Fell lands silver

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The 25-year-old, who was cheered on by Prime Minister Gordon Brown during the fencing earlier in the day, finished second behind Germany's Lena Schoneborn.

Fell's British team-mate Brit Katy Livingston finished seventh.

Fell, the 2007 European silver medallist, had been in second place overall since the fencing competition, in which she won 20 of her 35 duels.

She swam a season's best in the 200m freestyle swim and retained second place through the equestrian event and into the final 3,000m run.

In modern pentathlon, the athletes' starts are staggered based on the total points they have accumulated in the first four events. First across the line wins gold.

Fell started 19 seconds behind Schoneborn and managed to almost halve the gap but the German was too far ahead.

Nevertheless, a silver medal extended Britain's successful recent record in Olympic modern pentathlon.

Steph Cook won gold and Kate Allenby claimed bronze in 2000, while Georgina Harland finished third for Britain at the Athens Games four years ago.

"To have Great Britain come second and seventh is just amazing," said Fell. "I was going for it in the run, but I realised it wasn't going to happen. In the end keeping ahead of third was my biggest worry, so it was quite a relief to get second."