Britain's Kelly Sotherton begins her campaign for gold in the heptathlon by finishing fourth in heat five of the 100m hurdles Peter Sack of Germany prepares to throw the shot put in an event which the Americans are expected to dominate American Rebecca Soni upsets the world champion and world record holder Leisel Jones to win the women's 200m breaststroke gold Asafa Powell rockets out of the blocks on the way to winning his first round heat in the men's 100m Powell's Jamaican compatriot Usain Bolt also cruises through his first round heat in a time of 10.20 seconds Britain's Tyrone Edgar wins his 100m heat impressively, in a time of 10.13 seconds, the best time of the first round There is little wind and bright sunshine at the Bird's Nest stadium as the middle distance events get under way with the women's 800m Another day, another gold medal for swimming sensation Michael Phelps who breaks his own world record in the 200m individual medley Canada's players rush out of the goal mouth to defend a short corner in their match against the Netherlands Players crowd around the table tennis table as Crystal Xi Huang prepares to serve for the US. Sotherton falls to fifth in the heptathlon after a disappointing high jump sees her fail at her final attempt at 1.86m Nastia Liukin of the United States wins the women's all-around gymnastics gold with a sublime performance After a lengthy delay Ben Ainslie finishes second in race eight of the Finn class at Qingdao to wrap up at least a silver medal Helen Casey and Hester Goodsell miss out on a place in the women's lightweight double sculls final as they finish fifth in their semi-final Britain's Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny and Chris Hoy smash the world record as they qualify fastest in the men's team sprint Bradley Wiggins beats his own Olympic record as he qualifies fastest for the next round of the individual pursuit Staff, Hoy and Kenny power to Britain's first gold in the Laoshan Velodrome - beating France in a thrilling team sprint final China's Tong Wen grabs gold after beating Japan's Maki Tsukada in the women's +78kg category Bolt romps through the second round of the 100m in a time of 9.92 seconds and appears to be favourite after a stunningly easy run America's Hyleas Fountain leads the heptathlon after four events on 4060 points with Sotherton third on 3938 Tirunesh Dibaba outpaces Elvan Abeylegesse to win gold in the women's 10,000m in a new Olympic record time of 29:54.68
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