The queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips added to the family silver on Tuesday, helping team Britain to a second-place finish behind Germany in Olympic equestrian eventing. 
 
 Zara Phillips of Great Britain rides High Kingdom as she competes in the equestrian eventing cross-country stage at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (Associated Press) 
 
 Zara Phillips of Great Britain rides High Kingdom as she competes in the equestrian eventing cross country phase at Greenwich Park, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Markus... (Associated Press) 
 
 Zara Phillips of Great Britain rides High Kingdom as she competes in the equestrian eventing cross-country phase at Greenwich Park, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ng... (Associated Press) 
 
 Princes William and Harry and William's wife Kate were in the stands to cheer on their cousin as she competed in the show jumping final portion of the three-discipline event. 
 
 After racing through the treacherous cross-country course on Monday without any penalties, Phillips knocked down a rail on the second jump Tuesday in the stadium at Greenwich Park. Teammate Nicola Wilson knocked down one as well, dashing Britain's chances for gold. 
 
 Nevertheless, Phillips' combined score of 53.1 from three days of competition was low enough that she advanced to the individual show jump final Tuesday afternoon where she had a clean, penalty-free round. 
 
 While that score likely put her out of individual medal contention, it didn't stop Phillips from pumping her fist in the air and taking a victory lap around the ring to acknowledge the wild applause from the stands. 
 
 Germany went into the event atop the standings and maintained the lead throughout, ending with a final score of 133.7. Britain's final score was 138.2, while New Zealand had 144.4. The United States was seventh with 208.6. 
 
 In equestrian eventing the lowest penalty score wins. 
 
 "Unfortunately we couldn't quite do it," Phillips said. "We can't be disappointed with a silver medal because it's an amazing thing to be here." 
 
 German rider Dirk Schrade on King Artus, in 10th place in the individual standings with a score of 50.6, said he merely did what was required to help his country. 
 
 "That is the job I am expected to do," he said. "If someone can't do that, they don't make the team." 
 
 In the show jump phase of the team event, Phillips incurred four penalty points when her horse, High Kingdom, knocked down the second fence. He completed the rest of the course cleanly, albeit a bit over the 83-second limit. The crowd gasped when the rail came down but applauded warmly as she finished. 
 
 "It was my fault," Phillips said. "After that he jumped fantastically." 
 
 Phillips, a former world and European eventing champion who is 14th in line to the throne, said she had put High Kingdom in a tough takeoff spot as she approached the jump, leaving him little room to maneuver. 
 
 "I'm just disappointed for the team," she said. 
 
 Britain's William Fox-Pitt, who was in 15th place with Lionhart, said the presence of royals in the stands didn't affect Phillips or the rest of the team. 
 
 "Each of us is in our own bubble out there," he said. "Her family is here to support her and our families are here to support us." 
 
 Britain won silver in the 2004 Athens games and bronze in 2008. Germany won gold in the 2008 Olympics and were in first place in Athens but dropped from medal contention after a technicality. 
 
 Phillips said she appreciated the effort her relatively inexperienced bay gelding gave her, given he lost two shoes during the arduous cross-country portion of the event on Monday. 
 
 Then, the 31-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II scored a penalty-free ride, negotiating High Kingdom over 28 obstacles and a slippery course that claimed a dozen fallen riders. Her score helped bring Britain into second place in the team standings behind Germany heading into the final portion of the event. 
 
 Some of the first horses out on the show jump course Tuesday morning looked tired, with several pulling down multiple fences and incurring time penalties beyond the 83 seconds allowed. But Fox-Pitt _ the first British rider out _ had a clean round, drawing raucous, foot-stomping cheers from the flag-waving hometown crowd. 
 
 The show jumping portion of eventing is designed to test the horse's agility and ability to recover from the difficult run the day before. The lowest three scores for each team count for the team total. The lowest 25 scores go forward to the individual jumping competition. 
 
 Leading the standings for individual medals going into the final jumping round were Sara Algotsson Ostholt of Sweden on Wega with 39.3, Michael Jung of Germany on Sam with 40.6 and Mary King of Great Britain on Imperial Cavalier with 42.1. 
 
