:00:03. > :00:13.this year. There were many memories. Whitaker looked back at the highs,
:00:13. > :00:19.
:00:19. > :00:29.lows and big surprises of London It is the flag of Uganda and draped
:00:29. > :00:56.
:00:56. > :01:01.across his shoulders. The Olympic Come on. Absolutely brilliant.
:01:01. > :01:05.The crowd are going ballistic. Have you ever seen anything like
:01:05. > :01:10.that? The aim was glorious and wondrous
:01:10. > :01:16.couple of weeks in British sporting history. -- the most glorious.
:01:16. > :01:21.Before it started, questions were asked. Could Britain afford this?
:01:21. > :01:27.Could the British athletes deliver? The questions had to stop. The
:01:27. > :01:32.contrary to go deep breath and hoped. -- the country took a deep
:01:32. > :01:42.breath. Hopes were dashed at the beginning. Mark Cavendish trying to
:01:42. > :01:51.slip away. Most teams are happy not to win as long as we don't win.
:01:51. > :01:57.Lizzie Armitstead get silver. celebrated relief at being off the
:01:57. > :02:06.mark. There was a first medal in men's gymnastics for 100 years. A
:02:06. > :02:11.team on another kind of horse won Silva, too. -- silver. There was a
:02:11. > :02:21.slight feeling of anti-climax. Bronze for Rebecca Adlington was OK.
:02:21. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:30.It was hard. Four days had gone by and no gold medals. It came on the
:02:30. > :02:38.50 a. Rowing to the rescue. Ever- reliable. - reliable. -. They are just
:02:38. > :02:48.storming away. Great Britain is into the record books. Fabulously
:02:48. > :02:50.
:02:50. > :02:55.well done. Olympic champions. We stand up and solitude. They were
:02:55. > :03:05.about to hit the road out of hand and caught. Britain's favourite
:03:05. > :03:10.pair of sideburns. Worn by the Tour de France. It looks like it is
:03:11. > :03:14.going to be gold today. Bradley Wiggins is the Olympic champion. It
:03:15. > :03:20.had to be gold today are nothing. What is the point in adding seven
:03:20. > :03:28.medals if they are not the right colour? I have got to carry on to
:03:28. > :03:38.Rio now. Bible were to number five. It was gathering pace. Another
:03:38. > :03:38.
:03:38. > :03:44.bronze medal for Greg Searle. A to her mother. The medal rush had
:03:44. > :03:50.begun. One after the other. Two in the same event. The fastest time we
:03:50. > :03:58.have seen. Oh my goodness. They have got the silver medal as well.
:03:58. > :04:06.Not just one, two. The last of this rapid-fire medal burst... He does
:04:06. > :04:13.the s and the space of 47 minutes. Back at
:04:13. > :04:17.the late, one of the finishes of the Games. Great Britain get the
:04:17. > :04:22.silver for. Sir Steve Redgrave had been passed by Bradley Wiggins as
:04:22. > :04:26.Britain's most decorated Olympians. Another cyclist was about to try to
:04:26. > :04:35.equal him as the winner of the most gold medals. Into the Velodrome for
:04:35. > :04:44.the King of the track. That is the 5th gold medal. Sir Chris Hoy. What
:04:44. > :04:47.and Jess Varnish were disqualified in the women's team sprint. The
:04:47. > :04:52.Olympic stadium was opened for business. Early in the morning, the
:04:52. > :04:58.head athletes were greeted by this. -- the competitors in the
:04:58. > :05:06.heptathlon. Jessica Ennis can set the stadium alight. This is a
:05:06. > :05:13.tremendous run by Jessica Ennis. Oh my goodness. The fastest time ever.
:05:13. > :05:20.And the first day of athletics. The last off judo. A bronze medal for
:05:20. > :05:27.Great Britain. Staying with the theme of last days, would there be
:05:27. > :05:37.a gold or silver for Catherine danger? Her last chance of a gold
:05:37. > :05:40.
:05:40. > :05:48.medal at the age of 36. Dreams do come true. Gold at last. 15 year-
:05:48. > :05:54.competitor did not have to wait so long. She showed no respect for her
:05:54. > :05:59.elders, beating Rebecca Adlington. The pressure and the expectation
:05:59. > :06:05.has been a lot. It has been a battle. I gave it my all but I am
:06:06. > :06:10.sorry I did not get the gold that you expected. After earlier
:06:10. > :06:19.disappointment, Victoria Pendleton took more care. She was not to be
:06:19. > :06:27.denied agai denied agaiit. Thank you so much. The crowd has
:06:27. > :06:33.been fantastic. In the men's team pursued, Ed Clancy's team could not
:06:33. > :06:38.be stopped. World records fell before them. The gold medal is
:06:38. > :06:46.Great Britain's. Look at the time. It is a new world record. Great
:06:46. > :06:49.Britain have won the gold medal. Saturday August 4th was the middle
:06:49. > :06:57.Saturday of the Games. Had they not to be forgotten. The emotion would
:06:57. > :07:05.flow. Not here. It was out on the lake. One gold medal. We have done
:07:05. > :07:11.it in style. The Olympic champions. In the next race... Just rowing up
:07:11. > :07:17.to the line to the linepic champions. champions. ible,
:07:17. > :07:24.incredible race. Four golds, two Maxwell was a three bronze in the
:07:24. > :07:30.Rohan for Great Britain. The work was not done at the Velodrome. --
:07:30. > :07:36.rowing. rowing. The Olympic champions. As
:07:36. > :07:46.darkness fell, all eyes fell to the Olympic Stadium. The last episode
:07:46. > :07:46.
