{"id":2758,"date":"2012-08-06T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T08:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2012-08-06T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T08:16:51","slug":"the-bouras-bulletin-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-29\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bouras Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Usain Bolt cemented his place as the greatest sprinter of all time as he successfully defended his 100m title.\u00a0Bolt posted an Olympic record time of 9.63 to beat countryman Yohan Blake and American Justin Gatlin into second and third respectively.<\/p>\n<p>British athletes enjoyed their share of the glory in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday as part Team GB\u2019s most successful day in Olympic history on Saturday.\u00a0Team GB added six gold medals to their tally on Saturday, three of those coming within a glorious 45-minute period in the Olympic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>First Jessica Ennis won gold in the heptathlon, storming to victory in her 800m heat, while Greg Rutherford took first place in the men\u2019s long jump. Mo Farah completed the hat-trick with victory in the men\u2019s 10,000m final.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking had started off Britain\u2019s gold rush, winning in the lightweight women\u2019s double sculls and the British team led from the front to win in the men\u2019s coxless fours final.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Ben Ainslie made history by winning his fourth consecutive gold medal.\u00a0He had trailed Denmark\u2019s Jonas Hogh-Christensen for much of the week\u2019s competition but finished ahead of the Dane in the medal race to win the Finn class and become the most-decorated sailor in Olympic history.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray went some way to making amends for defeat in the Wimbledon final four weeks ago by winning gold in the Olympic competition.\u00a0He beat the man who defeated him, Roger Federer, at the scene of that defeat, winning in straight sets 6-2 6-1 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>Murray returned to the court to contest the mixed doubles final with partner Laura Robson and despite dominating the first set, the British pair lost out on a champions\u2019 tie-break 2-6 6-3 10-8 to Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Ohuruogou mounted a late charge in the women\u2019s 400m final, coming close to repeating the upset she staged in Beijing but had to settle for silver behind Sanya Richards-Ross of the USA.<\/p>\n<p>Rain disrupted day four of the second test between England and South Africa, making a draw the most likely result going into the final day.\u00a0England finished on 425 all out after Matt Prior\u2019s 68 built on Kevin Pietersen\u2019s score of 149 after South African-born batsman lost his wicket to Morne Morkel on the second ball of the day.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa had notched up a first-innings score of 419 and they lead by 33 runs after scoring 33 for no wicket before the rain brought play to a close.<\/p>\n<p>In the Super League, Bradford beat Widnes 38-26 to keep their playoff hopes alive despite their six-point deduction. Hull KR just lost out to Leeds 24-25 to leave the door open for Bradford.\u00a0Wigan maintained their excellent form, notching up at least 40 points for the fourth consecutive match as they beat Hull 48-10.<\/p>\n<p>London Broncos came back from 21-0 down to record only their fourth win of the season. The league\u2019s basement side ran in seven second-half tries to beat Salford 40-28.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-29\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usain Bolt cemented his place as the greatest sprinter of all time as he successfully defended his 100m title.\u00a0Bolt posted an Olympic record time of 9.63 to beat countryman Yohan Blake and American Justin Gatlin into second and third respectively. 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First, at Friday\u2019s weigh-in, Chisora slapped Klitschko, then in Saturday\u2019s post-fight press conference, he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bouras Bulletin&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3518,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/the-bouras-bulletin\/the-bouras-bulletin-48\/","url_meta":{"origin":2758,"position":3},"title":"The Bouras Bulletin","date":"17 December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell both scored centuries as England drew the final test against Nagpur to win their first series in India for 27 years. 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