Olympics' Most Amazing Moments

:00:21. > :00:27.The Olympics, the greatest show on earth. A sporting carnival of

:00:27. > :00:32.athleticism and produce wes, Extravaganza of passion. Invented

:00:32. > :00:39.by the ainshents and sent on mount Olympus, to offer the King of the

:00:39. > :00:46.Gods. Now at last in its true spiritual home. Stratford, East

:00:46. > :00:52.London. Join us as we tell the story of the glory that is the

:00:52. > :00:57.Olympic Games. Tingeel down the spine. Even now it makes you go wow.

:00:57. > :01:05.The story of the greatest athletes on the earth. He was like a living,

:01:05. > :01:11.breathing action man. And the odd crazy priest. The most compelling

:01:11. > :01:17.events ever invented. And jumping over fences. The fitest human

:01:17. > :01:24.beings in the world. It was just unreal. She was like a machine!

:01:24. > :01:31.some slightly out of breath ones. Yes coming soon to a television

:01:31. > :01:41.screen near you, the Olympics minutes, 50 most amazing moments,

:01:41. > :01:47.

:01:47. > :01:51.welcome to our choice of the very - offer. Let's get under way,

:01:51. > :01:58.Lieutenant Columbo on the TV Osmonds top of the charts and half

:01:58. > :02:05.the male population look like geography teachers. It is 1972. In

:02:05. > :02:11.muepnich it is the mens basketball final, against the USSR. It was

:02:11. > :02:16.pride at stake and USA had never been beaten. It is like Germany and

:02:16. > :02:19.England in football. Negotation Russia there was a war brewing,

:02:19. > :02:26.Russia there was a war brewing, likes the most extreme rivalry.

:02:26. > :02:30.COMMENTATOR: This could be the winning shot, such pressure on a

:02:30. > :02:37.young man. COMMENTATOR: Three seconds left of play, and the

:02:37. > :02:44.United States kept their record. The Yanks won another medal. Let's

:02:44. > :02:50.all celebrate with a corn dog. COMMENTATOR: The most fantastic

:02:50. > :02:55.ball finish in the Olympics. Hong on a second. You have officials

:02:55. > :03:02.making the signal, three on their hands. That's because the USSR

:03:02. > :03:06.signalled for a time out and it was given eventually. We talked to the

:03:06. > :03:11.Refs, we like more time please, I will punch you in the head if you

:03:12. > :03:18.don't give me more time. COMMENTATOR: The rev said three

:03:18. > :03:25.seconds left to play. What can you do in three seconds. You knew...

:03:25. > :03:33.Once they've reset the clock again. That the Russians were going to

:03:33. > :03:38.score. COMMENTATOR: I do not believe it. The Soviet Union scored

:03:38. > :03:45.and won! COMMENTATOR: Can you believe it is possible. Holy

:03:45. > :03:50.Kremlin. To lose to the old enemy and in such a controversial fashion

:03:51. > :04:00.it was major, major scandal. They would have beared it a little bit

:04:00. > :04:05.more, if it was to any other country, but to the USSR no way.

:04:05. > :04:13.was the first time the USSR hadn't won the gold medal until basketball

:04:13. > :04:16.was introduced to the Olympics in was introduced to the Olympics in

:04:16. > :04:21.1976t shows every second counts. When you think of the countries

:04:21. > :04:31.that have produced the Olympics fastest men, you think of America.

:04:31. > :04:35.

:04:35. > :04:44.And Jamaica. But mainly America. As the Games head today Moscow in

:04:44. > :04:48.19 80 the world was in shock as the USSR along with 65 other nations

:04:49. > :04:52.forced the athletes to boycott the limbs, because of the invasion in

:04:52. > :04:57.Afghanistan. It was a dark side. But at least it meant fast

:04:57. > :05:00.Americans weren't going to be there, and us Brits may have a chance of

:05:00. > :05:06.winning something. 1980 Olympics were interesting, because the

:05:06. > :05:12.Americans boycotted it. And they're all traditionally very good for

:05:12. > :05:18.sprint events. All the Americans and car a beans, none were there.

:05:18. > :05:22.It was a great expectation. Scotsman, Alan Wells paleest

:05:23. > :05:28.sprinter, was in with a chance. Before you may say no, he may

:05:28. > :05:35.scrape fourth or fifth, and all of a sudden there was someone who can

:05:35. > :05:45.get a medal We were introduced to his shy and retiring wife, Margot

:05:45. > :05:45.

:05:45. > :05:53.who was in the stands. It appears he is cheered on or married to,

:05:53. > :05:57.mental. It was perfect, he won the gold. Wells had done it, scareed on

:05:57. > :06:02.by wife Margot. COMMENTATOR: Alan Wells goes along with the all time

:06:02. > :06:07.greats. It was the first time a Brit had won the 1 Park Si-Hun

:06:07. > :06:17.metre final since 1924. Unbelieveable I got a gold medal,

:06:17. > :06:27.

:06:27. > :06:33.in an event I had less chance in. He is still an Olympic champion,

:06:33. > :06:37.for a man from Scotland to win the final that's good going. It is his

:06:37. > :06:47.name on the record books, but he's got it and he's done and deserves

:06:47. > :06:50.

:06:50. > :07:00.it. He was this incredible diver who won in 198. He was out-and-out

:07:00. > :07:02.

:07:02. > :07:08.one of the best divers in the world. Yes he was good as he gets. He lost

:07:08. > :07:16.his head. He misjublged it, and banged his head on the board.

:07:16. > :07:22.That's got to hurt. This kid's face says it all. Greg Louganis could

:07:22. > :07:28.not survive, the Olympics was over! Not really. He doesn't do dying, he

:07:28. > :07:38.does diving and incredibly, he and his sore head went to achieve

:07:38. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:43.Olympic glory Could days later with stitches he wins the gold medal.

:07:43. > :07:51.How hard core is that. Is there any other athlete who

:07:51. > :07:59.could come back so quickly from such an injury and win a gold medal.

:07:59. > :08:08.He is ironman. If I stubed my toe there, I was never there again.

:08:08. > :08:13.Greg Louganis and head and shoulders above the rest. 1984

:08:13. > :08:19.Olympic Games, American style. of the free, home of the brave, and

:08:19. > :08:29.in 1984 host of the greatest ceremony ever seen. A warm welcome

:08:29. > :08:30.

:08:30. > :08:36.from the citizens of California marked a huge scale of opening

:08:36. > :08:42.ceremonies, there was dancing girls, a rocket man and dancing pianos.

:08:42. > :08:49.Rocket man had nothing to do with Olympics at all, it was something

:08:49. > :08:55.amazingly cool. Just comes out of nowhere and plys around for a bit

:08:55. > :09:01.and that's him done. He wasn't carrying a bat done or relay, he

:09:01. > :09:04.was a rocket man on his own. What about a hand holding sing along

:09:04. > :09:08.with this lady. # We can change things

:09:08. > :09:14.# If we start giving # Why don't you #

:09:15. > :09:20.They cut to Paris, French people holding hands. Wind mill in

:09:21. > :09:26.Rotterdam, holding hands and there was us, in kilts, we might as well

:09:26. > :09:30.as been eating leaks. If you thought the Opening Ceremony was

:09:30. > :09:40.dramatic the Closing Ceremony was out of this world. The Closing

:09:40. > :09:43.

:09:43. > :09:48.Ceremony was a sci-fi spectacular. The love child of Frankenstein in a

:09:48. > :09:56.stormtrooper had a message for the watching world. I have come a long

:09:56. > :10:01.way, because I like what I've seen. It wouldn't surprise me if people

:10:01. > :10:08.watched that and said, the aliens have landed. Hey, babe, you want to

:10:08. > :10:14.come in here, you never guess what's turned up at the Closing

:10:14. > :10:24.Ceremony. I salute you. The show that kept on giving. How do you top

:10:24. > :10:29.

:10:29. > :10:36.that all off, Lionel Richie. # All night long #

:10:36. > :10:43.. Music Martians and monumental madness, how future games compete.

:10:43. > :10:48.We have more coming up. When I'm not filming here, I use this place

:10:48. > :10:54.as a retirement home for old Olympians, it takes a lot of upkeep

:10:54. > :10:59.but you should think about it. retirement home for golden oldies.

:10:59. > :11:04.Or silver or bronze. It is not about the winning, it is about the

:11:04. > :11:12.taking part. Kelly, show me that bronze again you won in Athens. But

:11:12. > :11:20.Dean, you didn't win that did you. When I sat on the start line for

:11:20. > :11:28.the Olympics in '92, I was unemployment carpenter, married and

:11:28. > :11:34.two kids, no money. Chris Boardman was Britain's great hope. In the

:11:34. > :11:38.four case cycling race, he would need belief for gold. If there was

:11:38. > :11:43.a gold medal for modesty, he was the man. I didn't believe me,

:11:43. > :11:53.because that happens to other people, people you see on

:11:53. > :11:57.

:11:57. > :12:01.television. In the final he was up It was an exhilarating moment for

:12:01. > :12:07.Britain. But Chris had his wheels firmly on the ground. A lot of

:12:07. > :12:14.athlete manage to get excited, I used to get scared.

:12:14. > :12:20.COMMENTATOR: Chris Boardman has Lehmann in his sights. He laughed

:12:20. > :12:24.him en route to gold. He was unstoppable.

:12:24. > :12:32.He doesn't just catch him, he overtakes him and on the line he is

:12:32. > :12:39.ahead. Completely incondeefable. Chris Boardman is going to take the

:12:39. > :12:43.gold medal to be the Olympic champion. To be last on a velodrome

:12:43. > :12:48.is unheard of. And how much of a beast he was, and had the guts to

:12:48. > :12:52.say, I'm not going to win this, I'm going to catch him up and overtake

:12:52. > :12:57.him. One of the greatest performances I've ever seen...

:12:57. > :13:03.Chris Boardman is the Olympic champion, what a fantastic displace.

:13:03. > :13:11.He remained the unflapable modesty. I was aware, but emotionally, not

:13:11. > :13:17.the euphoria I was expecting. I'm always a glass half sort of person.

:13:17. > :13:26.Chris Boardman cycling super hero, not that he would let it go to his

:13:26. > :13:31.head. All American hero, sprint superstar but Olympic inspiration.

:13:31. > :13:36.In 1988 selves diagnosed with graves disease, a thyroid problem,

:13:36. > :13:39.that can lead to strokes, and blindness. After receiving

:13:39. > :13:46.radiation treatment, she was told she was lucky to survive. She could

:13:46. > :13:50.have lost her feet, she came back, not only fighting the disease but

:13:51. > :13:57.got herself back to Olympic level fitness. In 1929, 19 months after

:13:57. > :14:00.unable to stand up. She was back on the starting line for the hundred

:14:01. > :14:04.metres final. You think an athlete who almost

:14:04. > :14:09.lost their feet would never come back to the sport. But she had a

:14:09. > :14:19.fighting spirit in her, who could realistically win a medal. It was

:14:19. > :14:20.

