Victoria Pendleton claimed Great Britain's third gold medal in two days of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome with a stunning triumph in the Keirin.
Olympic and world champion Lin Dan held off a remarkable fightback by Japan's Sho Sasaki to move into the semi-finals of the Badminton men's Singles competition on a day that saw China guarantee more medals.
Italian world champion Paolo Pizzo made progress into the last 16 of the men's Epee at the ExCeL, but only just as he saw off the battling challenge of Hong Kong's Leung Ka Ming.
China emphatically demonstrated their dominance of Badminton as all of their Doubles top seeds eased to victories on the opening day of London 2012 competition.