LONDON – Track cycling king Sir Chris Hoy equalled former rower Sir Steve Redgrave's British record haul of five Olympic gold medals after winning the men's team sprint Thursday. Hoy's Britain clocked its second world record of the night to successfully defend its Beijing 2008 title in the final against France, with Germany beating Australia to the bronze. His tally of six Olympic medals includes five gold – one in London, three in Beijing and one in Athens in 2004 – and a silver medal from Sydney. He will also race the men's keirin Tuesday. Redgrave owns five golds and one bronze from Olympic rowing events. On Wednesday, Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins won the men's road race time trial to claim his fourth Olympic gold, and take his overall medals tally to seven. Germany was awarded the gold medal in the women's team sprint after the Chinese riders were disqualified for a lane change in the final. China had dominated the tournament from the start, beating the world record twice in qualifying and in the first round. Gong Jinjie and Guo Shuang posted the best time of 32.619 seconds in the final and thought they had won before German riders Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel were announced winners. Australia claimed the bronze medal after defeating Ukraine. Italy bags foil Fencer Elisa Di Francisca won her second gold medal Thursday, leading Italy to a 45-32 victory over defending champion Russia in the final of the women's foil team event. Di Francisca and teammates Arianna Errigo and Valentina Vezzali went 1-2-3 at Saturday's individual competition. Ilaria Salvatori also competed a round in the final, replacing Errigo. South Korea won bronze with a 45-32 victory over France. Zhang lifts table tennis gold China's Zhang Jike won the Olympic men's singles table tennis gold medal after defeating compatriot Wang Hao 4-1 in the final. Victory saw 24-year-old top seed Zhang become the first male player in history to win successive World Championship and Olympic titles. Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov took bronze after a 4-2 win over Chuang Chih-Yuan of Chinese Taipei. Wilson clinches double trap Peter Wilson of Britain grabbed the double trap title by two shots. The 25-year-old shooter, who holds the world record, scored 188 points, beating Hakan Dahlby of Sweden, who claimed silver with 186 points. Vasily Mosin of Russia won the bronze medal after winning a shootout with Fehaid al-Deehani of Kuwait. The two were tied at 185. — Agencies
