

Lola Riera. They do have a number of tricks up their sleeve if they do

need to use them. Lola Riera is positioning herself potentially for

the drag flick. And number nine, Maria Lopez, is in the vicinity as

well. And it is way over the top. Lily Owsley does exceptionally well

as the number-1 runner, gets out of the top and is able very easily to

get the ball the bar. Vieira does pick the ball up, and she takes a to

releases her stick. Into the circle again, Sam Quek gets her stick in

the way to defend. No touch on the ball. Alex Danson

comes away with it down the right. Driven in by Jimenez, and it was a

good-looking move. Fantastic touch. Absolutely brilliant touch in the

circle. Bonastre I think it was with that touch. Meanwhile, Danson and

Bray are rampaging at the other end. At court, Danson just spent half a

second too long on the ball. That was an example of the difference

between the first half of the third quarter. The first half, the ball

would have been passed, or that left-to-right drag from Danson would

have been done out of the reach of the defender. Hollie Webb. Keeping

possession for Great Britain. Tries to feed it to Danson, but Danson's

first touch watched by the Spanish defence. Into the last 30 seconds of

the third quarter, Great Britain three - zero Spain.

Laura Unsworth, outstanding defence yet again. Great Britain will hope

to just hold possession for the last few seconds of the quarter. And

there is the quarter time hooter, 15 minutes of play left in this match.

The scoreline here, Great Britain 3-0 Spain.

A better quarter for Spain. It was. I think part of it is probably Great

Britain have taken their foot off the pedal are little bit, but I

think Spain have come into it more and more. It has been a dominant

performance, and we know the British defence is extremely difficult to

break down, and that will be the key focus for this fourth quarter. They

will want to give a clean sheet and limit the opportunities they offer

to Spain. And go in hopefully to that semifinal still on the rise, I

don't think they have reached the perfect game yet, I still don't

think they are playing their best hockey, but they are winning

matches, and potentially at the moment, six from six. Germany

already through to the semis, they will face either the Netherlands or

Argentina, the winner of this one will face New Zealand in the other

semi. Those semifinals due on Wednesday with the bronze medal and

gold medal matches scheduled for Friday. Great Britain's men out of

the tournament, didn't make the knockout stages. And that result,

the men being knocked out of the tournament, has put pressure on the

ladies. There is a huge funding requirement that one of the teams

needs to medal at this tournament, so they need to do well if they want

to secure funding to get to Tokyo. So, are ready for the final corner,

50 minutes of play left in this quarterfinal of the Olympic

tournament. Great Britain leading Spain by three goals to nil. On the

way. Aerial ball to kick things off for Spain, nicely controlled. They

have got players forward, Dini, the number 11, already in the players'

circle. Sam Quek and Nicola White back to defend. -- Guinea. Spain

immediately take up residence inside the British 23. Wonderful skills

from Quek, and it is chased down the left, but it is too strong for

Hannah Macleod. S that is the Spanish coach, Adrian Locke. He has

done really well with this team, there is a lack of funding in

Spanish Ochieng the moment, so the men making the quarterfinals and the

ladies making the quarterfinals hopefully will be a boost to their

programme and they will be able to find the funding necessary. He is

earning Ashman, used to play his hockey with Beeston, and has worked

his way through the junior age groups, said he has probably worked

with a number of these players over a number of years. On the right with

a bit of space, Georgina Oliva, and again, this is just a

fraction too strong. That will headband a baseline

harmlessly enough. And Great Britain will begin again with the ball in

the hands of the captain, Kate Richardson-Walsh. And now, Sam Quek.

Nicola White turns and goes. In fact it is Lily Owsley, I beg your

pardon, who finds Helen Richardson-Walsh. Hold it up, missed

the target, but it has been gathered by Susannah Townsend who was looking

for a Spanish foot on the edge of the circle. Lily Owsley again.

Again, what Britain got right in the first half was they went round the

outside of the Spanish press, so they were getting the ball wide and

onto the baseline, is at the moment they are little guilty of running

the ball into the numbers, Spain want you to attack the top of the

circle because they have defenders waiting for you. Crista Cullen, back

to Kate Richardson-Walsh, and across to Sam Quek. Kate Richardson-Walsh

in no hurry here, waiting for the channels to open up. Sam Quek has

seen one, ages forward. Slide it back. Unsworth is surrounded quickly

by the Spanish midfield. Cullen in a forward position. That

first touch from Helen Richardson-Walsh let her down

slightly, but it has come back to Cullen. Now Susannah Townsend. Very

solid, close contact hockey, just under our commentary position. GB

certainly favour attacking down the right-hand side. I think Helen

Richardson-Walsh was probably trying to play the ball into space for

Susannah Townsend to run onto, which she got caught in two minds, and it

appeared to be a missed tap rather than the past. Spain the Olympic

champions back in 1982 at the Barcelona games, they won the gold.