 As they did on Monday, William and Harry watched the competition from the VIP section of the main equestrian arena, joined by Camilla, Prince Charles' wife, and Phillips' mother Princess Anne, herself an Olympian eventing competitor. 
 
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 Margaret Freeman and Tom Curley contributed to this report. 
 
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 The British cycling team, including hotly tipped Mark Cavendish, has missed out on an Olympic gold medal in the men's road race. 
 
 The race was the most watched event in the first full day of games around the UK in 19 sports, ranging from shooting to tennis to swimming. 
 
 Meanwhile Olympic authorities are investigating why hundreds of seats were empty for popular events. 
 
 Earlier, the Queen met athletes during a visit to the Olympic Village. 
 
 Team GB's hopes of a first-day gold medal were dashed after Alexandre Vinokourov broke from the race's leading group to sprint to the finish, closely followed by Colombia's Rigoberto Uran. Norway's Alexander Kristoff took the bronze. 
 
 Cavendish told BBC Radio 5 live: "I can be proud of how the lads rode today. I'm proud of my country as there was incredible support. The guys are sat there, they are spent. They have got nothing left in the tank. It's incredible to see that. To see what they gave for the cause." 
 
 In other Olympic developments: 
 
 Mark Cavendish refused to blame his Team GB colleagues for his 29th placing in the men's road race, saying the British riders had "nothing left in the tank" 
 
 Chinese shooter Yi Siling won the first gold medal of the London 2012 Games, winning the women's 10m air rifle event 
 
 Team GB's Hannah Miley, a medal hope in the women's 400m individual medley, finished fifth in the final 
 
 Andy Murray and his brother Jamie are beaten by Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Alexander Peya in the Olympic tennis doubles event 
 
 London Mayor Boris Johnson dismissed suggestions that Friday night's opening ceremony was too left-wing as "nonsense" 
 
 Fourteen-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Michael Phelps could only manage fourth in the men's 400m individual medley, with fellow American Ryan Lochte winning gold 
 
 Locog, who are running the Games, began an investigation after hundreds of seats were unfilled at a swimming session at the Aquatic Centre, in east London, on Saturday morning 
 
 The BBC's Nick Hope said areas high in the stands at the sold-out event were full but several hundred more expensive seats closer to the pool were empty. 
 
 Locog confirmed some accredited seats - for press and media - were empty. 
 
 Groups of empty seats were also seen at Wimbledon's centre court during Saturday's tennis matches. 
 
 BBC Olympic correspondent James Pearce tweeted on Saturday night that more tickets had become available on the London 2012 website, including to athletics and swimming. 
 
 Name and shame 
 
 Locog chief Lord Coe has previously threatened to name and shame companies which do not use their tickets. 
 
 Earlier, the Queen toured the Olympic site following her surprise appearance with James Bond in a film shown during the opening ceremony. 
 
 She said she had been "very happy" to take part and was "delighted to be asked to be involved in something so exceptional". 
 
 Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle won international praise for the ceremony. 
 
 Germany's Bild newspaper said, "a gigantic spectacle. What a show!" while Australia's Sydney Morning Herald said it was "an unforgettable start" and "breathtaking". 
 
 International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge praised the event, saying it "bodes well for a successful Games". 
 
 "It demonstrated all that is good about British creativity," he added. 
 
 The first full day of Olympic events meant roads and public transport were busy, particularly with the cycling in London and Surrey. 
 
 London's Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy said: "Last night, all transport serving the spectacular opening ceremony ran well, getting everyone to the Olympic Park on time and home again." ||||| (CNN) They're the king and queen of Olympic track cycling -- and nobody at Rio 2016 had any way of dethroning them. 
 
 Jason Kenny and Laura Trott made it 10 Olympic gold medals between them Tuesday after a dramatic night of track cycling at the velodrome. 
 
 The British riders, who will get married next month, stole the show in contrasting style. 
 
