Olympics 2012: Live Report

1126 GMT: The sixth and final women's 800m heat sees Saudi Arabia's Sarah Attar finish last.

Attar, the first Saudi female athlete to compete in a track event at the Olympics, got a huge cheer from the crowd as she crossed the line clad in a green tracksuit and with her head covered.

The race was won by Kenya's Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei.

1120 GMT: ATHLETICS: Nataliia Lupu of Ukraine wins her 800m heat. Palestinian athlete Woroud Sawalha, running with her head covered, finishes last.

1115 GMT: A quick recap now of the day's highlights so far.

+ There were gold medals for Hungary in the women's kayak K4 and men's kayak K2, plus Norway's Eirik Veras Larsen in the men's kayak 100m sprint and Germany's Sebastian Brendel in the canoe 1000m sprint;

+ US world record holder Ashton Eaton made a strong start in the men's decathlon, posting the quickest-ever decathlon 100m time at an Olympics;

+ South Africa's Caster Semenya is through to the semi-finals of the women's 800m along with defending champion Pamela Jelimo of Kenya;

+ Britain's 10,000m Olympic champion Mo Farah secured a berth in the 5000m final along with training partner Galen Rupp of the US and Bernard Lagat, also of the US.

1107 GMT: The fourth women's 800m heat sees victory for defending champion Pamela Jelimo of Kenya with Britain's Lynsey Sharp second and Greece's Eleni Filandra third. All are through to the semis.

1102 GMT: Ashton Eaton continues his strong performance in the decathlon with a long jump of 8.03 metres.

He looks pleased with that, clapping as he emerges from the sandpit.

1058 GMT: The third women's 800m heat sees Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi, Canada's Jessica Smith and Genzeb Shumi of Bahrain qualify automatically.

1050 GMT: The second women's 800m heat is won by Russia's Mariya Savinova with Alice Schmidt of the US second and India's Tintu Luka third.

Turkey's Merve Aydin pulled up injured but bravely finished the race some way behind the others and in tears, to huge cheers from the crowd.

1040 GMT: Semenya comes second in her heat but the US's Alysia Johnson Montano won in 2:00.47 after streaking ahead into an early lead -- though she looked exhausted at the end.

Johnson Montano was wearing a red flower in her hair for the race. This is a signature look for her but this time the BBC reports it was in honour of her grandmother's 100th birthday.

The third automatic qualifier was Halima Hachlaf of Morocco.

1035 GMT: Now South Africa's Caster Semenya is up in the women's 800m heats.

1030 GMT: Some sad news from the decathlon -- former world record holder Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic has pulled out with injury.

With the long jump now under way, the US's Ashton Eaton is in the lead with 1027 points.

1025 GMT: Results from that second 5000m heat -- it was won by Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel with his countryman Yenew Alamirew in second.

But it was a fast race and there will be a large number of others through to the final, including Rupp and Lagat.

1009 GMT: The second 5000m heat is now under way, featuring Galen Rupp and Bernard Lagat of the US. Australia's Craig Mottram is the early leader.

1006 GMT: Farah tells the BBC that he felt "a bit tired" in that 5000m heat -- but he and the others now have a couple of days to recover before Saturday's final.

The other qualifiers from that heat were Lopez Lomong of the US and Hagos Bebrhiwet of Ethiopia.

1001 GMT: ATHLETICS: Azerbaijan's Hayle Ibrahimov wins that 5000m heat in 13:25.23 with Koech second and Farah third. Huge cheers from the home crowd for Farah in the closing laps. They're all through to the final.

0952 GMT: HUNGARY ALSO WIN WOMEN'S KAYAK K4 GOLD

0951 GMT: Back now briefly to Eton Dorney, where HUNGARY'S RUDOLF DOMBI AND ROLAND KOKENY HAVE WON GOLD IN THE KAYAK K2 1000M.

0948 GMT: And they're off for 12-and-a-half laps of the track, with Kenya's Isiah Kiplangat Koech setting the early pace.