Great written to the bronze that year. Now, this is looking

promising, this is Eve Rocio Ybarra. Spain hoping to Ghana a penalty

corner out of that attacking situation, but it is Great Britain's

possession. Cullen, off the Spanish stick and

out of play. Now, there is Sophie Bray. Had an electrifying first

half. Alex Danson, what an escape from

Danson. Sophie Bray was forward, the ball

was aimed for her, got to the Spanish stick first.

Great Britain slowly building something. A bit of a slow burner,

this attack. I think the disappointing thing so far is they

haven't that early won a penalty corner or had a shot on Lopez's

goal. Georgie Twigg. Picked up by Lily Owsley. Pals Lee with a

backhand, Miss Kuyt first time. Eventually threads it forward, but

it is picked up by Spain, and they can get some pace up here. --

miscued first time. Lola Riera, all the way across the

field, nine minutes left in the match, 3-0 to Great Britain, the way

things stand, Great Britain will face New Zealand in the semifinal.

Lola Riera in a little bit of space on the left, single-handed skills,

taking her all the way to the corner. Great Britain's ball. Hollie

Webb. Just started to rain. That was unexpected, but it might put the

forest fire out at least, which is still raging behind us on the

hillside next to the BMX Centre. Ball bouncing into the circle. Spain

hoping that the umpire would point to the goal and signal a penalty

corner but it is a free hit outside of the circle. Good work, still

Spain press forward and they have scored, that I is a fantastic goal

by Georgina Oliva. Brilliant piece of individual skill, Great Britain

3-1. She is the danger player for Spain, Georgina Oliva. She is a bit

like Laura Unsworth. Fantastic skills, beats Lynch -- beats Maddie

Hinch. Possible lifeline for Spain, definitely disappointing from the

perspective of Great Britain. So, Spain have a lifeline. Seven and

a half minutes left in the match. They clawed one back through

Georgina Oliva and Great Britain immediately on the counter and

Hannah Macleod gets it up to the edge, close to the edge of the

circle and plays it back to Gisele Ansley. Hollie Webb are getting

involved. She comes through with the ball, well played, Nichola White

steps in to take up the attack and then Gisele Ansley sends it by the

Spanish stick, but Spain looking to escape. There is a card here. It has

been shown to Gisele Ansley. Gisele Ansley with a two minute suspension.

Something we saw in the USA game, it GB lost in the fourth quarter but an

academic did not cost them. For the next couple of minutes, Spain will

have the advantage, numerically, 11 versus ten until Gisele and the's

suspension is complete. -- Giselle Ansley powers-macro.

Concerned about the goal being conceded and Spain are stealing it

in midfield and pressing down towards the British goal yet again.

I think the Spanish, they have not given up the game, it is one of

those, where there is a will, there is a way, this is the Olympics

quarterfinal, if they lose, they will be out of the competition.

Sends it across. In several games in the tournament, we have seen matches

rescued in the last few minutes of the contest. Last I was a prime

example, New Zealand were 2-0 up against the Germans and Germany

managed to score a two goals in the last 47 seconds. Everyone says you

never write off the Germans but it goes to show you have to play until

the final whistle. And there are just over five minutes or until the

final whistle as Spain press forward once again. The suspension for a

Giselle Ansley is almost over and Great Britain will soon be back to

full strength but they have to defend first. Still Spain's ball.

Georgie Twigg off the field at the moment. In it comes. Nice take.

Susannah Townsend has spotted Sophie Bray in acres of space on the left.

Sophie Bray came onto the pitch as the Green card for a Giselle Ansley

was taken up. Otherwise Susannah Townsend was pretty much on her own.

Spain looking lively, she is battling with Hannah Macleod. Shona

McCallin. Four minutes to play and you sense that one more goal from

Great Britain would put this out of reach, is still a live fixture at

the moment. Good interception from Berta Bonastre. There will be a

penalty corner here. Helen Richardson-Walsh is asking for the

referral and it has been given because she did not back off the

five metres. Can you hear me? Yes. I called it out. Five metres. The free

head is taken, I normally count the steps, one, two, three... Four and a

half. There you go. It is the worst possible outcome for Great Britain.

