Newton secures bronze

Middlesbrough-born Newton, 33, finished third behind Spain's Joan Llaneras and Roger Kluge of Germany.

The medal will be appreciated by Newton, who climbed off midway through the same event in Athens four years ago.

Earlier, Rebecca Romero and Wendy Houvenaghel ensured an all-British final of the women's individual pursuit on Sunday.

Romero - aiming to become the first British woman to win medals in two different summer Olympic sports - advanced to the gold medal race by beating Australia's Katie Mactier in three minutes 27.703 seconds.

Houvenaghel, born in Northern Ireland but who represented England at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, was slightly slower - beating Lada Kozlikova of the Czech Republic in 3:27.829.

Bradley Wiggins also secured a place in the final of the men's individual pursuit.

Londoner Wiggins advanced to the final after beating Alexander Serov of Russia in a time of 4:16.571. He will meet New Zealander Hayden Roulston, who was over two-and-a-half seconds slower in his first-round race.

And Lancastrian Steven Burke, 20, will have a chance for bronze after beating Volodymyr Dyudya of Ukraine in a time of 4:21.588.

Burke must beat Alexei Markov of Russia, who was almost a second-and-a-half slower than the Englishman in his round.