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Olympics: Team GB on day seven

Kelly Sotherton
Kelly Sotherton competes in the heptathon high jump during the first day of athletics at the Bird's Nest Photograph: Gareth Copley/PA
Alan Wills, archery
Alan Wills shoots in the men's individual quarter-final eliminations at the Olympic Green Archery Field Photograph: Vladimir Rys/Getty
athletics
Jemma Simpson, left, of Great Britain and Svetlana Klyuka of Russia compete in the Women's 800m Heats Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty
gymnastics
Becky Downie performs her floor exercise during the women's individual all-around artistic gymnastics final Photograph: Jeff Gross/Getty
hurdles
British heptatlete Kelly Sotherton, centre, leads the way ahead of Diana Pickler of the US, right, during the women's heptathlon 100m hurdles heat Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
100m sprint
Tyrone Edgar, centre, wins his 100m heat and becomes the fastest qualifier of all the heats going into the second round Photograph: Gareth Copley/PA
swimming
Jemma Simpson, left, hugs Svetlana Klyuka of Russia after their 800m heats Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters
athletics
Marilyn Okoro of Britain, in second place, chases Tamsyn Lewis of Australia in the women's 800 m heat Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Bradley Wiggins, cycling
Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain breaks an Olympic record with a time of 4:15.031 while qualifying for the men's individual pursuit Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty
sailing
Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb cut through the water in the Yngling class race held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty
sailing
Leigh McMillan, right, and Will Howden during race one of the Tornado class sailing competition Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP
cycling
Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff of Great Britain push for glory in the team track cycling event, breaking the world record in the qualifiers when they became the first team ever to break the 43 seconds barrier Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty
celebrating their gold medal
The trio celebrate winning gold in the team sprint final at the Laoshan Velodrome Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty
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