:14:21. > :14:24.amazing. She overcomes this incredible,

:14:24. > :14:33.almost terminal illness, comes back to the Olympics and wins a gold

:14:33. > :14:38.medal. It is a great moment in sport. Deeverdeeverdeever, a

:14:38. > :14:42.champion and one of life's survivors. Next we have the story

:14:42. > :14:48.of a man who wasn't satisfied with being the best at one discipline,

:14:48. > :14:52.he want to be the best at ten. It is known as the toughest event of

:14:52. > :14:57.them all the decathlon, ten disciplines, each of them more

:14:57. > :15:01.demanding, challenging and harder than the one that came before. Yes,

:15:01. > :15:10.thank you Dean. This isn't about you. This is about the other fella,

:15:10. > :15:15.the one with the moustache. COMMENTATOR: The crowd already

:15:15. > :15:21.abroading the greatest all-round athlete in the world. At the 1980

:15:21. > :15:26.Games Daley Thompson stormed to gold in the decathlon. COMMENTATOR:

:15:26. > :15:31.Thompson the Olympic champion. An icon was born, inspiring our

:15:31. > :15:39.children in facial hair habits. It was in LA four years later the man

:15:39. > :15:44.with the tash, that made Hulk Hogan look like a schoolgirl cemented him

:15:44. > :15:52.on the books. But could his performance match his personality

:15:52. > :15:59.and allow him to win a second gold and become a legend? Yes!

:15:59. > :16:08.He's rock n' roll. He was like a living, breathing action man.

:16:08. > :16:14.Swiss army athleteings he could do everything, he's amazing. Daley

:16:14. > :16:18.Thompson was a rock star, he was my hero, every boy in the '80s, loved

:16:18. > :16:23.him. COMMENTATOR: World champion and twice Olympics champion.

:16:23. > :16:29.There's no-one in the world who can match that record. He didn't making

:16:29. > :16:34.history and giving the nation one of the greatest Olympic moments,

:16:34. > :16:39.winning not only the second gold but smashing the world record.

:16:39. > :16:43.was a great performance, showcaseing the full strength and

:16:43. > :16:50.agility. Dave could do nothing but make headlines. Whether it was on

:16:50. > :16:57.the track or podium, whisling the National Anthem, rather than

:16:57. > :17:06.singing it. He is doing complex harm any. That's his rebellious

:17:06. > :17:12.side. There's no denying or anyone like Daley Thompson. He was the

:17:12. > :17:15.best we had, and greatest Olympian ever. He is still rock n' roll,

:17:15. > :17:21.I've been flat tyre events and he rocks up in a track suit, and

:17:21. > :17:31.thinks what is he doing, but you know what, he is Daley Thompson, he

:17:31. > :17:41.

:17:41. > :17:45.The triple jump. One of the select Olympic sports that Britain chooses

:17:45. > :17:55.to exsell at. Edwards left a marker in the sand when he took the gold

:17:55. > :17:58.

:17:58. > :18:03.in Sydney in 2000, but in 20004, all eyes were on Phillips Idowu.

:18:03. > :18:10.He's the only guy he's taken to sport and I thought wow, who is

:18:10. > :18:16.this player. But it didn't go to plan. COMMENTATOR: He has a red

:18:16. > :18:21.flag. He is a great athlete who wins medals, on this day, awful.

:18:21. > :18:28.Everyone can freeze up just before that big moment, I'm sure there's

:18:28. > :18:35.many men when the big moment is about to happen and he can't rise

:18:35. > :18:38.to the challenge. We can forgive a single mistake, but two is taking

:18:38. > :18:43.the Mickey. COMMENTATOR: Now he is in real trouble. He was training

:18:43. > :18:53.for years, how are you getting this wrong, time after time. He had one

:18:53. > :18:58.

:18:58. > :19:03.more chance to get it right. COMMENTATOR: Phillips Idowu is out

:19:03. > :19:09.of the Olympics. Having a complete mayor in front of the stadium, let

:19:09. > :19:12.alone the rest of the world, it must be pretty difficult to take.

:19:12. > :19:17.COMMENTATOR: Where do you go from here? Home.

:19:17. > :19:27.It was more than a bad hair day in Athens, but four years later, he

:19:27. > :19:30.

:19:30. > :19:35.picked up a silver and maintained So just how will he fare in London

:19:35. > :19:43.and how will he be styling his hair. When he get the juch and nails it,

:19:43. > :19:46.he is unbeatable. 2012, he's going to get gold. Don't let us down big

:19:46. > :19:51.guy. For all the glory of the Olympics, sometimes there are

:19:51. > :19:54.athletes who do their best, but their best isn't good enough.

:19:54. > :20:00.can have bucket-loads of determination, but without talent

:20:00. > :20:07.you're never going to climb on the medal podium. For those athletes,

:20:07. > :20:17.they may as well have stayed at home. Do you mean Eddie the Eagle.

:20:17. > :20:23.I mean Eric the eel. Here's ski jumper Eddie in his prime. We love

:20:23. > :20:31.an underdog. People trying their best but never winning anything.

:20:31. > :20:36.But in Sydney Aquatic Centre, we were introduced an underdog, who

:20:36. > :20:44.blew Eddie the Eagle out of the water.

:20:45. > :20:49.After his two competitors got disqualified for false starts,

:20:49. > :20:56.extorl Guinea, swimmer found himself the sole swimmer. He only

:20:56. > :21:03.learnt to swim eighth months before and never got his trunks left in an

:21:03. > :21:08.Olympic size pool. Eric the Eel was a man, who, essentially could

:21:08. > :21:12.barely swim. All was going OK, but then someone told him he had to go

:21:12. > :21:20.back again. First length he gets through it, but on the way back the

:21:20. > :21:26.guy's knack kered. He is racing no- one, and yet still he almost didn't

:21:26. > :21:31.finish it. COMMENTATOR: This guy doesn't look like he's going to

:21:31. > :21:36.make it. I was on the side and I thought I would have to go in and

:21:36. > :21:41.get him. Slowly and surely the Aussies started getting behind him.

:21:41. > :21:47.I'm not sure he will make it, this is the Olympics, he has 17,000

:21:47. > :21:57.people shouting for him. There's a bit at the end, saying please make

:21:57. > :22:00.

:22:00. > :22:07.it. Let not have the lifeguard in to save you. Jung-Il Byun wins the

:22:07. > :22:13.stroke. He underdoggyed himself in the slowest time. I'm feeling good.

:22:13. > :22:17.I am happy. The swimming pool facilities must be very poor. But

:22:17. > :22:21.you think maybe if there isn't a pool, take advantage of the

:22:21. > :22:26.hundreds of miles of coastline. the next few years, Eric was keen

:22:26. > :22:30.to show the world the eel was the real deal but the Government

:22:30. > :22:36.wouldn't grant him a visa to travel to Athens, four years later. What

:22:36. > :22:45.do they know. It was one of those things that makes the Olympics

:22:45. > :22:49.special. Roger Kingdom had a dream. Gabrielle had a dream and I have a

:22:49. > :22:55.strange recurring dream involving lots of little rabbits.

:22:55. > :23:04.But at the 1929 Olympics it was a Dream Team that stole the show,

:23:04. > :23:12.with the USSR basketball db United States basketball team. They were a

:23:12. > :23:16.team of superstars. These guys were the best players on the planet.

:23:16. > :23:21.Magic Johnson, Charles Berkeley. Micheal Jordan.

:23:21. > :23:27.And you had at least another five, huge names in the States. That kind

:23:27. > :23:34.of team if you assembleed it on a PlayStation, or XBox you would

:23:34. > :23:40.think you were chaegt. For the first time stars from the NBA were

:23:40. > :23:43.allowed to compete at the Olympics. Imagine bars clonea 14 played in

:23:43. > :23:46.the Scottish League, that's how superior they were.

:23:46. > :23:51.COMMENTATOR: This is exhibition stuff, early on by the United

:23:51. > :23:56.States. It was the sporting equivalent of Paris Hilton taking

:23:56. > :24:04.on Stephen Hawking in a Mensa test and the results were inevitable.

:24:04. > :24:08.COMMENTATOR: United States toying. They an my late everyone. It was

:24:08. > :24:18.pretty much like the Harlem globe troters every game, they were

:24:18. > :24:23.

:24:23. > :24:28.It would be ever beat every team by an average of 40 points. It was

:24:28. > :24:35.ridiculous how easy it was for them. It was men against boys stuff, even

:24:35. > :24:40.though the boys from tall. Croatia was in the final, with America

:24:40. > :24:48.scoring 117 en route to victory. Come on, you can't have five top

:24:48. > :24:55.athletic black guys, against a team of five white gays in Croatia, in a

:24:55. > :25:02.game which involves running high and juching. You know who is going

:25:02. > :25:10.to win that. It is all over the result by no means a surprise. A

:25:10. > :25:20.performance as expected. Magic Johnson and the USSR the Dream Team

:25:20. > :25:24.

:25:24. > :25:29.Yeah it is mad and insane, but you know what, that's what the Olympics

:25:29. > :25:35.are, and that's what it takes to be a winner. The light came on and it

:25:35. > :25:43.was obvious that he had hit me. Exhaugs, it looked like she downed

:25:43. > :25:47.a bottle of vodka and detached from a hen party somewhere. American

:25:47. > :25:52.swimmer, Spitz spits wasn't just a King of the pool he had the look.

:25:52. > :25:59.After all nothing says 70s, God like a Beatles hair cut and tash.

:25:59. > :26:03.It is the combination of Magnum PI, porn star athlete. That's Spitz

:26:03. > :26:10.spits. # Daddy cool #

:26:10. > :26:13.That is the best moustache ever worn. You're talking hundreds of a

:26:13. > :26:17.second, making the difference between first, second and third, so

:26:17. > :26:23.you're not going to grow a moustache, which means you could

:26:23. > :26:31.lose by 1 Park Si-Hunth of a second, or you can't breathe. Sports

:26:31. > :26:37.technology and water friction study robed your Olympic swimmer of a

:26:37. > :26:43.good Muzzy. Another world record for the superSwitzerland.

:26:43. > :26:47.In 1972, Switzerland won all seven events he entered. Breaking a world

:26:47. > :26:53.record in everyone. He is lightening, seven golds says it all.

:26:53. > :27:00.He could have swam so much faster, if he put a cap on and shaved off

:27:00. > :27:06.the beard. COMMENTATOR: Wonder swimmer of Spitz spits. It was

:27:06. > :27:12.amazing, seven golds and records, it was never going to be beaten.

:27:12. > :27:21.was, 36 years later, thanks to fellow American, with Michael Fred

:27:21. > :27:27.Phelps. When a record is broken, you're not cool any more, you have

:27:28. > :27:37.nothing you have nothing to say. can only judge it in the point in

:27:38. > :27:38.

:27:38. > :27:44.history. He was the best guy on seven events on that Games. Imagine,

:27:44. > :27:49.the and the letism needed not just to race against the clock, but

:27:49. > :27:55.hurdle fences at full pelt as well. It is not eegsy. Explosive power

:27:55. > :28:01.and timing, it has to be one of the toughest Olympic events of all time.

:28:01. > :28:11.You're about to show my silver medal... We're not, something

:28:11. > :28:11.

:28:11. > :28:20.better, something called horse OK it is actually called the modern

:28:20. > :28:25.pentathlon, invented and based around the five skills a cavalry

:28:25. > :28:30.officer would need. The events involved are pistol shooting,

:28:30. > :28:36.fenceing, swimming, running, and last of all, naturally, showjumping.

:28:36. > :28:41.It is all a bit horses, guns and swords, generally not many things

:28:41. > :28:46.we can practice. We didn't do pentathlon at our school. It is a

:28:46. > :28:50.tricky event but gets you have to when it comes to the equest treeian

:28:50. > :28:56.discipline, as like the individual horse riders, they don't have their

:28:56. > :29:00.own horse and have to ride a unfamiliar beast. You walk forward

:29:00. > :29:06.and take the Ping-Pong ball, it has a number, all the horses are lined

:29:06. > :29:16.up, they have numbers on them. is the ultimate lucky dip, but in

:29:16. > :29:22.

:29:22. > :29:28.2008, we saw how unlucky pairings We've got four other sports to

:29:28. > :29:31.train for. We're not spending all that time on a horse.

