Britain’s Peaty breaks own WR in 100m breaststroke

Peaty, seeking to emulate fellow Englishman Adrian Moorhouse who won breaststroke gold at Seoul ’88, said: “It didn’t really feel like an Olympic semi-final”.

The 21-year-old has enjoyed a rapid rise to stardom and many are tipping the Staffordshire-born to become Britain’s first male Olympic champion since 1988.

Aldi is the first Official Supermarket partner of Team GB and has been championing our nation’s extraordinary athletes on their Road to Rio and encouraging the public to tuck into fresh, affordable, Great British food.

She has severe concussion and three small fractures in her lower back.

Later Hoang Xuan Vinh wrote his name in the history books when he won the men’s 10m air pistol, claiming the first ever gold medal for communist Vietnam.

She lay motionless while help arrived and there was widespread concern for her well-being. Williams stamped her tweet with the Union Jack. “We’re both a similar age but he’s way up there and someone to look up to and aspire to, to see what he does and how he prepares himself for a race”.

Armitstead ended a turbulent week by finishing just outside the medals.

After a torrid week in which she had to face questions about missed doping tests Armitstead could have been forgiven for being a little distracted.

Unfortunately, Hannah Miley fell short of landing Team GB’s first medal as she finishes the 400m individual medley in fourth place, just 0.15 seconds off landing Bronze.

Peaty clocked an eye-popping 57.55 seconds on the opening day of the Rio Olympic competition, lowering the world mark of 57.92 that he set in London in April past year when he became the first man to break through the 58-second barrier.

Over in the Equestrian, William Fox-Pitt put in a fantastic performance in the first day of the Dressage.

The 47-year-old was placed in a coma just 10 months ago after suffering head trauma following a cross-country fall.

Andy Murray, who was beaming as he led Team GB’s Olympic hopefuls into the Maracana for the opening ceremony on Friday, begins his campaign against Serbia’s Viktor Troicki on Sunday.

David Wilkie winning gold in 1976.

The disputed Balkan territory, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008, is making its Olympic debut.

After all, he’s the current European and world champion. After her victory was announced, she hugged her opponent and then and walked off the mat in tears. “I’ve always taken my leave around Adam’s races in this country and I love to watch him, but this is going to be a shock”. Also, Yasuhiro Koseki from Japan will try to win the gold.

Meanwhile, the International Paralympic Committee is set to overrule its Olympic counterpart and ban drug-fail Russian Federation from its Games later this month.