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The Duchess of Cambridge was captain of her school hockey team and on Friday Kate was an expert cheerleader for the British women's team as they claimed an Olympic bronze medal.

Kate, sat with gold medal winners Dame Kelly Holmes and Katherine Grainger, as she cheered the Team GB women to victory against New Zealand.

After the match, Kate who was wearing a white Team GB T-shirt, hugged team captain Kate Walsh and praised the players.

The Duchess, who captained her first XI at Marlborough College, had also visited the team during pre-Games training at the park.

Victorious team captain Kate Walsh who fractured her her jaw after being hit by a stick during a game last week, said: "She said congratulations and we all looked like we'd worked so hard, she gave me a little hug and just said I was really brave.

"She's played. She played a lot at school, so she knows the game, although the game's moved on a little bit from when she played.

"Still she loves watching, it's brilliant to have her there in the crowd."

The hockey bronze came as Britain scored more Olympic success with its sailors and boxers all adding to its medal tally.

The boxers have won one bronze and at least one silver and two bronzes are guaranteed in bouts to come.

There were silvers for sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, and Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell.

And Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad later earned himself a shot at an Olympic bronze medal in taekwondo by beating Iran's Yousef Karami in the under-80kg repechage.

The day's action means Team GB's medal haul at London 2012 is now 56 - 25 gold, 15 silver and 16 bronze.

But there was disappointment for gold medal hopeful Shanaze Reade, who could only finish sixth in the women's BMX at the London 2012 Velopark.

Prime Minister David Cameron, his wife Samantha, Chancellor George Osborne and David Beckham were among the 6,000 crowd willing Reade to victory, but the 23-year-old Crewe rider started poorly and could not recover.

She said: "I'm pretty emotionless. I'm sure it will sink in, but the Olympic Games is the biggest platform you can race at and you've just got to give it your best.

"I just tried to stay focused and do my absolute best and today it just wasn't good enough."

Boxer Luke Campbell, 24, from Hull, won his way through to a final on Saturday against family friend John Joe Nevin, of Ireland, as he bids to fulfil his lifelong ambition of winning an Olympic gold.

Anthony Ogogo, from Suffolk was floored twice while losing in his semi-final, but can console himself with a bronze medal.

Fred Evans and Anthony Joshua will fight later tonight for the chance of a gold medal tomorrow - with at least a bronze already secured.

After winning at the ExCel, Campbell said: "It's all about the gold medal for me now, but I'm proud of what I've done so far and I'm happy to make my family proud and my little lad and my home town of Hull. The support I have received from home and in the arena has been amazing."

Despite missing out on gold, sailors Patience and Bithell were confident they would be back to the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

But there was no regret from the Britons after crossing the finish line at Weymouth behind Australia.

Patience, from Aberdeen, said: "It's not gold but there's plenty of time. We're young boys and we'll be coming back and we'll mean business next time round yet again."

But Mills and Clark were upset to miss out on winning another British gold.

The duo, together for just 18 months, were beaten in the final by New Zealand.

Clark said: "I'm gutted at the moment. We didn't even put a good show on really."

An emotional Mills said: "I'm pretty gutted to be honest. But we've had a wicked 18 months together and Sas is amazing, we've had a great time."