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Clancy wins bronze as Pendleton & Kenny flex muscles

Ed Clancy won bronze in the men's omnium © PA Photos

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Ed Clancy grabbed a bronze medal in the men's omnium after a blistering time trial performance in the velodrome.

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Clancy, a two-time Olympic team pursuit champion, was left to rue a disappointing display in the scratch race which left him in fifth with just one discipline remaining.

But a dominant performance in his strongest event, clocking 1:00.981 in the kilometre time trial, saw him move into the medals, three points behind Denmark's Lasse Hansen and just one behind France's Bryan Coquard.

Clancy, who was in the silver medal position after a personal best in the 4km individual pursuit, slipped to fifth in the penultimate event, the 15km scratch race, as he lost a lap on the leaders.

"I had the form of my life in the 1km time trial, the flying lap and the individual pursuit," Clancy said. "I beat them by a mile in all of them. At one point I was looking at getting the gold but, in the scratch, it just slipped away."

Victoria Pendleton remains firmly on course for double Olympic gold as she powered into the quarter-finals of the women's sprint with a routine victory over Netherlands' Willy Kanis. The defending champion, who fired an early statement of intent with an Olympic record in qualifying, barely broke a sweat as she cruised past Russia's Ekaterina Gnidenko before dispatching Kanis in equally clinical fashion.

Meanwhile, Jason Kenny had plenty left in the tank as he eased into the semi-finals of the men's sprint. Kenny, who has already won gold in the team sprint, was not put off by a shoulder barge from Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang in the first run as he powered to victory in a time of 10.433 before sealing his progress with a second run of 10.030.

Kenny will next face surprise semi-finalist Njisane Nicholas Phillip from Trinidad and Tobago before bidding to go one better than his silver medal in Beijing, while Australian Shane Perkins will meet world champion Gregory Bauge in the second of Monday's semi-finals.

Great Britain gave Italy a real scare © PA Photos

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Natasha Jonas made history as she became Britain's first female boxer to compete in the Olympics. Jonas produced a commanding performance to score a 21-13 victory over American Quanitta Underwood at ExCeL Arena. She will face world champion Katie Taylor in the quarter-finals.

Luke Campbell is guaranteed a medal in the men's bantamweight boxing competition after beating Bulgaria's Detelin Dalakliev. Campbell secured a 16-15 victory to book his place in the semi-finals, where he will face Japan's Satoshi Shimizu on Friday.

Earlier at ExCeL, Team GB came close to pulling off an almight upset in the fencing as the British trio of Richard Kruse, James Davis and Husayn Rosowsky narrowly fell to world champions Italy.

The six-time Olympic champions were given a real scare as Davis beat Valerio Aspromonte 9-4 to give the hosts a surprise lead, but Andrea Baldini completed a tight 45-40 victory for the Italians, who went on to beat Japan to win gold. Bronze went to Germany, while Britain beat France before falling to Russia to finish sixth overall.

Team GB produced a stunning fightback to claim a 3-3 draw against world champions Australia in an absorbing men's hockey match at the Riverbank Arena. The Kookaburras looked set to seal their place in the semi-finals when they led 3-0 shortly after half-time, but goals from Jonty Clarke, Barry Middleton and James Tindall clinched a hard-earned point for the hosts. Team GB will qualify for the last four if they beat Spain in their final group match on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, at Greenwich Park, Team GB remain in contention for another equestrian medal as they sit in joint second in the team jumping competition. With just four faults after the first half of the event, GB share second place with Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, while Saudi Arabia lead.

Team GB's hopes of a place in the quarter-finals of the women's volleyball were over before they played their final match. Domincan Republic's 3-0 win over Algeria was enough to book their place in the last eight at the expense of the hosts, who lost their final match 25-19 25-14 25-12 to Japan.

Britain's women's water polo campaign came to an end as they were beaten by Spain, who progressed to the semi-finals with a 9-7 victory at the Water Polo Arena .

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