Team GB will be hoping to add more medals on day three of the Olympic Games after cyclist Lizzie Armitstead won silver in the road race and swimmer Rebecca Adlington finished third in the 400-metres freestyle.
Divers Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield will compete in the synchronised 10m platform final while Team GB’s gymnasts will battle it out in the men’s team final, for which they qualified in third place ahead of China.
Eighteen-year-old Daley will be looking to secure Olympic gold to go with the European and World Championships he has won since bursting on to the scene at the age of 13.
Home supporters will also be cheering on world record holder Gemma Spofforth and Liam Tancock in the 100m backstroke finals.
After the first day had ended in disappointment for British cycling fans, Armitstead gave the crowds in rain-soaked central London something to cheer about on Sunday.
Union flag-waving crowds chanted “Lizzie, Lizzie” as she earned second place behind Marianne Vos of the Netherlands on The Mall.
The 23-year-old from Otley near Leeds, later tweeted a picture of her silver medal, saying it was “the best day of my life”. “Thank you to the thousands of people cheering who literally got me to the finish line, I’m incredibly proud of GB!”
Adlington, who was defending the gold medal she took in her weakest event in Beijing four years ago, also paid tribute to the “absolutely amazing crowd” after securing bronze in the Aquatics Centre.
“I am so glad I have got a medal at a home Games. Not many people can say that,” she said.
“Everyone has been so amazing. These guys (the fans) make it so worthwhile. It’s amazing the support I’ve had.
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“That’s what we need, we need people to get behind us and support us.”
However, the row over empty seats for some of the events rumbled on, with Adlington’s sister Chloe tweeting: “We’re soooo high up! Annoying when there are so many empty corporate seats lower down.”
An investigation was launched after large gaps were seen in a number of venues on the first full day of competition.
Troops, who were brought in to bridge a shortfall in private security guards, have been urged to fill the empty seats during their breaks, while others have been given away to teachers and students.
About 50 seats previously classed as restricted view and unoccupied during the first two days of the badminton at Wembley Arena were filled today by members of the RAF and Army security teams. Olympics boss Lord Coe said he wanted to fill empty seats – reserved for sports bodies, the athletes’ family and friends, and sponsors – but it was too early to name or shame those involved.
Source : Orange