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Olympics Daily Bulletin - Thursday 9 August 2012

Olympics Daily Bulletin for Thursday 9 August 2012.

Headlines

Highest peak of the day was 11.3m for the Men’s 200m Semi-Finals as Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt set up a rematch in the final today

  • Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake breezed through to the 200m Final, watched by a peak audience of 11.3m at 20:25 across ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 1

Women’s Boxing

  • Team GB are guaranteed a medal in the inaugural women’s boxing. 2.6m tuned in to see Nicola Adams beat the Mary Kom at 13:35 on ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 4

˿ Three top audience

  • Team GB failed to make the hockey final when they were beaten by Argentina. This match gave ˿ Three its peak audience of the day with 1.0m at 21.05. 159,000 were watching on ˿ Olympics 4 at the same time to make a peak total of 1.2m

˿ Sport Online draws in 9.1m Global browsers

  • Yesterday there were 6.8m UK browsers to the ˿ Sport Website. Global traffic stood at 9.1m browsers

Coverage highlights for today

Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake meet again in the Men’s 200m Final, while Andrew Osagie goes for Team GB in the Men’s 800m Final though Kenya’s David Rudisha and Ethiopia’s Mohammed Aman are expected to contest Gold

  • ˿ One from 20:00 (800m) and 20:55 (200m)
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 1 from 18:20

History is made as the first Women’s boxing medals are decided. Nicola Adams is going for Gold in the Women’s Fly while Ireland’s Katie Taylor goes in the Women’s Light Final

  • ˿ One from 16:30
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 9 from 16:25

Jade Jones and Martin Stamper in action for Team GB in Taekwondo

  • ˿ Two from 22:15 (Gold medal matches)
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 7 from 19:55

Keri-Anne Payne goes for Team GB in the Women’s 10km Open Water Marathon

  • ˿ One (switching to ˿ Two for the News) from 12:00
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 9 from 11:55

Men’s 470 medal race with Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell guaranteed at least Silver

  • ˿ Three from 13:00
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 4 from 12:45

Women’s K1 500m Final featuring Team GB’s Rachel Cawthorn

  • ˿ One from 10:15
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 2 from 09:25

Following Team GB’s Gold medal in the team event, it’s now time for the Individual dressage

  • ˿ One from 12:30
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 5 from 12:25

Men’s BMX Quarter-Finals with Liam Philips going in Heat 2

  • ˿ One from 15:00
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 6 from 14:55

Team GB Men’s hockey team hope to go one better than their female counterparts and reach the final, but first they have to get past a strong Netherlands squad

  • ˿ Three from 19:55
  • bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 3 from 19:50

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