kristin armstrong won the time trial.ns the tour de france the gold medal for the first time. big matchup today, michael phelps and ryan lochte. >> here is matt lauer with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. coming up from london, plenty of drama for team usa with a photo finish in the pool. a remarkable comeback in men's gymnastics. ryan lochte and a showdown with michael phelps in the 200 meter i.m. the chances for three american women who have won the coveted title. duo of misty may- treanor and kerri walsh. a very special guest as we get started on a thursday morning. >> that wasn't the queen, was it? coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> plus, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. >> time to get to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- would you prefer an electronic ticket when you travel, or do you like having a physical ticket in your hand

celebrated her second bronze of the games in the twenty nine kilometer time trial won by american kristin armstrong retained the title germany as well champion you don't look so. good for the first medal was the hardest to get the second one in the time trial was quite expected for me although it could have been better than bronze i'm a bit disappointed with the fact it wasn't gold but i'm still proud of myself i gave my all at the olympics and it paid off. and in the meantime maria sharapova remains on course for the golden grand slam of tennis she's won all four majors needs just the. title for the full set and she's through to the quarter finals after beating germany's sabina lisicki also in the last eight years for the russian maria kirilenko however viewers on their i lost to serena williams and i do put throwback is also out while in badminton russia's women's doubles team of various iraq and i mean obviously have gone through to the semifinals after having a helping hand as full of the world's top pairs two from china one each from indonesia and south korea were disqualified for not trying h

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. >>> kristin armstrong retired after winning individual gold in the timed trials four years ago but of retirement to compete here in london and defended her title. kristin joins us this morning. congratulations with that gold medal around your neck. i guess retirement didn't agree with you. >> i know. i just keep getting sucked into the sport. >> you decided to come back after having your son lucas. what compelled to you come back? >> when i retired from the sport the first time, i wasn't tired of cycling. but the thought of having a 2-year-old on the podium with me in london took my breath away. that was the goal. >> you have to have a pretty good sense of confidence when you're out there. when did you know you were on course to do that? >> we have a coach behind us on the radio talking to us the entire time. but the crowds were so massive out there and so loud, i couldn't hear my coach in my mic. every time i heard rumbling, i thought he's telling me behind. i have to work harder. >> how far ahead were you in the end? >> 13 seconds. >> and your son lucas is here with you? >> yeah.

american cyclist kristin armstrong scored his second gold medal.year-old finished 15 seconds ahead of anyone else in the time trial. fourplayers from china south korea, and indonesia in badminton deliberately tried to probe matches in hopes of receiving more favorable placement and were picked out of the games. >> china is in the lead with 30 metals. the u.s. has 29. china has 17 gold and the u.s. has a dozen gold medals. japan in third place with 17 overall followed by france and germany with 13 each. >> americans winning a medal get a cash award from the u.s. olympic committee of tens of thousands of dollars. senator marco rubio of florida does not want them to pay taxes on that. introduced a bill yesterday that would exempt them from the taxes. his office calls the tax is ridiculous and said that success should be celebrated. >> the money is not following it for some other big names in sports. >> jose canseco filed for bankruptcy protection in nevada. the 48-year-old has less than $21,000 in assets and $1.7 million in liabilities including a hal

kristin armstrong won her second consecutive gold medals. it was the usa attend gold of the games on it they were host nation great britain won. -- 10th gold. >> we camhere to win a medal and went out there and did our jobs. faring as well, venus >> not williams. the men's archery reach a limited today in singles competition. the morning after winning his 19th metal, michael phelps moves forward in the preliminary round of the individual medley. not moving as well, the mayor of london who bought stock on is applied today in a parked set up for olympic festivities. this is a day of jubilation and britain. the britons are definitely grab lad to get the first gold medal. the prime minister attended several events expecting to see them win gold. they have not done it. in london, mark robertvarger. stan, back to you. >> we are just getting word of breaking news out of london where we're told a cyclist has been killed in an accident with an olympic bus. the bbc is reporting a 30-year- old man was struck in a crossroad. michael phelps 19th metal is

> reporter: that was on display today at hampton court palace, the cycling time trial, where kristin armstrong won her second won sec tiff gold medal. it was the usa's tenth gold of the games, on a day when host nation great britain won its first, in the women's rowing pair. princes william and harry were on hand to lead the nation's celebration. >> we came here to win a medal. we just went and did our jobs. >> reporter: not faring as well venus williams, eliminated in straight sets in singles, she still has a shot at a record gold metal when she pairs up with her sister venus. >>>. >>> but the morning asp with michael phelps moved forward. not moving as well, the mayor of london, who got stuck on a zipline. this is a day of jubilation. they're on the board. god save the queen. had to give you some idea of how freaked out britons were that they didn't have a gold medal today. here's another headline, but finally the gold drought is over. jim, back to you. >> mark, thanks. >>> stiff upper list as they say. tonight the gold will be in the men's gymnastics all around. >>> and how a series of miss

>> reporter: that was on display today at hampton court palace, the cycling time trial where kristin armstrong won her consecutive second gold medal. it was the usa's tenth gold of the games on a day where host nation great britain won that are first. princes william and harry were on hand to lead the celebration at the same venue where the u.s. women's quad rowers took a bronze. >> we came to win a medal, and we did our jobs. >> venus williams eliminated in straight sets in singles. she still has a shot when she pairs up with sister serena in doubles. the u.s. men's archers silver medalists as a team were each eliminated in singles competition. the morning after winning his record 19th medal, michael phelps moved forward in the preliminary round of the men's 2 hundred dollars-meter i.m. the mayor of london got stuck on a zip line today at a park set up for olympic festivities. >>> but this is a day of jubilation in britain. they're on the board. god save the queen. this is a hogu, the electronic chest protector, which is use in tae kwon do. it's the first time this has been used in the olympi

kristin armstrong scored her second gold medal. 38-year-old finished 15 seconds ahead of everybody else in the time trial. finally, eight players from four badminton teams have no chance of competing again in this olympics. the players from china, south korea and indonesia have been asked to leave the games after deliberately trying to throw matches in hopes of receiving more favorable placement. tom rivers, abc news, london. >> you still hooked? you still watching? >> i am out of control. yes. >> are you staying up late? >> stag up late. on twitter. on "the new york times" sort of reading their feed. i'm watching. i'm -- watching it on my ipad. >> olympic addict, sunny hostin. >> i love it. what's not to love? >> all right. moving on to more news this morning. to a safety alert. toyota is recalling more than 750,000 vehicles this morning after a defect that is linked to nine crashes. 778 toyota and lexus vehicles now being recalled because of a suspension problem. the recall involves, rav, what is it, rav? >> rav-4. >> i don't drive in new york. sorry, folks. rav 4, 2006-2011. 2010, le