BRITAIN'S GOLDEN BONANZA
Boxing hero Degale storms to middleweight victory
BRITAIN'S Olympic gold medal bonanza continued on Saturday when James Degale claimed victory in the middleweight boxing.
The Brit beat Cuba's Emilio Correa Bayeaux to win our NINETEENTH gold medal of these amazing games.
Degale's gold came aftter canoeist Tim Brabants added a kayak 500m bronze to his 1,000m gold after a brilliant fightback at the Shunyi Centre on Saturday morning.
And Sarah Stevenson also won bronze after finishing third in the 67kg taekwondo following an incredible protest by the British team.
Walton-on-Thames doctor Brabants, 31, trailed at the start and was back in fifth halfway through the race. But he fought back brilliantly to finish just behind Australia's Ken Wallace and Canada's Adam van Koeverden.
Stevenson only made it to the semi-final after Britain protested about her quarter-final defeat. The protest ended with the judges overturning the original verdict and awarding Stevenson victory.
But that left her with precious little time to prepare for the semi and she lost out to Mexico's
Brabants took the 1,000m gold on Friday with a sensational paddle, leading from start to finish to destroy the field.
Boxer James DeGale is guaranteed at least a silver when he fights in the middleweight final.
Britain now has a stunning 19 golds, with 13 silvers and 15 bronzes to stand fourth in the overall medals table, behind China, USA and Russia - easily our best return since the 1908 games in London.
Here is a timeline of our Beijing medals so far:
August 10: Nicole Cooke, GOLD, cycling, women's road race.
August 11: Rebecca Adlington, GOLD, swimming, women's 400 metres freestyle; Joanne Jackson, BRONZE, swimming, women's 400m freestyle.
August 12: David Florence, SILVER, canoeing, men's slalom; Daisy Dick, William Fox-Pitt, Tina Cook, Sharon Hunt, Mary King, BRONZE, equestrian, team eventing; Tina Cook, BRONZE, equestrian, individual eventing.
August 13: Emma Pooley, SILVER, cycling, women's time-trial.
August 15: Jamie Staff, Jason Kenny, Chris Hoy, GOLD, cycling, men's team sprint.
August 16: Rebecca Adlington, GOLD, swimming, women's 800m freestyle; Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed, Andrew Triggs Hodge, GOLD, rowing, men's four; Bradley Wiggins, GOLD cycling, men's individual pursuit; Chris Hoy, GOLD, cycling, men's keirin; Ross Edgar, SILVER, cycling, men's keirin; Elise Laverick, Anna Bebington, BRONZE,rowing, women's double sculls; Matthew Wells, Stephen Rowbotham, BRONZE, rowing, men's double sculls; Chris Newton, BRONZE, cycling, men's points race; Steven Burke, BRONZE, cycling, men's individual pursuit.
August 17: Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb, Pippa Wilson,GOLD, sailing, Yngling; Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter, GOLD, rowing, men's lightweight double sculls; Ben Ainslie, GOLD, sailing, Finn; Rebecca Romero, GOLD, cycling, women's individual pursuit; Annie Vernon, Debbie Flood, Frances Houghton, Katherine Grainger, SILVER, rowing, women's quadruple sculls; Wendy Houvenaghel, SILVER, cycling, women's individual pursuit; Alex Partridge, Tom Stallard, Tom Lucy, Richard Egington, Josh West, Alastair Heathcote, Matt Langridge, Colin Smith, Acer Nethercott, SILVER, rowing, men's eight; Louis Smith, BRONZE, gymnastics, pommel horse.
August 18: Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, GOLD, cycling, men's team pursuit; Joe Glanfield and Nick Rogers, SILVER, sailing, men's 470.
August 19: Paul Goodison, GOLD, sailing, Laser; Victoria Pendleton, GOLD, cycling, women's sprint; Chris Hoy, GOLD, cycling, men's sprint; Christine Ohuruogu, GOLD, athletics, women's 400m; Jason Kenny, SILVER, cycling, men's sprint; Germaine Mason, SILVER, athletics, high jump.
August 20: Keri-Anne Payne, SILVER, swimming, women's open water; Cassie Patten, BRONZE, swimming, women's open water; Bryony Shaw, BRONZE, sailing, women's RS:X windsurfing; Natasha Danvers, BRONZE, athletics, women's 400m hurdles.
August 21: Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson, GOLD, sailing, Star; David Davies, SILVER, swimming, men's open water; Phillips Idowu, SILVER, men's triple jump.
August 22: Tim Brabants, GOLD, canoeing, Men's Kayak Single (K1) 1000m; Heather Fell, SILVER, modern pentathlon; Tony Jeffries, BRONZE, boxing, light heavyweight; David Price, BRONZE, boxing, super heavyweight.
August23: Tim Brabants, BRONZE, canoeing, Men's Kayak Single (K1) 500m; Sarah Stevenson, BRONZE, taekwondo, 67kg.; James DeGale, GOLD, boxing, middleweight.
