Another day, another Gold! (always believe in ...)

What a weekend - the most successful sporting weekend EVAH? 17 medals including 8 GOLD (you're indestructible...). Today's haul was impressive - 2 in sailing, where, in thoroughly wet, windy & British conditions, Ainslie decided not to fart around with the Yank and just won the race instead. The photogenic Yngling girls also did their thing, and were interviewed by the equally fragrant Shirley Robertson, who used to crew with them.

The it was over to the rowing lake, where the campest couple of rowers I've ever seen won the double scull, and the Quad & Eight just missed out - particularly gutting for the Quad, who led most of the way until the Chinese took them in the last 200m, just as they had recently at a world cup. It was all too much for them, they were in floods of tears and could barely speak. After a few too many questions, Invers realised it was hopeless and left Steve to console them. 3 silvers for Kath Grainger now -who was pretty inconsolable, as were they all - see the medal picture below. The eight only had themselves to blame - they let the Canadians get away early, and the old rule about the first eight through 500m always winning unfortunately held true.

Cycling duly delivered Gold & Silver, in a bit of an underwhelming final - we had already won silver and gold, just a question of who - though Romero, who won silver in the rowing in Athens, became the first person to win medals in 2 different sports. Stick that in your pipe, Phelpsy. Apparently, back in the day, she wasn't the fastest cyclist in the rowing team when they trained on bikes!

Just when you thought it was all over, the team pursuit boys smash the world record qualifying for the final, and then young Louis Smith - clearly Lewis Hamilton's younger brother - only went and won a blinking bronze on the pommel - the first EVAH British gymnastics medal. Get in there, my son!

Further details of all the medal winners in an amazing weekend, where the confidence was for once justified, found over at the beeb website

The good news was that Germany's Steve Redgrave, Kathrin Boron, didn't get her 5th rowing gold. (Only kidding, Zimbo!)

GOLD


Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson


Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter


Ben Ainslie


Rebecca Romero & Wendy Houvenaghel

SILVER

Alex Partridge, Tom Stallard, Tom Lucy, Richard Egington, Josh West, Alastair Heathcote, Matt Langridge, Colin Smith and cox Acer Nethercot


Kath Grainger, Annie Vernon, Debbie Flood and Frances Houghton = Gutted

BRONZE

Louis Smith