Olympics - day three in pictures

Five lanes of rowers stretch across Penrith Lake, west of Sydney, for the men's eight rowing.

Women's trap final: Delphine Racinet of France (silver) Daina Gudzineviciute of Lithuania (gold) and E Gao of China celebrate.

Great Britain's men's pursuit team set a new Olympic record in qualifying at the Dunc Gray Velodrome.

Impressive action during day three of the Open 49er race.

British duo Simon Archer and Nathan Robertson crash out of the quarter-finals of the men's badminton doubles tournament.

Olympic spirit: Pieter van den Hoogenband is congratulated by Ian Thorpe after winning the men's 200m freestyle gold medal.

Riding Supreme Rock, Pippa Funnell leaps the water obstacle on the cross country section of the team three-day event.

Woman Mistral sailors pass in front of the Sydney Opera House.

In the men's eight rowing, the British team finished second to Australia in their heat.

Swe Swe Win from Malaysia pumps to lift during the womens 53kg weightlifting event

Making the semis: GB's Sue Rolph in the heats of the women's individual 200m medley

Cuba's Yamilet Martinez (right) wrestles the ball from American Natalie Williams in the women's basketball event.

In the men's hockey, Britain suffered their worst-ever Olympic defeat as Pakistan won 8-1.