Marathon swimmers look to London 2012

Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten will look to follow up their Beijing medals with a winning time in the Serpentine

The real hard luck story of these Games

US wrestler Daniel Cormier has experienced more suffering in his 29 years than most people will experience in a lifetime

Open-water swimming? Open warfare, more like

Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten keep their heads, just about, to win silver and bronze in a thrilling free-for-all

It's open season for argy-bargy

Giles Smith finds it hard to stop staring at a 10km aquatic scrap

Brailsford plots further cycling success

Britain's performance director dismisses talk of his defection and reveals plans for Shanaze Reade and Tour de France

First official trip for the Brown clan

The Prime Minister was accompanied by his sons as well his wife when he flew out to the Beijing Olympics yesterday

Bolt was blazing: don’t let him fail us now

Trust in athletics might be terminally affected if Bolt failed a test. He has lifted us so high, it’s far too far to fall

Bolt runs away with his second gold

A gifted few have claimed the sprint double of 100m and 200m, but never has anyone done so in two world record times

Bolt breaks world record to win 200m

Jamaican demolishes the field to win the 200m in a time of 19.30sec and take his second gold of the Beijing Games

Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten relive feats of Briton 108 years ago

The efforts of the two British open marathon swimmers in claiming silver and bronze were historic, but Britain won a gold in the open water 108 years...

Sotherton welcomes Blonska's failed test

British athlete hopes positive sample will end the competitive career of formerly banned Beijing silver medal-winner

Open water swimmers add to GB medal haul

Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten claim silver and bronze in the 10km open water event to get GB off to a flying start on Day 12

Day 12, as it happened: Danvers wins bronze

Follow all the action from today in Beijing, including Tasha Danvers' suprise medal for GB in the 400 metres hurdles

China to show propaganda opera at Olympics

Chinese propaganda opera that was composed to help Tibetans accept Beijing's rule will be performed at Olympic finale

Reade prepared for bumpy ride to gold

Teenager is expected to continue Britain's dominance on two wheels as BMX racing makes its Olympic debut in Beijing

Team GB adjust target to 20 golds

Successes of Phillips Idowu, the triple jumper, and David Price, the boxer, are forcing BOA to reassess its projections

Questions run and run for Ohuruogu

After Briton claims 400 metres gold, the debate continues over whether she should have been allowed to compete at all

Wiggins fails to deliver final flourish

Double gold medal-winner pays for his previous exertions as he and Mark Cavendish emerge empty-handed from the Madison

Ovett provides unexpected reality check

Giles Smith watches athletics legend forget golden rule of TV punditry