After a medal-less day yesterday, Team GB responded with a further three gold medals, taking the tally up to 25. But the day may be remembered for the history as three 'firsts' happened. The day began with Nicola Adams becoming the first Female Olympic Boxing champion. Adams faced Ren Cancan from China in the Women's Fly Final and beat her 16-7 to scoop Britain's 23rd medal.
That was quickly followed up by Ireland's Katie Taylor gaining gold in the Women's Light, becoming the second Female Boxing Champion. Taylor faced Russia's Sofya Ochigava in the final and just squeezed past, 10-8, to gain Ireland's first gold medal in the Olympics.
GB's 24th gold medal came in the Individual Dressage in which two medals were taken. Charlotte Dujardin scooped her second gold medal on Valegro. Laura Bechtolsheimer followed up her gold with the bronze medal on Mistral Hojris. Netherlands' Adelinde Cornelissen claimed the silver on Parzival.
The world then held its breath as Usain Bolt and Yohann Blake once again came into battle. It would end up being a Jamaican affair as Bolt came home in 19.32 seconds, his season best, to record the historic reclaim of both the 100 and 200 metres gold medals. Blake came second with his season's best of 19.44 while Warren Weir claimed bronze with a personal best of 19.84 seconds.
Our final medal of the night, our 52nd overall, came from a 19-year old girl from a Welsh town called Bodelwyddan. Jade Jones made it into the Women's 57kg Taekwondo final and faced China's Yuzhuo Hou. Jones played brilliantly to overcome her counterpart 6-4, claiming GB's first ever female medallist.
It didn't end quite so well for Martin Stamper nor the Men's Hockey Team. Liverpool's Stamper had made into the Bronze medal contest against Afghanistan's Rohullah Nikpah. The Afghan managed to win 5-3 to take the bronze, Afghanistan's first medal of the 2012 Olympics.
As for the Hockey, the men, like the women, will have to battle it out for bronze after getting battered by the Netherlands. Two goals from Roderick Weusthof put the Dutch ahead before Ashley Jackson pulled a goal back. But Netherlands would then go and score a further seven goals (Billy Bakker 3, Teun De Nooijer, Floris Evers, Mink Van Der Weerden and Weusthof) before GB posted their second score from Robert Moore. The scoreline read a disappointing 9-2 and Britain will have to pick themselves up to take on Australia who were in the same group.
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