"I'm sure I just saw the scoreboard operator applauding one of the shots in the table tennis. Surely that's not very professional. You wouldn't get that with Carol Vorderman."
Martinio, Blackburn, via text on 81111
"It's time that Britain's long and triple jumpers were made to train with our gymnasts - if they miss the take-off board they don't score either but their ribs would be pushed through to their spines as they hit the vault table, hence they rarely miss. It seems the jumpers rarely hit it right."
Ian, Sunderland via text on 81111
1545: Not much still going on in Beijing: the United States are about to seal a final place against the United States in women's football, but that's about it. And the medals table has been updated! GB in third with 12 golds and 27 overall, just 40 medals behind leaders China. Still, we're stuffing Tajikistan. Japan grab a late goal against the United States, but the defending champions still go through to the final of the women's football tournament 4-2. A few last-gasp texts and I'm off...
1541: Brazil spanked Germany 4-0 in the semi-finals of the women's football tournament. Germany hadn't conceded a goal in 10 previous matches at major tournaments. Cristiane netted two and Marta and Formiga added one apiece to exact revenge for a loss at last year's World Cup final. In the other semi, defending champions USA are 4-1 up against Japan with minutes to go.
"It's just so frustrating. 8.34m in the long jump to win - are you kidding me? Back to the drawing board for Rutherford and Tomlinson. Any semblance of intelligent long jumping technique would be great."
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1535: Blimey, that all got a little bit hectic for a while. An update on the men's 400m hurdles final: Angelo Taylor (47.25 seconds) led an American clean sweep as world champion Kerron Clement took silver in 47.98 and 2005 world champion Bershawn Jackson lifted the bronze in a time of 48.06.
1530: "I came to the Bird's Nest to lay a golden egg and that's what I did."
Discus champion Stephanie Brown Trafton from the USAnd to think she could have been wearing a GB vest - her mum's from the Isle of Wight
1528: Lots of people asking why David Price has already won a medal by only reaching the semi-finals. The answer to that is, in some sports the losing semi-finalists have to face-off for bronze, in others both losing semi-finalists win bronze. Boxing is one of those sports.
1527: "She's got a lovely physique, but she's pretty stacked as well."
Steve Backley gets excited about pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva
1525: WORLD RECORD Reigning Olympic and world champion Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia beats her own world record in the women's pole vault. She vaults 5.05m, 1cm higher than her previous record set in Monaco last month. Jenn Stuczynski, the American, took silver with 4.80. Svetlana Feofanova took bronze.
"Great performances from Team GB to date but when will our track and field stars show the dedication and focus of the cyclists, the rowers, swimmers and sailors. Too many lame performances and lame excuses. Perhaps the Lottery funding should be diverted to those sports that have shown they know how to win."
Neil, Lancs via text on 81111
1523: It was only a 10th place for GB's Greg Rutherford in the men's long jump. Here's the final placings:
1. Irving Saladino (Panama) 8.34 metres
2. Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 8.24
3. Ibrahim Camejo (Cuba) 8.20
4. Ngonidzashe Makusha (Zimbabwe) 8.19
5. Wilfredo Martinez (Cuba) 8.19
6. Ndiss Kaba Badji (Senegal) 8.16
7. Luis Felipe Meliz (Spain) 8.07
8. Roman Novotny (Czech Republic) 8.00
9. Gable Garenamotse (Botswana) 7.85
10. Greg Rutherford (Britain) 7.84
1522: "I've had my fair share of bad luck but it's about time I had my luck. It's a bit of an anti-climax. But I'll be ready for the next fight when it comes."
David Price who is guaranteed a medal after victory over Jaroslav Jaksto.
1521: GOLD for the
United States in the team show jumping after a dramatic jump-off to edge out neighbours
Canada. It was a right equine ding-dong in Hong Kong, but Team USA prevail.
Norway win the bronze.
1515: Price will fight Italy's world champion Roberto Cammarelle for a place in the super-heavyweight final. Cammarelle wasn't exactly impressive in beating Colombian Oscar Rivas in his quarter-final, but he has plenty of pedigree. The 28-year-old Milan policeman won bronze in 2004 and beat Price at the 2004 European Championships. That fight will take place on Friday.
1514: Hoops: USA gave Germany a bit of a pummelling 106-57 in their final group game, led by Dwight Howard's 22 points. USA averaged a 32-point win every outing as they topped their group.
1513: A big lift for GB's boxing team, and I suspect David Price couldn't give a monkey's how he won it. "I'm not going to swear this time," says Pricey to the camera after his win. Coach Terry Edwards reckons that thigh injury was punch-induced - Price landed with a big right in that first round and the Lithuanian's legs certainly stiffened.
1510: Good first round from Price - 3-1 up, the Scouser working well behind his jab. One corking straight right from Price and Jaksto's legs appeared to sag there. Jaksto looks to be having trouble with his left thigh...
AND DAVID PRICE HAS A MEDAL! THE TRAINER HAS WAVED THE TOWEL!
"It's the Price is right time here at the Workers' Gym. I only wish there were more here to see it: a Chinese boxer went through a few fights ago and he appears to have taken half the crowd with him. Perhaps he was driving the bus. Anyway, David's devoted band of Scouse hard nuts are here and giving it loads."
BBC Sport's Matt Slater in Beijing
1507: Price and Jaksto are in the ring and we'll be off in a moment. Price beat Russia's European champion in the last round, so his confidence should be sky-high...
1506: "It'll be great for the US team because they haven't had a great Games so far. Hopefully that will boost morale a little bit."
Michael Johnson on Angelo Taylor's victory in the 400m hurdles
1504: Roberto Cammarelle of Italy, the defending champion, beats Oscar Rivas of Colombia 9-5 in his super-heavyweight quarter-final and is guaranteed a medal again. If David Price can beat Jaroslav Jaksto of Lithuania in just a moment, he'll face the Italian for a place in the final. Bombs away...
1500: GOLD: Angelo Taylor wins the men's 400m hurdles in 47.26s. And that's an American one-two-three.
1457: The Americans have had an absolutely shocking boxing tournament - they've got only one fighter into the semis, heavyweight Deontay Wilder, and believe me, he's not much cop. The US have won a record 48 Olympic boxing golds and had previously never left Games with fewer than two medals.
1456:
PANAMA'S IRVING SALADINO WINS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S LONG JUMP
1455: "Yay for Paul Hession, winning that heat. He will probably get murdered in the semi... but to see him lining up beside Bolt would be class."
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1452: From show jumping to boxing, and we've got David Price of Liverpool competing in the semis of the super-heavyweight category in about 15 minutes. The team skipper is fighting Lithuania's Jaroslav Jaksto. Team GB have had a rather stormy Olympics, they could do with Price winning. He's not the only Brit left: Tony Jeffries of Sunderland is still in the light-heavyweight tournament and James DeGale of London is still in at middleweight.
"Has it been highlighted that Philips Idowu is wearing number 1809? Kelly Holmes wore the same number when winning double gold in Athens!"
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1449: Norway claim bronze in the show jumping, Britain, following the controversy with John Whitaker (see below) finish down in seventh. It's all a bit liquorice allsorts today from Team GB.
1447: "Awesome talent. She had ultimate belief in that event. Her technique was perfect and a lovely piece of running there. It is extraordinary at that age."
