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.
Murray-mania begins again
Andy Murray beat a Swissman at Wimbledon! Wrong one though. He had a 6-3 6-3 win over Stanislas Wawrinka. An easy win, too, for Maria Sharapova, resplendent in Russian red.
Tall order for Oly Whites
The New Zealand men's football side earned a 1-1 draw with Egypt at Old Trafford this morning, but it has left them with a great chance of progressing to the quarter-finals. All they have to do now is beat Brazil (ha-ha).
Medal watch:
Another medal-less day for New Zealand with Lauren Boyle coming the closest with an eighth in the 400m freestyle. China remains on top with six golds while surprise package Kazakhstan sit in seventh with a second gold coming in weightlifting. Great Britain finally have their first medal courtesy of Elizabeth Armitstead who finished second in the women's road race.
Quote of the day:
"I guess if there were any questions of bias they were ruled out there".
- Kiwi Mike Dawson on his mother, who was a judge on the kayak slalom course, giving him a penalty for touching a gate.
Kiwis in action - See when our athletes compete
Top images of day two