Epic Failure

Archery: Can we beat Chinese Taipei? No Artistic Gymnastics: Do we get a medal? Yes Badminton: Does GILMOUR win her game? Yes Boxing: Does Orie win? Yes Canoe Slalom: Does Burgess win a medal? No Cycling Mountain Bike: Do we win a gold medal? Yes Equestrian: Does the TEAM win a gold medal? No Hockey: Do the team avoid defeat? No Judo: Will Nairne fight in the afternoon session? No Rowing: Do we get a clean sweep of advancements again? Yes Rugby Sevens: Do we make the top two in the group? Yes Sailing: Will the WOMEN'S SKIFF team be in the top ten at the end of the day? Yes Shooting: Are either of our guys in a top eight position by the end of the day? No Swimming: Do we get a medal in the Men's 200m Freestyle? Yes Table Tennis: Does Pitchford win? Yes Tennis: Does the DOUBLES team win their match? Yes

This slow pool is still giving us some great races!

Australia has looked extremely impressive thus far. Demolished and

You mean the form that has them being the only nation with 2 swimmers in the final of the individual 200m?!? I get that you are Mr Doom and Gloom but that's just a weird take. It's perfectly possible that we won't win gold but if that happens it won't be because we've not shown form.

Thought Adam might get silver this time but didn't expect that winner. All about the finish. Still, a fine medal. GBR are exactly where I thought they would be from these first 2 days, although I didn't quite expect the journey that we've taken to get here!

Job done for them both. Don't see us getting 2 medals this time but there's definitely a chance for a medal. I'm still getting over the disappointment for Max. 3 times in a row is just too cruel.

Funk looked like she got into a bit of a...funk there. Teehee. Great medal for Kimberley.

One and a half medals for !

Woods guarantees no worse than 4th, with 2 people left to go.

v already getting a bit tetchy.

Good win in the 7s. Ireland have had the beating of GBR this season, so nice to turn the tables. Puts them in a good place to reach the KO stages (they will likely lose to but should be favourites against in the other pool games), and who knows what could happen from there.

It was on the BBC earlier as well. With the amount of rain they had over the last few days it's not surprising.

PFP on another level. Creditable 5th place for Evie Richards.

Evie Richards with a very creditable 5th place in the MTB.

I had that thought as well. It's bizarre that it goes down as a defeat on points, when she literally 'won' on points. Even if they wanted to come to that decision, the logistics of it are weird.

Collett in about 20 mins.

Johnny Marshall squeaks through in 16th in the 100 back. Oli Morgan a bit more comfortable ahead of him.

Only for those that reach the QFs

Why take the spot then? Surely China could have found a freestyler who would at least try 100%? Just seems weird.

In fairness to them, it's still a darn sight better than I could do. I mean, I can run and swim 100m. Not quickly obviously, but I can do it. I doubt I'd even be within 10 metres of the archery target.

Damn Germans and their consistency. Why can't they be inconsistent like everyone else (by which I mean us, obviously)? Just unsporting of them.

I realise that I might be answering some of these late, but I've just woken up (it's 3:30am for me ) Question of the Day Archery: Can we beat Germany? No Artistic Gymnastics: Who is the top Brit (All-around) after qualifying? Kinsella Badminton: Can Lane and Vendy win at least one game today? No Boxing: How many wins do our boxers get today? One Canoe Slalom: Can Woods get a medal? No Cycling Mountain Bike: Can we get a top 5 finish? Yes Equestrian: Does our TEAM stay in a medal position at the end of the day? Yes Hockey: Do the WOMEN win? Yes Judo: Can Giles get a medal? Rowing: Is it another clean sweep of advancements today? Yes Rugby Sevens: How many wins do we get? Today, or overall? Today, zero, overall, one Sailing: Do all four teams get through to at LEAST the quarterfinal (Windsurfing) and medal race (Skiff) Yes Shooting: Do we get at least one medal today? No Swimming: Does Peaty win gold? No Table Tennis: Can Hursey get a win? No Tennis: Do Evans and Murray go through? No

As much as it is always great to see Fiji excel in 7s, this win was probably the best result for the games. With Marchand going tomorrow, the French could get momentum and ride that surge of emotions to a fabulous Olympics.

It's interesting because I had it down as a 'quiet' day for GBR on my planner but that was because I was only really looking at when the medal events were happening, rather than things like qualification. But as you rightly point out there's actually a lot going on! It goes to show that there's never a quiet day at an Olympics!!

The 4x1 was a missed chance but was never a guarantee. We were probably unlucky with the lane being right on Pan's wash (which in this pool is probably exacerbated more than some others). It happens. The only event we were favourites for coming into this was the 4x2, and that's still to come. If Adam wins tomorrow, that's arguably a medal upgrade than most were expecting. Still plenty of medal chances to come. Overall, a good day for GBR with the two medals both being splendid to see and lots of fine performances from the gymnasts, riders, rowers and hockey players.