Dame Kelly Holmes on the 18-year-old 800m champion Pamela Jelimo.
1447: GOLD: RUSSIA'S YELENA ISINBAYEVA WINS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN WOMEN'S POLE VAULT
1445: Canadian rider Ian Millar, at the ripe old age of 61, puts in a storming round in the show jumping final to put his team in first place, with the United States the big dangers. Britain look out of the medals. It's a jump-off between Canada and the United States for the gold...
1440: Tremendous run from Jelimo, that's super-quick. Jepkosqei finished with silver and Hasna Benhassi of Morocco pips Svetlana Klyuka of Russia for the bronze. Jelimo looks like a potential world-record holder - that's currently held by Jarmila Kratochvilova back in 1983. Remember that chap?
1437: What a run by 18-year-old
Pamela Jelimo of Kenya - attacked her team-mate
Janeth Jepkosqei at the bell and romped home in 1:54.87 to become the first Kenyan female to win an Olympic gold.
1432: Time for the final of the women's 800m, and it's Kelly Holmes' old mate Maria Mutola... but she'll have to go some to stick with the two Kenyans...
1429: EQUESTRIAN update and it's not great news for the Brits and their four-legged friends.
GB are in last place after picking up 37 faults with their three riders -
John Whitaker's horse Peppermill was withdrawn earlier. On the positive,
Ben Maher, 25, has just done a brilliant clear round on Rolette. The US are the defending champions and looking good for more gold.
1428: "I had massive high hopes and I know what I can jump. I was expecting a medal and I've probably just lost my best ever chance of getting an Olympic medal. I could feel the pressure a lot and I thought I could deal with it. It's a wasted opportunity."
Greg Rutherford on his poor long jump showing
1425: Khotso Mokoena of South Africa leaps 8.24 to take the lead in the men's long jump... but Panama's (not Cuba's, as I said lower down) Irving Salodino immediately grabs it back with a leap of 8.34. Salodino doesn't look anywhere near his best, but it might not have to be to win this. Shame for Tomlinson and Rutherford of Britain, they should have be in the mixer in this event.
1421: Mahiedine Mekhissi of France ran out Kenya's Richard Mateelong for silver in the final of the men's steeplechase. Only four women left in the final of the women's pole vault: three Russians and an American, Jenn Stuczynski.
1418: In half an hour we've got Liverpool super-heavyweight David Price up against Jaroslav Jaksto of Lithuania. More in a moment, because the men's steeplechase is approaching its denouement... and it's Kiprop Kipruto of Kenya, last year's world champion, who takes gold. Kenya own the steeplechase.
1411: The handsome Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia plops over 4.70m, her first attempt in the competition, and she could have cleared 50cm more. American Jenn Stuczynski has emerged as a rival this season, but she'll have to do more than hide Isinbayeva's pole to win this one, she'll have to chop off her arms and legs.
"It would be nice if the Irish were a bit more enthusiastic about the Irish contestants."
Dan via text on 81111
1406: Big disappointment that for Great Britain - first Chris Tomlinson doesn't make the final of the long jump and then Greg Rutherford bombs out rather meekly in the final. There were medals for the taking in that event. Here's something that might cheer you up, a video of Brazilian vaulter Fabiana Murer losing her pole.
1405: "It was a really cracking race. It's a different athlete from what we saw at the Trials. Tasha is looking so fluent right now, anything is possible."
Colin Jackson talks up Tasha Danvers on BBC One
1400: Greg Rutherford up next in the long jump - the third longest in British history, but he needs a good one here... and he hasn't got it I'm afraid. Two no-jumps followed by a leap of 7.84m. He's out.
1359: Bouncy bouncy.
GOLD: CHINA'S
HE WENNA WINS OLYMPIC GOLD IN WOMEN'S TRAMPOLINE
1359: "It's been a bit rough. I'm very pleased the way things are panning out. Phase two complete and now I'll get ready for the REAL big show. To say I'm in the final again eight years on after having a baby and god knows what in between, I'm delighted."
Tasha Danvers after impressing in the 400m hurdles
1358:
GOLD: ANDREI ARAMNAU OF BELARUS WINS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN
MEN'S 105KG WEIGHTLIFTING
1353: Britain's show jumping medal hopes were dealt a blow when the anchor of the team, John Whitaker, was ruled ineligible to compete. Whitaker and his horse Peppermill were pulled by the International Equestrian Federation after objections from seven of the eight other teams in the final - they were upset that Whitaker rested a "stiff" Peppermill from the first round on Sunday. I'll find out how we're doing without him.
1351: Greg Rutherford records his second no-jump in the long jump final - he's only got one chance left to make the final three jumps. Remember Phillips Idowu in the triple jump in 2004? Come on Greg, switch on baby. Plenty of texts coming in asking me to update you on the show jumping - I'll have a rummage.
1345: Well done Danvers! She went out fast and it looked as though she might be caught on the line, but only Tosta of the United States finished ahead of her. Danvers made the final in Sydney eight years ago, she likes the biggest stage. Tosta clocked 54.07, Danvers a season's best 54.31.
"It would be nice if the BBC were a bit more enthusiastic about the Irish contestants."
Anon via text 81111
1340: Irving Saladino of Cuba, who went over 8.70 at the start of the season, leaps a safe 8.17 in the first round of the long jump. Tasha Danvers about to go in the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles - the American-based Londoner looked very smooth in her heat, could she do some damage tonight?
1339: GOLD Poland's
Leszek Blanik wins the men's vault on a tie-break from Frenchman
Thomas Bouhail, with Russia's
Anton Golotsutskov third.
1333: You don't see that very often - Ireland's Paul Hession wins his 200m heat, ahead of Wallace Spearmon of the United States. Close to an Irish record by Hession, 20.32. Spearmon clocked 20.39 - he looked pretty comfortable, but Bolt can sleep easy tonight - maybe he'll turn round after 150m in the final and run the rest backwards?
1329: Thank you Mark, it's me again. Makusha of Zimbabwe has just gone longest with his first-round jump - an impressive 8.19. America-based, Makusha is a winner of the US college long jump title, and that's no mean feat. "If our cyclists formed their own country (Cyclostan?) they would be 10th in the medal table," texts John in Birmingham. You wouldn't want to make Rebecca Romero president, she'd want to do everything, it would be like living in a Stalinist state. I'd prefer Chris Hoy, I reckon he would mature into a big, fat benevolent king.
1324: Back to the 200m heats and Brendan Christian wins this one. The good news for the Brits is that Christian Malcolm and Marlon Devonish are still in the list of fastest qualifying times.
1323: In the long jump, GB's Greg Rutherford gets a red flag. Not sure if that was for the long socks or a foul.
1321: Back to that missing pole. The women's pole vault final has stalled because Brazil's Fabiana Murer has lost her pole. How exactly do you lose a huge, bendy pole? Do you reckon she left it on the tube? Anyway, she's frantically looking for it, but until then favourite Yelena Isinbayeva is in her familiar pose - lying down with a towel on her face.
1318: Next 200m heat. Help is needed in the Bird's nest. The pole vault event is held up because someone's lost their ummmmm... pole vault. Anybody seen one hanging around?
