13/08/2012 Newsround


13/08/2012

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This is Newsround and this is the Olympic Park, where over the past

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three weeks we have seen drama, excitement, passion, dreams

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fulfilled and hopes shattered. For a record third time, London has

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hosted the Olympic Games, and boy, was it one to remember. So sit

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tight and relive the greatest sporting event you'll ever see.

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Great Britain, into the record Chad le Clos is Olympic champion!

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That is the greatest Olympian in history. That champion becomes a

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legend! The gold medal is Mexico's! Jamaica have the gold medal again

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and it is a new world record! you ever seen anything like that?!

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London 2012 has been the most successful games for Britain for

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100 years. In Beijing, the team climbed to fourth in the medal

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table, but over the past couple of weeks, led by the cyclists, Team GB

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have an amazing third place, with 29 gold medals. Only beaten by

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China and the USA, countries with much bigger populations.

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Why have we done so well this time around? Of course, it's down to

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really talented athletes trying really hard. But, as Joe's been

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finding out, there's one thing that's really allowed the GB team

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to concentrate on training and get the best support possible. Money -

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and lots of it. The London 2012 Games were amazing

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for Team GB. It's hard to believe then that 16 years ago, Britain

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only won one gold at the Olympics in Atlanta. Where did this massive

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improvement come from? Three words. Cold hard cash. Since 1996,

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millions and millions of pounds have been poured into sport to get

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our athletes competing with, and beating, the best in the world.

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Lots of the money came from the National Lottery. It worked too

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because at the next Games in Sydney, Great Britain won 11 golds, the

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most for 80 years. And then this happened. The City of London.

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it was decided seven years ago that London would host the Games, the

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money invested went through the roof. Over half a billion pounds

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was pumped into helping our competitors win at both the Beijing

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Olympics in 2008 and these Games in London. But the money wasn't just

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given to any sport. Events and athletes that could do well were

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picked out, and cash was spent on top quality facilities, performance

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scientists and the very best coaches. That meant that athletes

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like the cyclists were able to train in places like this, the

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Manchester Velodrome. The cycling centre where Chris Foy and Victoria

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Pendleton were given the best sports scientists and coaches in

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the business to allow them to concentrate on their training and

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win gold. The pressure is now on to keep the

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medals coming in the future. But the question is, can Great Britain

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continue its success into the next Olympics in Rio and beyond? Now we

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need to make sure that we increase the amount of clubs have edible for

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people to take up the sport, because if they take -- take it up,

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there will be future champions, so we have to filter this right down

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to the chain, go to the grassroots communities and clubs and then keep

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them sustained. Then we will have a huge legacy after the Games.

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Apart from the success of the British team, what's the verdict on

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London 2012? Pretty good. These Games were designed to be different

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from what had gone before. Temporary venues, recycling and

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giant, enthusiastic crowds have set the London games apart.

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It was clear from the opening ceremony, these Olympics Games were

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going to be different. People around the world agreed the opening

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ceremony was stylish, surprising, and very, very British. The plan

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was to host the most environmentally friendly Games ever.

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The park was designed with local wildlife in mind, with homes for

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birds, otters and insects all built-in. London was the first

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Games to recycle rubbish rather than putting it into landfill. And

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rubbish isn't the only thing being reused. The hockey, basketball and

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water polo arenas will all be dismantled, their parts recycled

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elsewhere. Another thing that set London apart were the crowds. A

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record-breaking 7.4 million people visited Olympic venues across the

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UK during the Olympic Games. Early problems with empty seats were

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sorted and by the time the athletics started, the stadium was

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packed. The Olympic flame has now been put out and the petals of the

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cauldron taken back by each of the 206 competing countries. Next stop

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- Rio. No pressure, guys. Most people are agreed that these

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Olympics have done Britain proud. From the cheerful volunteers, to

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the huge and vocal crowds and of course, the amazing performances

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and record medal haul of the British team. Rio will have a lot

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to live up to in 2016. I'll leave you with some of the British team's

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It is gold for Bradley Wiggins! pride of Sheffield, the pride of

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Great Britain, Jessica Ennis is the Jason Kenny is the Olympic sprint

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champion! We have done it, we have done it, and we have done it in

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style! You are an Olympic champion, Catherine, you are an Olympic

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champion! Great Britain win the # We can be heroes just for one day

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What are you thinking, the last man into the arena? It is in the bag.

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Katherine Grainger is the Olympic champion! Ben Ainslie! It is big!

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Can graduations! Well done! It is a gold medal for Andy Murray!

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