British medal watch
Mo Farah won a sensational second gold medal of London 2012
as he came home first in the men’s 5,000m. Farah ran a strong race, and in the
final two laps he led throughout. Those behind him mounted a series of
challenges but each time Mo upped his own pace. Nobody else could match his
kick, and in the home straight the crowd went wild as they realised he was
going to complete a remarkable double.
Anthony Joshua put in a great final round to claim the gold
medal in the men’s super-heavyweight division boxing. Joshua was trailing his
Italian opponent Roberto Cammarelle after two rounds but pulled it back in
third, levelling the bout and winning on count back. The Italians appealed the
decision, but this was rejected. After review, Joshua actually won by a wider
margin than the original score suggested. Yesterday, Hull’s Luke Campbell also
took the gold medal with a victory over Ireland’s John Joe Nevin in the
bantamweight category. He knocked over the Irishman in the third round, and
went clear after the first two rounds were close. Fred Evans missed out on gold
as Kazakhstan’s Serik Sapiyev won a comfortable victory in the welterweight
final.
Ed McKeever took gold for Team GB in canoe sprint, crossing
the line first in the men’s 200m K1 event. McKeever got off to a fast start and
dominated the race, finishing 0.3secs ahead of his nearest rival. It was a
successful day at Eton Dorney for the Brits, as the men’s 200m K2 bronze also
went the way of Team GB. Liam Heat and Jon Schofield, reigning European
champions, could not match the Russian pair who took gold but were in with a
chance of silver, until they were pipped to the post by Belarus. The pair ended
up settling for bronze.
Tom Daley put the disappointment of the synchronised event
by taking bronze in a hotly contested men’s 10m individual platform diving
contest. Daley led going into the final dive after a consistent display. He put
an early controversy behind him, after he was allowed to retake his first dive
having been initially distracted by flash photography, which is banned during
diving events. Daley’s final dive was another strong one, which gave him a
chance of gold. But his rival also upped their Games, as David Boudia of the
USA took gold and Bo Qui of China claimed silver. Nonetheless, Daley was
delighted with the medal and celebrated by diving into the pool with his
watching team-mates.
Top news
The USA held off a spirited fight from Spain to take men’s
basketball gold. The American team, containing NBA all-stars, led for most of
the match but Spain kept it close, even leading on a few occasions. But the
Spaniards could not quite pull off a remarkable upset as their team of both NBA
and European players came up six points short of their more esteemed opponents.
France has retained its handball title after beating Sweden
22-21 in the final. The French claimed the gold in a very tight and hard fought
match.
Stephen Kiprotich secured Uganda’s first gold medal since
1972 as he raced clear in the men’s marathon this morning. Kiprotich was an
outside bet coming into the event but he ran a textbook race, staying in
contention early on and then carving out a lead in the latter stages, crossing
the line well ahead of the second placed runner from Kenya.
Mexico completed an unlikely victory in the men’s football
final, taking gold over the favourites from Brazil. Mexico took a two goal lead
before Brazil pulled one back, but their efforts weren’t enough.
Other news
Tom Daley has dedicated his bronze medal in the men’s 10m
platform to his dad, who died last year after a battle with cancer.
Two Egyptian wrestelers have been disqualified from their events
after arriving late.
British swimming has announced it will hold a review of the
team’s disappointing performance at the Games. Great Britain won only three
swimming medals at London 2012, a silver for Michael Jamieson and two bronze
medals for Rebecca Adlington.
Lord Sebastian Coe has been appointed as ambassador for the
London 2012 Olympic legacy.
David Cameron has announced that funding for sport in the
UK, which had only been confirmed up to 2014, has been extended as far as the
Rio Games of 2016.
Charles van Commenee, the director of UK Athletics, is
undecided on his future after Great Britain only won six medals in track and
field. Van Commenee said he would have to consider his position if the target
of eight medals was not achieved.
Your final medal table Top 10
Rank Country G S B Total
1 United
States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 22 87
3 Great
Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 25 33 82
5 South
Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35
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