By Chris Roberts, PA Sport

Leanda Cave claimed the silver medal for Wales in the women's triathlon this morning but England's Jodie Swallow was left empty-handed after a falling off her bike during the cycling stage.

Carol Montgomery of Canada won gold after completing the 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run in two hours 3.17 minutes, with Cave coming home in 2.03:37 and Nicole Hackett winning bronze for Australia in 2.03:42.

Swallow (2.06:22) finished well down from the medal positions in eighth place after her back wheel slipped in the rainy conditions.

Cave said: "I was very pleased with my race. I thought I was going to have to settle for fourth but the crowd got behind me and pushed me on. Second was beyond my expectations.

"I was confident of a medal coming in on the run.

"Carol (Montgomery) pushed the pace and I fell off it twice but I managed in the last lap to find enough in myself to pull out a silver medal.

"I just thought I can only give it a go. I thought 'if there's any chance I have got to go for it'."

England's Jodie Swallow was disappointed not to have done better than her eighth position, one place behind compatriot Michelle Dillon, having fallen off her bike.

She said: "I came here hoping to do better than I did, but I had a bit of bad fortune which suggested it wasn't my day.

"You come here for medals, but I've now got to pick myself up and look to the future."

Montgomery was stunned that she won the gold medal after revealing that injury almost gatecrashed her party.

"I've had a foot injury," she said. "The doctors froze it for me this morning so I didn't feel any pain. I didn't think I'd finish the run today but it worked.

"I kept getting dropped by the pack in the swim as it was so fast. I kept thinking to myself this is fast today.

"When I got out of the water I realised I was in the first pack and that was why it was so fast.

"I would have been happy with any colour but gold is extra special. This is the second most exciting race to win behind the Olympics.

"I thought I was in pretty good form coming into the games, enough to medal, but I didn't think it was enough for gold.

"Anything that could have gone wrong went wrong to get here but everything went right on the day.

"The bike is normally my weakness but everyone was so cautious around the corners that I was able to stay in touch."