0942 GMT: Coming up now we have the men's 5000m first round featuring British 10,000m gold medallist Mo Farah. Farah, who entered the stadium to a huge cheer, is warming up and wearing sunglasses.

0929 GMT: A cool-looking Eaton runs 10.35 secs in his 100m heat -- the fastest ever Olympic decathlon time.

Fellow American Trey Hardee is second in 10.42 secs.

0923 GMT: Former decathlon world record holder Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic has just run 11.54 secs in the 100m, coming seventh in his heat -- a slow start.

0920 GMT: Favourite for decathlon gold this year is US world record holder Ashton Eaton.

But the 24-year-old has played down the prospects of a new world record in London, saying last month it was unlikely given the pressures at the Games.

0915 GMT: ATHLETICS: The men's decathlon is under way and Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Karpov has made a strong start, running 10.91 secs in the 100m.

Bryan Clay, the US 2008 gold medallist who is not taking part this time round, says on Twitter: "Looks like a great morning for decathlon. Not too cold, not too muggy, and slight tail winds. Should be good if everything holds up."

0907 GMT: GERMANY'S SEBASTIAN BRENDEL TAKES GOLD IN CANOE 1000M SPRINT

0858 GMT: Larsen briefly slumped on his back at the waterside, exhausted after that win.

Silver went to Canada's Adam van Koeverden and bronze to Germany's Max Hoff.

0850 GMT: NORWAY'S EIRIK VERAS LARSEN WINS GOLD IN MEN'S KAYAK 1000M SPRINT

0842 GMT: There has been a lot of soul-searching in Australia about the country's relatively poor performance at the Games.

But today's papers there finally found something to cheer about after Sally Pearson won gold in the 100m hurdles and Anna Meares won in the cycling sprint final.

Australia is currently in 11th place in the medals table, with four golds and a total of 25 medals.

0836 GMT: Speaking of medal tables, an Australian newspaper has been scolded by North Korea's official news agency after referring to the country as "Naughty Korea" in its medal tallies, while South Korea was tagged as "Nice Korea."

"This is a bullying act little short of insulting the Olympic spirit of solidarity, friendship and progress and politicising sports," the KCNA news agency said.

But the paper in question, free tabloid mX which is published in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, called its approach "humorous but harmless."

0822 GMT: The three most successful individual athletes at the London Games so far are all US swimmers.

Michael Phelps leads the way with six medals -- four gold and two silver.

Then it's Missy Franklin with four golds and one bronze, and Allison Schmitt with three golds, one silver and one bronze.

0817 GMT: Let's take a look at how the medals table stands ahead of today's action.

In first place is China, with 34 gold, 21 silver and 18 bronze -- a total of 73 medals.

In second is the US, with 30 gold, 19 silver and 21 bronze -- a total of 70.

And in third is host country Britain, with 22 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze -- a total of 48.

0812 GMT: Here are more details on some of today's highlights, with timings:

+ Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown is bidding to become the first woman ever to win an individual athletics crown in three successive Games. Having won the 200m in 2004 and 2008, she is going for another gold in the event at 2000 GMT;

+ After his lightning-fast 100m victory, Jamaica's Usain Bolt is up in the 200m semi-finals at 1910 GMT;

+ South Africa's Caster Semenya makes her Games debut in the opening round of the women's 800m at 1035 GMT. She famously faced drug and gender tests after her 2009 World Championship victory and was later barred for nearly a year before being cleared to run again.

+ The US's basketball Dream Team faces Australia in the quarter-finals at 2115 GMT;

+ China look well placed to take another gold in the table tennis men's team final at 1430 GMT.

WELCOME TO AFP'S OLYMPIC LIVE REPORT for August 8.

It's another exciting day on the athletics track with the women's 200m final and men's 200m semi-final featuring Usain Bolt among the highlights to look out for.

Outside the athletics stadium, there is also plenty going on, including the table tennis men's team final and basketball quarter-finals where the US's Dream Team will face Australia. Stay with us for all of today's action.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/olympics-2012-live-report-075800584--oly.html

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