1317: Stephanie Brown Trafton of the US wins the Olympic gold in the women's discus. Yarelys Barrios of Cuba wins silver and Olena Antonova of Ukraine gets bronze.
1313: Malcolm is fourth. It was a good start for the Welshman. But that is touch and go for him. Brian Dzingai wins that one.
1312: Christian Malcolm is in another tight one. That could have been second or fifth.
1310: Bantamweight Bruno Julie secured the first Olympic medal for Mauritius in any sport when he outpointed Venezuelan Hector Manzanilla Rangel in the quarter-finals. Julie, 20, won a 13-9 decision to make sure of at least a bronze medal.
1309: Poops. Marlon Devonish gets a time of 20.43s and misses third place by one of his hairs (and he doesn't have any). He's got to wait to see how quick the others go.
1308: "I'm just taking it easy and keep focused. It's business as usual and it's about getting through the rounds."
Usain Bolt after a time of 20.29s
1305: Usain Bolt strolls in first. The boys are checking the photo for Marlon. It's the first three to qualify.
1304: Usain Bolt and Marlon Devonish in the 200m heats. Hold on to your baguette Dirsy.
1302: Latest from Beijing. "Would you believe it? Bernie Ecclestone is being given a guided tour of the weightlifting venue. He's backstage at the moment in the warm-up area. I think he might be about to tackle 15kg."
BBC's Andrew Cotter
1301: "I'm feeling great and tomorrow I'm going to feel even better. I can't believe I'm in the final."
Sarah Claxton giggling like a six-year-old after making the final in a time of 12.84s
1259: Hurdles go flying and GB's Sarah Claxton gets fourth in her
100m hurdles semi to make the final. Unbelievable. Who'd have thought that was going to happen?
1254: Here's the first slice of athletics action. It's the 100m hurdles semis. Lolo Jones from the US eases over those barriers in 12.43s.
1248: "It's a very difficult time for him. He must be feeling a bit of guilt. This country has been so far proud of him. He's their hero and he's not able to fulfil their dreams."
Michael Johnson on BBC One
1245: "Really hoping we can stay third in the medal table,I'm heading out to Oz on Thursday,and it'd be great to be beating them..come on team GB"
Iain in London via text on 81111
1239: Right, I'm off for some luncheon, Mark Ashenden will take you into the track and field action.
"Why is it that all USA-based news sources continually show their team at the top of the medal table? Are they really such an insecure nation as to have to cheat at everything? 'If the drugs don't work, we'll fix the table' - maybe that's their motto. Can Sue B ask Michael for a comment."
Ian, Bristol via text on 81111
1235: Anybody confused about why China's gymnast He Kexin pipped US rival Nastia Liukin under the tie-break rule to win gold in the asymmetric bars?
Here's the deal: the favourites earned identical 16.725 scores for their routines and the ruling body of gymnastics, FIG, said the 16-year-old was adjudged the winner because Liukin earned the lowest of all the execution scores - an 8.80 - awarded to the two athletes.
1233: "I gave it my all. I'm gutted. My dismount was normally not a problem but I came out late and I didn't get enough height. I thought I was going to be flat on my face! I made one dream and that was to make an Olympic final and hopefully the new generation can now follow in Louis Smith's footsteps. I'm still up there at the top so why quit now?"
Beth Tweddle after her fourth place
1228: Leon (see below), I think you're labouring under a serious misconception - who do you think we've got downstairs in the dungeon, Albert Einstein and Sir Clive Sinclair? We've got some chap called Maurice who usually wears a Poison T-shirt and has just worked out how to turn on an Acorn Electron. Athletics coming up, and we've got long jumper Greg Rutherford going for Britain at 1310. He's got an outside chance of a medal, he reached the final with an opening jump of 8.16m.
1221: "Could the techies at the BBC work out how fast Bolt would have run if he had not slowed down to celebrate?"
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1225: More bad news for Team GB: the
women's hockey team have drawn 0-0 with the United States and that means they can't win a medal. Tweddle out with a bang, the hockey girls out with a bit of a whimper I'm afraid.
1223: Beach volleyball latest:
Rogers/Dalhausser (USA) beat Klemperer/Koreng (Germany) 21-13, 25-23.
Geor/Gia (GEO) beat Nummerdor/Schuil (Netherlands) 21-19, 21-19
1215: To summarise:
He Kexin kept the gold medals flowing for China in the gymnastics as she won the women's uneven bars. He scored 16.725 points, the same score as all-around champion
Nastasia Liukin, but pushed the American into second place on a tie-break.
Yang Yilin made it two Chinese on the podium as she came third with 16.650.
Britain's Beth Tweddle went for broke with a very difficult routine but had to settle for fourth with a score of 16.625. Disappointing for the 2006 world champion.
1211: Tweddle puts in the most difficult routine so far, plenty of variety in that, but she goes awry on her pirouette and doesn't nail the landing... that's cost the Brit, and she only manages 16.625 for fourth.
1207: Almost perfection for Yang Yilin of China in the uneven bars - what a dismount. Hang on a second, I'm not getting this and neither is our BBC expert Christine Still - Yang has scored less than her team-mate He, 16.650. Here's Beth Tweddle...
1206: Hoops: Too easy for Spain - they thrashed Angola 98-50 in their final group game. Pau Gasol played only 24 minutes but had 31 points and nine rebounds. That's a very good day at the office in basketball terms.
"For those who like their men big and strong, the middle-heavyweight (105kg) class is about to start in the weightlifting. No UK lifters, but they're on the edge of their seats in Belarus with
Andrei Aramnau favourite to win the country's first gold medal of the Games."
BBC Sport's Andrew Cotter in Beijing
1204: With
Beth Tweddle getting ready for the
uneven bars, why not let GB's Marissa King and Becky Downie talk you through the events.
1158: Nastia Liukin of the United States, should, according to my BBC colleagues on TV, have scored better than He Kexin and they are rather surprised when she only equals her score. Just nine months ago, according to The Associated Press, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won gold this week and for this uneven bars final. However, last weekend, an International Gymnastics Federation statement, said: "The FIG has received confirmation from the International Olympic Committee that all passports are valid for all gymnasts competing in the Beijing Olympic Games." This could become as controversial as the time Del Boy doctored Rodney's passport to make him eligible for the Groovy Gang.
"That men's team pursuit was unbelievable! Given some of the muppets who get knighted these days these boys should be getting their suits dusted down!"
Anon via text on 81111
1152: To the gym, and we've got Bunbury's Beth Tweddle in the uneven bars final. In the line-up beforehand, Tweddle looks as though she's inadvertantly wandered into a creche, China's He Kexin looks about three. But she's pretty handy - first up and she scores a very decent 16.725. That's going to be hard to beat.
1144: Wave goodbye to two wheels for now.
Bradley Wiggo Wiggler Wiggins says: "It was phenomenal. I was on the back foot yesterday and I was a bit down last night and I know how much these guys have sacrificed for this event. We've come along way in four years. That's 11 seconds faster than the time we got in Sydney. It's such a relief to cross the line and just do it."
1137: Wiggins goes for a third gold in the Madison tomorrow, along with Mark Cavendish, who won four stages at this year's Tour de France and this is now Great Britain's biggest medal haul since Antwerp in 1920.
