Olympics: Team GB on the medal hunt

Paul Manning, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas and Bradley Wiggins win gold for Great Britain in the men's team pursuit finals Photograph: Vladimir Rys/Getty

The quartet, who were the pre-event favourites, shaved three seconds of the world record and beat their Danish rivals by a huge 6.7 seconds Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty

Beth Tweddle performed the most difficult routine in the women's uneven bars final but narrowly missed out on a medal, scoring 16.625 for fourth place Photograph: Hans Deryk/Reuters

Helen Tucker catches a breath in the swimming stage of the women's triathlon Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty

Her rival and compatriot Hollie Avil bursts from the water ahead of the cycle stage. Though Avil did not go on to finish the race Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty

Allan Scott leaps a hurdle in the men's 110m heats and goes on to qualify from the first round Photograph: Phil Walters/Getty

Gold medal favourite Phillips Idowu watches the men's triple jump qualifying Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Idowu managed a distance of 17.42m with his first effort, making him the top qualifier Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Zoe Derham launches the hammer in the Bird's Nest stadium but it isn't enough for her to go through Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters

Helen Tucker leads the pack in the cycle stage of the triathlon but finishes 21st overall in 2:02.55 Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Andrew Turner competes in the men's 110m hurdles heats and is relieved to qualify Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty

A strong performance from Andrew Steele (third from the left) in the 400m heats sees him leading the field Photograph: William West/AFP

Steele's compatriot Martyn Rooney, right, also qualified. He is pictured being congratulated by Uruguay's Andres Byron Silva after his 400m heat Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP

Onochie Achike leaps into the sand pit in the triple-jump qualifiers and successfully makes the cut Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty