A quick bite of the best of the action from day two at the London 2012 Olympics.
Vintage Todd
Mark Todd showed there's plenty of life left in his 56-year-old legs, or at the very least in the four legs of his mount NZ Campino. Todd registered just 39.10
penalty points to be placed third in the individual three-day eventing after the dressage. He is one penalty point behind Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa. His performance also dragged what was looking like a lacklustre team performance to fourth, 1.2 points behind the third-placed Great Britain but a healthy 9.1 points behind leaders Germany. Caroline Powell and Andrew Nicholson produced disappointing scores. Nicholson was furious with officials for calling a 10-minute weather delay immediately before his ride.
Dream start
The USA's latest Dream Team made an emphatic start to their Olympic title defence, beating a strong French side 98-71. Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant led the way with 22 points, while the US' two uber-stars, Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, managed 10 and nine respectively. Bad news for our friends across the Tassie, they dropped their first match 75-71 to Brazil.
Advantage New Zealand
You already know about the sterling effort of the Black Sticks, beating Australia at the Olympics for the first time, 1-0. You had probably gone to bed by the time the Netherlands beat Belgium 3-0 and China thrashed Korea 4-0. Argentina gave South Africa, New Zealand's next opponent, a fearful hiding, winning 7-1.
British cyclists denied again
Marianne Vos continued to frustrate the hosts' cycling efforts, with the Dutchwoman outsprinting Liz Armistead down The Mall. Linda Villumsen finished a creditable 18th in trying conditions. Her main focus will be the time trial near Hampton Court, starting Wednesday night.
