Olympics Day 1 – Team GB Round Up

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It was a fairly disappointing opening day as Britain failed to win any medals but it is still very early days. Over a million people turned out to support Mark Cavendish and the rest of the British team in the men’s road race but they struggled and failed to win a medal. The British team did very well in the early rounds of the rowing and there was a promising start in the boxing, gymnastics, football and table tennis. There were no medals for team GB in the swimming but the best prospects are still to come.

 

 

There was no medal for Mark Cavendish in the men’s road race.

Andy and Jamie Murray lost in the first round although Elena Baltacha is through in the singles.

The men’s archery team lost in the first round

British middleweight boxer Anthony Ogogo beats Junior Castillo Martinez of the Dominican Republic 13-6 and is into the last 16

Mary King is ranked third in individual eventing after the dressage

Sophie Troiano was beaten 12-9 by Great Britain team-mate Natalia Sheppard in the round of 64

Great Britain women seal their place in the quarter-finals of London 2012 as they beat Cameroon 3-0

In the gymnastics Great Britain’s men are second after the first of three men’s qualifying sessions with 272.420 marks, behind the United States on 275.342 Louis Smith will challenge for pommel horse gold after scoring 15.800 in a superb qualifying routine

Ashley McKenzie is out of the Men’s 60kg judo

All the rowers qualified in their opening heats with a particularly strong performance from Helen Glover and Helen Stanning who qualified in an Olympic record time.

In the swimming there were no medals. Britain’s 4x100m freestyle women’s team finished 5th as did Hanah Miley who will be disappointed not to do better after winning her heat.

Britain did well in the table tennis as both Paul Drinkhall and Joanna Parker qualified for the second round.