Today Team GB saw a drought of medals after our historic day yesterday. But it doesn't mean we have to worry as we have guaranteed ourselves another two medals which will be collected shortly. The Women's inaugural Boxing Olympic tournament sees Nicola Adams take on China's Cancan Ren in the Women's Fly Final. Adams fought India's Mery Kom in today's semi-finals and beat her 11-6 to make it into the Gold Medal bout tomorrow.
Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are potentially one race away from claiming a further gold for GB. The duo are taking part in the Women's 470 Sailing event and, after finishing second in race ten, will battle it out with New Zealand in the final race on Friday.
Unfortunately, there will be no gold medal for the Women's Hockey team who sadly crashed out against Argentina in the semi-finals. A penalty from Noel Barrionuevo and a half hour goal from Carla Rebecchi put Argentina 2-0 ahead. Alex Danson tried to put GB back into the game with a goal four minutes before time but it wasn't enough to spur a comeback.
Great Britain will face New Zealand in the bronze medal match after they were involved in one of two dramatic matches that took place today. New Zealand faced Netherlands in the first of today's semi-finals and the score finished 2-2 after extra time. Kayla Sharland put New Zealand ahead after six minutes via a penalty before Maartje Pauman equalised with a Dutch penalty on 32-minutes.
Krystal Forgesson once again put the Kiwis ahead on 48-minutes before Pauman again equalised with another penalty, this time on 53-minutes. With the teams not being able to be separated after extra time, the game went into a penalty shoot-out. Naomi Van As, Eva De Goede and Ellen Hoog managed to convert their attempts for the Netherlands whereas only Stacey Michelsen could only score for New Zealand, putting the Netherlands through.
The other piece of drama came in the Men's Handball quarter-finals where France took on Spain. After going 6-0 down, defending Olympic champions France responded to pull it back to 12-9 at half-time. The score then read 22-22 with only seconds remaining on the clock. France had one final play but the initial shot was parried by the Spanish keeper, the loose ball fell to William Accambray who managed to convert the rebound just as the final buzzer was about to sound. France make it through to the semi-finals where they will play Croatia.
There's also good news for Ireland. Cian O'Connor's bronze medal in the Individual Jumping Equestrian event is so far their only medal. But that will be added to tomorrow as Katie Taylor fights for the gold medal in the Women's Light Boxing event. She faces Russia's Sofya Ochigava in the final after beating Hungary's 19-year old Mavzuna Chorieva, 17-9, in today's semi-final.
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