:29:31. > :29:40.Yeah that definitely seems to be the case.

:29:40. > :29:43.I know what event I'm looking forward to at London 012.

:29:43. > :29:47.Beijing Olympics, OK, was phenomenonal.

:29:47. > :29:52.As we've seen the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics is the precurseor

:29:52. > :29:58.to the greatest show on earth and it is crucial you do everything as

:29:58. > :30:05.you can to make it as perfect. The Chinese went above and beyond the

:30:05. > :30:09.call of duty. 15,000 performers, four billion TV viewers and cost of

:30:09. > :30:16.$1 Park Si-Hun million. Nothing was left to chance, the world was star

:30:16. > :30:22.struck, as this girl stole the planet's hearts. Wearing a red

:30:22. > :30:32.dress and pig tails she charmed the audience with rendition of Ode To

:30:32. > :30:34.

:30:34. > :30:38.But it wasn't her voice we could hear. The kid they got to sing and

:30:38. > :30:42.had the Voice Of An Angel didn't look like an angel, so this young

:30:42. > :30:51.woman was asked to step in a recording booth and sing her

:30:51. > :30:58.version of the song which was dubbed on to the I aming of a young

:30:58. > :31:05.girl, which, to be honest looks similar, but she did have straight

:31:06. > :31:15.teeth. Perhaps we used Brad Pitt in a bores Johnson wig to introduced

:31:16. > :31:19.

:31:19. > :31:28.Next thing you're saying is the fireworks was CGI'd. They looked

:31:28. > :31:35.impressive. If it they done a few sly bits, good on them, I want it

:31:35. > :31:41.on DVD. The Brits can take a leaf out of their books now CGI most of

:31:41. > :31:51.Hackney, I live there, and it won't look good on camera. No pressure

:31:51. > :31:53.

:31:53. > :31:57.then. Who was that. Dean Macey, sufd from loads of injuries.

:31:57. > :32:03.not surprised, driving like that. They never lose their competitive

:32:03. > :32:09.spirit do they. Athletes will go to great lengths to earn their moment

:32:09. > :32:15.of glory at the Games and none more so than David Neville who did his

:32:15. > :32:20.best to secure a bronze in the 4 Park Si-Hun metres in Beijing.

:32:20. > :32:26.diped really early which meant he was falling through the line.

:32:26. > :32:33.must feel awful if you're the guy feeling really, that's how you will

:32:33. > :32:38.beat me, there should be a note saying how I came third. In the day,

:32:38. > :32:45.he has Olympic third medal, Superman dive or not, he got

:32:45. > :32:49.through. All that matters he got the third and got bronze. Which

:32:49. > :32:59.other bronze medalist do you remember. This guy is remembered

:32:59. > :33:04.

:33:04. > :33:11.for being a bronze medalist, It is 2004 and in the men's sprint

:33:11. > :33:16.relay the US are red hot favourites. Whereas our boys were rank

:33:16. > :33:20.outsiders. Team GB given no hope we're going to get our arses kicked,

:33:20. > :33:23.we're the underdogs. We were making up the numbers. Americans were the

:33:23. > :33:29.favourites of course they were. Everyone thought, oh it is a done

:33:29. > :33:34.deal, United States will win it. Running the first leg was Jason

:33:34. > :33:41.Gardener. Right then was the best changeover we'd ever had. Bang the

:33:41. > :33:44.baton was gone. I can't tell you the relief for that baton out of my

:33:44. > :33:50.hand. Next up Darren Campbell to Marlon Devonish. Half way through

:33:50. > :33:55.the race, we think, we're still in it. Campbell to Devonish to Francis,

:33:55. > :34:00.it was the perfect race, each pass being better than the other pass,

:34:00. > :34:03.it was like a beautiful game of football. It came down to the

:34:03. > :34:13.smallest of margins, of 1 Park Si- Hunth of a second. That's the

:34:13. > :34:19.difference between winning and losing in the areinyas It was this

:34:19. > :34:24.baton exchange between Americans the two that cost the favourites.

:34:24. > :34:34.But Darren Campbell and the boys it must have been the most amazing

:34:34. > :34:39.

:34:39. > :34:44.moment of their lives. At lantarks the United States gym

:34:44. > :34:54.nasstx team, came down to the final event an 18-year-old American.

:34:54. > :34:55.

:34:55. > :35:02.team events was very, very close, for the medal positions. Very

:35:02. > :35:07.difficult to land. She goes down, she's injured, she's liching with

:35:07. > :35:11.an ankle injury. Surely she couldn't take a last crucial

:35:11. > :35:21.decisive juch. Everybody's counting on you, aren't they. You don't want

:35:21. > :35:28.to let anyone down. It was as close Determined not to let her team-

:35:28. > :35:33.mates down, she must have the strengthth to go again.

:35:33. > :35:39.To stand up and go, I want the gold this much that I'm prepared to

:35:39. > :35:43.maybe cause myself long-term injury, that's pretty incredible. That's

:35:43. > :35:47.superhuman. That was her big finish. Yeah it is mad and insane, but you

:35:47. > :35:52.know what, that's what the Olympics are, and that's what it takes to be

:35:52. > :35:58.a winner. When she lands, she does a weird movement thing like a

:35:58. > :36:07.toddler, shuffling along the carpet and I don't know if that's

:36:07. > :36:13.celebration or terribly injured. Following her success she was

:36:13. > :36:22.carried to the podium by her coach. Boy did they celebrate. Only way

:36:22. > :36:29.you can ever be excused of doing the dance is you're pissed, you're

:36:29. > :36:38.in Lanzarote and it is 3am. Magnificent Seven they're doing

:36:39. > :36:45.impront tue versions of the Mararana.

:36:45. > :36:55.So in 1988 and things are going rather well. Sthool then, this

:36:55. > :36:56.

:36:56. > :37:01.happened. American Park Si-Hun hundred and Roy Jones is fighting.

:37:01. > :37:07.He pummeled him.El He beat him into the ground.

:37:07. > :37:12.He demolished this guy. He kind of went, bring your face closer and

:37:12. > :37:22.I'm hitting it. He absolutely hammered him from

:37:22. > :37:22.

:37:22. > :37:32.pillar to post for three rounds. You're thinking he's won, that's

:37:32. > :37:43.

:37:43. > :37:50.obvious. In the blue corner.

:37:50. > :37:59.Everyone knew it, including the guy he fought against it. He looked

:37:59. > :38:04.embarrassed. He must have said, whatever happens, he's the gold

:38:04. > :38:09.medalist. Outrageous decision in my opinion.? The aftermath, all three

:38:10. > :38:16.judges voting against Jones were suspended but Park was allowed to

:38:16. > :38:26.keep the gold medal. Worse decision I've ever seen. That is a total

:38:26. > :38:28.

:38:28. > :38:38.farce. It is so hum bring to see ageing

:38:38. > :38:43.Olympians, ending their lives so serenely. Not all Olympians had

:38:43. > :38:48.glorious sporting years. Montreal Olympics in 1976 will be

:38:48. > :38:52.remembered for many things, chaef among them Princess Anne becoming

:38:52. > :39:01.the only royal competing for Britain when she swapped a tiara

:39:01. > :39:11.for a hard hat and road one of her mum's horses. 1976 was famous for

:39:11. > :39:11.

:39:11. > :39:20.an extraordinary case of sabotage as Boris Onischenko took on Jim fox.

:39:20. > :39:27.Fox told the referee, after Boris Onischenko had hilt him. A light

:39:27. > :39:32.came on and it was obvious that he had hit me. Dis-Oniskhenko had-the-

:39:32. > :39:41.it switched, every time he had an opponent he swapped the switch.

:39:41. > :39:47.the sward if you depress the point how did it work. He had two wires

:39:47. > :39:56.coming from the handle here, with a little switch, so, when he hit him,

:39:56. > :40:02.oh yeah, the more times:. All you needed to do is thumb flat.

:40:02. > :40:09.fact is there's no point in doing all these training, and I will he

:40:09. > :40:12.be doing this, three hours he was winning points when he was in the

:40:12. > :40:18.dressing room. It is like a James Bond villain would come up with, to

:40:18. > :40:24.win the game against Bond, that he has a button in his sword.

:40:24. > :40:34.Who would have thought the aim is to stab your opponent with a sword

:40:34. > :40:38.

:40:38. > :40:48.was so dastardly. Someone must have said, dishonest dis-Oniskhenko, I'm

:40:48. > :40:48.

:40:48. > :40:52.taking the day off. Fox and his team went to win gold. He came a

:40:52. > :41:02.tax driver. If somebody cheats in the Olympic Games there's no real

:41:02. > :41:10.point in having them at all. What's the furthest you've ever run?

:41:10. > :41:14.metres. Can you imagine running for 26 miles? Would I have to jump

:41:14. > :41:24.fences. No you wouldn't. But even without hurdles, the matter ton can

:41:24. > :41:26.

:41:26. > :41:33.A true test of stamina, grit and determination, the Marathon is one

:41:33. > :41:43.of the most testing of disciplines, in 1984, women competed for the

:41:43. > :41:44.

:41:44. > :41:51.first time too. As it is such an old outdated mind set, males are

:41:51. > :41:54.big and women do other things. one sumed it up, as Gabriela

:41:54. > :42:00.Andersen-Schiess. I love the determination to finish, and if you

:42:00. > :42:05.can get around a Marathon course, good for you, but, she looked like

:42:05. > :42:11.she'd council a bottle of vodka on the way and was detached from a hen

:42:11. > :42:19.party somewhere. It looked like she had an imaginary friend that was

:42:19. > :42:25.trying to get her to leave. Let's comeen, let's go. She's like, no,

:42:25. > :42:31.no, stop it. Joorks stop it Charlie, I will

:42:31. > :42:37.finish it. Suffering from heat exhaugs, she took five minutes and

:42:37. > :42:45.44 gruelling seconds to finish the last 44 metres of the race but

:42:45. > :42:55.still beat four other runers. Everyone was trying to run in and

:42:55. > :43:01.save her. Guys in white, going, no. No. But she makes it, and the crowd

:43:01. > :43:11.gives her an amazing ovation. deserved it, she may not have won

:43:11. > :43:12.

:43:12. > :43:19.gold but she won our heart and a well deserved lie down. Britain is

:43:19. > :43:25.rubbish at most things, so if someone is good at what they do, we

:43:25. > :43:30.love them. In 192 it was Linford Christie, when he wanted to win the

:43:30. > :43:35.100 metre sprint. It is always the biggest event. It is the one

:43:35. > :43:43.everyone wants to watch and if you're an athlete it is the one you

:43:43. > :43:53.want to win. After rein wining his first race at 26, he had taken

:43:53. > :43:57.silver behind Carl Lewis, but now at 32, Kristy stormed to victory in

:43:57. > :44:03.9.96 seconds. It was just this air of confidence about him, that you

:44:03. > :44:08.knew there was going to have to a superhuman effort for him being

:44:08. > :44:12.first past the line. No-one else had it on that day.

:44:12. > :44:18.COMMENTATOR: Kristy comes storming through, it is Linford Christie.

:44:18. > :44:24.remember, he came through the line and the arms were up, the British

:44:24. > :44:29.flag and the Union Jack. COMMENTATOR: The greatest prize in

:44:29. > :44:39.sport. That was the big win, the fact we had the fastest man in the

:44:39. > :44:42.

:44:42. > :44:47.world living in our country. Still to come: Madge stesty. - Majesty.

:44:48. > :44:52.No-one thought a woman could run 100 metres. Madness, the look on

:44:52. > :44:57.his face, it is just like. misery.

