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Olympics

2008

Swimming, Equestrian and Men's Hockey; Day Three

Duration: 5 hours, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One SouthLatest broadcast: on Red Button (Satellite and Cable)

Coverage of equestrian, swimming and men's hockey from the third day of the games, introduced by Rishi Persad, with Claire Balding in Hong Kong.

In the equestrian, the overnight action is dominated by the cross-country phase of the team and individual three-day event, being held at Beas River some thirty minutes north of Sha Tin racecourse in Hong Kong. Michael Tucker commentates.

The action from the pool features the women's 100 back semi-finals, men's 200 free semi-finals, women's 100 fly final, men's 100 breaststroke final, women's 100 breaststroke semi-finals, men's 100 back semi-finals, women's 400 free final and the men's 4x100 free final. Andy Jameson, Adrian Moorhouse and Sharron Davies commentate.

Great Britain's men open their hockey campaign with a tough match against Pakistan, who beat Team GB 8-2 in the Athens preliminary stage. Commentators are Barry Davies and Sean Kerly.

Also news of the Men's Team Archery where Britain won a silver medal at last year's World Championships. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Rishi Persad
Presenter:
Clare Balding

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