Britain defeats US in women's team pursuit
Britain were in a league of their own as they demolished the United States to win the first ever women's Olympic team pursuit gold in the velodrome, continuing the hosts' domination of track cycling. The trio of Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell and Dani King blasted around the polished boards accompanied by ear-splitting roars from another capacity crowd, smashing their own world record yet again with a time of three minutes 14.051 seconds.