Olympics - day three photos

China's Liu Yingzi prepares to shoot in the women's trap qualification round on day three at the Beijing Olympics



Britain's double Commonwealth champion Charlotte Kerwood fails to make the final of the women's trap shooting event



Hanae Ito of Japan springs out of the water on her turn in the women's 100m backstroke semis at the Water Cube aquatics centre


Michael Phelps (right) is ecstatic as the US men's 4x100m relay team's victory keeps his eight-golds dream alive



Elena-Smurova (No. 11) of Russia looks to shoot against Tania di Mario (No. 7) of Italy.



Kosuke Kitajima celebrates after setting a new world record as he wins gold in the men's 100m breaststroke


Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry breaks the world record for the women's 100m backstroke in her semi-final with a time of 58.77 sec


Abhinav Bindra becomes India's first individual Olympic gold medallist when he claims the men's 10m air rifle shooting title



Chen Yanqing wins the women's 58kg weightlifting to collect China's eighth gold medal of these Olympics



Finland's Satu Makela-Nummela scores 91 hits - including an Olympic record of 21 targets - in the women's trap shooting final to take gold