Post by Taxigirl on Aug 24, 2004 9:37:59 GMT
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Dean Macey maintained his battling form in the decathlon by throwing a personal best in the discus.
The Briton posted 48.34m with his first effort in the seventh event after clocking 14.56 seconds in the sprint hurdles earlier in the day.
That left him seventh overall, with the discus competition still in progress.
He is 155 points behind Bryan Clay of the USA in third, with Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan in the lead ahead of world record holder Roman Sebrle.
Darren Campbell, who is suffering from a hamstring injury, made it into the second round of the 200m - but it was far from easy.
The 2000 silver medallist just held on to fourth place in heat two with only the first four to qualify.
That heat was won comfortably by favourite Shawn Crawford of the USA, who is looking to make up for the disappointment of finishing just out of the medals in the 100m.
Britain's Chris Lambert pulled up in heat three and failed to finish.
France's Ladji Doucoure got the 110m hurdles qualifying off to an electric start by clocking 13.18 seconds to win the opening heat.
Allen Johnson of the USA is safely into Wednesday's second round as is defending Olympic champion Anier Garcia but Britain's Andy Turner and Rob Newton crashed out.
Team GB celebrated some early canoeing success, with Ian Wynne cruising through a high-quality heat to qualify for Thursday's K1 500m semis.
Wynne is hotly tipped to win a medal and could make it a double when he teams up with Paul Darby Dowman in Friday's K2 1000m final.
In the women's K1 500m, Lucy Hardy is through to the semi-finals after finishing fourth in her heat.
Later on Tuesday, Britain's cyclists will be going out in search of more medals at the velodrome in Athens.
The men's and women's sprints end with Ross Edgar and Vicky Pendleton to the fore while Chris Newton chases a podium place in the men's points final.
The 800m champion Kelly Holmes returns to the track in the heats of the 1500m while the men run their final over the same distance and the decathlon ends.
Away from athletics, boxer Amir Khan continues his quest for gold.
The 17-year-old, Britain's sole boxer in the tournament, only needs to defeat South Korean fighter Baik Jong-sub to claim an Olympic medal.
The 1500m is the last of five finals in the evening session, following the women's pole vault, men's 3000m steeplechase, women's 100m hurdles and women's 400m.
The pole vault promises to be a thrilling spectacle with defending champion Stacy Dragila of the USA and the Russian pair of Svetlana Feofanova and Yelena Isinbayeva all going for gold.
Isinbayeva has broken the world record twice this year already and the mark may well be bettered again.
Other highlights include the showjumping team final, the men's three metre diving event and the women's beach volleyball final.
HIGHLIGHTS (all times BST)
Athletics:
Men's 1500m (2140)
Beach volleyball:
Women's final (1730)
Boxing:
Amir Khan v Baik Jong-sub
57-60kg quarter-final (1845)
Cycling:
Men's sprint final (1430)
Dean Macey maintained his battling form in the decathlon by throwing a personal best in the discus.
The Briton posted 48.34m with his first effort in the seventh event after clocking 14.56 seconds in the sprint hurdles earlier in the day.
That left him seventh overall, with the discus competition still in progress.
He is 155 points behind Bryan Clay of the USA in third, with Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan in the lead ahead of world record holder Roman Sebrle.
Darren Campbell, who is suffering from a hamstring injury, made it into the second round of the 200m - but it was far from easy.
The 2000 silver medallist just held on to fourth place in heat two with only the first four to qualify.
That heat was won comfortably by favourite Shawn Crawford of the USA, who is looking to make up for the disappointment of finishing just out of the medals in the 100m.
Britain's Chris Lambert pulled up in heat three and failed to finish.
France's Ladji Doucoure got the 110m hurdles qualifying off to an electric start by clocking 13.18 seconds to win the opening heat.
Allen Johnson of the USA is safely into Wednesday's second round as is defending Olympic champion Anier Garcia but Britain's Andy Turner and Rob Newton crashed out.
Team GB celebrated some early canoeing success, with Ian Wynne cruising through a high-quality heat to qualify for Thursday's K1 500m semis.
Wynne is hotly tipped to win a medal and could make it a double when he teams up with Paul Darby Dowman in Friday's K2 1000m final.
In the women's K1 500m, Lucy Hardy is through to the semi-finals after finishing fourth in her heat.
Later on Tuesday, Britain's cyclists will be going out in search of more medals at the velodrome in Athens.
The men's and women's sprints end with Ross Edgar and Vicky Pendleton to the fore while Chris Newton chases a podium place in the men's points final.
The 800m champion Kelly Holmes returns to the track in the heats of the 1500m while the men run their final over the same distance and the decathlon ends.
Away from athletics, boxer Amir Khan continues his quest for gold.
The 17-year-old, Britain's sole boxer in the tournament, only needs to defeat South Korean fighter Baik Jong-sub to claim an Olympic medal.
The 1500m is the last of five finals in the evening session, following the women's pole vault, men's 3000m steeplechase, women's 100m hurdles and women's 400m.
The pole vault promises to be a thrilling spectacle with defending champion Stacy Dragila of the USA and the Russian pair of Svetlana Feofanova and Yelena Isinbayeva all going for gold.
Isinbayeva has broken the world record twice this year already and the mark may well be bettered again.
Other highlights include the showjumping team final, the men's three metre diving event and the women's beach volleyball final.
HIGHLIGHTS (all times BST)
Athletics:
Men's 1500m (2140)
Beach volleyball:
Women's final (1730)
Boxing:
Amir Khan v Baik Jong-sub
57-60kg quarter-final (1845)
Cycling:
Men's sprint final (1430)