"Awesome. Even the Jonathan Edwards and Greg Rutherford impersonators down the front were impressed. Adlington for SPOTY? Wiggo and Hoy might have something to say about that... could they share it?"
BBC Sport Matt Slater at the Laoshan Velodrome
1136: GOLD China's
Chen Yibing wins gold in the
men's gymnastics rings. Yang Wei of China got silver and Oleksandr Voribiov of Ukraine won the bronze.
1134: An astonishing display by Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy Paul Manning and Geraint Thomas, they took three seconds off the previous world record and beat Denmark by 6.7 seconds, a remarkable gulf at that level. We think that's GB's 11th cycling medal, ninth on the track and their sixth gold overall. Wiggins, of course, has two at this Games and three overall. Oi, techie, sort that medals table out!
1132: GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN IN THE MEN'S TEAM PURSUIT! THREE SECONDS OFF THE WORLD RECORD!
1130: Team GB crank it up and the lead goes up to 2.6 seconds after 2500m - unless Wiggins decides to start pulling bunny hops down the back straight, they're going to tear the world record apart...
1129: GB are already 0.6 seconds up after 1km, but they bring it back to 0.5 a lap later...
1128: Right, we're off in the final of the men's team pursuit...
1122: The Kiwis have won their first ever medal in the men's team pursuit, stiffing their Antipodean cousins Australia in the bronze medal race. Looking at those Kiwi helmets, I can't help thinking George Lucas got there first about 30 years ago. For those still struggling with the rules of the points race and the Madison, there's some video on the site in which Chris Hoy explains all.
1120: It's almost time for the final of the men's team pursuit: it's Great Britain against Denmark, a repeat of this year's world championship, which GB won. Going for the Brits are Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Jones, Paul Manning and Ed Clancy.
1118: "To whoever was confused by the cycling points race - just wait 'till Wiggins and Cav go in the Madison. Utterly baffling, and I'm a fan!"
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1116: For all those champing at the bit awaiting the water polo latest, here you go:
In the men's preliminary round Group B Croatia beat China 16-4. Great Britain's women's hockey team have just started their last pool game, against the US. They need a win to have any chance of going through to the semi-finals - and even if they win, they have to hope bottom team New Zealand, without a win in the tournament, beat or hold Argentina later.
1111: "Ben, how many boxers do we have left and when do they fight again?" asks Andy in the Fens. Andy in the Fens, Liverpool super-heavyweight David Price fights Jaroslav Jaksto of Lithuania at 1400 BST. Jaksto is a bit handy - he took fifth at the 2004 Games and 2007 at last year's worlds. More from the ring in a minute - Max Levy of Germnay and Mickael Bourgain of France also go through to the semis of the men's sprint.
1104: Hoy slaps his young opponent down like a bear cuffing one of his cubs and he's the first man through to the semis of the men's sprint and team-mate
Jason Kenny joins him, roasting his French rival Kevin Sireau round the final bend.
1100: Here's Scotland's finest slab of prime meat, Chris Hoy. Awang of Malaysia starts playing silly bleeders, balancing at the top of the bank, and Hoy stops still next to him - the crowd love that, but you can only do that for 30 seconds and we have a restart. STOP ACTING THE GOAT AWANG, THERE ARE MORE GOLDS TO BE WON!
"I think we can class the triple jump as a sitting down event too, seeing as that's where they end up. In reality, its just a glorified leap onto your favourite chair in front of the telly."
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1052: Don't fret Ian in Barrow in Furness, Mark Cavendish, who won four stages on this year's Tour, goes with Bradley Wiggins in the men's Madison tomorrow. And guess what? They reckon they might win gold. Shuang Guo of China, Anna Mears of Australia and Willy Kanis of the Netherlands join Victoria Pendleton in the last four of the women's sprint.
"Havn't heard anything of Mark Cavendish - thought he'd figure after the Tour de France."
Ian, Barrow in Furness, via text on 81111
1049: "I hadn't done any training for it. I just tried to get in there and blow their legs off. I'm really pleased, I didn't show myself up and if I trained specifically for it, I can perform a bit better."
Rebecca Romero after her 11th place in the Points race
1046: Victoria Pendleton munches Simona Krupeckaite in the second race of her sprint quarter-final and she's through to the last four. She's got the semis and final tomorrow.
1045: If you're wondering what all the fuss was about at the weekend, have you been sleeping for the last 48 hours or what? Here's a few stories that might help out.
1041: Denmark are expected to provide a stiff test in the final of the men's team pursuit, they've improved a lot since being beaten by GB at this year's world champs. Then again, so have Great Britain. There you are, that's how perplexing the points race is: Rebecca Romero has just confessed that she was briefed on the event THIS MORNING! And she just came 11th in the Olympic final...
1039: Right, what's next? Oh, that's right, it's Bradley Wiggins chasing his second gold in the men's team pursuit at 1120. TRAGIC NEWS! The medals table has been updated and Australia have ducked ahead again - I suggest all you Brits don't look for the next 40 minutes and then have a look again after the Wiggler and Co have strutted their stuff in the velodrome.
1036: Men's hoops: Spain leading Angola 40-30 at half-time and Pau Gasol of the LA Lakers has a had an incredible first half. He's scored 21 points and he hasn't missed a shot so far.
1030: "I am an amatuer boxing judge and some of our female boxers are great, even having won best bout of the night at several shows. Amanda Coulson is a great example of a good female boxer. I fully support their inclusion in future Olympics."
E Fisher via text on 81111
1028: It's the first day of the synchronised swimming over at the Water Cube. The British pair of Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison lie in 14th place - out of 24 pairs - after the duet technical routine. It's hard to tell whether that's a decent day's work with the nose pegs because they are really working towards 2012 and did a good job just to qualify for Beijing. Anyhow, the Russian pair of Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova lead with 49.334 points. The Brits scored 43.917. They all get back in the pool for the duet free routine tomorrow.
1026: Jason Kenny of Britain is up next and he's whupped Frenchman Kevin Sireau - it's looking like we might have another all-British final on the track.
1023: Awang has a go at Hoy, but taking the Scot must be like trying to pass a Hummer down a country lane - Hoy rams down the accelerator and leaves Awang in his wake. 1-0, best of three.
1017: Pendleton's work is not done yet - it's best of three in the quarters. I don't think there is anything so darkly comic in the entire world than watching two drunk women fighting outside a pub. You're right Adam, having popped into Romford town centre for the first time in months the other night, I reckon it could become Little Cuba. Here's Chris Hoy in the men's sprint quarters - he's got 20-year-old Mohd Awang of Malaysia.
"They should introduce women's boxing. After seeing some of the women of Watford fight on a Saturday night, the British medals would flow."
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1011: Pendleton has absolutely smoked her Lithuanian opponent in the first race, that was pretty awesome, she made Simona Krupeckaite look like she was riding through marmalade. Hugh Porter on the box reckons there was once an occasion when two blokes sat balanced on the bank for almost an hour, so they had to change the rules of the sprint. Still, it can be very tactical.
1008: Apologies, I was getting my Marianne Vos mixed up with my Theo Bos there. Both Dutch cyclists, forgive me. Time for Victoria Pendleton to get into the saddle. The women's sprint quarter-finals start in a few shakes. Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny in the sprints from 1020.