I think they knew that would happen and they will have to pad out now

and have facemasks on to defend the penalty corner, the second for Spain

of this quarterfinal. So, Spain and get in their

formation. Discussions are still going on. Georgina Oliva on the

right-hand side, that is Lola Riera on the left, she is there a drag

flick specialist. Lola Riera or Georgina Oliva will be the target.

There is the injection, the drag flick. Cleared. Spain to press

forward once again. Another penalty corner given. They have lost the

referral so there is no point surrounding the umpire. They have

lost the referral. 13 macro is telling her team to get on with the

game. -- Kate Richardson-Walsh. It is the

correct decision. It is deemed dangerous for Maddie Hinch off the

stick of Crista Cullen. An opportunity for Spain to get within

one. Spain moving purposefully. Behind. Another penalty corner.

Crista Cullen running out number one, it came off Hurford, she is

absolutely brilliant, she runs straight down the line, puts stick

on the floor and is happy for the ball to hit her body. She comes out

to try and cover one half of the goal and Maddie Hinch covers the

other. Cristina Guinea might have a chance. They have shovelled it

around. She did not get a chance. Lola Riera might look for a backhand

shot. British defenders still wearing their pads. So that moment

of danger has been averted with three minutes left in the match.

Great Britain still lead the way by a 3-1 and as the ball bounces

dangerously in front of Maddie Hinch, it is booted clear. Spain are

calling for the referral. The Spanish captain is looking for a GB

foot in the circle. I will take a look. It is not there. Does not look

like it is there, it looks like the stick from Crista Cullen. The only

food on the ball is Maddie Hinch and that is legal. I think she thinks

the ball has hit the third of Crista Cullen. From the replay, it looks

like it hit the stick. The players are watching on the big screen.

There is no foot. They lose the referral, Spain. Free head out and

you have lost your referral. Spain took the gamble and it backfired, no

penalty corner, they have lost their video referral option and there are

three minutes left on the clock. Great Britain lead 3-1, here is

Sophie Bray. She will be in no rush to pass this ball. Perhaps she put

it out of play. From a British perspective. Spain will come again.

From midfield. Georgie Twigg getting in the way. Ball driven in, across

the floor. And behind. Crista Cullen, to Alex Danson on the

right flank. Crista Cullen comes forward again and the aerial ball is

aimed for Alex Danson who gets the touch. Keeps it in play and will

hold it up and allow the seconds to tick by. Inside the last two minutes

of the match. Great Britain under two minutes away from an Olympic

semifinal against New Zealand. Alex Danson is not going anywhere at the

moment. It looked like it had been a proverbial game of two hearts, GB

were sensational in the first half and Spain have got themselves back

into it but I do not feel that Great Britain have performed to the same

level in the second half and that will probably be a disappointment to

the coaching team. The positive is it is job done and they are into

another Olympic semifinal. They now have two opportunities to win

themselves a medal. Last 60 seconds of the match. Remember what Mel was

saying about Germany scoring twice within 47 seconds yesterday, Great

Britain will need to carry on playing and Sam Quek has the ball on

the left. Picked up by Berta Bonastre who

tries to generate some forward momentum for a Spain but the clock

is against them now. And the touch on the right from Rocio Ybarra was

bad. The Great Britain coach looking from the stands, the British team

beginning to celebrate on the bench. They are heading for the Olympic

semifinal. There is the full-time Guta. Great Britain will go to the

Olympic semifinal and they will face New Zealand, a commanding first half

said Britain app with goals from Georgie Twigg, Helen Richardson

Walsh and Lily Owsley, Spain got one back through Georgina Oliva in the

second half, but Spain's Olympics is over, a 3-1 win for Great Britain,

the next stop, the semifinal against New Zealand. CLARE BALDING: That

makes it six from six from the great British women, one more quarterfinal

to come but as Matt mentioned, New Zealand sprung and upset by beating

Australia 4-2 so the Black Sticks will be the opponents for Great

Britain. GB won that match in London. Germany beat the USA while

the Netherlands face Argentina in the other quarterfinal. Well, out to

the park. It was really nice and dry in the Velodrome. Beforehand it was

windy, when you were out first time and now the rain has again. If we

were to do a really cheesy late, you could say that the rain is not

dampening British parents, couldn't you?

You could Dodge that went down well! We just want to show you this little

graph of the medal count. This is after last night, Sunday night, and

as you can see, grass at this time of night might be too difficult to

understand, but the Rio line, we are already, Team GB, already ahead of

where they were London 2012 and Beijing in 2008, and if you go

across the graph, we actually had 38 medals come the end of Sunday, so

over the next hour or so, we will see how much we can add to that

total of 38. This is what we have got coming up.

Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro were aiming to dance their way to the

defence of their dressage title today. Did they hit the right notes?

Find out later. There were medals on offer at the elliptic stadium where

Burnley's Sophie Hitchon was aiming to Hammer her rivals.

We are boxing in the rain with Britain's Muhammad Ali, plus we will

see the heavyweight champion crowned. The British Men's Doubles

pairing of Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge were hoping to book their

place in the semifinals, and we will see how they got on.

And we will be looking back at events in the Velodrome after

another dramatic day of action. Mark Cavendish was trying to win a first

Olympic medal. Like with any Olympic Games, there

is a lot to enjoy and celebrate, but unfortunately this evening, we have

to start with some desperately sad news from here in Rio de Janeiro.

And that is that the German canoe slalom coach Stephan Hednesford died

earlier today from head injuries that he suffered in a car crash on

Friday when he was making his way back from the Whitewater Stadium. He

was a former world champion and 2004 Olympics or the medallist, and his

family have released a statement saying we know his own Olympic

thoughts live on in a lot of people. The German Olympic Committee

president added, words cannot describe what we as the Olympic team

feel after this terrible loss. You will see that tomorrow all the

German flags at all the Olympic venues will fly at half-mast.

In fact, dressage is a sport that traditionally Germany have been good

at, and they won the medal ahead of Great Britain over the weekend, and

Charlotte Dujardin was trying to defend her title on the wonderful

Valegro, for whom this would be a fine a major international

competition. Britain had never won a dressage

medal going into London 2012, but Charlotte Dujardin and her

team-mates made history. Charlotte Dujardin has eyes to the cake in

style, and Britain has got another gold!

Charlotte became Britain's first Olympic champion in the individual

dressage, and won a second gold as part of the team event. Two

equestrian gold medals in two days. Four years later in Rio, Spencer

Wilton, and the team won Silver in the team event, and all eyes have

been a Charlotte to take hold in the individual event. Three Brits were

in the running, first up Fiona Bigwood. Carl Hester briefly led the

competition, but went on to finish seventh. At next, Charlotte Dujardin

and Valegro. The great Valegro. Charlotte

Dujardin, the reigning Olympic champion.

Can they repeat their London triumph? Charlotte Dujardin, the

great Valegro. Remind you that this is another Tom

Holland composition especially designed for Rio. He really has

endeavoured to put the Carnival spirit into this music of

Charlotte's. Here is the real test now. Extended trot.

Extended on the centreline and straight into pirouette.

They have been unbeaten in their last 17 outings. Are they going to

make it 18 outings? ? It is a brand-new floor plan,

remember, prepared for this competition, prepared to try and

retain that Olympic title. Coming towards the end, and at the

moment, pretty incident free, dare I say.

You are braver than me, I wasn't going to make any comment like that!

And again, incredible extended trot. CHEERING

14 years old now, Valegro, his owners have been the stars of the

sport worldwide now, since London 2012, Valegro and Charlotte

93.928! I had a tear in AI in London where it all happened, and I have

another one now. I don't think there has been better dressage at an

Olympic Games ever. Charlotte Dujardin with the great Valegro has

done it. Valegro is safely in his stable, but

I have with Miller dressage team the double-Olympic champion Charlotte

Dujardin. Fiona Bigwood, Spencer Wilton, Carl Hester and Charlotte.

