Britain's Saturday at the Olympics

What a day for team Great Britain!

Britain took four golds, a silver, and four bronzes on a day that's been described as Britain's Super Saturday.

So where do I start?

Well, how about with an astonishing world record.

The women's 800m freestyle record had stood for 19 years. In fact, Rebecca Adlington was only six months old when the record she smashed by 2.12 seconds was set.

Adlington had already won gold in the 400m freestyle and was a favourite going into today's 800m freestyle final, having set a new Olympic record in the heats.

However, nobody foresaw the domination of 19-year-old Adlington as she raced unchallenged to a second gold medal and an incredible new world record of 8 minutes 14.10 seconds.

The fact that no British woman had won a gold since 1960 makes this achievement all the more remarkable.

She's now Britain's best ever female Olympic swimmer.

After that early morning success, the attention turned to rowing, where Britain were set to defend their men's four's title for the second Olympics in a row.

First though, there were two bronze medals—one for Elise Laverick and Anna Bebington in the double skulls, and another in the men's equivalent for Matthew Wells and Stephen Rowbotham.

Then came the men's four. This time there was no Sir Steve Redgrave or Sir Matthew Pinsent but there were Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge.

The quartet were half a length behind Australia with 500m to go, but they pulled out a stunning comeback to snatch gold for a third Olympics running.

It was a thrilling final!

So two golds and two to go.

We move to the Velodrome for some fantastic performances on the bike.

First up for Britain was Chris Newton in the men's points race. It was a tough race for the Brit, but bronze was the result and a great boost for the British team.

Then went Bradley Wiggins and Steven Burke in the individual persuit. Burke raced to Bronze in the 3rd/4th play race off before Bradley Wiggins won gold in the title race a few minutes later.

Just spectacular for Team Great Britain! But the medals didn't stop there!

Chris Hoy and Ross Edgar were both through to the final of the men's Keirin and what a race it proved to be.

Gold and Silver for Britain for the Scottish duo, which made Chris Hoy Scotland's best ever Olympian and took Britain's gold medal tally for the day to four.

Seven golds in total, with more expected tomorrow. I can't wait!

Team Great Britain have had a wonderful day and who can say it's not our day.

It was Britain's Saturday at the Beijing Olympics.