1003: Magic finish in the women's points race - Vos becomes the first Dutchwoman to win the event, Yoanka Gonzalez of Cuba grabs second in a grandstand finish and Leire Olaberria of Spain nabs third. Rebecca Romero of Great Britain finishes 11th in only her third points race, that's a very good effort. It's been a miserable competition for the Dutch, but that will provide some succour.
1000: Marianne Vos of the Netherlands wraps up the gold medal in the
women's points race with plenty to spare... three to go, there'll be no medal for
Rebecca Romero of Great Britain, but then we didn't really expect one.
0957: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) will press for the introduction of women's boxing at the 2012 London Olympics, AIBA president Wu Ching-Kuo said on Monday. Any thoughts? I only ask because I know it's an emotive subject. I think my dad would rather saw off his own arm with a sharpened lollipop stick than watch two women fighting, but then he still eats dripping on toast.
0956: Rebecca Romero is currently 10th with three points with 19 laps to go in the women's points final. World champion Vos of the Netherlands leads by some distance.
0954: Table tennis update: South Korea beat Austria 3-1 to take the bronze in the men's team table tennis.
0949: As ever when the points race is shown on the box, we're getting loads of texts asking what the ruddy Nora is going on. Apparently even the Allied cryptologists were unable to decipher the rules of the sprint after they'd finished with Enigma during World War II. I have a video for you that might help though.
0947: Basketball: Greece secured third place in men's Group B with an easy 91-77 win over China. Vassilis Spanoulis and Iannis Bouroussis had 19 points each. Next up is Spain v Angola.
0945: "It wasn't easy, but it never is. It is the Olympic Games, you had four world class teams out there. It went to plan though and training has gone really well. I have pushed myself harder than I ever had before and it's sharing dividends."
Tim Brabants after qualifying for the men's kayak 1000m final
0944: After three sprints in the final of the women's sprint, Bos of the Netherlands leads, Olaberria of Spain is second and Gonzalez of Colombia is third. Rebecca Romero of GB has yet to score.
0939: WE'VE HAD A SHUNT! A clip of wheels, Denmark's Trine Schmidt goes sliding down the bank and takes out former world champion Sarah Hammer of the United States, who looks like she might have done a collar bone. Romero of Team GB going well in the points race at the moment...
0937: I've done a bit of maths on the latest result for the
Laser class, where
Paul Goodison came sixth, and I am 99% sure that he can literally smell a gold medal. Goodison would have to either sink or finish last in tomorrow's medal race, with the Swedish boat finishing first, to get anything other than gold.
0936: Softball update: The US complete their preliminary rounds by crushing China 9-0 to set up a semi-final showdown with Japan.
0933: This is only Romero's second ever points race, it's not inconceivable that she doesn't know the rules, this event is madder than a sack of syphilitic badgers. Below - I meant to say 'gold' medals...
0926: By my reckoning, there have still been no gold medals for any Brits standing up so far. Triple-jumper Phillips Idowu could nause all that up though - he looked pretty handy in qualifying for the final, which takes place on Thursday. Five events left in track cycling and Rebecca Romero will be looking to continue GB's run of winning a medal in every event so far in the points race, which is under way. Romero a long shot, she hasn't got much experience in this event.
"Why didn't the Aussies enter the cycling this year?"
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0919: Almost time for some cycling - Rebecca Romero, the first Brit to win medals in two different sports and fresh from her gold in yesterday's individual pursuit, goes in the points race at 0930. An intense woman Romero, I fancy her for another medal. Thanks for that Simon: did I ever tell you I found 10p once?
0917: "I almost bought Tim Brabant's old kit car, a GTM Spyder - how tenuous is that?"
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0910: Very true Paul (see below). I've been hearing reports that Phelpsville might indeed break away before London 2012. Apparently there are bandits hiding out between Phelps's toes and there have been rocket attacks as far afield as the back of Phelps's right knee. Is anyone watching the canoeing on the red button? The men's C1 - have a look, it's really weird.
0908: "If you subtract the autonomous region of Phelpsville from the US, we're level on 11 golds."
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0858: Over on the Channel 4 website you can adjust the medals table for various things, it's worth strolling over and having a look. Jamaica are leading in terms of population, North Korea are leading in terms of GDP and the United States are on top in terms of human rights. "Human rights scores are derived from the US Freedom House organisation," says the key. Funny that.
0854: Four gold medals for Australia today and a solitary silver for Great Britain: after Super Saturday and Stupendous Sunday, there can only be one nickname for today: Monday.
0841: Lots of texts asking me to update the medal table: erm, it's not really my job, but, erm, I'm told it's rubbered and not updating. Just had a word with one of the techies and he said it collapsed under the sheer weight of all the British medals at the weekend. As a result, we won't be able to add any that Australia have won today. Sorry. Portugal can have their silver though because they're doing rubbish.
0837: Eight years ago in Sydney, Brabants won bronze in the 1000m single kayak and at the last Games in Athens he set a world record in the heats before slipping to finish fifth in the final. After taking nearly 18 months out of the sport to concentrate on his medical career, Brabants is targeting gold in both the 500m and 1000m events in Beijing. That break could be the best thing he ever did: since returning to competition in 2006, Brabants has been European champion for three straight years and double world silver medallist.
0835: Tim Brabants took that heat by the neck, put it in his mouth and ripped its head off - he slaughters the rest of the field and is through to the next round of the men's 1000m single kayak. Zoltan Benko of Hungary finishes two seconds back.
"It's about time the Poms started getting medals... with almost three times our population."
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0832: Brabants is out of the traps like a rat up a drainpipe - he quickly opens up a boat-length's lead over the rest of the field, he's absolutely marmalised them, they've got no answer...
0827: If you've just swtiched on your computer, there will be no 'Cathy Freeman Moment' for the Chinese at this Games: defending Olympic 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang pulled out before the start of his heat with a gammy leg. Desolation in the Bird's Nest stadium, but we mustn't dwell - here's Tim Brabants in the first heat of the men's single kayak 1000m.
0820: I spoke to my brother last night and, I tell you what, it made me realise how lucky all us Brits are Games-wise: he lives in Sweden and they've been absolutely rubbish at this Olympics. Apparently it's got so bad they've started trying to muscle in on the triumphs of other Nordic countries. Portugal took their first medal of the Games today - silver in the women's triathlon.
0820: "It was the most heart-wrenching press conference I have ever been to."
BBC Radio 5 Live's Sonja McLaughlan attending proceedings after Liu Xiang's withdrawal
0814: Other stuff to look out for is baseball... no, I'm not mucking about, the United States are struggling to qualify for the semi-finals and need to beat hosts China to go through. We've also got the semi-finals of the women's footy tournament: Athens silver medallists Brazil play Athens bronze medallists Germany at 1100, Japan play defending champions USA.
0810: Here's the more: Beth Tweddle competes in the asymmetric bars at around 1145. Can she put recent injury problems behind her? In track and field, Greg Rutherford is a medal hope in the long jump final at 1310, and in boxing, Liverpool super-heavyweight David Price takes on Lithuania's Jaroslav Jaksto with a place in the semi-finals at stake. That enough?
