The men's 50km walk gold goes the way of Italy's Alex Schwazer who finishes in a Games record time of 3 hours 37.09 minutes Britain's world champion BMX rider Shanaze Reade misses out on a medal after falling, while France's Anne-Caroline Chausson takes gold In the men's race, Maris Strombergs leads home the field to earn Latvia's first ever Olympic cycling gold A large crowd fills Chaoyang Park for the men's beach volleyball final where USA's Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser come out on top GB's James DeGale will fight for middleweight gold on Sunday after outboxing Ireland's Darren Sutherland for a comprehensive 10-3 win Team GB pick up their 18th gold medal when Tim Brabants powers to glory in the final of the men's K1 1000m Robert Maitland scores for Australia as they edge past Italy 17-16 in their water polo semi-final match At the Water Cube, Russia's team take to the water ahead of their synchronized swimming team event technical routine After starting well, Britain's Aaron Cook comes unstuck against Mauro Sarmiento and Zhu Guo to just miss out on a taekwondo bronze Heather Fell fails to overturn a 19-second deficit in the 3,000m run of the modern pentathlon but the Briton still wins silver Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba makes it an Olympic double after winning the 5,000m a week after winning the 10,000m Great Britain's Jade Johnson struggles to find her rhythm in the women's long jump final and fails to challenge for a medal The women's 4x100m relay team also miss out on a medal when they fail to pass the baton between the second and third legs Top seed and defending champion Zhang Yining beats China team-mate Wang Nan to take gold in the table tennis women's singles At the Olympic Green Hockey Field, the Netherlands defeat China 2-0 to win their first women's hockey title since 1984 British boxers Tony Jeffries and David Price both have to settle for bronze medals after losing their respective semi-final bouts Manchester City striker Jo gets on the scoresheet as Brazil beat Belgium 3-0 to claim the men's football bronze medal After two days of competition, USA's Bryan Clay takes the honours in the decathlon ahead of Andrei Krauchnka and Leonel Suarezthe Usain Bolt (second right) captures a third gold medal and a third world record after Jamaica claim the men's 4x100m relay gold The final event to be decided is the men's pole vault where Australia's Steve Hooker triumphs with an effort of 5.90m
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