Olympics August 7 (From The Oxford Times)

12:42pm

 Ellington finishes sixth and is knocked out

12:35pm

Final 200m heat features Britain's James Ellington

12:33pm

Ecuador's Quinonez beat USA's Spearmon in heat six of men's 200m, but both go through

12:26pm

Jamaica's Warren Weir may be third fiddle to Bolt and Blake, but he won 200m heat five in 20.29.

12:16pm

Jamaica's Yohan Blake wins 200m heat four in 20.38

12:13pm

Britain's Christian Malcolm makes 200m semis after finishing second in heat

12:00pm

France's Christian Lemaitre cruises to victory in 200m heat two in 20.34secs

11:52am

Bolt started slowing down with 80m to go!

11:51am

Bolt jogs to victory in 20.39. Easy as you like!

11:45am

Usain Bolt goes in five minutes in 200m heats

11:41am

Britain's Jo Pavey and Julia Bleasdale reach women's 5000m final, but Phillips Idowu fails to reach triple jump final. He finished 14th with top 12 progressing.

11:29am

Idowu can only jump 16.53 and is unlikely to make the final. His body language did not look good.

11:18am

Idowu has one jump left to guarantee a final spot

10:51am

Idowu's first triple jump is 16.47m. Needs 17.10 to guarantee final spot

10:49am

Turner helps a hobbling Xiang leave the track

10:44am

Final 110m hurdles heat features Britain's Andy Turner - and he wins as former world record holder Liu Xiang crashes out

10:43am

Britain's Phillips Idowu about to go in triple jump qualifying

10:42am

USA star Aries Merritt clocks 13.07 in 110m hurdles heat - the fastest ever in Olympic first round

10:39am

10:38am

Goldie Sayers goes out in javelin qualifying, while Lawrence Clarke's training partner Andy Pozzi pulled up in his 110m hurdles heat 

10:15am

Clarke's pb is 13.33. That should see him through

10:11am

Russia's Shubenkov wins in 13.26secs

10:09am

Time for first 110m hurdles heat, Lawrence Clarke in second race.

10:07am

Sayers fouls in her first round. Looked to be feeling her throwing arm a little

10:01am

Lawrence Clarke needs to finish in the top three to be sure of making the semi-finals.

10:00am

Massive roar for Goldie Sayers. Let's hope the crowd can spur her into the final.

9:53am

Competitors are warming up for the women's javelin qualfying, which starts at 10am. Goldie Sayers goes for Britain.

9:33am

Oh and a certain Usain Bolt competes in the 200m heats at 11.50am

9:12am

Oxfordshire's Lawrence Clarke goes in the 110m hurdles heats at 10.17am. Let's hope he can follow Oxford 1,500m runner Hannah England into the semi-finals.