{"id":2577,"date":"2012-07-28T23:53:01","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T22:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benmgiles.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2012-08-03T02:49:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T01:49:39","slug":"olympics-2012-team-gb-athletes-at-london-games-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.benmgiles.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=2577","title":{"rendered":"Olympics 2012: Team GB athletes at London Games Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/olympics\/<\/a><\/p>\n

A sport-by-sport round-up of how every Team GB athlete performed on Day One of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ARCHERY<\/h4>\n

The men’s team (\u00a0Simon Terry, Larry Godfrey\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Allan Wills\u00a0<\/strong>)\u00a0are out<\/a>\u00a0of the team archery event\u00a0after a 223-212 defeat<\/a>\u00a0by Ukraine.<\/p>\n

BADMINTON<\/h4>\n

Chris Adcock\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Imogen Bankier\u00a0<\/strong>lose 14-21 21-9 21-18<\/a>\u00a0to Russia’s Alexandr Nikolaenko and Valeria Sorokina.<\/p>\n

British number one\u00a0Susan Egelstaff\u00a0<\/strong>leads Group H\u00a0after beating<\/a>Slovenia’s Maja Tvrdy\u00a021-15 21-10.<\/a><\/p>\n

BASKETBALL<\/h4>\n

The\u00a0women\u00a0<\/strong>are beaten<\/a>\u00a074-58<\/a>\u00a0by Australia in their opening match.<\/p>\n

BEACH VOLLEYBALL<\/h4>\n

The men’s team of\u00a0John Garcia-Thompson\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Steven Grotowski<\/strong>lose 21-19 21-13<\/a>\u00a0to Canada’s Josh Binstock and Martin Reader in Pool F.<\/p>\n

BOXING<\/h4>\n

Middleweight boxer\u00a0Anthony Ogogo\u00a0<\/strong>beats Junior Castillo Martinez of the Dominican Republic\u00a013-6<\/a>\u00a0and is into the last 16.<\/p>\n

CYCLING<\/h4>\n

Mark Cavendish\u00a0<\/strong>finishes outside the medals<\/a>\u00a0with a time of\u00a0five hours 43.37 seconds<\/a>\u00a0in the road race, despite the efforts of team-mates\u00a0Chris Froome\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0David Millar\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0Ian Stannard\u00a0<\/strong>and Tour de France winner\u00a0Bradley Wiggins\u00a0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

EQUESTRIAN<\/h4>\n

Mary King\u00a0<\/strong>is ranked\u00a0third in individual eventing<\/a>\u00a0after the dressage, having received 40.90 penalty points on Imperial Cavalier.<\/p>\n

Nicola Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>receives 51.70 penalty points on Operation Buzz and is ranked 16th after the dressage.<\/p>\n

FENCING<\/h4>\n

Sophie Troiano’s\u00a0<\/strong>Olympic bid in the individual foil is over as she is beaten\u00a012-9<\/a>\u00a0by GB team-mate\u00a0Natalia Sheppard\u00a0<\/strong>in the round of 64.<\/p>\n

Anna Bentley\u00a0<\/strong>loses\u00a010-9<\/a>\u00a0against her Canadian opponent Monica Peterson and is out. Results<\/p>\n

FOOTBALL<\/h4>\n

Casey Stoney\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0Jill Scott\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Stephanie\u00a0<\/strong>Houghton\u00a0<\/strong>score in a\u00a03-0 defeat<\/a>\u00a0of Cameroon as the\u00a0women\u00a0<\/strong>seal their place<\/a>\u00a0in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

GYMNASTICS<\/h4>\n

The\u00a0men\u00a0<\/strong>qualify in third<\/a>\u00a0for Monday’s\u00a0team final<\/a>\u00a0and secure five places in individual finals.<\/p>\n

Louis Smith\u00a0<\/strong>will challenge<\/a>\u00a0for pommel horse gold\u00a0after scoring 15.800<\/a>\u00a0in a superb qualifying routine.<\/p>\n

HANDBALL<\/h4>\n

The\u00a0women\u00a0<\/strong>lose their opening game<\/a>\u00a0against Montenegro after a\u00a031-19<\/a>\u00a0defeat.<\/p>\n

JUDO<\/h4>\n

Ashley McKenzie\u00a0<\/strong>goes out<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Men’s -60kg judo<\/a>\u00a0, losing to Japan’s\u00a0Hiroaki Hiraoka.<\/a><\/p>\n

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ROWING<\/h4>\n

Alan Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>eases his way<\/a>\u00a0into the men’s single sculls quarter-finals in a time of\u00a006:47.62.<\/a><\/p>\n

Helen Glover\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Heather Stanning\u00a0<\/strong>reach the final of the women’s pair and\u00a0set a new Olympic record<\/a>\u00a0of six minutes 57.29 seconds in the process, after comfortably\u00a0winning their qualifying heat.<\/a><\/p>\n

The women’s quadruple scull of\u00a0Debbie Flood\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0Frances Houghton\u00a0<\/strong>,Beth Rodford\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Melanie Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>must contest the repechage (6:20.71<\/a>\u00a0) after being pipped for third by New Zealand.<\/p>\n

