Water was the theme of the day for day five of the 2012 London Olympic Games with competitors diving into the water or cutting through it with or without a boat.  There was total dominance over the wettest of the elements, with some surprising results.

China remains on the top of the medal tally, but just.  The US has the same number of gold medals but are just beaten by the Chinese in the silver medal count.  Australia sits in 16th spot with still just the one gold and a total of 11 medals.

Spectators hoping to celebrate these medal wins with a drink at the Games face paying an exuberant price of more than £7 for a pint of beer, organisers have said.  Makes celebrations costly.

Maybe to ease the pain of the expense of celebration drinks, Olympics organisers have revealed how they intend to enhance the spectator experience during the games with music and other visual presentations.  Athletes in several sports will enter their respective arenas to music and special lighting while guides to events and inspirational clips will be shown on big screens.

In a disappointing night overall for the Australians in the pool, second-fastest qualifier Melanie Schlanger finished fourth in the 100m freestyle; James Magnussen finished sixth in the semi of the men's 50m freestyle and has missed the final (although Eamon Sullivan qualified equal seventh fastest); Sally Foster came last in the final of the 200m breaststroke (in which US star Rebecca Soni smashed her own world record); and strong medal chance Belinda Hocking missed tomorrow's final of the women's 200m backstroke (but Meagan Nay qualified third fastest).

Some of the biggest names in tennis, including Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams have qualified for the semi-finals of the tennis tournament at Wimbledon.  The match with local hero Andy Murray seeing off Japan's Kei Nishikori raised the non-existent roof off Wimbledon.

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Highlights for day 5

• THE United States team of NBA stars shattered a host of records, including most points in a single Olympic basketball game.

• Eighteen-year-old Aussie Jessica Fox, the daughter of a bronze medalist mother and a legend of the sport father, beat a sparkling field in the K1 slalom to claim silver - and was just 0.6 seconds from gold.

• Michael Phelps has enhanced his standing as the greatest Olympian of all time, at least in terms of medals, after winning the final of the 200m individual medley. Phelps claimed his 16th Olympic gold medal, and in the process became the first male swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Games.

• Australian cyclists Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch have claimed bronze in the women's team sprint. The Aussie girls easily beat the Ukrainian team in the bronze medal race, and Meares will now turn her attention to the individual sprint and the kierin.
• In a must-win match against the tough Chinese, Australia finally found their mojo, taking down China 81-61. The scoreline disguises a tough win though, with the Boomers down early in the match 15-8.