A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Khugaev claims another gold medal for Russia
WRESTLING:Russia won their second Greco-Roman wrestling gold in two days after Alan Khugaev beat Egypt's Karam Ebrahim in the men's -84kg final last night.
A significant number of Russians had packed the stands at the ExCeL Arena hoping to see Khugaev follow up Roman Vlasov’s win in the -74kg division on Sunday, and they roared with delight after seeing the 21-year-old overcome his opponent 1-0, 1-0.
Ebrahim had raised hopes of an Egyptian win after knocking out favourite Damian Janikowski in the semi-finals, but he could not deliver in a tight final which the Russian won after two par terres.
Poland’s Janikowski made up for his semi-final defeat by claiming one of two bronzes available through the repechage.
Kazakhstan’s Danyiel Gajiyev claimed the other bronze by beating Vladimer Gegeshidze in a controversial fight which saw the Georgian storm off and kick barriers after a decision went against him in the final round.
Kenny's gold justifies selection ahead of Hoy
CYCLING:Great Britain's Jason Kenny was thrilled to justify his selection ahead of Sir Chris Hoy by claiming a stunning Olympic gold in the men's sprint at the London 2012 velodrome.
Kenny's previous two Olympic gold medals came in the team sprint alongside Hoy, the 2008 sprint champion, but now the 24-year-old is an Olympic individual champion after a sensational victory over three-time world champion Gregory Bauge of France.
The Briton qualified quickest for the three-day competition on Saturday and outpaced Bauge in the first of their best-of-three contest.
Kenny then led out the Frenchman and just had too much speed for his opponent to send the velodrome into raptures.
It was Britain's fifth gold from seven medal events.
Slingsby doubles Australia's gold medal tally
SAILING:Australia's miserable Olympics took a turn for the better yesterday with one gold and another virtually assured.
The gold and green started the 11th full day of competition with just one gold – claimed in the pool by the women's 4x100m freestyle relay – but that tally looks set to be tripled after a successful day in Weymouth.
Tom Slingsby set the ball rolling with victory in the men's laser class.
The 27-year-old came into the regatta as overriding favourite just like he did in Beijing four years ago, where he finished in 22nd place.
Australian success continued with Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen all but securing gold in the 49er class. Outteridge and Jensen have only got to turn up to compete in today's medal race – even if they finish last – to clinch victory.
Britain end 60-year wait following tense jump-off
SHOW JUMPING:Britain's showjumping team won gold for the first time in 60 years yesterday, even though their star performer had a hip replacement last year.
Nick Skelton (54) who rode a flawless round in a tense jump-off against the Dutch for the Olympic title, said the joint is "great" and has not affected him. He said: "My hip's great, it's my back that's the problem now. I've got to have it operated on next year."
He and team-mate Peter Charles have both suffered broken necks in the past.
Team GB secured victory as Skelton, Charles and Ben Maher rode clear rounds in a tie-break jump-off against the Netherlands after the two teams racked up the same number of faults.
The last time a British team won an Olympic gold in showjumping was in Helsinki in 1952.
Spectators at the arena in Greenwich, south east London, roared and stamped their feet as Britain took the Olympic title in thrilling style.