The men’s lightweight four (\u00a0Chris Bartley\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0Peter Chambers\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0Richard Chambers\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Rob Williams\u00a0<\/strong>)\u00a0win their heat<\/a>\u00a0in a time of\u00a05:49.29<\/a>\u00a0to reach the semi-final.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0men’s eight\u00a0<\/strong>go into the repechage<\/a>\u00a0after finishing second (5:27.61<\/a>\u00a0) behind Germany in their heat.<\/p>\n

George Nash\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Will Satch\u00a0<\/strong>qualify for the semi-final<\/a>\u00a0with victory in6:00.06.<\/a><\/p>\n

The men’s quadruple scull\u00a0Charles Cousins\u00a0<\/strong>,\u00a0Stephen Rowbotham\u00a0<\/strong>,Tom Solesbury\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Matthew Wells\u00a0<\/strong>qualify\u00a0for the semi-finals<\/a>\u00a0in a time of\u00a05:41.75.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bill Lucas\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Sam Townsend\u00a0<\/strong>take second place<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a06:11.94<\/a>\u00a0) behind New Zealand in the men’s double sculls.<\/p>\n

SHOOTING<\/h4>\n

Jennifer McIntosh\u00a0<\/strong>misses out on a place in the women’s\u00a010m air rifle final<\/a>\u00a0with a score of 392 out of 400.<\/p>\n

SWIMMING<\/h4>\n

Craig Benson\u00a0<\/strong>finishes sixth in the 100m breaststroke semi-final in a time of\u00a01:00.13<\/a>\u00a0but misses out on a place in the final.<\/p>\n

David Carry\u00a0<\/strong>is seventh in the final of the 400m freestyle with a time of3:48.62.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellen Gandy\u00a0<\/strong>records a time of\u00a057.66secs<\/a>\u00a0in the 100m butterfly semi-final to go through to the final.<\/p>\n

Fran Halsall\u00a0<\/strong>finishes seventh in her semi-final in the same discipline in58.52.<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0women’s\u00a0<\/strong>4×100 freestyle team finish fifth in the relay final in a time of\u00a03:37.02.<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Jamieson\u00a0<\/strong>finishes third in the 100m breaststroke semi-final with a time of\u00a059.89<\/a>\u00a0but misses out on a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Hannah Miley\u00a0<\/strong>finishes fifth<\/a>\u00a0in the 400m individual medley final\u00a0in 4:34.17.<\/a><\/p>\n

Roberto Pavoni\u00a0<\/strong>finishes fourth<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a04:15.56<\/a>\u00a0) behind Michael Phelps in his 400m individual medley heat.<\/p>\n

Robbie Renwick\u00a0<\/strong>is second<\/a>\u00a0in his 400m freestyle heat, but his time of3:47.44<\/a>\u00a0might not be enough to progress.<\/p>\n

Joe Roebuck\u00a0<\/strong>finishes seventh (\u00a04:20.24<\/a>\u00a0) in his heat in the 400m individual medley.<\/p>\n

Aimee Wilmott\u00a0<\/strong>finishes fifth in her 400m medley heat and goes out with a time of\u00a04:38.87.<\/a><\/p>\n

TABLE TENNIS<\/h4>\n

Paul Drinkhall\u00a0<\/strong>beats his Kuwaiti opponent Ibrahem Al Hasan\u00a011-9 12-10 11-9 11-4<\/a>\u00a0to reach the second round.<\/p>\n

Joanna Parker\u00a0<\/strong>is also through to the second round after overcoming Brazilian Caroline Kumahara\u00a011-7 11-5 11-9 11-5.<\/a><\/p>\n

TENNIS<\/h4>\n

Andy\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jamie Murray\u00a0<\/strong>suffer a\u00a0first-round exit<\/a>\u00a0in the men’s doubles, losing\u00a05-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-5<\/a>\u00a0to Austria’s Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya.<\/p>\n

Colin Fleming\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ross Hutchins\u00a0<\/strong>are out<\/a>\u00a0, losing\u00a07-5 6-3<\/a>\u00a0to Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet.<\/p>\n

Laura Robson\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Heather Watson\u00a0<\/strong>suffer defeat<\/a>\u00a0in the first round of the women’s doubles going down\u00a06-1 4-6 3-6<\/a>\u00a0to Germany’s Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki.<\/p>\n

Elena Baltacha\u00a0<\/strong>goes through<\/a>\u00a0to the second round of the women’s singles, beating Hungarian Agnes Szavay\u00a06-3 6-3.<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne Keothavong\u00a0<\/strong>is out<\/a>\u00a0of the women’s tennis tournament after losing6-4 3-6 2-6<\/a>\u00a0to Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.<\/p>\n

VOLLEYBALL<\/h4>\n

The\u00a0women\u00a0<\/strong>open their<\/a>\u00a0Olympic volleyball campaign with a\u00a03-0 defeat<\/a>by Russia at Earls Court.
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