Olympics Daily Bulletin - Wednesday 1 August 2012
Olympics Daily Bulletin for Wednesday 1 August 2012.
Headlines
Phelps making history brings in peak audience of 10.2m
- 10.2m tuned in to watch Michael Phelps make history in the pool last night, as he became the most decorated Olympian of all-time at 21:00. This includes viewers watching on ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 1
Team GB’s Women Footballers peak at 3.9m
- 3.9m tuned in to watch Team GB’s women’s footballers beat Brazil 1-0. This includes viewers watching on ˿ Three and ˿ Olympics 4
Equestrian Team silver peaks at 3.3m
- 3.1m tuned in to watch Team GB clinch silver in the 3-Day Eventing Team event. This includes viewers watching on ˿ One and ˿ Olympics 3
Another strong day for ˿ Sport Online
- 9.2m global browsers for bbc.co.uk/sport (6.8m UK browsers)
Coverage highlights for today
Bradley Wiggins goes in the Men’s Cycling Time Trial and Emma Polley and Lizzie Armitstead go in the Women’s Cycling Time Trial
- ˿ One (switching to ˿ Two for News from 13:00-13:45) from 12:50
- bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 3 from 12:20
- ˿ Three from 12:30
Rowing Finals: Helen Glover and Heather Stanning; Women’s Quadruple Sculls and Men’s Eight
- bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 2 from 09:25
- ˿ One from 11:30
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics All Around Individual Final featuring Kristian Thomas and Dan Purvis
- ˿ One from 16:30
- bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 5 from 16:25
- ˿ Three 17:45 (for the climax of the competition)
Team GB Men’s Football v Uruguay
- ˿ Three from 19:45
- bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 2 from 19:25
Richard Hounslow goes in the Kayak (K1)
- ˿ Three from 13:30 (Semis) and 15:15 (Final)
- bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 4 from 13:25
Swimming Finals featuring Team GB’s Michael Jamieson, Andrew Willis and Jemma Lowe
- ˿ One from 19:30
- bbc.co.uk/sport and ˿ Olympics 4 from 19:25
˿ Radio 5 live
Carl Lewis: “The Americans will dominate all the sprints”
GB swimmer Jemma Lowe’s sharp reaction to news of Michael Phelps’ 200m fly defeat
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