:44:57. > :45:06.She's stopping, this makes this an almost impossible situation for

:45:06. > :45:16.Paula Radcliffe. She really couldn't do it. Cuba is famous for

:45:16. > :45:19.

:45:19. > :45:25.many things, some popular some not. In the 2008 games it was Taiwan doe,

:45:25. > :45:30.that made the headlines Angel Matos made the headlines. Angel Matos a

:45:30. > :45:36.hero of mine, took the law, when the referee of the match ruled

:45:36. > :45:42.against him. He thought, I could just kind of, accept his decision,

:45:42. > :45:52.or, I could use my gifts and kick him in the head. He chose that

:45:52. > :45:54.

:45:54. > :45:59.option. It wasn't the right thing to do. It wasn't going to get him

:45:59. > :46:06.any more poins but fair place, you're kicking the guy against you,

:46:06. > :46:11.a guy is having a G kick him, if if anyone disagrees, kick them. Matos

:46:11. > :46:21.was furious about the rev disqualifying him and the reaction

:46:21. > :46:29.

:46:29. > :46:39.At the 1988 games in Seoul, a good athlete became a great athlete, as

:46:39. > :46:44.

:46:44. > :46:47.Jo Jo Jo made - Flo-Jo made her But it wasn't just her newly

:46:47. > :46:57.manicureed nails that had changed. She came back looking bigger,

:46:57. > :46:58.

:46:58. > :47:04.better, faster and harder. Times she ran were offer the planet.

:47:04. > :47:10.200 helped her team win the relay. She's running times which a good

:47:10. > :47:15.male athlete will run. That's what I try to be practice, try to make

:47:15. > :47:21.it look relaxed. No-one thought a woman could run the 100 metre at

:47:21. > :47:29.the time she did, but she did. smashed the records into little

:47:29. > :47:37.pieces. COMMENTATOR: Greatest women sprinter in all time. She became

:47:37. > :47:45.plagued of rumours with testosterone. They kept talking

:47:45. > :47:52.about bizarrely mousse scar she was. You could go in the mens race.

:47:52. > :47:59.was immensely talented athlete. It is a shame she could have done it

:47:59. > :48:03.clean, she could have made crazy times. She never failed a drugs

:48:03. > :48:09.test, but died of heart complications ten years later.

:48:09. > :48:19.There will be always abquestion mark, but the thing is she's one of

:48:19. > :48:21.

:48:21. > :48:30.the greatest Olympians ever. Greco- Roman wrestling. It is, Aleksandr

:48:30. > :48:33.Karelin was looking to win a fourth gold. The only thing scareier than

:48:33. > :48:39.Aleksandr Karelin is Aleksandr Karelin after you accidentally

:48:39. > :48:43.pinched his bottom. The only man who stood between the Russian and

:48:43. > :48:49.another Olympics triumph was Jason Gardener. Karelin had been

:48:49. > :48:56.undefeated for 13 years, and Gardener was competing in the first

:48:56. > :49:01.Olympics. People love the underdog, and we

:49:01. > :49:08.were looking at the American. I'm thinking he's going to get murdered.

:49:08. > :49:13.Nobody gave him a crack. COMMENTATOR: Karelin the Superman

:49:13. > :49:20.COMMENTATOR: Karelin the Superman from Russia.

:49:20. > :49:25.. COMMENTATOR: One point was given to Gardener. He never won anything

:49:25. > :49:34.before. We thought the Russian guy was going to use him as a toothpick.

:49:34. > :49:43.COMMENTATOR: He leads by one point to nil. Shock horror, Karelin get

:49:43. > :49:49.beaten by a man called Rulon - that's a deoat rant, right.

:49:49. > :49:54.Gardener produced a sensation. He won by a point, fending off Karelin

:49:54. > :50:04.in the last 30 seconds. The King was dead.

:50:04. > :50:05.

:50:05. > :50:10.Long live the King. The Olympics is renowned for showing the greatest

:50:10. > :50:15.athletes of all time but in Athens we were introduced to someone else

:50:15. > :50:21.entirely. Meet the strange and dangerous, horror. Previously he

:50:21. > :50:26.turned up in Silverstone and ran in front of the cars. I think, he

:50:26. > :50:32.thought, well, fast cars, maybe I should go in front of a runer and

:50:32. > :50:38.small and Brazilian. That's what he did, he wasn't going to miss the

:50:38. > :50:45.biggest stage, as he chose to ruin the hopes of winning gold in the

:50:45. > :50:52.Marathon as he led after 22 miles COMMENTATOR: My goodness me, that's

:50:52. > :50:57.an absolute disgrace. The look on his face, he is just like... Not

:50:57. > :51:04.only is the most important day of my life, I've been accosted by some

:51:04. > :51:09.prat. It was all for a worthy cause. I went to Athens to draw the

:51:09. > :51:16.attention of all mankind to the nearness of the second coming of

:51:16. > :51:24.Christ. Thanks for the heads up. is a Marathon, he ran so far, he's

:51:24. > :51:28.trained so much. And then one motheron can screw it up. Amazingly,

:51:28. > :51:34.he recovered his exposure to finish third. But robing him of the gold

:51:34. > :51:39.has clearly been on his conscience and he decided how he can repay the

:51:39. > :51:45.Brazilian for causing him heartache. I would like to go to Brazil and

:51:45. > :51:54.his tribe and village. I'm not sure you will be welcome,

:51:54. > :51:58.and steer clear of London 2012 while you're at it. The Beijing

:51:58. > :52:02.games were watched by over a billion-and-a-half of people.

:52:02. > :52:07.Olympic teams strived to ensure they fitted into the ancient

:52:07. > :52:15.customs and traditions. But the Spanish basketball team seemed to

:52:15. > :52:25.miss that memo. Spanish basketball team posed for a photo, they did a

:52:25. > :52:29.

:52:29. > :52:35.parody, of an oriental expression. It is racist. What a way to treat

:52:35. > :52:40.the hosts. Maybe they thought it would endear them. Anything I could

:52:41. > :52:45.think is maybe they thought it wasn't offensive.

:52:45. > :52:51.It was offensive, very offensive, but hold on, it is not their fault,

:52:51. > :52:55.they were told to do it by sponsors. They blamed it on the sponsors, who

:52:55. > :53:01.was sponsoring them, Bernard manning. There must be at least one

:53:01. > :53:08.person, who said, is that not racist. No it is just OK, it is a

:53:08. > :53:15.laugh. A whole nation, not only that, but a nation that has

:53:15. > :53:20.absolutely billions of people. team went to win the silver medal

:53:20. > :53:30.but history will remember them for this snap more than anything else.

:53:30. > :53:31.

:53:31. > :53:36.relay, the Americans are the biggest fish in the pond. There's

:53:36. > :53:42.only been a few times they haven't won the four by 100 metres relay.

:53:42. > :53:48.It was their property, it was the sprient relay. At Sydney they were

:53:48. > :53:55.up against the Aussies and the cowboy of swimming, AGary Hall Jr,

:53:55. > :54:01.decided to raise the temperature, when asked to about the host

:54:01. > :54:06.chances, he said they would rubbish the Americans with a guitar.

:54:06. > :54:10.should have said I'm going to mess you up with a pile of laundry.

:54:10. > :54:15.it comes. It was like a public spat between large sal monies and tune

:54:15. > :54:22.yas, and with the big race approaching, all eyes and hopes

:54:22. > :54:26.were on the Aussies, to see if they could upset the yanks. It was cat-

:54:26. > :54:30.and-mouse all the way through, nobody could call it COMMENTATOR:

:54:30. > :54:36.America second with fastest swimmer going in now, surely the Americans

:54:36. > :54:40.will win. By the third relay Yankees were looking good, leaving

:54:40. > :54:45.a final length show-down, between Gary big mouth and Ian Thorpedo

:54:46. > :54:50.Thorpe. I thought this is game over. I can't believe. Ian Thorpedo

:54:50. > :54:56.Thorpe pulled the swim of his life out. COMMENTATOR: Thorpe is coming

:54:56. > :55:00.back, I can't believe he is going to do this, he's done t Australia,

:55:00. > :55:04.crowd were going mental. COMMENTATOR: I cannot believe he's

:55:04. > :55:10.done that. The goose Butchs, tingeels down the spine, that's the

:55:10. > :55:16.best feeling I've ever had. It is a new world record. They stuffed the

:55:16. > :55:23.Americans, this is outstanding. When the Aussies, won, they did

:55:23. > :55:28.this fantastic thing, played the geetars, and made them eat their

:55:28. > :55:35.words. It was brilliant. Contrast between the American team and the

:55:35. > :55:39.for lorn faces and the Aussies on the blocks, it was fantastic.

:55:39. > :55:49.know AGary Hall Jr is getting this thought his life, hey Gary, what's

:55:49. > :55:59.

:55:59. > :56:05.up Gary, how is it going. Gary, What are you doing. I'm singing Tom

:56:05. > :56:15.Jones, I'm trying to make you feel at home. Listen, nobody imitates my

:56:15. > :56:28.

:56:28. > :56:34.mate Tom, nobody. You enjoyed it, athletes must draw on superhuman

:56:34. > :56:39.feeling of nerves and calm. But doesn't always work out like that.

:56:39. > :56:46.Trying to outpunch his opponent he decided to use his brain and the

:56:46. > :56:53.rest of his face to earn victory. There's the head, he is untidy.

:56:53. > :56:58.of the rules is you can't head butt, you're going to lose points.

:56:58. > :57:08.COMMENTATOR: There again, up and down he goes. When it comes to the

:57:08. > :57:09.

:57:09. > :57:13.judge's decision, : As soon as they lift his hand all hell breaks lose.

:57:13. > :57:19.There's all sorts of trouble in the ring. This is most unprecedented

:57:19. > :57:25.from the normally calm and sane Koreans. He looks like a mix

:57:25. > :57:32.between Wild West fighter and maerbl arts fighter. It is fabulous

:57:32. > :57:37.entertainment, completely disgraceful. At one point I thought

:57:37. > :57:44.it was a world beginness attempt, to see how many Koreans you can fit

:57:44. > :57:54.in a box. By the end, there was 11. I never saw anything like this in

:57:54. > :57:59.any amateur contest whatsoever. Not content with starting a riot, he

:57:59. > :58:02.wanted to get his point across with a sit in protest. Looks like a lie

:58:02. > :58:07.in though. Let's look at this, you head butt your opponent you lose

:58:07. > :58:13.the fight and you think the best thing to do is stage your own sit

:58:13. > :58:16.in protest. Which was hilarious, because you have the most

:58:16. > :58:21.aggressive sport, boxing and you've chosen the most peaceful protest,

:58:21. > :58:31.to have a sit in. The thing is how they handle it, they turn the

:58:31. > :58:39.

:58:39. > :58:45.lights off and go och and leave him. the corner and he looked like a sad

:58:45. > :58:52.clown. He did at least break one record, staging the longest sit-in

:58:52. > :58:56.in Olympic boxing history, before disappearing into the night.

:58:56. > :59:04.Of course, behind almost everyone who takes part in an Olympic event

:59:04. > :59:09.there is a story of dedication and hard work. Yes, I ever told you how

:59:09. > :59:14.much hard work and dedication I put in? Yes, several times. But there

:59:14. > :59:20.are some who do not deserve to be there and who have no right to

:59:20. > :59:25.share a stage with some of the world's greatest athletes. Do you

:59:25. > :59:32.mean...No, Much worse than that. Of all the Olympic events, the

:59:32. > :59:42.steemple chase is one of the more unusual. It's a 3,000 metre race

:59:42. > :59:43.