 Trott took her golden tally to four as she defended her women's omnium title -- making her Britain's most successful female Olympian. 
 
 And Kenny then made history of his own -- equaling his former teammate Chris Hoy's all-time British record of six gold medals after winning a nerve-shredding keirin race, in which he was almost disqualified. 
 
 Fellow cyclist Bradley Wiggins had become Britain's most decorated Olympian when he collected his eighth medal after helping the men's pursuit team to victory last Friday -- five of that tally being gold. 
 
 At just 24 years of age, few would bet against Trott surpassing the trio. 
 
 She helped the British women's team win the pursuit at the weekend, adding to her two golds in London four years ago. 
 
 Trott has now won four Olympic gold medals. 
 
 "I am so proud at what I achieved," she told reporters. 
 
 "I cannot thank the people in the background enough. I always thought how special London (2012 Olympic Games) was. 
 
 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Canada's Derek Drouin clears the bar on his way to winning gold in the high jump on Tuesday, August 16. Hide Caption 1 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Brazil's Robson Conceicao, left, boxes France's Sofiane Oumiha in the lightweight final. Conceicao won the bout to earn the host country its first-ever gold medal in boxing. Hide Caption 2 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Spain's Carolina Marin celebrates a victory in the badminton quarterfinals. Hide Caption 3 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Dutch field hockey player Bob de Voogd, right, is challenged by Belgium's Emmanuel Stockbroekx during a semifinal match. Belgium won 3-1 to advance to the final against Argentina. Hide Caption 4 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 U.S. gymnast Sam Mikulak competes in the final of the horizontal bar. Hide Caption 5 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 French synchronized swimmers Laura Auge and Margaux Chretien compete in the duets final. Hide Caption 6 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt wins a 200-meter heat. He won gold in the 100 meters earlier this week. Hide Caption 7 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Great Britain's Laura Trott and her fiance, Jason Kenny, pose with their gold medals in track cycling. Kenny won the keirin and Trott won the omnium. Hide Caption 8 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Armenian wrestler Artur Aleksanyan, in red, competes against Cuba's Yasmany Daniel Lugo Cabrera in a Greco-Roman final. Aleksanyan came out on top. Hide Caption 9 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 A general view of the beach volleyball venue. Hide Caption 10 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 U.S. gymnast Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise. She won the event, finishing this year's Games with her fourth gold and fifth medal overall. Biles is the first woman to win four gymnastics golds in a single Olympics since Romania's Ecaterina Szabo in 1984. Hide Caption 11 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 U.S. swimmer Jordan Wilimovsky competes in the 10-kilometer open water event. Hide Caption 12 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Russian boxer Vladimir Nikitin celebrates after his bantamweight victory over Ireland's Michael Conlan. Hide Caption 13 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Bruna comforts her Brazilian teammate Marta after they lost to Sweden in the soccer semifinals. The match was decided on penalty kicks after a goalless draw. Hide Caption 14 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 U.S. gymnast Danell Leyva competes on the horizontal bar, where he won silver. He also got silver on the parallel bars. Hide Caption 15 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Germany's Laura Ludwig reacts during a semifinal win in beach volleyball. Hide Caption 16 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Italy's Costanza Ferro and Linda Cerruti perform their technical routine during synchronized swimming. Hide Caption 17 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Volleyball teams from Japan and the United States wait for the start of their quarterfinal match. Hide Caption 18 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Brazilian diver Cesar Castro competes in the 3-meter springboard event. Hide Caption 19 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Cuba's Yaime Perez competes in the discus throw final. Hide Caption 20 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Italian golfer Giulia Molinaro tees off on the fifth hole during a practice round. Hide Caption 21 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Spain's Francisco Fernandez competes in a water polo quarterfinal match against Serbia. Hide Caption 22 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 American Christian Taylor won gold in the triple jump. He also won the event in the 2012 London Games. Hide Caption 23 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Australian equestrian Scott Keach falls off his horse, Fedor, during the individual jumping competition. Hide Caption 24 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin, left, helps Abbey D'Agostino of the United States after they collided during the 5,000-meter semifinal. Both runners managed to finish the race. Hide Caption 25 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Chinese cyclist Tianshi Zhong competes in a sprint quarterfinal. Hide Caption 26 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 New Zealand's Eliza McCartney takes part in pole vault qualifications. Hide Caption 27 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Swimmers prepare for the 10-kilometer open water event. Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands earned the gold. Hide Caption 28 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Track cyclists prepare to compete in the first round of the keirin. Hide Caption 29 of 30 Photos: Rio Olympics: Day 11 Canoeist Josef Dostal of the Czech Republic, left, celebrates with Spain's Marcus Walz after the K-1 1,000-meter final. Walz and Dostal took gold and silver while Russia's Roman Anoshkin earned the bronze. Hide Caption 30 of 30 
 
