Phillips Idowu produces a confident triple jump of 17.44m to qualify for the final alongside team-mate Larry Achike 100m champion Usain Bolt makes it look easy as he progresses into round two of the 200m finishing behind Trinidad's Rondell Sorillo The Bird's Nest stadium is rocked as China's defending Olympic champion Liu Xiang pulls out of the 110m hurdles through injury Australia's Emma Snowsill wins gold in the women's triathlon - sealing victory by more than a minute from Portugal's Vanessa Fernandes After Sunday's sailing successes, Great Britain also see Joe Glanfield and Nick Rogers pick up a silver in the men's 470 class Hungary's Peter Biros blocks a shot as his side beat Canada 12-3 in the preliminary round of the water polo tournament Moustafa Hussein prepares to unleash a shot for Egypt's handball team during their 32-32 draw with Iceland Yao Ming and his China team-mates vainly try to keep out Vasileios Spanoulis as Greece triumph by 91-77 in the Olympic Basketball Arena Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos wins the women's points race but not before several competitors are sent tumbling out of contention Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins, Paul Manning and Ed Clancy smash the world record as Britain claim gold in the men's team pursuit China's Chen Yibing earns gold in the men's rings with a superb display - his compatriot Yang Wei claims silver Britain's Beth Tweddle attempts a very difficult routine but just misses out on a medal on the uneven bars, finishing fourth Stephanie Brown-Trafton of the US wins gold in the women's discus ahead of Cuba's Yarelys Barrios Back at the National Indoor Stadium, Poland's Leszek Blanik wins the men's vault on a tie-break from Frenchman Thomas Bouhail Belarus earn a gold in the men's 105kg weightlifting event when Andrei Aramnau comes out on top Pamela Jelimo becomes the first Kenyan female to win an Olympic gold with a time of 1:54.87 in the 800m Panama's Irving Saladino registers a leap of 8.34m to earn a gold medal in the long jump ahead of South Africa's Khotso Mokoena Reigning Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva secures another title in the women's pole vault with a world-record effort of 5.05m Winner in 2000, Angelo Taylor leads home the field in the men's 400m hurdles as USA take all three medals The last gold of the day goes to USA in the team show jumping final for whom Laura Kraut and Cedric enjoy a faultless last round
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