Olympic Live Blog: Saturday (From Ilkley Gazette)

12:28pm

Danes have it, remarkable push. Team GB settle for silver. Dramatic conclusion.

12:26pm

Danes are pushing hard, come on dig deep GB.

12:26pm

Boys allowed to restart and look like winning the gold again.

12:11pm

Mens double sculls race stopped after British team stops after 100m. Drama at Eton Dorney.

11:57am

The girls look like they cannot believe what has just happened.

11:57am

The North-East has an Olympic champion in Kat Copeland!!

11:57am

This is Copeland's first ever senior race. iIts a remarkable achievement just to be here.

11:56am

25 strokes to go, surely they cant be beaten now.

11:56am

"This is history" say the commentators.

11:55am

The girls are set to make history. Come on Copeland and Hosking!

11:55am

Sculling away, they are reacting so well to the pressure.

11:55am

Chinese pushing, they could be a danger. Come on girls! Last quarter to go.

11:54am

Copeland leading Olympic final!!

11:53am

Copeland and Hosking looking very strong as race progresses. Supremely confident. In second and tracking Greeks.

11:52am

Third at 500m for Copeland and Hosking.

11:50am

Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking "going like a rocket" off the start.

11:48am

Great Britain's Jessica Ennis in the Long Jump event of the Heptathlon. Picture: Press Association.

11:45am

Tension building now ahead of Kat Copeland's lightweight double sculls bid. Can she bring a medal home to Teesside?

11:38am

Britains Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge have won the gold medal in the mens four.

11:36am

GB are Olympic champions once again. Australia second.

11:35am

Australia, typically, not giving in. Come on GB

11:35am

500m to go Britain edging it. Need the Dorney Roar to kick in.

11:33am

Great Britain inching away over Australia in mens fours at Eton Dorney.

11:12am

11:11am

11:10am

Here at the rowing, just quarter-of-an-hour until the finals begin. The rain has stopped, the sun is trying to come out - let's count down the minutes until a North-East medal......

11:05am

Huge - potentially decisive - moment in the heptathlon as Jess Eniss jumps 6.40m in long jump. 975 points, which is excellent total

11:04am

Nicola Spirig adjudged to have won the triathlon gold, though times said dead heat for the title.

11:02am

Remarkable finish to the women's triathlon, which has produced a dead heat.

Brit Helen Jenkins finished fifth after being dropped with about 1km to go.

11:01am

Dead heat in the womens' triathlon. Dont think I have ever seen that before, especially in an event that covers such a distance.

11:00am

The lane draw for the final of the men's four (11.30am) is: 1. Germany, 2. Holland, 3. Greece, 4. Australia, 5. United States, 6. Great Britain.

10:51am

Interesting note of trivia in qualifying for mens 400m. The third place finisher was representing independent athetes. These are athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles and from the newly formed state of South Sudan. The IOC took accreditation away from the former when it was dissolved and and the latter had not formed an Olympic committee in time.

10:50am

Over at the Olympic Stadium, Jess Ennis' first long jump was a slightly below-par 5.95m.

At least she's got a safe jump in the bag now though, and can take a bit more of a risk with her second two leaps.

10:47am

Two more B finals to go here at Eton Dorney, then the real action begins.

The first final is the men's four, and it should be a cracker. Great Britain and Australia went at it hammer and tongs in their semi-final, with the GB crew just prevailing in the end.

There's every chance that today's race will be a repeat - with the Aussies in lane four and Britain in lane six. However, the American crew sandwiched in lane five cannot be ruled out.

10:44am

History made as Oscar Pistorius becomes first man to compete in Olympic and Paralympic Games.

10:28am

As with yesterday, there's a raft of B finals taking place here before the A final begin.

Over at the women's triathlon, a group of 14 competitors are bunched together after the swimming and cycling phases. They include Brit Helen Jenkins, who is a gold-medal contender. 

10:12am

10:09am

Very heavy rain here at the rowing now. Shame, because it's the first day when the heavens have properly opened.

Shouldn't affect the rowers - the Brits especially will be used to rowing in this - but it's not exactly ideal for spectating!

9:53am

9:51am

Today has been billed as 'Super Saturday', and it's easy to see why.

From a North-East perspective, as well as Kat Copeland, we've also West Rainton trampolinist Kat Driscoll hoping to claim a medal this afternoon and Middlesbrough long jumper Chris Tomlinson competing in the Olympic final tonight after impressing in qualifying yesterday.

Tonight's athletics programme promises to be spectacular, with Jess Ennis going for heptathlon gold and Mo Farah competing in the final of the 10,000m.

9:50am

The two other British crews racing today also have a strong chance of claiming gold.

The men's four of Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs-Hodge compete in their final. It's likely to be a shoot-out between them and the Australians for gold.

Beijing gold medallists Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter are also in action, and will be looking to defend their title in the lightweight men's double sculls.

9:46am

9:45am

9:42am

Today's final caps a remarkable 12 months for Kat as, this time last year, she was still competing in the junior ranks.

Now, she stands on the verge of history as she could become only the North-East's second post-war gold medallist in the next couple of hours.

9:41am

Welcome to Eton Dorney for the final day of the Olympic rowing regatta. The final, and from a North-East perspective, hopefully the best.

Four finals today, three of which involve British crews, and the big one is the final of the lightweight double sculls at 11.50am.

Ingleby Barwick's Kat Copeland teams up with former Durham University student Sophie Hosking to go for gold.

The pair were the quickest qualifiers in both the heats and semi-finals, and will row in lane six in the final.