 "I went there without any expectations, so to win two golds was just incredible, and then I thought, 'How on earth am I going to top that?' We believed in ourselves, and in our team. It just started to snowball. 
 
 "I worked day-in, day-out with those girls, and the team pursuit is what I really targeted. To come back and win the omnium, it's just incredible. 
 
 "You realize how hard it is to do it all again. It was so hard to build myself up and come back again. We did a lot of work in the gym, and completely changed our program." 
 
 On Tuesday, Trott became the first woman to collect a fourth Olympic gold medal in track cycling, surpassing Felicia Ballanger of France on three. She led the two-day, six-event competition from start to finish, leaving the rest of the field to fight for silver and bronze. 
 
 Trott won by a commanding 24 points, while the gap between second-placed American Sarah Hammer and Belgium's Jolien D'Hoore in third was just seven points. 
 
 Kenny celebrates after winning the men's keirin final. 
 
 Kenny's victory was less clear-cut. The keirin race had to be stopped twice after riders were adjudged to have passed the derny pace bike before it had left the track. 
 
 The first time it was Kenny and Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang, who had an agonizingly long wait before the judges ruled that all the cyclists could compete in the restart. 
 
 Then Germany's world champion Joachim Eilers over-rode the mark, and again the race was stopped. 
 
 When it did finally get going, Kenny timed his move to perfection, overtaking Dutchman Matthijs Buchli and Awang, who won silver and bronze respectively. 
 
 Arghhhh!!!!!! I love him to bits @JasonKenny107 !! Our kids have to get some of these genes right?! — Laura Trott (@LauraTrott31) August 16, 2016 
 
 Kenny added to his earlier men's sprint and team pursuit golds in Rio, having won twice at London 2012 and once at Beijing four years before that -- also getting silver in China. 
 
 "It just felt like a dream. I guess I'm tired. I was just floating through it," the 28-year-old said. "It's mental to be level with Chris. I was in Beijing when he won his three so to come here and do the same is pretty amazing." 
 
 Britain won two more medals in Tuesday's women's sprint event, with Becky James beaten by Germany's Kristina Vogel in the final and Katy Marchant winning the bronze race against Elis Ligtlee of the Netherlands.
– With Michelle Obama cheering them on, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and the US men's basketball team tidily put France away today in a preliminary game, reports the New York Times, in the first step to defending their gold medal. Though France is led by Tony Parker and five other NBA stars, they proved no match for Team USA and fell 98-71. "They're going to be very, very tough to beat," Parker said. Elsewhere on the first Sunday of the London Games: With London calling for its first medal, Lizzie Armitstead answered, taking a close second-place finish in the women's cycling road race, reports Sky News. American Kimberly Rhode won the gold in skeet shooting, her fifth consecutive gold in the event, becoming the first American to accomplish the feat, reports the AP. Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, made her Olympic debut in a dressage event, reports People. She'll compete tomorrow with a couple of famous cousins in attendance. American gymnast Jordyn Wieber failed to qualify for the all-around competition in a stunning turn of events, reports the AP. Heartbroken 38-year-old British marathoner Paula Radcliffe, stymied in four previous Games, pulled out of her event today with a foot injury, reports the BBC. Click through the gallery for other scenes from today's events.