The big news for Team GB is the silver medal won by our eventers Tina Cook, William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Zara Phillips and Nicola Wilson. After three days of competition in rain and sun it's nice to see them get their reward on the medals podium, with medals being awarded by Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, who was a Team GB eventer herself back in the day. Well done!
Other highlights happened in the pool today, with Michael Phelps winning his 19th Olympic medal, the most ever won by one person. His 18th medal was a silver, coming second to a lad from South Africa who looked awe-struck by beating his hero. Michael was really gracious in defeat, showing the lad how to hold his medal, where to go for photos, encouraging him to enjoy the moment - that was all lovely to see.
There was also a delightful moment when Michael Philips and Andrew Willis both made it through to the 200m breaststroke final, with Michael coming first in his semi-final with a new GB record. That was quite thrilling, especially having two blokes in the final.
It was also great to see Steph Houghton scoring a goal against Brazil at Wembley in the first few minutes. Steph has scored in every match so far. I saw Hope Powell, the Team GB football coach, on breakfast telly yesterday an she came across as thoroughly professional and confident in her women. She said a rather strange thing, that the team had never played at Wembley before, but they have now - and won! Maybe this is the time for women's football to start growing?
The downside today has been the whispering campaign against Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen suggesting she's been taking drugs to provide her own personal best (and also a world record) to win a gold medal the other day, and another gold today. That's sad really and pulls away the pride from her young life. Winners are automatically subject to drugs tests so why not wait for the results of that rather than spreading rumours? It's not nice. The results of the tests say she's clean.
Other highlights happened in the pool today, with Michael Phelps winning his 19th Olympic medal, the most ever won by one person. His 18th medal was a silver, coming second to a lad from South Africa who looked awe-struck by beating his hero. Michael was really gracious in defeat, showing the lad how to hold his medal, where to go for photos, encouraging him to enjoy the moment - that was all lovely to see.
There was also a delightful moment when Michael Philips and Andrew Willis both made it through to the 200m breaststroke final, with Michael coming first in his semi-final with a new GB record. That was quite thrilling, especially having two blokes in the final.
It was also great to see Steph Houghton scoring a goal against Brazil at Wembley in the first few minutes. Steph has scored in every match so far. I saw Hope Powell, the Team GB football coach, on breakfast telly yesterday an she came across as thoroughly professional and confident in her women. She said a rather strange thing, that the team had never played at Wembley before, but they have now - and won! Maybe this is the time for women's football to start growing?The downside today has been the whispering campaign against Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen suggesting she's been taking drugs to provide her own personal best (and also a world record) to win a gold medal the other day, and another gold today. That's sad really and pulls away the pride from her young life. Winners are automatically subject to drugs tests so why not wait for the results of that rather than spreading rumours? It's not nice. The results of the tests say she's clean.
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