Olympics Daily Bulletin - Wednesday 8 August 2012
Olympics Daily Bulletin of Wednesday 8 August 2012.
Headlines
Highest peak of the day Women’s 100m Hurdles Final as 12.1m tune in to watch Sally Pearson win Gold for Australia
- Sally Pearson’s triumph in the Women’s 100m Hurdles Final was watched by a peak audience of 12.1m at 21:00 across 91ȱ One and 91ȱ Olympics 1.
The final night at the Velodrome saw more Gold medals for Sir Chris Hoy and Laura Trott along with Silver for Victoria Pendleton. A peak of 10.1m tuned in to see the action
- The last of the action in the Velodrome was watched by a peak of 10.1m who saw Sir Chris Hoy receive his sixth Gold at 18:30. A peak of 9.4m saw Victoria Pendleton win Silver at 17:55 and a peak of 8.2m saw Laura Trott win Gold at 17:20. All on 91ȱ One and 91ȱ Olympics 3
Brownlee brothers peak at 5.6m
- The Brownlee brothers picked up a Gold and Bronze yesterday with a peak of 5.6m tuning in to see Team GB’s first medal in the Triathlon at 13:15 across 91ȱ One and 91ȱ Olympics 3
Team Dressage Gold peaks at 4.4m
- A peak audience of 4.4m tuned in to see Team GB add to their Team Jumping Gold with victory in the Team Dressage at 16:05 on 91ȱ One and 91ȱ Olympics 5
91ȱ Three top audience
- The women’s gymnastics delivered the peak audience for 91ȱ Three yesterday at 0.9m, a further 198,000 were watching RB Olympics 1 at this time to make a total of 1.1m at 17.05
91ȱ Sport Online draws in 10.3m Global browsers
- Yesterday there were 7.9m UK browsers to the 91ȱ Sport Website. Global traffic stood at 10.3m browsers
Coverage highlights for today
A great night of action at the Athletics Stadium with Mo Farah’s quest for a second Gold getting underway in the 5000m. The Women’s 200m Final, Men’s 110m Hurdles Final, Women’s Long Jump Final and Men’s 200m semi-finals also take place.
- 91ȱ One from 10:45 (5000m heats) and from 19:00 (Finals)
- Heats on bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 1 from 09:50 and Finals on bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 1 from 17:50
The Men’s Basketball action switches to The North Greenwich Arena for the quarter-finals
- 91ȱ Three from 14:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 8 from 13:50
Team GB hope to follow up Team Gold with an individual title in the Individual Jumping at Greenwich Park
- 91ȱ One and Two from around 12:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 2 from 11:55
Nicola Adams faces India’s five-time World Champion Mary Kom in the Women’s Fly semi-final
- 91ȱ One from 13:30
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 4 from 13:25
Ireland’s Katie Taylor faces Sofya Ochigava from Tajikstan in the Women’s Light semi-final
- 91ȱ One from 14:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 4 from 13:55
Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips go as the BMX gets underway with today’s Seeding Run
- 91ȱ Three from 15:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 1 from 14:55
Team GB Women’s Hockey face Argentina in the semi-finals
- 91ȱ Three from 20:00
- bbc.co.uk/sport and 91ȱ Olympics 5 from 19:50
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