:07:46. > :07:52.of a seven-part drama. She is going to be the Olympic champion.
:07:52. > :07:58.Everybody is on their feet. The pride of Sheffield, the pride of
:07:58. > :08:06.Great Britain. Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion.
:08:06. > :08:13.All of this hard work. The disappointment of Beijing. Everyone
:08:13. > :08:19.pulled me on so much. Gregor the third set off down the runway next.
:08:19. > :08:29.-- Greg lover for it. It is big. Can you believe what is happening
:08:29. > :08:37.in this stadium at the moment? The Olympic long jump champion.
:08:37. > :08:44.The crowd w The crowd wng the 29 year-old from Somali up
:08:44. > :08:51.again to Britain when he was eight. He set up for 25 metres -- 25 laps
:08:51. > :09:01.of the track. It is under way. Into the home straight. 100 metres to go.
:09:01. > :09:08.
:09:08. > :09:18.for it. It is gold! That meant so much Jinny. Seeing my daughter, so
:09:18. > :09:19.
:09:19. > :09:28.emotional. Three golds in 45 minutes. The gymnasts were inspired.
:09:28. > :09:35.Last to go was Louis Smith. That is superb. For my money, what the gold
:09:35. > :09:42.medal. It is a tie. Because the execution score was law, he will
:09:42. > :09:48.get the silver. -- lower. Down at the ceiling, it had been fraught
:09:48. > :09:57.for Ben Ainslie but he found a way, as he always seems to do. Four Gold
:09:57. > :10:03.Zone won silver in five Games. greatest Olympic sailor in history.
:10:03. > :10:08.From Weymouth to Wimbledon. Cent record was about to witness a
:10:08. > :10:12.Scotsman quashing the doubters. -- Centre Court. Andy Murray had
:10:12. > :10:19.beaten Novak Djokovic and that now face the player of the defeated him
:10:19. > :10:28.in the Wimbledon final 28 days earlier. A golden triumph for Andy
:10:28. > :10:34.Murray. Number one for me. The biggest win of my life. This week
:10:34. > :10:37.has been incredible. I have had a lot of fun. It has been amazing.
:10:37. > :10:41.could not repeat the trick in the mixed doubles final straight
:10:41. > :10:47.afterwards with Laura Robson. Silver this time. Jason Jenny had
:10:47. > :10:53.been picked ahead of Kris Boyd for the men's sprint. That isn't any. -
:10:53. > :11:00.- Sir Chris Hoy. He has done it. The Olympic champion. He brings the
:11:00. > :11:09.gold medal. He won it in style. Just to get in. Kris Boyd was
:11:09. > :11:14.watching on the sideline. -- Sir Chris Hoy. Beth Tweddle had led the
:11:14. > :11:18.revival in British gymnastics. Three-times world champion but
:11:18. > :11:25.never an Olympic medallist. She kept going just for London. She got
:11:25. > :11:35.her reward. Bronze. The show jumping team had not been fancied.
:11:35. > :11:36.
:11:36. > :11:42.The last time they had won a medal in this event was in the 1950s.
:11:43. > :11:51.This could be the first gold medal for Great Britain since the 1950s.
:11:51. > :11:59.Britain have got gold. But Ms everything to win this. It is
:11:59. > :12:03.especially true for our country. Time for the king and queen of
:12:03. > :12:13.cycling to see their fur Wells. Queen Victoria left the silver. --
:12:13. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :12:22.there Wells. -- fare well Plummer you have been incredible. A leap
:12:22. > :12:32.into the record books for Sir Chris becomes the greatest British
:12:32. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:38.Olympian. I am in shock. Trying to It is not real. That is what I
:12:38. > :12:43.always wanted, to win the gold in front of my home crowd. Who would
:12:43. > :12:49.win the next gold medal? An all- rounder in the on the arm. The gold
:12:49. > :12:56.medal is there. Out of the 10 available gold medals on the track,
:12:56. > :13:06.Britain had won seven of them. Such a tally was impossible to replicate
:13:06. > :13:11.
