Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Rowing and Athletics are the place to be on Day 8

Day 8Asafa Powell of Jamaica should be a 'fastest man' contenderA further 28 medals are on offer on the 16th August, as the first week of competition comes to a close. Rowing and Athletics are the place to be on Day 8 for GB supporters and we will be! The Men's 100m sprint is the last Athletics event of the day in the Olympic Stadium. The competition to decide the 'Worlds fastest Man' is always a spectacle.

AthleticsAthletics4 (Men's 20km Walk, Women's Shot Put, Women's Heptathlon, Men's 100m)
BadmintonBadminton2 (Men's Doubles, Women's Singles)
BaseballPreliminaries
BasketballPreliminaries
Beach VolleyballWomen's Quarter-Finals
BoxingPreliminaries
Cycling - TrackCycling - Track3 (Men's Points Race, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit, Men's Keirin)
DivingPreliminaries
EquestrianPreliminaries
FencingFencing1 (Women's Team Foil)
FootballMen's Quarter-Finals
Gymnastics - TrampolinePreliminaries
HandballPreliminaries
HockeyPreliminaries
RowingRowing7 (Women's Single Sculls, Men's Single Sculls, Women's Pair, Men's Pair,
Women's Double Sculls, Men's Double Sculls, Men's Four)
SailingSailing2 (Heavy Weight Dinghy-Finn, Women's Keelboat Yngling)
ShootingShooting2 (Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol, Men's Skeet)
SoftballPreliminaries
SwimmingSwimming4 (Women's 200m Backstroke, Men's 100m Butterfly,
Women's 800m Freestyle, Men's 50m Freestyle)
Table TennisMen's Team Semi-Finals
TennisTennis2 (Women's Singles, Men's Doubles)
VolleyballPreliminaries
Water PoloWomen's Quarter-Finals
WeightliftingWeightlifting1 (Women's +75kg)
AthleticsWrestling2 (Women's Freestyle 48kg, Women's Freestyle 55kg)

AthleticsCycling - TrackRowingIn the first of two days of finals at the Rowing, the Men's Four of Tom James, Steve Williams , Peter Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge should be amongst the medal contenders as should Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington in the Women's Double scull. On the track at the Velodrome, there should be two Athens 2004 Gold medallists competing, Bradley Wiggins in the Individual Pursuit and Chris Hoy in the Keirin. In the Olympic Stadium, Kelly Sotherton will be finishing her second day in the Heptathlon.
Sailing
In Qingdao at the Olympic Sailing Centre, Double Gold medallist, Ben Ainslie will be a favourite for the Gold in the Finn Class and the British team of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson in the Yngling class will also be one to watch.

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