:59:43. > :59:50.but they have four hurdles and one water jump. It's like the grand

:59:50. > :59:55.Grad National. It's OK, to watch, but it's full of crazy guys.

:59:55. > :00:00.this man decided to mount a late challenge. He was dressed in full

:00:00. > :00:05.gear and he just looked like he'd just got out of bed in full gear

:00:05. > :00:11.and he came on to the track. COMMENTATOR: There's a crazy guy

:00:11. > :00:16.there. I hope someone gets hold of him. They're primed for terrorist

:00:16. > :00:22.attacks and chemical warfare and they can't stop one loony breaking

:00:22. > :00:30.out of the crowd. Everyone was going, "Oh, terrible, a protester

:00:30. > :00:36.on the track - oh, he can hurdle !" He only had two weeks of training,

:00:36. > :00:44.one week going round ASDA and the other week running away from his

:00:44. > :00:51.carer in the mental home. No-one knows if they ever caught him.

:00:51. > :01:00.When it comes to Greco-wrestling, the Yanks love it. And one man they

:01:00. > :01:07.love to see wriggling around without much on is Kurt Angle.

:01:07. > :01:14.watched him when I was young doing body slams and stuff. What kind of

:01:14. > :01:22.a name is Kurt Angle? High, I'm Tom ice Secretary of State lease, and

:01:22. > :01:30.I'm Sine and this is my brother Cosine. But Kurt shocked the world

:01:30. > :01:38.by beating the Iranian Abbas Jadidi. There was the American God up

:01:38. > :01:43.against the mean, evil Iranian! Where is the moustache? But what

:01:43. > :01:50.really made Kurt Angle's victory so amazing is that ze it with a broken

:01:50. > :01:56.neck. Yes, you heard me. An actual broken neck. I was surprised he had

:01:56. > :02:02.a neck. You'd have to hit him with a bus to break it. Kurt fractured

:02:02. > :02:09.his neck prior to the Games but still competed. No doctor was going

:02:09. > :02:17.to stop him from grappling with some tough Persian ass. Imagine

:02:17. > :02:24.what he's going to say to his kid if he stubs your toe? Hey, you

:02:24. > :02:28.stubed your toe? I won a gold medal after breaking my neck!

:02:28. > :02:34.Colin, what's all this I keep hearing about the Olympic ideal.

:02:34. > :02:39.What does it mean? That you have to win at all costs even if you gouge

:02:39. > :02:49.out your opponent's eyes? No, it's about the importance of take part.

:02:49. > :02:54.So it's not about winning? Winning doesn't matter? No. That's lucky.

:02:54. > :02:59.Paula Radcliffe, the fastest woman marathon runner of all time, with a

:02:59. > :03:04.clutch of world records, and three- times winner of the London Marathon,

:03:04. > :03:10.twice of New York and winner of the Chicago Marathon. She is the best

:03:10. > :03:16.and she is out. Paula was the golden girl of British athletics,

:03:16. > :03:23.without a doubt. It is quite rare that a British athlete is the best

:03:23. > :03:28.ever at their thing. She arrived is Athens with all hopes pinned on her.

:03:28. > :03:36.Going into Athens she was going to be the girl to bring back the

:03:36. > :03:40.golden medal, but people put it round her head too early.

:03:40. > :03:44.Inexparticularlycally she ran the race looking more like Daniel

:03:44. > :03:49.Radcliffe than Paula. Four miles before the end she realised she

:03:50. > :03:54.wasn't going to win it, so rather than carry on, she just stopped.

:03:54. > :04:00.think she should have crag dragged herself over the line, because it

:04:00. > :04:07.was the Olympics. But when she started crying, you just thought,

:04:07. > :04:13."Poor woman, she couldn't do it." feel I've let everyone down.

:04:13. > :04:18.haven't let anybody down at all. Five days later, Paula had the

:04:18. > :04:24.chance of redemption in the 10,000 metres. Paula is a fighter and if

:04:24. > :04:32.anyone could come out of that it would be Paula. The 10,000 metres,

:04:32. > :04:37.for Paula, that's a sprint. This is what legends are made of. Come on,

:04:37. > :04:41.Paula. Hang on, she is at the back. COMMENTATOR: Oh, she is stopping.

:04:41. > :04:46.She has stepped off the track. Radcliffe tried her best for

:04:46. > :04:52.Britain, but it didn't go to plan. It has been the lowest of the low

:04:52. > :04:55.and totally crushed me emotionally. I know she wasn't in shape to do it

:04:55. > :05:00.and physically and medically probably shouldn't have competed. I

:05:00. > :05:05.would have liked to have thought I would have had the balls she had

:05:05. > :05:11.and gone through with it. But she's a woman and doesn't have balls. But

:05:11. > :05:17.she is back for 2012 and we're backing her to give us a great and

:05:17. > :05:24.not heart breaking Olympic run. History will remember her as one of

:05:24. > :05:34.the best British distant runners of all time.

:05:34. > :05:35.

:05:35. > :05:44.Still to come: Love... If for some reason that led us to get together,

:05:44. > :05:54.I would do it a million more times. Heart break...COMMENTATOR: Oh, it's

:05:54. > :05:55.

:05:55. > :06:05.broken. And despair. COMMENTATOR: Oh, and Decker is down. I think she

:06:05. > :06:06.

:06:06. > :06:11.heard something lost in translation -- Mary - deck her The Sydney

:06:11. > :06:18.Olympics went down as a roaring success. It was the best by far.

:06:18. > :06:24.Everyone says they were the best so far. But for some reason the Vault

:06:24. > :06:29.gymnasts couldn't rise to the occasion. There was a wipeout on

:06:29. > :06:35.that vault. I was competing and I just couldn't figure out what was

:06:35. > :06:41.wrong. No-one could put their finger on it.

:06:41. > :06:45.Running up and...oh, no, what's going on, I don't understand.

:06:45. > :06:54.someone thought to measure the Vaulting horse and discovered it

:06:54. > :07:00.was set 5cm lower than the standard 125, upsetting years of meticulous

:07:00. > :07:06.training. I reckon it was just the guy with the overalls and the

:07:06. > :07:16.spanner who set it wrong. It was like an aggressive version

:07:16. > :07:20.of You've Been Framed. They didn't get gold but they got �250 from

:07:20. > :07:29.Harry Hill. Those poor gymnasts, some of those falls looked

:07:29. > :07:39.revaulting. Sorry! Spritsspritssprits' record of

:07:39. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:55.seven golds might just have been topped by Michael Phelps. Everyone

:07:55. > :08:01.knew that in Beijing Mark was going for eight. So many people didn't

:08:01. > :08:11.think he could do all eight. Thanks to the feet the size of

:08:11. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:17.Alaska he can swim faster than an electric eel. He has long arms and

:08:17. > :08:21.massive feet to get them through the water. He's built for swimming.

:08:21. > :08:31.But could the merman live up to the hype?

:08:31. > :08:36.The first final. Is he ready? COMMENTATOR: A stunning swim!

:08:36. > :08:42.COMMENTATOR: He's got the gold. Michael Phelps is still on for

:08:42. > :08:48.eight. That is unbelievable. Every time he won a medal, it was, right,

:08:48. > :08:52.he's got his first then his second. COMMENTATOR: Number three is in the

:08:52. > :08:58.bag, it's just whether he wins the world record. People were counting

:08:58. > :09:02.down his medals. COMMENTATOR: golds. Four races, four world

:09:02. > :09:09.records. There was no-one going to beat him. COMMENTATOR: The USA are

:09:09. > :09:15.going to take the gold in the 4X4 relay. He was just lightning.

:09:15. > :09:22.COMMENTATOR: On, Michael Phelps, he's got it. Another world record.

:09:22. > :09:26.Six golds and six world records in six days. Oh, he's got it!

:09:26. > :09:33.It was the smallest margin of victory in our sport. COMMENTATOR:

:09:33. > :09:40.I cannot believe he's just done that. Not only must he have been

:09:40. > :09:48.knackered, but ....COMMENTATOR: That is it, eight straight gold

:09:48. > :09:54.medals, Michael Phelps is the greatest. Absolutely brilliant.

:09:54. > :10:00.If I could pick a gold medal to win, my country's first-ever gold medal,

:10:00. > :10:06.it would definitely be in football. And in 2000 in Sydney that was the

:10:06. > :10:14.dream of little old Cameroon. After qualifying as runners up in their

:10:14. > :10:20.group, they drew Brazil in the quarter-finals. Everyone thought

:10:20. > :10:29.they would get thumped. But they didn't. They beat them and despite

:10:29. > :10:35.having two players sent off! To beat Brazil with nine men is

:10:35. > :10:40.impressive, 11 is good, but with nine! If anything, it's arrogant.

:10:40. > :10:47.In the final they faced Spain. The game was a cracker. We didn't give

:10:47. > :10:55.them a hope against Spain because Spain has talent cueing down the

:10:55. > :11:02.block. They were 1-0 down after two minutes. Then 2-0 down.

:11:02. > :11:08.COMMENTATOR: And it's taken. half time it seemed Cameroon would

:11:08. > :11:16.have to settle for second, but it seems the African had other ideas.

:11:16. > :11:26.COMMENTATOR: It's an own goal. It went all the way to spot kicks,

:11:26. > :11:33.

:11:33. > :11:38.where Cameroon became Germany... And Spain became England.

:11:38. > :11:42.COMMENTATOR: Cameroon have never known celebrations like it.

:11:42. > :11:47.The great thing about the Olympics is that on the day, if you have

:11:47. > :11:53.luck going your way and everything goes right, you win. And that was a

:11:53. > :11:59.huge, huge thing for football in Africa.

:11:59. > :12:08.Now, some people say that true love is inspired by cupid's arrow. But

:12:08. > :12:14.what a lot of folk don't realise is that a rifle can do the job as well.

:12:14. > :12:20.GUNSHOT I just got rid of that bloke who was hang around at the

:12:20. > :12:26.back. The skier? Yes, he's been a right nuisance.

:12:26. > :12:31.Meet Matthew Emmons. In 2004, he was regarded as a fastest, bestest

:12:31. > :12:37.shooter in the West and in the Athens games the gold medal was his

:12:37. > :12:42.if he could nail his last shot. Unbelievably, he hit someone else's

:12:42. > :12:47.target. How could he miss his target?! All he had to do was hit

:12:47. > :12:57.his target and he'd win. It's like a footballer kicking it in the

:12:57. > :13:03.wrong goal. But he was approached later that night by Czech shooter,

:13:03. > :13:09.Katerina who offered him consolation. He was drowning his

:13:09. > :13:18.sorrows in a bar and he found love. That's preying on the vulnerable.

:13:18. > :13:24.He's feeling low, move in and marry him! They are already thinking of

:13:24. > :13:31.movie titles for it. Stupid Cupid. At Beijing four years later now

:13:31. > :13:35.with his wife cheering him on, it was redemption Michael wanted, not

:13:35. > :13:41.love. All he had to do was score an easy shot. COMMENTATOR: He only has

:13:41. > :13:48.to hit the target to win the gold medal. Ready...aim...COMMENTATOR:

:13:48. > :13:53.Oh, no. I don't believe it. And I think

:13:53. > :13:58.he's surely blown it. I think the second time it happened he was just

:13:58. > :14:03.feeling cocky because he was thinking, "This is never going to

:14:03. > :14:08.happen. I can close my eyes and turn my head and isle' never do

:14:08. > :14:12.what I did last time. COMMENTATOR: There is no rhyme or reason for him

:14:12. > :14:19.to repeat what he did four years ago, but incredibly he has. But he

:14:19. > :14:23.made up for it in love. Win or lose I know she is always going to be

:14:23. > :14:28.behind me. If what happened in Athens led us to get together I

:14:28. > :14:32.would do it a million more times. I wouldn't change a thing. He is

:14:32. > :14:37.definitely the best shooter out there. There is going to be a

:14:37. > :14:46.reason why this happened, I am adjust curious why it happened.

