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Wiining Wednesday GB Round up around all the venues of the Olympics

1. Brits picked up 2 gold medals one in rowing and one in cycling 2. Badminton Federation acted quickly and decisively over the four players who were trying to fix the draw of the badminton doubles, well done to them as they dq these players thus preserving the Olympic spirit Up against a German crew undefeated for four years, and a Canadian boat boasting the fastest time in history, the odds had been stacked against Britain's men, and to come so close was a triumph of will in itself. None more so than for Greg Searle, 40 years old, who won a gold medal at the Barcelona Games in 1992, alongside his brother Jonny. Searle had returned to competitive rowing only two years ago after a decade away from the sport. His fresh face and Thompson Twins hair has gone, but the adamantine determination remains. The British eight was led at stroke by the impeccable Constantine Louloudis, a man exactly half Searle's age. An Old Etonian, with a Greek father and a mother who is a sometime lady-in-waiting to Princess Anne, Laloudis knows every square inch of this water, which was completed as the ultimate school facility in 2006. His place in the boat was confirmed only a couple of weeks ago after a back injury kept him out of much of the Olympic preparation. The faith of the coach Jrgen Grobler was justified in Louloudis's imperious rhythm, which for a long while threatened to unsettle the German crew. Three seats behind Louloudis, Mohamed Sbihi was the crew's major powerhouse. All rowers make extraordinary sacrifices for their sport but none more so than the 6ft 8in Sbihi, a Muslim. As these Games coincide with Ramadan he had been faced with a version of Eric Liddell's Chariots of Fire crisis of conscience. He wanted to observe the month-long fast, but knew that to do so he would have to give up his place in the boat. The dilemma was resolved when he discovered the Koranic verse that allowed believers under special circumstances to instead feed 60 hungry mouths for each day of the month. Before the Games Sbihi donated 2,000 to a charity in his native Morocco to feed 1,800 children. If the bronze medal didn't answer every one of his pre-race prayers, it would certainly have satisfied most of them. ARCHERY Amy Oliver loses in the round of 32 of the women's individual tournament as Ika Yuliana Rochmawati of Indonesia wins 7-1. The Brit got to this stage after a sterling won against the World Number 1 Alan Wills goes out in the round of 64 in the men's individual tournament, losing 6-5 to Taylor Worth of Australia. BASKETBALL The women's side suffer a third straight defeat, losing 67-61 to Russia, and are bottom of their group. BEACH VOLLEYBALL The men's pairing of John Garcia-Thompson and Steve Grotowski are defeated 2-0 by their counterparts from Norway. BOXING Luke Campbell won his boxing bout 11-9 last night and Joshua won 17-16 against a Cuban both through to the q/fs

CANOEING Richard Hounslow goes out of the men's single kayak slalom at the semi-final stage, with a score of 104.30 . CYCLING Bradley Wiggins wins GOLD in the men's time trial, while Chris Froome wins BRONZE. They set times of 50:39.54 and 51:47.87 respectively. Emma Pooley finishes sixth in the women's trial, while Lizzie Armitstead finishes in 10th position. They set times of 38:37.70 and 39:26.24 respectively. DIVING Chris Mears and Nick Robinson-Baker finish fifth in the final of the men's 3m springboard, setting a score of 432.60. FENCING Louise Bond-Williams fails to reach the last 16 in the women's individual sabre, losing 15-8 to Vassiliki Vougiouka of Greece. Sophie Williams also exits at the same stage, losing 15-8 to Italy's Irene Vecchi. Football England beat Uruguay1-0 thanks to a Danial Sturridge goal and send them into the Q/F with a match up against Korea in Cradiff GYMNASTICS In the men's all-round individual final, Kristian Thomas and Daniel Purvis secure Great Britain's best ever finish in the event. Thomas finishes seventh, while Purvis ends in 12th. HANDBALL The women's side suffer their third successive defeat after being beaten 30-17 by Brazil. HOCKEY The men's side earn a 2-2 draw against South Africa. Ashley Jackson scores two goals including a late equaliser with three minutes remaining. JUDO Sally Conway's campaign in the women's -70kg category ends with defeat to Edith Bosch of the Netherlands in the last 16. Winston Gordon is knocked out in the last 16 of the men's -90kg by Russian Kirill Denisov. ROWING Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win GOLD in the women's pair with a time of 7:27.13.

The British men's eight of Richard Egington, James Foad, Matthew Langridge, Alex Partridge, Tom Ransley, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Constantine Louloudis and cox Phelan Hill take BRONZE in their final with a time of 5:51.18. The women's quadruple sculls team of Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Beth Rodford and Melanie Wilson finish last in their final with a time of 6:51.54. The men's quadruple sculls team of Charles Cousins, Stephen Rowbotham, Tom Solesbury and Matthew Wells are through to the final after finishing third in their semi-final with a time of 6:05.71. Men's pair George Nash and Will Satch reach Friday's final, winning their semi-final with a time of 6:56.46. SAILING Paul Goodison places 4th and 9th in his two races in the laser, leaving him in sixth position at the halfway stage of the series. Lucy Macgregor, Kate Macgregor and Annie Lush lose to New Zealand in today's match race in the Elliott 6m leaving them joint fifth in the standings. Steve Robinson and Ben Rhodes finish 4th and 2nd in today's races in the 49er, putting them in fifth in a tight field. Bryony Shaw finishes 4th and 9th in her two races in the Women's RS-X, leaving her sitting in sixth. Alison Young places 2nd in two races in the Laser Radial and now sits fourth after four races. Nick Dempsey finishes 5th and 1st in the Men's RS-X to leave him in third place with four of ten races completed. SWIMMING Caitlin McClatchey, Rebecca Turner, Hannah Miley and Joanne Jackson finish fifth in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay with a time of 7:52.37. James Goddard and Joe Roebuck are through to Wednesday night's men's 200m individual medley semi-finals with heat times of 1:58.56 and 2:00.04 respectively. Fran Halsall finishes fourth in the women's 100m freestyle semi-final with a time of 53.77 to reach the final. Amy Smith misses out after clocking 54.28. Marco Loughran and Chris Walker-Hebborn finish seventh and eighth in their heat of the men's 200m backstroke with times of 1.58.72 and 1:59.00 respectively. Stacy Tadd finishes sixth in her 200m breaststroke heat with a time of 2:27.18. The women's 4x200m team finish fifth in Wednesday night's final with a time of 7:52:37. Michael Jamieson wins SILVER in the men's 200m breaststroke final with a time of 2:07.43, while Andrew Willis finishes in eighth with a time of 2:09.44. Jemma Lowe finishes 6th in the women's 200m butterfly final with a time of 2:06.80. James Goddard finishes third in the 200m individual medley semi-final behind Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps with a time of 1:58.49 to reach the final.

Joe Roebuck finishes seventh in the other 200m individual medley semi-final with a time of 1:59.57 and misses out on the final. TENNIS Andy Murray fights back from losing the first set to beat Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 4-6 6-1 6-4 and reach the men's singles quarter-finals. The mixed doubles first round between Andy Murray and Laura Robson and Czech pair Lucie Hradecka and Radek Stepanek has been cancelled for the day. VOLLEYBALL The women's side lose 3-0 to Italy in their third group game. WEIGHTLIFTING Jack Oliver finishes fourth in Group B of the men's 77kg, lifting 140kg in the snatch and 170kg in the clean and jerk. Natasha Perdue finishes 12th in the women's 69kg final, lifting 92kg in the snatch and 113kg in the clean and jerk.

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