Great Britain's equestrian team have won silver in the eventing competition at the London 2012 Olympics.
Tina Cook, William Fox-Pitt, Mary King, Zara Phillips and Nicola Wilson finished runners-up to Germany to take GB's fourth medal.
But there was disappointment for GB when swimmer Ellen Gandy was a surprise casualty in the 200m butterfly heats.
Meanwhile organisers defended the drug testing programme and dismissed doubts over Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen.
A US coach labelled Ye Shiwen' world record-breaking swim in the women's 400 metres individual medley on Saturday as "unbelievable" and "disturbing".
But at a news conference, British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan said Ye had passed drugs tests and deserved "recognition for her talent".
GB last won eventing silver at Athens in 2004 and they took bronze in 2008.
Zara Phillips's mother, Princess Anne, presented the medals to the equestrian teams in Greenwich Park.
The Princess Royal is President of the British Olympic Association and herself competed in the eventing in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge accompanied by Prince Harry have met Team GB competitors at the Athletes village at the Olympic Park.
They spent time looking around athlete apartments and spoke to key British medal hopes including Victoria Pendleton, Rebecca Adlington and Jessica Ennis.
Ahead of the start of athletics at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, GB's track and field team flew into London City Airport from a training camp in Portugal.
Team GB are also competing in rowing, sailing, gymnastics and women's football later.
Meanwhile, amid an ongoing row over empty seats at venues, Olympics organisers Locog said more than two million spectators had turned out to watch the first three days of the Games.
In other developments:
- Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has had his Olympic training kit stolen from a Surrey hotel being used as a base for the Team GB cycling team
- Andy Murray continued his quest for an Olympic singles medal by beating Finland's Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round at Wimbledon. It was later announced that Murray would team up with Laura Robson in the mixed doubles after GB were awarded a wildcard
- British triple jumper Phillips Idowu, whose participation was called into doubt last week when he failed to attend Team GB's training camp in Portugal, is expected to be fit
- The BBC's Olympic theme tune First Steps by Elbow has gone on sale to raise money for the Children In Need and Sport Relief charities
- Dorset Police say they have arrested a 17-year-old in Weymouth after malicious tweets were allegedly sent to UK diver Tom Daley when he failed to win a medal in the synchronised diving
- Shops in central London saw a sharp drop in visitors at the start of the Olympic Games, figures suggest
- French president Francois Hollande has questioned the need for so many corporate seats at the Olympics, telling the Daily Telegraph newspaper his country's likely bid to host the Games in 2024 would focus on "gold not money"
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