:14:46. > :14:51.gold medal for me, that's the truth. It's 1984 and American, Evander

:14:51. > :14:53.Holyfield is favourite to win the gold medal in the boxing

:14:53. > :15:03.competition. He was a shoo-in for gold.

:15:03. > :15:03.

:15:03. > :15:10.He was knocking people out. He's an amazing fighter and a real

:15:11. > :15:17.success story for America. However, in the semi-finals it all goes pear

:15:17. > :15:23.shaped against a Kiwi. Barry versus Evander Holyfield wasn't just

:15:23. > :15:29.shocking, it was confusing. COMMENTATOR: Just as the referee

:15:29. > :15:33.stayed" stop" this man threw another punch. Barry was caught by

:15:33. > :15:39.a left hook that was deemed illegal. COMMENTATOR: I have a feeling he is

:15:39. > :15:42.going to disqualify the American for hitting Barry after the command

:15:42. > :15:48.to stop. Holyfield gets disqualified, but the rules are

:15:48. > :15:54.because the feller was knocked out he can't box for 28 days, so he's

:15:54. > :16:00.out. There was no final. That's right. Holyfield couldn't go to the

:16:00. > :16:09.final due to disqualification, and nor could Barry because he was

:16:09. > :16:17.knocked out. So Barry goes down as a bronze medallist, and comes up as

:16:17. > :16:24.a gold medallist, and the silver medallist goes to another guy.

:16:24. > :16:28.should have gone to Holyfield. the guy on the podium pulled

:16:28. > :16:33.Holyfield up on to it. It was a proud moment in the true spirit of

:16:33. > :16:37.the Olympics. Now, it is time to see a true British legend. He may

:16:37. > :16:42.never have won a gold medal but the whole nation can agree his

:16:42. > :16:48.contribution to the cause has been outstanding. It is hard to

:16:48. > :16:58.overestimate his importance. It's my silver medal from Seoul, is it?

:16:58. > :16:59.

:16:59. > :17:02.No. We're talk being Boris Johnson. Just as the Chinese closed the

:17:02. > :17:07.Beijing Games with style, panache and theatre, it was time for the

:17:07. > :17:13.world to get a first glimpse of what we would have to offer four

:17:13. > :17:18.years later in London. The world held its breath. # Always Look On

:17:18. > :17:24.The Bright Side Of Life #. When a bus went out to Beijing, there was

:17:24. > :17:29.something slightly crap about that, it has to be said. I think they

:17:29. > :17:35.should have been more realistic, and made the bus turn up late due

:17:35. > :17:40.to unattended luggage found on it. We don't want you to think it's

:17:40. > :17:45.going to an slick event. Get a bus in and Boris and mess it up. That's

:17:45. > :17:51.fine. They were introduced to Boris Johnson and they weren't just

:17:52. > :17:58.pointing at him because he was blond. He looked like he'd been

:17:58. > :18:04.picked out at random from the crowd to wave the flag. Go on, dad.

:18:04. > :18:13.COMMENTATOR: Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, receives the flag and

:18:13. > :18:20.waves it enthusiastically. forget fireworks, we have E level

:18:20. > :18:27.students inadequate dancers and what more do you need to up the

:18:27. > :18:33.Olympics ante, non-other than the musical dream team of Leona Lewis

:18:33. > :18:41.and Led Zepplin. The Chinese had never heard of Led Zepplin before

:18:41. > :18:48.and Leona Lewis, who they wanted to turn glue. And arrive David Beckham,

:18:48. > :18:57.doing his bit for British skinheads. All he had to do was put the goal

:18:57. > :19:02.into an enormous goal....he missed. Inevitably, he bottled it. We said,

:19:02. > :19:06."Listen, we've got a bit of history and we're idiots and we don't take

:19:06. > :19:14.ourselves as seriously as all that. So I think you'll find there will

:19:14. > :19:21.be a similarly Carry On spirit to the Olympics and I don't think

:19:21. > :19:29.anyone will mind. 2000 and Beijing, our track cycling

:19:29. > :19:35.team was phenomenal. 13 went, 12 won medals. How amazing is that?

:19:35. > :19:41.I don't think we'll ever see the likes of the performance at Beijing

:19:41. > :19:46.again. We had more medals than most countries in one small cycling team.

:19:47. > :19:53.All our big guns were on song. There was this feller. COMMENTATOR:

:19:53. > :19:58.The Olympic Champion was chist Hoy. This girl. COMMENTATOR: Rebecca

:19:58. > :20:04.Romero is the Olympic Champion. this buy? COMMENTATOR: Bradley

:20:04. > :20:10.Wiggins is the goad gold medallist. It was a truly incredible

:20:10. > :20:14.achievement. Despite all the glory, there was one man left feeling a

:20:14. > :20:24.little empty-handed. Everyone did so well, but a lot talk about the

:20:24. > :20:30.one man who didn't come home with a medal. Unlucky 13. Our best cyclist,

:20:30. > :20:37.Mark Cavendish. Sucks. # I am the one and only #. He was

:20:37. > :20:41.the fastest man on two wheels, but that was proved wrong.

:20:41. > :20:47.It's like being in a science class with Bill Gates and everyone

:20:47. > :20:52.getting an A, not him. In the lead- up to the Games Cavendish became

:20:52. > :20:58.the first Brit to win four stages of the Tour de France. Everyone

:20:58. > :21:05.knew that he hated the fact that he was the only cyclist without a

:21:05. > :21:14.medal. What could suck more than being on the plane back from

:21:14. > :21:21.Beijing without a medal and you're eating a crappy tuna sandwich when

:21:21. > :21:25.everyone's looking at their medals. The disappointment of Beijing is

:21:25. > :21:34.what has probably driven Mark Cavendish on to what he has

:21:34. > :21:39.achieved. The guy is undoubtedly talented but it probably spurred

:21:39. > :21:49.him on. He is having the last laugh now because he is the fastest man

:21:49. > :21:49.

:21:49. > :21:56.in the world in road racing. can he grab gold? In London?

:21:56. > :22:04.Colin, you've run a lot of races, what shoes do you wear? Running

:22:04. > :22:08.spurs, of course. Would you ever run with bear feet? Nobody would do

:22:08. > :22:15.that? Maybe a South African with a British passport running the 3,000

:22:15. > :22:23.metres? It's 19 84ra at the LA Olympics all

:22:23. > :22:27.eyes were on Britain's adopted medal prospects, Zola Budd, the

:22:27. > :22:33.shoeless wonder. I don't think there was a character as cool as

:22:33. > :22:39.Zola. She didn't need trainers, she was that good. It looked like all

:22:39. > :22:47.the adults were competing against a child who had part of her kit.

:22:47. > :22:51.was at the height of South Africa's apartheid and brought to Britain by

:22:51. > :22:59.a newspaper, Zola Budd was a controversial figure. But she found

:22:59. > :23:05.a place in history when she stood toe-to-toe about an American and

:23:05. > :23:09.was the only one left standing. They clashed in a tangle and Mary

:23:09. > :23:14.Decker fell down. COMMENTATOR: of the favourites is now flat out

:23:14. > :23:20.on the end field. Zola Budd was in front and Decker was behind and she

:23:20. > :23:27.ran into the back of her. If you're driving a car and you pile into the

:23:27. > :23:37.car in front, it's your fault and that's the same in athletics.

:23:37. > :23:39.

:23:39. > :23:48.think she misheard her instructions, "Mary - deck her." COMMENTATOR:

:23:48. > :23:54.Mary Decker is being escorted from the track. But she finished seventh.

:23:54. > :24:01.Daley Thompson proved in 1908 and 1984 that he was the man by winning

:24:01. > :24:08.gold in the decathlon in both Olympics. But all good things come

:24:08. > :24:15.to an end. So, the world looked to Daley once more to defend his title

:24:15. > :24:20.at the Seoul games. He was looking to get an unprecedented third gold.

:24:20. > :24:29.Daley would not have started it if he didn't think he could do it.

:24:29. > :24:35.COMMENTATOR: Oh, it's broken. do you break one? They're designed

:24:35. > :24:39.-- I think the number one thing is not to break. It was a disaster,

:24:39. > :24:45.Daley injured himself on the process, meaning he missed out on

:24:45. > :24:52.the medal places. He came fourth. There's nothing wrong with that.

:24:52. > :24:58.Dean, as well you know. He would have got three Olympic golds in a

:24:58. > :25:04.row, and he got injured and didn't retain his title. He'd be heart

:25:04. > :25:09.broken. Devastated. Apart from ice hockey, Canada were unknown in the

:25:09. > :25:15.Olympics. This was their one guy, Ben Johnson. Their one chance at a

:25:15. > :25:21.gold medal. And it came in the 100 metres final which was shaping up

:25:21. > :25:26.to be the greatest race in history. In the red corner, there was Ben

:25:26. > :25:32.Johnson in the blue corner was our Linford and in the other red corner

:25:32. > :25:40.was Carl Lewis. Someone was looking intense. He looked odd. The mad,

:25:40. > :25:45.bulging eyes and he was huge! eyes looked like the baddie in Who

:25:45. > :25:50.Framed Roger Rabbit, when they just came out of his face. He looked as

:25:50. > :25:54.if he could win all the Olympic events twice in one day!

:25:54. > :25:59.COMMENTATOR: Ben Johnson got a brilliant start and he's away and

:25:59. > :26:04.clear. And Lewis is not going to catch him. Johnson wins it, Lewis

:26:04. > :26:07.second and Christie third. In the blink of an eye it was observer

:26:07. > :26:11.with Johnson crowned Olympic Champion, not just breaking the

:26:11. > :26:19.world record but smashing it. COMMENTATOR: There is no question,

:26:19. > :26:26.who is the fastest man in the world. # You're simply the best. # He'd

:26:26. > :26:31.beaten the American dream, Karl Lewis. He creamed him. All the boys

:26:31. > :26:38.got smashed by this little bullet of a man. He could have afforded to

:26:38. > :26:45.do a rollover at the en. Very quickly the scene went from one of

:26:45. > :26:50.celebration to "hang on a minute, what actually happened here?"

:26:50. > :26:55.seemed too good to be true and it was. Two days later, John somebody

:26:55. > :27:01.was banned for having a banned substance in his blood. He was not

:27:01. > :27:08.just on one drug, but all the drugs. Johnson's face said it all. In

:27:08. > :27:13.recent years he still denies any wrongdoing, claiming his drink was

:27:13. > :27:19.spiked. Go that happens when you get your drink spiked, I want it on

:27:19. > :27:24.a regular basis. Win a gold medal in 9.9 seconds, yes, than you.

:27:24. > :27:30.Whatever happened, he claimed to be prouder of his gold medal than

:27:30. > :27:36.anything, as no-one could take it away from him. But, yes, they can.

:27:36. > :27:43.I would have pawned it off. He must have known he was going to get

:27:43. > :27:51.caught. He had been unforgettable. Yes, he cheat, but his legs still

:27:51. > :27:58.ran that quickly and it was unheard of. What were you taking? Red Bull?

:27:58. > :28:02.Still to come: A duelling twosome. COMMENTATOR: Ovett is watching him

:28:02. > :28:10.all the way. It's a bit like Starsky and Hutch you had to love

:28:10. > :28:19.one or the other. A bunch of fives. COMMENTATOR: Mission accomplished.

