Nicola Adams Makes Olympic Boxing History

Britain's Nicola Adams has become the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold.

The 29-year-old from Leeds beat China's Cancan Ren 16-7 in the women's Flyweight final at the ExCeL arena.

Adams, who was cheered on by an ecstatic crowd, never looked back after knocking her opponent down in the second round.

She said: "It's a dream come true. I've just wanted this all my life. To think I've finally done it, I'm finally here. All this support has really made my day."

She added: "I'm just so happy and overwhelmed with joy right now."

It was the second gold for Team GB in an hour after Charlotte Dujardin also made history by winning the individual dressage at Greenwich Park.

It came after the 27-year-old's victory in the team dressage earlier this week with Carl Hester and Laura Bechtolsheimer, who also win individual bronze.

Dujardin's triumph on her horse Valegro means she joins Dame Kelly Holmes, Rebecca Adlington and Laura Trott as elite women who have won two golds in one Games.

Enfield-born Dujardin hugged her mother Jane, who said: "The pressure was really on. I am just so proud. It is just unbelievable."

The two golds got Britain back to winning ways after Wednesday's medal drought and consolidated its third spot in the medals table . Team GB now have 51 medals in all - 24 golds, 13 silver and 14 bronze.

British taekwondo fighter Jade Jones will go for gold later after stunning world number one Tseng Li-Cheng of Chinese Taipei 10-6 in their women's under-57kg featherweights semi-final, also at the ExCeL arena.

Jones, 19, produced a late rally to land her trademark headkick which capped a quite remarkable Olympic debut.

Britain's Keri-Anne Payne was aiming for gold in the 10km outdoor swim at Hyde Park but could only manage fourth.

Payne, the reigning world champion and a silver medallist in Beijing, finished just 0.4 seconds behind third-placed Martina Grimaldi from Italy.

The gruelling race was won by Hungary's Eva Risztov who held off a late challenge from American Haley Anderson.

Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell are assured of at least a silver medal in the men's 470 class sailing at Weymouth. Their race was delayed due to light winds and will now be held at midday tomorrow.

An hour later Hannah Mills and Sasia Clark will compete for gold in the women's event.

The highlight of today's programme will undoubtedly be the final of the men's 200m at the Olympic Stadium.

Having already won the 100m, Usain Bolt will be aiming to become the first man in the history of the Games to retain both sprint titles.

The Jamaican says he is confident of victory but he faces stiff competition, not least from his training partner Yohan Blake who was runner-up in the 100m final.

Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius is out of the Games after South Africa failed to make the final of the men's 4x400m relay.

They were eliminated in the first heat after their second-leg runner collided with a Kenyan and fell, leaving Pistorius waiting with his hand outstretched for a baton that never came.

As the first amputee to compete at the Olympics, he had high hopes of a medal after the South African relay team won silver at the world championships last year.

Britain's quartet of Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams, Jack Green and Martyn Rooney made it through to the final after finishing second in the same heat.

Meanwhile, Games organisers Locog say 6.9 million spectators had attended events as of yesterday, with 2.1 million watching sport in the Olympic Park.