Kate builds fences for medal challenge

Britian's Kate Allenby, a bronze medallist at the Sydney Games, was rebuilding her medal challenge in Athens today, after an impressive comeback in the fencing section of the women's modern pentathlon.

However, World No1 Georgina Harland, who is also based at the world class Bath University training site, was struggling to live up to her pre-Games billing as a potential gold medal winner.

Harland is expected to feature strongly in the swimming, riding and running events later in the day, but was carrying forward a deficit of more than a minute after the first two disciplines.

Harland and Allenby failed to shoot to their potential in the opening discipline, raising immediate concerns about their bid for medals.

Harland, scored 156 out of a possible 200 compared to her season's best of 181 while Allenby collected 169 - 16 down on her best this year.

It was Allenby who looked the more assured in this discipline and she made the most of the support from a large British section of the crowd, raising her fist in celebration of another win. She scored 21.10 points and moved up from 19th to 7th after two events.