:28:19. > :28:24.And a perfect ten. COMMENTATOR: she's got. It is incredible.

:28:24. > :28:29.It's Barcelona, 110 metre hurdle final. Right. Eight men ready to go.

:28:29. > :28:34.The gun goes, bang. All of us explode out of the blocks and take

:28:34. > :28:40.the first hurdle. Keep going, second and third hurdle, which

:28:40. > :28:44.seems like an eternity and as I'm getting close to the line and ready

:28:44. > :28:48.to dip..Where Did you come? Seventh? What about the other race?

:28:48. > :28:54.Oh, I picked up the silver medal there.

:28:54. > :29:02.Yes, that's right. My Welsh friend Colin Ray Jackson has his own

:29:02. > :29:09.Olympic story to tell and what a story it is. In 1988, Jacko lined

:29:09. > :29:15.up as an inexperienced youngster up against the best opponents on

:29:15. > :29:22.mother Earth, including Roger Kingdom. COMMENTATOR: Kingdom wins

:29:22. > :29:27.it and Jackson second. A silver medal in the Olympics and

:29:28. > :29:34.only beaten by a Power Ranger. Incredible. But four years later in

:29:34. > :29:41.Barcelona he was red-hot favourite to win and he was talking the talk.

:29:41. > :29:45.To know that you are the best 110 metre hurdler in the Games will be

:29:45. > :29:51.a wonderful feeling. You'll definitely win more respect

:29:51. > :29:55.straightaway when they say, "Colin Jackson Olympic Champion." But he

:29:56. > :30:02.looked rusty in the semi-final, seeming to forget that the idea is

:30:02. > :30:07.to jump over the hurdles rather than hit them. COMMENTATOR: Jackson

:30:07. > :30:10.is coming through clean, Jackson second. But if you're going to make

:30:10. > :30:16.a mistake in the Olympic Games, better to do it in the semi than

:30:16. > :30:23.the final, right? Surely Colin, in lane three would be on his best

:30:23. > :30:30.when it mattered most? COMMENTATOR: Colin is struggling. Maybe not.

:30:30. > :30:36.COMMENTATOR: McCoy is the Olympic Champion and Jackson run right out

:30:36. > :30:41.of it. Colin Jackson, when it really came to it, hadn't got it.

:30:41. > :30:46.Colin's dream of gold medal glory was never realised as he finished

:30:46. > :30:52.seventh and McCoy triumphing instead. But he will still go down

:30:52. > :31:01.in history as a sill very medallist and surely the greatest ever thing,

:31:01. > :31:08.next to Tom Jones to come out of Wales?

:31:08. > :31:12.It's 1996 and the big news -- Chris Evans has blighted our screens with

:31:12. > :31:17.TFI Friday. Horrendous. Thankfully, there was one man to lift our

:31:17. > :31:22.spirits during this dark, dark time. Michael Johnson. At this time,

:31:22. > :31:27.Michael Johnson was the best. was a runner I would hope to be

:31:27. > :31:33.something like Michael Johnson. As a human being I wish I was more

:31:33. > :31:41.like him. He wasn't your shy and retiring type. He put himself at a

:31:41. > :31:45.disadvantage because he was wearing, like, Mr T's jewellery.

:31:46. > :31:55.wasblinged up and wearing gold shoes. If you're wearing gold shoes

:31:55. > :32:00.you know you're going to win. you're Michael backson I think you

:32:00. > :32:06.can wear clown shoes. He won in that weird running style. Everyone

:32:06. > :32:12.was criticising his technique because he runs like a chicken. But

:32:12. > :32:18.they don't realise it's 300 pounds of jewellery. His upper body does

:32:18. > :32:24.not move. Nothing moves apart from his arms and legs. Arrogant, just

:32:24. > :32:31.taking it, taking it, taking it. COMMENTATOR: Absolutely bolt

:32:31. > :32:37.upright. He ran completely wrong and still won! COMMENTATOR: John

:32:37. > :32:41.son, wins. First up, in the 400 metres. COMMENTATOR: He ran the

:32:41. > :32:49.perfect race. Then he kicked them ought in the 200 metres. The man

:32:50. > :32:53.was on fire! I couldn't believe what I was

:32:53. > :33:00.seeing. I was literally...I couldn't believe it.

:33:00. > :33:04.COMMENTATOR: Johnson is going away by yards. You couldn't quite

:33:04. > :33:12.believe that somebody could run that fast. He was a bit of a God of

:33:12. > :33:16.the track. He may have run in his own unique style, but his00 metres

:33:16. > :33:20.smashed its way into the record books.

:33:20. > :33:26.The bond between father and son is unbreakable, unless you are this

:33:26. > :33:34.guy and at the 1992 Olympic Games we saw a prime example of a dad and

:33:34. > :33:42.the fruit of his loins working together.Er reckon redman had

:33:42. > :33:47.suffered an injurey-ravaged sfpblt but hopes were high. He starts off

:33:47. > :33:52.amazingly well. You're going to smash this one. He pulls his ham

:33:52. > :33:57.string. COMMENTATOR: And redman has broken down.

:33:57. > :34:01.He said, "I heard this pop and I thought it was something in the

:34:01. > :34:05.crowd" and suddenly he realised it was his own leg. COMMENTATOR:

:34:05. > :34:11.hopping his way to complete. It may not be wise. Are you going to pull

:34:11. > :34:21.out of the race? No. The stretchers are there, walk off. But he refuses

:34:21. > :34:24.to give up. He wasn't running, he was hopping towards the finish.

:34:24. > :34:30.Somehow his dad gets through security, which is worrying in

:34:30. > :34:33.itself. Gets on to the track and goes up to him ander reckon leans

:34:33. > :34:38.on him. COMMENTATOR: He's been battling

:34:38. > :34:43.through and he can't hold it. He knows he would have had a chance.

:34:43. > :34:48.The applause builds up. This is a real human moment. Father and son

:34:48. > :34:53.complete the race together. An iconic moment and a beautiful story.

:34:53. > :34:59.You just wanted to scream but the fact that he didn't let that beat

:35:00. > :35:04.him. Yes, he didn't win the race, but he was still a winner. It is an

:35:04. > :35:09.amazing moment in Olympic history that sums up the spirit. It's not

:35:09. > :35:15.about winning, but about his determination. And then he was

:35:15. > :35:21.disqualified for being helped by his old man. COMMENTATOR: He's won

:35:21. > :35:27.nothing but admiration. I don't think he or his old man gave a toss

:35:27. > :35:32.for being disqualified. The fact is, they did what they did and everyone

:35:32. > :35:41.stood up and applauded him despite the result. He may not have won a

:35:41. > :35:46.medal, but he is a true Olympic hero nonetheless.

:35:46. > :35:52.It's 2004 and in Athens Kelly Holmes is desperate for Olympic

:35:52. > :36:00.glory but no-one gave her a hope. She was 34. So many people would

:36:00. > :36:09.have retired before then. Injurey- wise she'd been through the mill so

:36:09. > :36:13.many times. Fractures. Gland lr fever, torn muscles. Nobody had any

:36:13. > :36:18.idea that this 34-year-old woman could come back and get on the

:36:18. > :36:23.medal podium. First up was the 800 metres and proving to be quite the

:36:23. > :36:28.Brit, she was miles off the pace. COMMENTATOR: Kelly Holmes, dead

:36:28. > :36:33.last. You can imagine at that moment that you could completely

:36:33. > :36:38.lose the plot and change everything and I didn't. I just stayed there.

:36:38. > :36:46.COMMENTATOR: Kelly Holmes and Maria Mutola are doing the right thing

:36:46. > :36:52.and sitting off the pace. But she suddenly came up to it. As I came

:36:52. > :36:57.round the bend I was trying to overtake Mutola. She barged me and

:36:57. > :37:02.that probably was a moment that made me win the gold. COMMENTATOR:

:37:02. > :37:07.Kelly Holmes, fighting for the gold medal I just remember saying to

:37:07. > :37:13.myself "relax" and as I did it, I took that crucial step.

:37:13. > :37:18.COMMENTATOR: Can she get there. One more yard, come on Kelly Holmes.

:37:18. > :37:25.It's gold! # You're unbelievable #. When she crossed the line she

:37:25. > :37:32.didn't know if she had won or not. She checked the board and Steve

:37:32. > :37:37.Cramm is saying, "You've won it" as if she could hear him. That face is

:37:37. > :37:43.bun of the greatest reactions to an Olympic gold medal, purely because

:37:43. > :37:51.of the out and out surprise. Next up for Kelly was the 1500.

:37:51. > :37:56.This time she was the favourite, but only two women had ever done

:37:56. > :38:02.the 800/1500 double before. Could she join them? This was my dream

:38:02. > :38:08.since the age of 15 to be Olympic Champion. COMMENTATOR: Kelly Holmes

:38:08. > :38:14.moves to the back of the field. She now needs to dig in there. Can she

:38:14. > :38:21.be as controlled as the 800 metres. It looks so easy. The way she came

:38:21. > :38:28.through it was unreal. She was like a machine. And then she was on the

:38:28. > :38:34.home straight. COMMENTATOR: Kelly looks around to see the danger.

:38:34. > :38:40.remember thinking in my head "God!." COMMENTATOR: Kelly Holmes

:38:40. > :38:45.for Great Britain wins the 1500 metre title. You are the double

:38:45. > :38:54.Olympic Champion. I don't think she could believe it, everyone watching

:38:54. > :39:00.couldn't believe it. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

:39:00. > :39:09.Throughout the years of the Olympics the chances of a gymnast

:39:09. > :39:13.ever scoring a prefect ten is about as likely as Jed wood not saying

:39:13. > :39:22.anything stupid. But a certain 14- year-old Romanian achieved the

:39:22. > :39:26.impossible. How can you be perfect? Surely

:39:26. > :39:32.there's always got to an little glitch in there that's not

:39:32. > :39:37.impeccable? She's an absolute legend. She was

:39:37. > :39:43.this young girl that came into this woman's sport and completely

:39:43. > :39:47.transformed the whole world of gymnastics.

:39:47. > :39:53.She just captivated the audience. She wasn't just a gymnast, she

:39:53. > :39:57.would go out and it was a show. This young girl goes out there and

:39:57. > :40:03.just blows everyone away, getting the first perfect tens in

:40:03. > :40:13.gymnastics. COMMENTATOR: Ten she's got. It is

:40:13. > :40:23.quite incredible. She made history. She was a perfect ten. The size of

:40:23. > :40:23.

:40:23. > :40:31.a tadpole and the bendiness of a slinky and the charm of a smug cat.

:40:31. > :40:36.It was not one, but one after another and another. It was just a

:40:36. > :40:43.shame there wasn't a proper score board built that could show four

:40:43. > :40:48.dij its to go above 9.99. A maker who made those clocks got in touch

:40:48. > :40:53.with the manufacturer and said, "What if you're not going to be

:40:53. > :41:00.able to show this?" and they said, "We'll cross that bridge when we

:41:00. > :41:10.come to it, because, let's face it, we never will." The come tater had

:41:10. > :41:11.

:41:11. > :41:17.to keep explaining that she hadn't got 1.0, she had actually got ten.

:41:18. > :41:25.Even now it still makes you go...she was just a natural star.

:41:25. > :41:32.COMMENTATOR: An extraordinarily composed young lady of 14.

:41:32. > :41:42.Hey, look at this, it goes all the way to twelve. Yes, it's a clock,

:41:42. > :41:42.

:41:42. > :41:48.Colin. A clock. We're back down under for the 2000

:41:48. > :41:58.Olympic Games, where it was all about one woman. Come on, Cathy,

:41:58. > :42:00.

