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Olympics Daily Bulletin - Friday 10 and Saturday 11 August 2012

Olympics Daily Bulletin for Friday 10 and Saturday 11 August 2012.

Headlines (Friday 10 August)

15.4m tuned in for the Men’s 200m Final as Usain Bolt made history, becoming the first man ever to retain the 100m and 200m Olympic titles

  • Usain Bolt retained his 200m Final in style, watched by a peak audience of 15.4m at 21:00 across ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 1

A peak audience of 10m watched as Kenya’s David Rudisha became the first man to run the 800m in under 1:41:00

  • David Rudisha’s record breaking run in the 800m was watched by a peak audience of 10m across ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 1 at 20:00

Britain’s Nicola Adams wins first ever Women’s Boxing Gold medal as a peak of 4m tune in

  • Women’s boxer Nicola Adams won the first ever Women’s Boxing Gold medal yesterday with 4m tuning to watch her golden moment at 16:30 on ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 9

Charlotte Dujardin’s second Gold of the Games was watched by a peak of 3.8m

  • The Dressage once again proved a lucrative event for Team GB with Charlotte Dujardin claiming Gold and Laura Bechtolsheimer the Bronze. A peak of 3.8m watched the action across ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 5 at 16:00

Britain’s first ever Taekwondo Gold, courtesy of Jade Jones was seen by a peak of 3.4m

  • Team GB’s Jade Jones delivered Britain’s first Taekwondo Gold late last night. A peak of 3.4m watched the action across ˿ Two and ˿ Olympics 7 at 22:30

Headlines (Saturday 11 August)

The highest peak of the day came in the Women’s 1500m Final as 10.8m tuned in

  • Asli Cakir of Turkey won Gold in the Women’s 1500m, watched by a peak audience of 10.8m at 21:00 across ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 1

Coverage highlights for today

Athletics: Mo Farah goes for double gold in the Men’s 5000m Final; Men’s 4x100m Relay Final; and the Women’s 4x400m Relay Final

  • ˿ One from 19:00
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 1 from 18:50

Team GB’s Men’s Boxing team hope to gain their first Gold today through Luke Campbell. However, Ireland’s John Joe Nevin stands in his way

  • ˿ One
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 8 from 20:25

Medal chances for Team GB in the Canoe Sprint with Ed McKeever, Jess Walker and K2 pair Jon Schofield and Liam Heath all going in their respective finals.

  • ˿ One from 09:00
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 3 from 09:25

The Team GB Men’s Hockey team face Australia in the battle for Bronze

  • ˿ Three from 15:30
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 4 from 15:20

Tom Daley hopes to qualify for the Men’s 10m Platform Final this morning and will go for Gold tonight if he makes it through

  • ˿ One/Three from 10:00 (Semi-finals) and 20:30 (Finals)
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 1 from 09:55 (Semi-finals) and ˿ Olympics 2 from 20:25 (Finals)

The Men’s Modern Pentathlon medals are decided today with Team GB interest in the form of Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale

  • ˿ One from 15:20
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 10 from 08:40

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