Summary

  • Wiggins wins gold and his eighth Olympic medal - most of any Briton

  • GB win one track cycling and two rowing golds

  • GB also win swimming, dressage team and trampoline silver

  • Ennis-Hill leads heptathlon; Johnson-Thompson fourth

  • Rutherford makes long jump final after early scares

  • Phelps in three-way tie for 100m butterfly silver

  • Tennis: Murray into singles semis but out of doubles

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    #bbcrio2016

    Harriet Butler: Wow! Awesome from KJT. This is going to be a super competition

    Simon Smith: That's my girl KJT new British record holder

    Adam O'Neill: This has been a fantastic high jump competition by KJT. Amazing stuff!

  2. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Denise Lewis
    Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

    I was out of my seat.

    Kat has wanted the opportunity to come to a competition healthy. 

    It has been a struggle but mentally she is in the zone and what a clearance.

    2.01m dare we dream?

  3. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Steve Backley
    Four-time European javelin champion on BBC TV

    A new British record!

    Katarina Johnson-Thompson can hardly believe it.

    What a competition this is going to turn into.

  4. KJT clears 1.98mpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    And that's a new British record for Katarina Johnson-Thompson!

    What a fantastic high jump competition this has been!

    1211 points added to her overall score. She is in the gold medal position. 

    Ennis-Hill in silver. 

    2.01m next...

  5. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Denise Lewis
    Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

    Kat just has to steady herself, collect her thoughts and think again about the good habits that can take her over this 1.98m.

  6. athletics

    Foul for KJT at 1.98mpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    She has two attempts left... 

  7. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Belgian Nafi Thian gets a hug from Katarina Johnson-Thompson as she also clears 1.95m. 

    The bar is being raised to 1.98m.

    And Thian clears it with her first attempt! 

    If she clears this, our maths is telling us KJT will take the overall lead... 

  8. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Denise Lewis
    Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

    What an incredible high jump competition it is. 

    Thiam has jumped 1.97m in the past so it is not a surprise, she is very talented.

    It is great for Kat to be able to bounce off her.

  9. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Steve Backley
    Four-time European javelin champion on BBC TV

    Johnson-Thompson has produced something very special here in the Olympic stadium.

    That is a big statement.

  10. KJT clears 1.95mpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    She matches her season's best height of 1.95m! 

    Incredible performance from the young Brit.

    She will be joining Jessica Ennis-Hill in the top three overall.

  11. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Steve Cram
    BBC athletics commentator on BBC TV

    If Katarina clears 1.95m first time I would not bet against her going higher.

  12. tennis

    Double break for Murraypublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Tennis

    Away from the heptathlon high jump, defending Olympic champion Andy Murray has taken a commanding lead in his quarter-final with Steve Johnson.

    The Briton has a double break over the American and leads 4-0 in the first set.

  13. athletics

    Ennis-Hill fails at 1.92mpublished at 17:12 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Steve Backley
    Four-time European javelin champion on BBC TV

    Jess had a smile on her face. I think she knew that was too much for her.

  14. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Steve Backley
    Four-time European javelin champion on BBC TV

    Johnson-Thompson looked really comfortable on the early heights but she was over there with room to spare.

  15. 2 fouls for J. E-H at 1.92m - KJT clearspublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Katarina Johnson-Thompson is smashing this high jump and the smile on her face is e-NOR-mous! 

    Takes her to fourth overall. 

    One attempt left for Jess....

    Nafi Thian of Belgium has cleared this height with room to spare and sits in sixth place overall. 

    Katarina Johnson-ThompsonImage source, Reuters
  16. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

  17. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Steve Cram
    BBC athletics commentator on BBC TV

    Jess already has a 100-point lead on Theisen Eaton. That's a pretty good place to be in. She wants to go higher, but she would have taken 1.89. We think KJT will go higher than that.

  18. athletics

    Three fouls for Theisen Eaton at 1.89mpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    That's the end of her high jump competition. 

    Jessica Ennis-Hill and Katarina Johnson-Thompson will try again at 1.92m...

  19. athletics

    Athleticspublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Heptathlon high jump

    Denise Lewis
    Olympic heptathlon gold medallist on BBC TV

    The relationship between coach and athlete so vital. 

    The information has to be precise and Jess is the type of athlete that absorbs information, can picture it and execute it. 

    That is why we see no reaction from Toni, he knows she is able to do it.

  20. athletics

    Heptathlon high jumppublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Ennis-Hill's closest competitor Brianne Theisen Eaton falters for the second time at 1.89m. 

    She has one more attempt...

    Husband and Olympic Champion decathlete, Ashton tries to propel her from the stands, jumping as she does. It doesn't help.