0801: Right, here's what we've got coming up today Brit-wise at the Games: first up we've got Tim Brabants, the world and European champion, in the single kayak 1000m heats at about 0830. In cycling, Rebecca Romero, winner of yesterday's individual pursuit, goes in the points race at 0930. We've got the men's team pursuit at 1120 - Bradley Wiggins and Co smashed the world record yesterday, it should be gold today. We've also Victoria Pendleton in the quarters of the women's sprint at 1005 and Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny in the quarters of the men's sprint. And there's more...
0755: Just watching replays of Australia's Emma Snowsill winning the women's triathlon. She was so far ahead coming into the final straight, not only did she have time to grab an Aussie flag and wave it about, she could have sat down with her fans and designed a new one and still taken gold.
0751: "It's not great when you've got sick down your arms and your new white shoes are ruined."
GB triathlete Hollie Avil who dropped out during the triathlon because of illness
0749: Morning. "Who would win in a fight between a triathlete and a heptathlete?" says a colleague as I make myself comfortable. If he was seven rather than 39, it would have been a very good question.
0738: So that's a third gold for Australia today. I can't take any more so I'm going to bring in Ben Dirs in an attempt to stop the rot.
0736: GOLD - AUSTRALIA WINS THE GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S 470 SAILING
0732: But the good news on the water front is in the Star, Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson are proving themselves to be stars as they have moved up to fourth place on a strong showing today. They began the day in eighth but are only two points behind the French and a further point back from Germany, with another race to go today.
0727: There's plenty of business being done out on the water still. I'll give you the bad news first: Britain's Tornado crew remain in 11th place after two of today's three races, while Penny Clark has dropped down to 11th from eighth overnight in the women's laser radial, with two races left today.
0717: Without the swimming glut of golds, it has been super quiet so far this morning. Just the two golds have been won in the opening five days of Magnificent Monday - both of them to Australia. The 470 boys have made sure that it's not been a totally Miserable Monday so far, plus we've still got plenty to look forward to later on. It's coming up to that time when I am going to pass on the baton to Ben Dirs, who will no doubt bring the best of British luck to our boys and girls in Beijing.
0711: "Awesome comeback again from Nick and Joe come on GB lets rule the waves!"
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0705: Everybody go surfing. Bryony Shaw
is up into fourth place in the women's windsurfer after winning race number nine. She's just two points behind Marina Alabau of Spain, who is lying in the bronze position, and nine behind the leader Alessandra Sensini of Italy.
0705: Nick Dempsey is continuing his charge - if you can charge on a windsurfer. He was third in race number nine and is now just three points behind leader Tom Ashley of New Zealand. They are scheduled to have one more race today before the medal race on Wednesday.
0658: Fancy some softball chat? The USA's softball team have tied an Olympic record by scoring nine runs in the first inning on the way to their 21st consecutive win a 9-0 defeat of China. They must be gutted that softball is getting the push for London 2012.
0654: "The Ashes battle has moved to the Olympics. One gold between us. Are the cyclists the new Freddie Flintoff though?"
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0649 "Every other boat who had a medal chance wanted to cover us, but then we did a good run and took a couple of boats. We got in sync on the second beat and that got us to where we needed to be. At one point we thought we'd lost it - three races ago we looked like we had no chance of a medal. We had our backs against the wall, silver was the best we could do and that was hard to take. I'm really pleased we turned it around and did what we could."Joe Glanfield talks to BBC Sport's Rob Walker
0648: Some chat from the water polo - defending champions Hungary beat Canada 12-3, while 2004 silver medallists Serbia are beaten by Italy 13-12.
0646: So Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield secure medal number 26 of the Games so far for Team GB. That's just four short of Athens and two less than we managed in Sydney. We could have surpassed both totals by the end of the day and that will just leave the 37 we managed in 1984 to beat in post-War Olympics.
0643: "That was most intense race I've done for so long. Joe is a complete legend."
Nick Rogers on BBC Sport
0639: SILVER - Britain's Joe Glanfield and Nick Rogers are confirmed to have won a silver medal in the men's 470 class.
0638: AUSTRALIA WIN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S 470 SAILING.
0636: British men's 470 duo Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield have stormed home in second place in their medal race. We are still waiting for confirmation but it looks like enough to take silver for Team GB, behind the Australians.
0633: Tadpole, we are about to find out the result from the 470 men medal race. Looks like we might have a silver lining.
0629: "Just woken up from a nightmare. Is there anything remotely interesting on for Team GB before I fall asleep again?"
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Depends on what you class as "interesting". There is a bit of a lull at the moment, but we have a bit of handball ambling about at 0700, while Greece play hosts China in the men's basketball at 0730.
0626: If you were snoozing earlier you might not have seen that Britain qualified two men for the triple jump final. Phillips Idowu's single effort put him through with the biggest jump of 17.44m, while Larry Achike was seventh best with 17.18m.
0619: Some more good news from our sailing boys as Paul Goodison has won race seven in the Laser and stretched his lead at the top to five points. He's already out on the water as they are scheduled to have another two races today before tomorrow's medal races.
0614: Some good news from out on the waters as Nick Dempsey has moved up to second place in the men's windsurfer after a fifth-place finish in the eighth race.
It's been too long since that British up arrow has been unfurled. Well, 25 minutes is too long after the weekend we have had.
0612: "You can't move 10m without Liu Xiang advertising something at this Games. His coach had said "unless he won gold in that stadium, everything else would be meaningless".
The BBC's James Reynolds on the impact of Liu Xiang's withdrawal from the 110m hurdles
0602: Turns out Peppermill (see 0549) is of the male persuasion, my colleague just informs me.
0559: The United States pair of Phillip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers advance into the last four of the men's beach volleyball competition following a tense - and controversial - win over Germany. The furore centred around a block by Dalhausser in the second set at 8-7, which the German duo of Eric Koreng and David Klemperer insisted should not have stood because the American was in contact with the net. The Germans were penalised a point for their protestations, which proved to be crucial as the Americans closed out for a 21-13 25-23 win. They now face Georgia, who beat the Netherlands in straight sets.
0555: "I would like to award an honorary gold medal to the Croatian 49ers crew who let the Danes borrow their boat for the final race. True sportsmanship!"
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0552: More details on Liu Xiang's injury. "Liu Xiang has two injuries, one in his foot and one in his leg," said his coach. "One of the injuries is an accumulated injury."
0549: I've got some promising news on the equestrian front. Veteran British rider John Whitaker may take part in the last phase of the team final today as his horse Peppermill was showing signs of recovery. They must have given him/her some smelling salts. That's good enough for an up arrow, I reckon.
0543: Oh thank god the synchronised swimming starts today...Do we even have anyone in that?
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BB - We have Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall in action in the duet technical preliminaries starting at 0800 BST.
0537: Liu Xiang's coach Sun Haiping has just been in a press conference beamed live on Chinese TV. "The problem was with the foot," he said. "He has had the problem for six or seven years. It was a problem before the Athens Games in 2004. When we arrived at the athletes village he had an MRI and it was a problem with his tendon."
0534: A bit later on - at 1401 BST we have boxing hope David Price fighting Jaroslav Jaksto of Lithuania in the quarter-finals of the super heavyweight division.