That is the first time you have had a chance to watch it back. You must

be chuffed with the way he performed? I feel very emotional

watching it back, it was emotional at the time, but seeing that again,

it has been incredible. As soon as you got into the arena, it was hot

today. Did you know from your first halt that he was on it? I was really

nervous for the first time in attending box, I did a 40 minute

warm up inside in the air-conditioning, we were lucky to

have that, and then I went down to the ten minute box, and I was really

nervous, and I said to call, I feel really nervous, and then I went

down... What did he say back? He said you could do it, you will be

fine, no pressure, just go and enjoy it for yourself, no team, and that

is what I thought. I have to go in and enjoy it, and I just went around

the outside, and then he just let up, he felt amazing, and it was like

he reassured me, like he held my hand, he said it was OK, and that

was the feeling, and from there on, it was a magical ride. He is such a

showman, he loved the big occasion, it seems. Absolutely, he isn't just

a talented horse, he is so brave. He goes into the arena and tries his

hardest, and he never wants to make a mistake. I think there were

worries that the travel, the journey over here would all him somehow, or

the heat would get to him, but it didn't look like it. He has been

fantastic all week, every performance he has done, he has felt

amazing, and I can't ask anything more from him. He is an absolutely

incredible horse. I know that if you could take him on the podium with

you, you would. But why were you so emotional? I think for me, going to

London, that was my first Olympics, we had no expectation for the team,

we had expectation for the team, but individually there was no

expectation, but coming here to defend my title, I had a lot more

pressure and expectations, and there is on the cards that he will maybe

be retiring, so I think the me thinking that that could be the last

time I go in that arena and perform was a really emotional feeling,

because to end like that when he is giving his all couldn't have been

any better. I am glad we are with Hardy Horsey people, they don't

notice the rain! That was the first time today I have seen dressage live

in person, I saw London 2012 on the TV, and when you watch it for the

first time, you notice the control and the poor use, and then you come

up with questions that aren't very Horsey, suppose. -- control and

poise. Do the horses respond to the music, or simply to what you are

doing? They should be listening to us and what we're doing, but if you

get some upbeat music going, they do enjoy it, and the atmosphere music

creates can affect them, but they should be listening to us. But they

won't have the memory capacity, I don't know of research has been

done, to go along to the music and remember bits of the music, but they

might remember routines they have done before? Yes, the Grand Prix

test we do all the time, the horses are able to anticipate what is

coming next with that particular test, and if you do the music

routine enough times, they will begin to anticipate. How long was

your routine in practice, in training? How many months, or is it

years, that you put in? It is years, we start with them at four, slowly

build them up, and it takes years and years to get them to the level

they are at now. I apologise to people who love horses if these are

all daft questions. I think they are great questions, and I was just

telling call, five dressage routines involved, including your response

Nip Tuck, and you had big British supported Diadora. Yes, and it has

been a special ride, thanks mostly to Valegro and the gold medal, but

by giving it a different name, we call it dressage, which means

training, but it has been called dancing horses since London, which

is sweet, but it sounds like it is easy, which it doesn't tell the

story of what goes into it, but it is a great way of describing it,

because that is what the music looks like, and people love to come and

watch it, and we are happy they turned out. I think they understand

it when it is to music, it rings it alive rather than just watching

horse going round and round for what seems like six minutes not doing a

lot, but it is doing incredible things with its body, they are the

athletes of the horse world. Valegro makes these routines so easy, but it

doesn't actually seem like he is doing anything, but he is, and it is

supposed to look like that, Charlotte is supposed to look like

she's just steering, I know she's doing a lot more, and Valegro is a

supreme athlete because he has these amazing abilities to collect himself

and extend himself, which are not met very many horses have.

As if winning a second individual gold medal was not enough, your

boyfriend wanted to make certain didn't he, that you were going to

marry him soon? He has made it public now that I have to marry him.

