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Gold and two bronzes for Team GB

By Channel 4 News

Updated on 23 August 2008

Great Britain's Olympians continued their success on the penultimate day in Beijing, as London prepares for the handover. Alex Thomson reports.

British boxer James DeGale clinched gold today in the middleweight boxing final, taking Team GB up to 19 golds overall.

Tim Brabants, in the flat water canoe, won bronze, as did Sarah Stevenson, in the Taekwondo.

Gordon Brown and Boris Johnson, meanwhile, prepared for the handover tomorrow, when London will officially become the Olympic host city.

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