The newly formed British Olympic Association, presided over by William Grenfell, a silver medallist in the 1906 Athens Games, had only 10 months to organize the global multi-sport event.
But the loss to Helenius, 25, a silver-medallist at the 2006 European Amateur Championships, saw Gammer slump to a 18-4-1 record and again question his future in the sport.
An American coach is also a possibility after the Olympic silver medallist spent a short time working in the gym with Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer of Floyd Mayweather, during his recent trip to Las Vegas for the Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins fight.
Despite his modesty about the performance, Tancock won by some distance, roaring into the lead and never facing much of a challenge from eventual silver medallist Hayden Stoeckel of Australia.
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Lisa Dobriskey, who won 1500m bronze at the Worlds in Berlin, will hope to see off the challenge of Russia's Anna Alminova and go at least one better while Jenny Meadows, 800m silver medallist a year ago, is coming back into form just in time after calf and Achilles problems.
The British-born athlete, now competing for Italy, was just a single centimetre clear of silver medallist Tatyana Kotova.
The silver medallist gave May a scare in the fourth round with a 7.01 metre jump.
World silver medallist Dobriskey endured a torrid time in the women's 1500m and was never in touch with the leaders.
Noguchi, the world silver medallist, produced a killer surge up a series of inclines just after the halfway mark to break clear and win in two hours 26.20 minutes.
The Commonwealth Games silver medallist is one of a number of new riders in Team Sky's ranks this year.
Beside them silver medallist Peter Norman, a white Australian, sported an OPHR patch in order to show solidarity with their actions.
But Thaxton expects the Olympic silver medallist to give Romanov a wide berth after his emphatic defeat by the European lightweight champion.
The Bedford battler insists he will have too much ring craft for the Olympic silver medallist, who boasts a 14-0 record and is quickly establishing himself as big box office.
Twice Olympic silver medallist Grainger got off to a fast start and held on to pip Annie Vernon in a photo finish to win in 7:35.91.
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That gave the title to 5, 000m silver medallist Lee, 21, in a new Olympic record of 12 minutes 58.55 seconds.
Khan split with former coach Oliver Harrison in May after the 47-year-old had guided the 2004 Olympic silver medallist through his first 19 wins as a professional.
The European 5, 000m silver medallist, 23, paid the price for a brave display of front running and he trailed home in last place in eight minutes, 00.60 seconds.
He looks likely to win a ninth Commonwealth gold on Tuesday in the 3m synchro, partnered by individual silver medallist Reuben Ross.
Olympic triple jump silver medallist and defending indoor champion Idowu has not competed this season and a knee injury has forced his exclusion.
Germany also took gold in the women's javelin, Linda Stahl throwing a personal best of 66.81m, with Olympic bronze medallist Christina Obergfoll taking silver and Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic bronze.
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In the men's Para S8 100m freestyle , Fraser edged between gold medallist Austin and fellow Australian Blake Cochrane to earn silver for Scotland in a British record 1:00.77, with David Roberts - 11 times a Paralympic champion - fourth for Wales, swimming against less-disabled athletes.
Adlington took gold in a Games record time of four minutes, 5.68 seconds, well ahead of silver medallist Kylie Palmer of Australia, and the 21-year-old - who overcame days of illness to win both races - hailed her two victories in Delhi as a sign of things to come in 2011.
The biggest disappointment was Jamaica's 1996 Olympic silver medallist James Beckford, who qualified well in the morning and then failed to register a legal jump and went out after three efforts.
Olympic and world silver medallist Lorranine Fenton from Jamaica clinched top spot, smashing through the 50 seconds barrier with a season's best time of 49.71secs.
Teichmann survived a photo finish to hold on to silver ahead of Russia, and make partner Tim Tscharnke the youngest ever male medallist in Olympic cross-country skiing, at 20 years and 71 days.
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