Team GB enjoyed one of its greatest days ever with a scarcely believable haul of six gold medals on an unforgettable day during London 2012. Jessica Ennis kisses her gold medal after winning the Heptathlon at the Olympic Stadium, greeted by rapturous applause (Picture: PA) On the day dubbed ?Super Saturday? for the sheer number of gold medals on offer ? 25 in total, across all disciplines ? Britain ensured they bagged six more top spots to propel them into third in the medal table. Jessica Ennis, the face of the Games, stormed to hepthalon gold on her Olympic debut to set a new British record of 6,955 points in a dominant performance which showed just why she is the top all-round female athlete in the world. Greg Rutherford laps up the acclaim from the crowd after leaping to an unexpected triumph (Picture: EPA) Ennis?s success was followed by Greg Rutherford?s unexpected gold in the long jump as he became the first British man to win the title since Lynn ?The Leap? Davies in 1964. In an evening to remember for British athletics, Mo Farah then capped off GB?s superb run by winning the 10,000metres in style to become the first Briton to achieve the feat. Mo Farah capped off Team GB?s Super Saturday with a sixth gold (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) The triple success on the track wrapped up a truly astonishing day for Team GB in which the six golds were won. Rowers Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James, Andrew Triggs Hodge got the ball rolling in the men?s four as they retained their Olympic title , beating bitter rivals Australia into second. (L-R) Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge clinched gold (Picture: EPA) And Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking then followed up to take a second successive gold in the women?s double sculls. Britain then continued their dominance in the cycling by winning the women?s team pursuit and smashing the world record. Great Britain?s Sophie Hosking (L) and Katherine Copeland pose with their gold medals (Picture: Getty) Laura Trott, Dani King and Joanna Rowsell were cheered on in a packed velodrome as they finished more than five seconds ahead of the Americans over the 3,000m course. Their time of 3min 14sec was the third record of the day ? after they
Source: http://bbc-worldnews.net/2012/08/team-gb-secure-six-gold-medals-on-unforgettable-day-at-london-2012/
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