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 91ȱ One and 91ȱ 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 91ȱ One and 91ȱ Olympics 4
91ȱ Three top audience
- Team GB failed to make the hockey final when they were beaten by Argentina. This match gave 91ȱ Three its peak audience of the day with 1.0m at 21.05. 159,000 were watching on 91ȱ Olympics 4 at the same time to make a peak total of 1.2m
91ȱ Sport Online draws in 9.1m Global browsers
- Yesterday there were 6.8m UK browsers to the 91ȱ 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
- 91ȱ One from 20:00 (800m) and 20:55 (200m)
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ 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
- 91ȱ One from 16:30
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 9 from 16:25
Jade Jones and Martin Stamper in action for Team GB in Taekwondo
- 91ȱ Two from 22:15 (Gold medal matches)
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 7 from 19:55
Keri-Anne Payne goes for Team GB in the Women’s 10km Open Water Marathon
- 91ȱ One (switching to 91ȱ Two for the News) from 12:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 9 from 11:55
Men’s 470 medal race with Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell guaranteed at least Silver
- 91ȱ Three from 13:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 4 from 12:45
Women’s K1 500m Final featuring Team GB’s Rachel Cawthorn
- 91ȱ One from 10:15
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 2 from 09:25
Following Team GB’s Gold medal in the team event, it’s now time for the Individual dressage
- 91ȱ One from 12:30
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 5 from 12:25
Men’s BMX Quarter-Finals with Liam Philips going in Heat 2
- 91ȱ One from 15:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ 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
- 91ȱ Three from 19:55
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 3 from 19:50
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