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She may only be 27 years old but Beth Tweddle is aiming to become the oldest gymnast to win an Olympic medal since the 1964 Tokyo Games in the artistic gymnastics uneven bars event at North Greenwich Arena. Tweddle was meant to retire in 2006 after disappointing in Athens – but a fourth-place in Beijing gave the Brit belief that she could make the podium on home soil. On the Olympic Stadium track, Welsh hurdler Dai Greene – who once flirted with a football career at Swansea City – is in action as he bids to become the first British male gold medalist in the 400m hurdles for 44 years. Without the hurdles, LaShawn Merritt – the American once banned after failing a drugs test after, he claims, taking a 'male enhancement product' – defends his 400m crown from Beijing. Also on Day 10, Russian double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva aims to make it a third gold in the pole vault while the Velodrome sees Jason Kenny take part in the track cycling men's sprint after he was given the nod by GB selectors ahead of Sir Chris Hoy.
Gold medals up for grabs: 18
Today's medal sports: sailing, shooting, equestrian, artistic gymnastics, track cycling, wrestling, weightlifting, athletics