:42:00. > :42:09.you can do it? At only one of 11 Aboriginals in 628 Australian

:42:09. > :42:13.athletes, Cathy Freeman was looked upon to take the nation out of its

:42:13. > :42:18.place. It seemed ridiculous to say the whole hopes of a nation were on

:42:18. > :42:23.this one woman, but it was. She did everything. She lit the flame and

:42:23. > :42:30.done the lot. But lighting the flame was just the start, the world

:42:30. > :42:36.excepted her to run away with the 400 metre golds, but could she take

:42:36. > :42:41.the pressure? Yes, she could, especially as she was dressed as a

:42:41. > :42:48.superhero. I do think, if I knew that the whole world was watching

:42:48. > :42:55.me, I might have chosen a different outfit. She looked so cute with the

:42:55. > :42:59.hood on and a whole-bodysuit. think she wore it to get into her

:42:59. > :43:05.own little bubble and forget the world and she wanted to run as fast

:43:05. > :43:11.as she could from A to B and that's what she did. COMMENTATOR: Cathy

:43:11. > :43:16.has the world at her feet and the nation's soul on her back. It's

:43:16. > :43:23.under way. The crowd roaring Freeman on and the response is

:43:23. > :43:30.there. On the near side it's Freeman. The nation expected and

:43:30. > :43:35.she has not disappointed. There were 112,000 people in that stadium.

:43:35. > :43:41.There was so much noise it was sickening. She handled it and with

:43:41. > :43:47.grace. If you watch that video back and you don't have a lump in your

:43:47. > :43:55.throat there is something wrong with you, I think. There was a

:43:55. > :44:01.great moment when she had the Australian flag and the native flag

:44:01. > :44:09.in her hand. And that's all we needed all along, was someone to

:44:09. > :44:14.run really fast. Hats off to Cathy Freeman, legends.

:44:15. > :44:18.Now, this next bit is something that everybody remembers. Yes, it's

:44:19. > :44:28.a real classic. Something that sticks in your mind for ever.

:44:29. > :44:29.

:44:29. > :44:39.the viewers what it is. course...what is it?

:44:39. > :44:42.

:44:42. > :44:49.Man U versus Man City. MacVersus PC. Jolie verse ious Aniston. But in

:44:49. > :44:56.the 1970s what really divided the nation was middle-distance running.

:44:56. > :45:00.There was a huge rivalry between Seb Coe and Steve Ovett. It was

:45:00. > :45:06.like Starsky and Hutch you had to love one or the other and you were

:45:06. > :45:13.either in the Coe camp or the Ovett camp. They didn't look like they

:45:13. > :45:20.could be friends. One looked like Chas and Dave and the other looked

:45:20. > :45:29.like, well, a Tory MP. Seb Coe, very clean-cut, Cambridge

:45:29. > :45:35.University student, the model on and off the track. Ovett was a bit

:45:35. > :45:41.more rock'n'roll and edgy. I remember him winning a race and 30

:45:41. > :45:48.metres to go, he was waving to the crowd. I was an Ovett man. He

:45:48. > :45:55.looked like if he wasn't running he would be sweeping for the Council.

:45:55. > :46:04.Families were split. Not quite, but you get the picture. In the 800

:46:04. > :46:09.metre final in Moscow, Coe was a certainty to win, nothing could go

:46:09. > :46:13.wrong. They were both very good athletes and they were going to

:46:13. > :46:19.double up. Coe was clear favourite for the 800 metres and everyone

:46:19. > :46:24.thought he would win it. COMMENTATOR: Coe can't get through

:46:24. > :46:30.and Ovett is coming through. Coe gets the silver. And Ovett looks up

:46:30. > :46:38.in triumph. It was, like, a massive talking

:46:38. > :46:44.point, the fact that we knew he was good, but that's Coe's event. How

:46:44. > :46:50.dare he. I suppose I must have clocked up more Cardinal sins of

:46:50. > :46:56.middle distance running than I have in a lifetime. It was like day was

:46:56. > :47:03.night and night was day, the fabric of what we knew had been shifted.

:47:03. > :47:08.Next, the 1500 metess, Ovett's favourite race. Could he do the

:47:08. > :47:18.double? COMMENTATOR: Could this be Ovett's defeat? Ovett is in trouble

:47:18. > :47:22.and Coe wins it. In a result that shocked the world, Coe struck back.

:47:22. > :47:27.It just shows you the mental strength of Coe that he had got

:47:27. > :47:33.over the disappointment of not winning his major event and won the

:47:33. > :47:39.15. How much could the British public take? They'd swapped over.

:47:39. > :47:47.They both came home with an Olympic gold medal, but in the wrong event.

:47:47. > :47:52.People are talking about who should light the flame in London 2012.

:47:52. > :47:57.People are saying it should be a race between those two and whoever

:47:57. > :48:03.gets there first. I think that's a brilliant idea. Usain Bolt has

:48:03. > :48:09.saved my sport. And after Beijing 2008 there wasn't a person on the

:48:09. > :48:14.planet who didn't know who he was. He became a megastar in Beijing.

:48:14. > :48:21.The sooper human freak of nature. The Jamaican was the biggest thing

:48:21. > :48:25.to hit athletics in years, and not just because of his massive six

:48:25. > :48:31.foot five inch frame. He was a bolt out of the blue. All of this before

:48:31. > :48:37.the start. It is brilliant. I don't know what the celebration is. He

:48:37. > :48:41.says it's a lightning bolt. But I fail to see how. As he lined up for

:48:42. > :48:47.the 100 metre final, the world asked if he could live up to the

:48:48. > :48:53.hype. I was in the Bird's Nest Stadium and it is the event and

:48:53. > :48:57.it's over so quickly. You don't fully take it in, even if you're

:48:57. > :49:03.there. COMMENTATOR: They get away first time and Usain Bolt streaking

:49:03. > :49:09.away. It's gold for Jamaica. That is superb, it's a new world record!

:49:09. > :49:18.He has blown them all away. It was clear that Usain Bolt wasn't just

:49:18. > :49:24.the real deal he was the nuts. knew he'd just run the fastest of

:49:24. > :49:31.any human being. He was so fast that he could slow down and just

:49:31. > :49:39.look at the other guys! You're out. Some in the audience were not

:49:39. > :49:49.amused. Everyone got so het up about that. Why? That wasn't

:49:49. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:55.disrespectful, that was him pumping his chest saying, I'm so high.

:49:55. > :50:00.Imagine what his rivals thought when they watched the race back and

:50:00. > :50:08.saw his shoelaces were not done up! I don't believe that. Maybe he

:50:08. > :50:14.would have been 9.3 if he'd done his laces up properly. Next in the

:50:14. > :50:20.200 metres he was hoping to collect an astonishing double. Could he do

:50:20. > :50:25.is it? COMMENTATOR: Usain Bolt already going past the others.

:50:25. > :50:31.set that stage alight. COMMENTATOR: Blasting round the top bend, he's

:50:31. > :50:38.in second place. What's the time? It's gold for Usain bolt blt and a

:50:38. > :50:44.new world record. I do not believe it. Brilliant! 19.30. Into a head

:50:44. > :50:49.wind. Oh, just the fastest man on this planet and whatever happens

:50:49. > :50:57.from now on he'll always be remembered for that. He'll probably

:50:57. > :51:02.be the fastest man I'll ever see, ever. Bolt is already celebrating

:51:02. > :51:11.the Olympics which he is going to rein. He ran so fast that he went

:51:11. > :51:16.into the future and saw himself with it. I am number one!

:51:16. > :51:23.Britain has much to be ashamed of. Take this weirdo for instance. But

:51:23. > :51:33.in Sydney 2000 a whole nation stood proudly and saluted a home-grown

:51:33. > :51:34.

:51:34. > :51:40.hero. Sir Steven Redgrave is not your arcy typial sports star?

:51:40. > :51:46.Redgrave looks like the kind of guy you buy your bacon from. Rowing is

:51:46. > :51:52.an elitist sport. Every year we have Oxford versus Cambridge, never

:51:52. > :51:59.Luton Poly. But for most of us,er is Steve is a hero in spite of all

:51:59. > :52:04.of this, thanks to five golds in five different Olympics. To win

:52:04. > :52:09.five gold medals, back-to-back with different teams in different

:52:09. > :52:16.eventss. It's unbelievable. I think he is the greatest sporting person

:52:16. > :52:21.this country has ever had. The fact that he is such an amazing and

:52:21. > :52:27.charming man is testament to his character. It would turn me into an

:52:27. > :52:35.absolute prick if I'd won all the medals. During his career he had an

:52:35. > :52:40.operation to remove his appendix and was diagnosed with diabetes.

:52:40. > :52:46.It's amazing that somebody could push themselves to that extreme for

:52:46. > :52:52.that long. I'd be very, very surprised if he's not lighting the

:52:52. > :52:57.torch in July. But he could have changed all that. If anyone sees me

:52:57. > :53:02.go near a boat, you have my permission to shoot me. And there

:53:02. > :53:11.he is, four years later back in the boat winning another gold. Five

:53:11. > :53:19.Olympic gold medals, it's absolutely unbelievable.

:53:19. > :53:26.And so we've finally arrived. to cross the line and find out who

:53:26. > :53:33.our winner is. Let's now find out who is going to stand on top of our

:53:33. > :53:40.met forcal podium. Who is it? winner, the person who has got to

:53:40. > :53:45.number one. This is our amazing Olympic moment of all time.

:53:45. > :53:51.And I will beat any man in the world and I want everyone man in

:53:51. > :53:58.the world to know it. I am the greatest. We've seen lots of

:53:58. > :54:05.sporting moments but the ones that stay in the memory are the ones

:54:05. > :54:11.that transcend sport. From Jessie Owens, and the Black Power salute

:54:11. > :54:16.to Cathy Freeman. Muhammed Ali is the greatest sportsman of all time.

:54:16. > :54:23.It all started when he won Olympic gold in 1960. A medal he later

:54:23. > :54:30.claims to have thrown into the Ohio River in protest in America against

:54:30. > :54:39.racism. He also protested against the Vietnam War and inspired Martin

:54:39. > :54:45.Luther King. So, he was the perfect choice to light the Olympic flame

:54:45. > :54:52.in Atlanta, the spiritual home of the civil rights movement. A

:54:52. > :54:57.sporting giant starting the world's greatest sporting event. Muhammed

:54:57. > :55:07.Ali lighting the flame is the best moment of any opening ceremony

:55:07. > :55:07.

:55:07. > :55:10.there has ever been. He's such an iconic sports person. He's just a

:55:10. > :55:15.one-off. The greatest sportsman ever having the opportunity to be

:55:15. > :55:19.recognised. It was a beautiful moment. I've never known a stadium

:55:19. > :55:26.of 80,000 people hold their breath. COMMENTATOR: What a moment. One of

:55:26. > :55:32.the great figures in sport. # Come on, come on, come on #.

:55:32. > :55:39.There's no other like him in any sport. COMMENTATOR: The sacred

:55:39. > :55:46.Olympic Flame burning brightly over the American city of Atlanta.

:55:46. > :55:53.he is with the eyes of the world on him lighting the flame with

:55:53. > :55:58.Parkinson's and he just did it. is a legend and I think it's only

:55:58. > :56:02.right he carried the torch. that's it. Those are our amazing

:56:02. > :56:07.Olympic moments. But there's always one thing you know about the

:56:07. > :56:15.Olympics. Yes, next time there will always be more. More glory, more

:56:15. > :56:21.spectacle, more records, more tears. And more medals for Team GB. Could

:56:21. > :56:28.we unearth another Linford. Or a silver medal at the hurdles. Or a