cock-up of the day
One of the world's greatest ever judo players suffered his most miserable and humiliating experience on an Olympic mat yesterday.
Kosei Inoue, the reigning champion from Sydney four years ago and the three-time world champion, has been almost untouchable since bursting on to the scene in 1999. However, he had a day to forget as he was unceremoniously bundled out of the competition at the quarter-final stage and then beaten again in the last-chance repechage.
''I am sorry for ending with such a result, I feel regretful inside,'' he said. ''But I don't believe what I did was wrong. Well, judo and life will go on. I have never tasted such humiliation and frustration before but I want to turn it all into a plus factor in the future.''
perfect poise
Diana Igaly, of Hungary, won gold in the women's skeet shooting yesterday with a flawless performance in the final.
The Budapest bookbinder, who is the daughter of two keen shooters and hunters who named her after the Roman goddess of hunting, hit every one of the 25 flying bright orange targets to win with an overall score of 97, including her total of 72 from the qualifying round.
Roared on by a large Hungarian contingent in the crowd at the hilltop shooting centre outside Athens, Igaly was never seriously threatened by her rivals. China's Wei Ning won silver after a shoot-off with Zemfira Meftakhetdinova of Azerbaijan, who won bronze.
Igaly said the support from the stands had been a big boost. ''I arrived here with my confidence not at its highest as I'd struggled this year,'' she said.
MEDALS TABLE
GS B Total
1 United States14 11 10 35
2China14 9 6 29
3 Japan9 4 2 15
4Australia7 5 7 19
5 Ukraine5 1 1 7
6 Italy4 5 3 12
7France4 3 4 11
8Germany4 2 7 13
9Russia3 8 10 21
10=Greece3 0 1 4
Turkey3 0 1 4
12South Korea2 6 3 11
13Netherlands2 5 4 11
14Hungary2 3 1 6
15Romania2 0 2 4
16Great Britain1 3 4 8
TODAY'S VIEWING
Olympic Grandstand BBC 1 7am, 1.40pm, 7pm, 8.30pm, 10.35pm; BBC 2 6pm, 8pm, 10pm; coverage also on British Eurosport.
don't miss
Athletics First day from the Olympic Stadium, with the start of the heptathlon, featuring Denise Lewis and Carolina Kluft, and the men's 10,000 metres the highlights. Kelly Holmes and Jo Fenn go in the heats of the women's 800m.
Track cycling Scotland's Chris Hoy goes for gold in the men's kilometre. Victoria Pendleton goes for Britain in the women's 500m time trial.
Boxing Amir Khan, the 17-year-old from Bolton and Britain's only boxer in Athens, attempts to win his second bout in the 60kg lightweight division.
Swimming Michael Phelps aims to hoist his gold medal tally to five when he takes on felllow American Ian Crocker in the 100 metres butterfly final.
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