0531: With all the talk of cycling golds and the rowing and the sailing glory we have not mentioned our canoeing hopes. Reigning world champion Tim Brabants in the K1 heats at about 0830 BST this morning. He's in the 500m and 1000m events and is super confident. "We have four athletes in the flatwater and I hope to pick up two golds," he says.
0524: Not much live action going on at present, so while we're waiting for the sailing you can always click on one of the stream to watch Team GB's golden moments or re-live Michael Phelps's glory days. If you're in the UK of course.
0518: Breaking news - Denmark's Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen will keep the Olympic 49er sailing gold medal after a protest was dismissed on Monday.
0512: It's all gone a bit flat with the news that Liu Xiang will not be competing. It's like the Chinese have missed out on their Cathy Freeman moment. To be fair, they've had their fair share of golden moments so far, but you still feel for them.
0505: "I imagine the Chinese authorities have put immense pressure on him to run, being the golden boy of Chinese sport, so he must feel like he has no choice, even though he knows full well he can't complete this race"
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0504: Amid the Xiang fiasco, Britain's Allan Scott qualifies for round two, finishing third in a time of 13.56secs. People are now streaming out of the stadium - what's the point in hanging around when your nation's number one hope for gold pulls out seconds before his heat? Hear that? That's the sound of 1.3bn jaws dropping.
0503: Helen Tucker comes home in 21st place - four minutes and 26 seconds behind Snowsill. She was looking good after the bike but ran out of steam in the run.
0502: That was so easy for Emma Snowsill in the end that she even stopped short of the line to give some members of the crowd high fives. She crosses the line with an Aussie flag in her hand and it turns out to be a good event for them. Compatriot Emma Moffatt gets bronze, just behind Vanessa Fernandes, who gets Portugal's first medal of the Games.
0458: GOLD - EMMA SNOWSILL OF AUSTRALIA WINS THE WOMEN'S TRIATHLON.
0455: Back in the triathlon and Emma Snowsill - the pocket rocket - is flying towards the finishiing line and gold for Australia. She's an asthma sufferer apparently.
0454: This is just horrible - Liu Xiang winces as he sets himself in the blocks, only to pull up after a false start. And that's it - the white flag has been waved, the defending champion admits defeat and returns to the changing rooms. I don't think the capacity crowd at the Bird's Nest have actually understood what has just gone on.
0453: CHINA'S LIU XIANG FORCED TO WITHDRAW FROM 110M HURDLES THROUGH INJURY.
0451: This is going to end in tears - Liu Xiang walks out to a rapturous applause, only for a packed stadium to see their tyro pull up holding his Achilles after going through a warm-up sprint. He looks utterly gutted, but he's only gone and pulled off his tracksuit bottoms - he's going to run this - he's only going to run this ruddy race!
0449: Running in the 110m hurdles is seriously hazardous for your health. Perennial world and Olympic silver medallist Terence Trammell pulls up short after the first hurdle with what looks like a calf injury. The American made absolutely no effort at the blocks, so it's pretty evident he was carrying an injury into the race.
0448: Emma Snowsill is trying to make this triathlon business even harder as she strays off the course following a milk crate. Is she trying to milk this victory. Sorry. Anyway, she hopes back over the barrier like a steeplechaser and is back on course for victory. She enters her final lap with a comfortable 57-second lead over Fernandes.
0446: Vanessa Fernandes has moved into second position, while Australia's Emma Moffatt is in the bronze position.
0444: "It's been a hard year for me. I thought things were coming together, but it didn't come together when I needed to. It hasn't seemed to work for me."
Nathan Douglas talks to BBC Sport's Phil Jones
0441: Just seen footage of Liu Xiang limping to the warm-up track, where he stops short after the second hurdle clearly in pain - and it looks like the Achilles tendon. I would stake all the tea in China that the Olympic 110m hurdles champion will not be defending his title in front of his home crowd. I reckon I might have drunk close to all the tea in China during these past three nights.
0440: Emma Snowsill completes lap two and her rivals follow through 39 seconds behind her. The biggest battle looks for silver and bronze, with a bunch of six or seven in the hunt.
0436: It looks like it is Emma Snowsill's to lose now. Australia's three-time world champion has opened up a sizable lead. Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal and Laura Bennett of the US lead the chase.
0436: Alas, the triple jump final will not be graced by three Brits as Nathan Douglas misses out after landing short of the qualifying mark. The 2006 European silver medallist registers his best jump of 16.72m, but still 38cm short of the qualifying mark.
0431: Pre-race favourite Emma Snowsill is out in front and opened up something like a 15 second lead. Helen Tucker is slipping and is one minute and 6 seconds back after the first lap of the run. She's in 17th place.
0431: "Come on Helen Tucker, don't make me stay up for nothing."
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0428: "Xiang's coach said on Saturday he has been suffering with an injury, but the packed stadium will go ballistic if their national hero doesn't run in this race. Apparently Xiang pulled up after one hurdle on the warm-up track, ducked back in to the changing rooms and hasn't been seen since. And European champion Stansilav Olijars has also withdrawn. The 110m hurdles is not a good place to be right now. Unless you're Dayron Robles."
0427: The chasing pack reach the transition stage just under two minutes behind the leaders. Not out of contention but they will have to get on their bike, so to speak, if they want to catch the leaders.
0425: That was a quick change. I wish my wife could get ready that fast. The women are off on the 10k run that will decide the medals. Helen Tucker came through in 13th place, just 10 seconds behind the leader.
0421: We'll soon be heading into the transition stage of the triathlon. Helen Tucker is in a leading group of about 20 competitors, who have a healthy gap in front of the chasing pack.
0417: Dayron Robles cruises into round two of the men's 110m hurdles, winning his heat in a time of 13.39. Not too far behind is the grade one pate of Britain's Andy Turner, who qualifies second in 13.56. There's a rumour doing the rounds that defending champion Liu Xiang may have withdrawn from the heats because of injury. It's just a rumour mind...
0415: There's been a big smash up in the triathlon as a number of riders in the chasing group hit the floor. Most of the girls get up and carry on but one of them stays down and looks injured. Our girl Tucker is well clear of the danger and still heading the field.
0412: The bell goes for the final lap of the bike and Helen Tucker is doing very nicely thank you. She's leading the way and looking very comfortable.
0406: "This volleyball is actually quite exciting! Does sound like they've hired Tony Blackburn to do the DJing though..."
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0402: Some good and bad news in the triathlon. The bad news is Hollie Avil has pulled out after running out of gas on the third lap of the bike stage. She had a stomach upset in the run-up to the event. The good news is that Helen Tucker is part of the lead group. Go girl.
0400: Over in the triathlon the women are over halfway in the bike and have another 15km to go.
0358: Larry Achike joins Phillips Idowu in the men's triple jump final after leaping 17.18m - and the Islington athlete is absolutely loving the fact he'll be back at the Bird's Nest on Wednesday.
0357: I'm sitting in for Pranav for a moment while he gives himself a well-earned rest from the text commentary sweat shop.
0349: "Just saw on Australian TV (see 0246 entry) that on the medals-per-population table we have 1 Jamaica, 2 Australia, 3 Bahamas."
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0347: Britain's Hollie Avil has to come to a halt with some sort of issue with her bike. I'm not too sure what the deal is, whether it's a mechanical problem or an injury. Switzerland's Nicola Spirig leads the peloton.
