World number one Javier Culson of Puerto Rico set the fastest time as he qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 400m Hurdles in 48.33 at the Olympic Stadium.
A week on from the Opening Ceremony at London 2012 the Olympic Stadium will be packed out once again as the Athletics begins on a day when a total of 21 gold medals will be up for grabs across 10 different sports.
Terrell Gausha and Jose Ramirez both fell to defeat as the USA were left with just two men still standing in the Olympic Boxing competition after suffering their sixth and seventh consecutive defeats at ExCeL tonight.
Ihab Almatbouli made history as Jordan's first Olympic boxer at ExCeL on Day 3 and marked the occasion by marching into the last 16 of the Light Heavy Weight division with a powerful 19-7 win over Nigeria's Lukmon Lawal.
Californian teenager Jose Ramirez scraped past Frenchman Rachid Azzedine to maintain the USA's fine start to the London 2012 Boxing competition with victory in his opening bout in the Light Weight division.
Frenchman Alexis Vastine won his first-round bout in the Welter Weight division 16-12 against Germany's Patrick Wojcicki on an action-packed day of Boxing.
