Loved Bradley, Jessica, Mo, the GB Team Pursuit squads, Sir Chris, the rowers and kayakers etc. Also, Nick Skelton finally winning gold. i have absolutely no idea or interest in show-jumping, but the bloke’s been around for ever, and it must mean so much to finally win gold in your own Olympics in front of your own home crowd. Every medal by British athletes has been brilliant; Christine Ohoruogu, Beth Tweddle, the Brownlee brothers. All of them deserve so much respect.
But a special moment for me was seeing Anna Meares win the sprint in such style. She came back from a broken neck in 2007 to win silver in Beijing, and is a true fighter. Fantastic to watch.
The Meares V Pendleton rivalry is one of the best in sport, ever. Up there with Leonard V Duran, England v Germany, Senna v Prost, Real Madrid v Barcelona, Coe V Ovett, Borg v Mcenroe, Jocky Wilson V Eric Bristow. It’s sad that it’s over, and nice to see some real respect between the two at the end.