0343: It looks like Phillips Idowu is having some security issues. Having qualified with his first jump he had his bags packed and was heading out the arena, but a friendly steward seemed to be suggesting he would have to take an alternative route.
0342: Over in the women's triathlon, the competitors have reached the cycling stage. Britain's Helen Tucker is in 13th place, while Hollie Avil is in 22nd.
0340: "Bizarre that the triple jump qualifying and final are so far apart. Phillips effectively has two days recover from five seconds worth of effort."
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0338: Britain's Nathan Douglas starts with a leap of 16.45m in the men's triple jump qualifying, some 55cm short of the required distance to make the final.
0337: I thought Phillips Idowu's first triple jump was laconic, but I've just seen Usain Bolt jog - and I really do mean jog - into round two of the 200m. He is beaten into second by Trinidad's Rondell Sorillo, who is probably the only man ever to say "I beat Usain Bolt in an Olympic 200m race". The grandkids will love that one for years.
0331: Britain's Larry Achike starts with a foul jump in the men's triple jump qualifying.
0330: Out rolls Usain Bolt for heat five of the men's 200m qualifying, the man is just box office. And to think this is his preferred event.
0327: Zoe Derham summons up every last bit of willpower and energy for her third and final qualifying hammer throw attempt, but once again falls short of the 71.50m qualifying place, finishing down in 19th place and missing out on a place in the final.
0323: "That was the easiest 17m jump I think I have ever seen."
BBC Sport's Stuart Storey on Phillips Idowu.
0320: Good news for both Christian Malcolm and Marlon Devonish, who both qualify for round two of the 200m. Devonish beats Kim Collins in a time of 20:49secs, while Malcolm finished behind Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai with 20:45secs.
0319: Crikey - Phillips Idowu has just officially produced the most laconic triple jump opening effort in Olympic history, leaping to 17.44m to qualify for the final, 34cm past the qualifying mark. He was so languid he might as well have landed horizontal after hitting the board. Impressive - and bodes well for Wednesday's final.
0314: Over in the women's hammer qualifying round, Britain's Zoe Derham fails to improve on her first round effort as she throws 64.61m with her second attempt.
0310: The men's 200m heats are about to get under way back at the Bird's Nest. Great Britain's Christian Malcolm goes in heat two, while fellow Brit Marlon Devonish has been paired together with former world 100m champion Kim Collins. Jamaica's new 100m world record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt goes in the fifth heat.
0308: "Here in Hong Kong one of the coffee shop chains has it's own medal table up on a screen. However they only list China, the US and Hong Kong so it looks like this:
China 35 13 13
U.S. 19 21 25
Hong Kong 0 0 0
"How's about that for some self-humiliation?"
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0305: The men's triple jump qualifying rounds are about to start. Phillips Idowu is GB's leaping hope and he jumps in group B, along with team-mate Larry Achike, while Nathan Douglas is over in group A.
0300: Blimey, talk about making a splash as the women dive into the water for the swimming leg. They're not wearing wetsuits, which works in their favour during the transition stage between the swim and bike ride. The fresh water is around 27 degrees, which is nice.
0258: Over to the Ming Tomb Reservoir, 30 miles north of Beijing, for the women's triathlon. Britain's Hollie Avil is wearing 30 while world champion Helen Tucker is number 31.
0255: "(See 0246) That's usually the argument of Australians when GB beats them at anything, but I think if you look at countries like Jamaica, NZ, Slovakia and a couple of others you will find than not even Oz can claim that one this time around!"
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0250: Bad news for Great Britain's Alex Nelson, who has been forced to withdraw from the 200m heats because of injury.
0250: Olympic 400m champion Jeremy Warriner looks like he's running an easy single down to third man rather than a 400m race. The American is in a league of his own, winning his heat in a time of 45.23secs. Ireland's David Gillick just misses out on the semi-finals after finishing fourth in a time of 45.83secs.
0246: "Considering the ratio of the number of medals and population, GB is top of the pile. Anyone can confirm?"
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The Australians and their 20m inhabitants might have something to say about that. But nice thought though.
0244: In the women's hammer Britain's Zoe Denham has opened with a throw of 64.74m. She'll need to better that if she wants to make Wednesday's final, with the qualification mark set at 71.50m
0240: Fascinating fact about Andrew Steele is that his father is none other than Dr Chris Steele of ITV's This Morning fame. He's obviously done the business on his injuries as he has just romped home in heat six in first place, knocking over half a second off his personal best with a time of 44.94 seconds. Time for a bit of up arrow action.
0237: Next up in the 400m heats we have Britain's Andrew Steele. Here's what he had to say to BBC Sport: "I've had a troublesome year. I've had a couple of hamstring injuries, a knee problem so it's been a bit up and down but I'm coping well and think I'm ready to run pretty well."
0235: World silver medallist LaShawn Merritt powers through in lane two to win his 400m heat by some distance in a time of 44.97secs. The man who pipped him to gold in Osaka last year - Jeremy Warriner - runs in the final heat.
0232: How good a Games has this been for Team GB? Well, a gold today will make this our most successful since 1920. The 11 collected so far matches our total in Sydney in 2000. We are well on course to make this our second best Olympics ever.
Best of British:
1908 (London): 55 golds
1900 (Paris): 14 golds
1920 (Antwerp): 14 golds
2000 (Sydney): 11 golds.
0230: "It felt pretty good, I feel a bit rusty, I haven't raced for a long time. I've got another race tomorrow, it's a step towards the final."
Martyn Rooney talks to BBC Sport's Phil Jones
0225: Really nice run from Martyn Rooney, who runs a thoroughly comfortable 45.00secs to win his heat at a canter, booking his place in the semi-finals. This boy is ranked ninth in the world, watch this space...
0221: "If I don't make the final you won't see a happy Rooney," said our Martyn to BBC Sport's Phil Jones. No pressure then son. British number one Rooney ran a personal best of 44.72secs in Monaco this season, so he's running into form at exactly the right time. Oh, and he has size 13 feet. You know what they say about men with big feet? Big socks.
0217: We've had three heats of the men's 400m, with Costa Rica's Nery Brenes winning the third. Britain's Martyn Rooney goes in the fourth - and next - heat.
0215: "It took me longer to get to the Bird's Nest than normal. The crowds are really anticipating this, he's their big name and the new face of Chinese sport."
BBC Sport's Colin Jackson on China's 110 hurdle sensation Liu Xiang
0211: If that phone booth from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure turned up next to my desk right now, I would tell Rufus (played by the recently deceased George Carlin) to take me to the Laoshan Velodrome to watch pursuit gold medallist Rebecca Romero go for number two in the final of the women's points race (0930), along with Britain's men's team pursuit quartet of Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Paul Manning and Geraint Thomas at 1120. Anyone else concur? Anyone else inventing any form of supernatural transportation?
0202: Also on the track today is home favourite Liu Xiang, the enormous 110m hurdler is the defending Olympic and current world champion, but he had his world record nicked by Cuba's Dayron Robles, who ran 12.87secs in Ostrava two months ago. Fireworks ahoy when the heats kick off at 0410.
0158: "Anyone else noticed that a USA team without Phelps would currently have as many gold medals as Great Britain?"
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