It has been on the cards after London, that we were going to get

married and we have not had the time. Now, it will be definitely

done next year. He was nowhere to be seen after he put it out on

television. He held up big sign. Congratulations. We are sorry. Find

some dried to celebrate your success. We will move onto boxing

because the member who took part today was Muhammad Ali, a British

boxer taking part in the Olympics, 56 years after the great Muhammad

Ali won his Olympic title in Rome, he was one of five British boxers

who are now left, he has coached by the coach who coached army camp. The

first round was very untidy and he's struggled against his opponent. His

frustration -- he frustrated the British contender despite warnings

from the referee. He was awarded the first round by the judges. And then

Ali continued to struggle as he connected with some clever bursts,

Ali had a mountain to climb. We will join it at the start of the third

and final round. To begin, you perhaps Venezuelan

team-mates indicate that he was not under any pressure and he would take

the strategy that he would protect he needs to force a stoppage. It

will be difficult to land a clean knockout punch on a boxer who goes

back, he is holding his feet. Ali continually going in pursuit of

his man. Frustrated, furling his brow in frustration, Muhammad Ali. I

said it was going to be a scrappy affair. The referee continuously

warns, especially Finol, keep your head up but he does not do anything

else apart from Warren, but having said that, Finol, Muhammad Ali

cannot find the quality shots, he is too close, a scrappy contest. How

many times has he said that? It is untidy on the inside, Muhammad Ali

turned to let his hands go. Good right hand from Ali but Finol landed

a shot, that is why he raised his right glove. There will be no quit

in Muhammad Ali, he will keep trying to find that finishing punch that he

is facing a skilful operator in the form of Yoel Segundo Finol who is

now skating around the perimeter of the boxing ring. He has been given

the time and space, Finol, he is decent on the back foot, detecting

that lead, holding the blindside of the referee, the referee cannot see

that. 2014, to give you the talent that Ali possesses, world youth

silver medallist two years ago. Finol finds a burst of punches, many

of them were blocked, effective, back comes Muhammad Ali, into the

fray once again. He needs to land that knockout punch now. Good

movement from Finol on the ropes. Side to side, inviting his opponents

to come forward, Ali cannot find the power shots he needs. The referee

says keep your head up, keep the punches up. So, the conclusion of

this 52 kilograms flyweight contest and given the state of the scorecard

is going into the third and final round, one suspects it is this man

going through to the quarterfinal stage at the expense of Muhammad

Ali. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner by unanimous decision... In

the blue corner... Yoel Segundo Finol! So, Yoel Segundo Finol, the

12th ranked boxer in the world, the reigning continental champion of the

Americas goes through to the quarterfinal stage of the 52

kilograms flyweight tournament to the delight of his compatriots and

team-mates in the stands. He is one win away from a place in -- on the

medal podium in this competition. Welcome to Rio. Muhammad Ali

unfortunately out as far as Team GB are concerned other was another big

shock in the Olympic boxing today and that involved the Irish woman

Katie Taylor in the lightweight can -- contest. She had 168 wins, nine

losses going into today yet she was beaten by the contender from

Finland. Katie Taylor is out of the Olympics. CLARE BALDING: You need to

hold that umbrella. We are getting cosy. From the hard headers to the

Power and precision of gymnastics, there were three gold medals on

offer and here are the best bits. It is the turn of the current world

champion. It is almost perfect making it look so easy. There is the

dismount. Double twist, double backflip -- it is a massive score of

16. He has to do the routine of his life. That is a fantastic start.

Great show of strength. Needs to make their landing count. Arthur

Zanetti take the bronze medal for Brazil. Let us see if he can make it

one to three under half that was very clean. 30 six, four times world

champion. He needs to come to -- control the half turned -- Marian

Dragulescu. Can he put himself into the lead? Full twist. That was a

great landing for the most complex event you will ever see. If he hits

this, it will be very impressive. This is the big vault, the full

twist, back out. Step forwards, unbelievable vault. Can Marian

Dragulescu hang on. He has gone into second. He wears! He is aiming for

five Olympic gold medals. -- he wins. Such a powerful gymnast.

She is in the lead at the moment. But, for how long? Sanne Wevers for

a chance for an Olympic medal. Super, the combination is beautiful.

That was a big challenge. She goes well ahead of Biles. The

16-year-old, Lauren Hernandez. She looked edgy ahead of that second

labour. Focus, concentrate, double pike, very good ending, that will be

tight. -- landing. It is not quite enough. Sanne Wevers is gold medal,

Lauren Hernandez takes the silver medal and Biles takes the bronze.

Gold to the Netherlands. We found a very high-class umbrella holder and

he can do it with one hand and it is his left hand. Chris was alongside

me in the Velodrome where there was one gold medal on offer and

desperate to try and win a medal was Mark Cavendish lead after 30 stage

wins in the Tour de France felt that this was the one thing he was

missing, commentary on the final race of the omnium comes from Chris

Boardman and Simon Brotherton. Mark Cavendish gets his Olympic campaign

underway. Mark Cavendish was straight on the Olympic champion

will. Mark Cavendish is on the shoulder of Dylan Kennett. The raw

goes up, Cavendish is almost level. He did not fare too badly. He has

caught the world champion and left him behind, into the back straight,

up towards the line. That was wonderful proceeding. Overall, after

two fans, Mark Cavendish, boxed in, OK at the moment, he goes through.

That is a problem, he overtook on the track and sure enough, they have

caught him out. He is out of the race De Bourgoing on the inside of

the track. Mark Cavendish in third place -- he is out of the race

having been caught. Around the banking for the last time, into the

finishing straight, up towards the line and Mark Cavendish is fifth

fastest. He stays in third place but he is very much in contention. The

greatest road sprinter the whole time needs to spread for his life.

He is underway in his spreads, around the bottom of the track into

the back straight. -- sprint. Into the finishing straight towards the

line, his time is 12.793, third fastest and that moves them up into

silver medal position. -- moves him up. Viviani is down. Cavendish is an

his own. He could get a warning, he swung down and that could be a real

problem for Mark Cavendish. With just a final sprint