:13:11. > :13:17.medal. Past the 47 medal Mark won It included more horses dancing
:13:17. > :13:27.their way to the top of the podium. The A are a fabulous team. They
:13:27. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:33.bowled in dressage. One of the stories of be Games in one of the
:13:33. > :13:43.toughest events. The Brownlee brothers. Alistair Brownlee is the
:13:43. > :13:44.
:13:45. > :13:49.triathlon champion. They will both be on the Olympic podium.
:13:49. > :13:56.At the dressage, the individual competition once again showcased
:13:56. > :14:02.Britain's best. She has done it. She has got the gold. Charlotte
:14:02. > :14:07.Dujardin has eyes to the Tate in style. Britain win gold and bronze.
:14:07. > :14:12.-- iced the cake. From the exquisite to the explicit. Women's
:14:12. > :14:18.boxing was new to the Olympics. Under the lights, Nicola Adams
:14:18. > :14:23.looked a right at home. She has just made history. It is a dream
:14:23. > :14:31.come true for me. I had been dreaming of this since I was 12
:14:31. > :14:39.years old. I have got my gold medal for Great Britain. Fast hands and
:14:39. > :14:45.feet are Jade Jones also brought success. -- of Jade Jones.
:14:45. > :14:54.teenage kicking superstar from North Wales is the Olympic champion.
:14:54. > :14:59.In a late flurry of arms, more for Ed McKeever. End the quiet man
:14:59. > :15:04.lets out a roar. In the sport of four in beautifully, Tom Daley had
:15:04. > :15:11.been struggling. These had been difficult times, losing his father
:15:12. > :15:20.to cancer, and not quite at his best in London until now. This was
:15:20. > :15:25.a bronze celebrate it like it was gold. In the art of pugilism, late
:15:25. > :15:34.medals came. A bronze for Anthony Ogogo, and Luke Campbell was in the
:15:34. > :15:41.champion. champion. There was a silver for
:15:41. > :15:50.Freddie Evans, and what a rousing finale. Anthony Josh Taylor is the
:15:50. > :15:55.Olympic silver wait -- champion. Samantha Murray got silver. Last
:15:55. > :16:02.night at the track, Mo Farah once again made it a very special
:16:02. > :16:11.Saturday. The arms have got to pump, the knees have got to come apart,
:16:11. > :16:20.he has got to keep on. Come on Mo Farah. I think he is going to get
:16:20. > :16:27.there. The question of Team GB delivering had been answered
:16:27. > :16:35.emphatically. Athletes from all eitherint
:16:36. > :16:39.either. Usain Bolt was top billing in London. But there was a lurking
:16:39. > :16:44.danger for the superstar, Yohan Blake, his training partner, had
:16:44. > :16:54.beaten him twice at the Jamaican trials, but in the race that the
:16:54. > :17:18.
:17:18. > :17:23.world watches, it was only going to be one winner. My coach said, stop
:17:23. > :17:29.worrying about the start. The best part of your race is at the end.
:17:29. > :17:39.Four days later, Usain Bolt was black, -- was back. Yohan Blake was
:17:39. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:48.back. The 200 metres. Look at Usain Bolt go. It is a three-metre lead.
:17:48. > :17:58.Yohan Blake is running him down. But he is not going to catch him.
:17:58. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:08.Usain Bolt is going to do it again. Gold all the way. A Jamaican clean
:18:08. > :18:13.sweep. For every Jamaican man, there was a Jamaican woman. There
:18:13. > :18:20.was a 100 metres title to defend as well. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
:18:20. > :18:25.really blasted it. The Caribbean were loving these games. It is
:18:25. > :18:31.Grenada's turn in the longer sprint. Kirani Jame Kirani Jameg to take
:18:31. > :18:37.Olympic gold, his nation's first ever. The Dominican Republic.
:18:37. > :18:47.Sanchez tak Sanchez takThe Bahamas. The Bahamas are
:18:47. > :18:52.challenging the US. Champions for islands but a mere speck compared
:18:52. > :18:57.to America, and they wanted to flex their considerable muscle. Out came
:18:57. > :19:04.the greater swimmer of all time in his fourth and final Games. Six
:19:04. > :19:13.golds in Athens, eight in Beijing, and going for seven in London. Not
:19:13. > :19:18.in the first final. A number swimmer. Ryan Lochte wins the 400
:19:18. > :19:23.metres medley. Looked at Michael Phelps, he is fourth. Nor the
:19:23. > :19:29.second. A French revolution in the pool. France got a record seven
:19:29. > :19:33.medals. I think the French may win this. This is amazing swim from
:19:33. > :19:43.Yannick Agnel. After so many years of coming second and third, they
:19:43. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:56.have done i have done ithird. Michael Phelps was being upstaged by a
:19:56. > :19:56.
:19:56. > :20:02.South African and his father. a beautiful boy at. Was there to be
:20:02. > :20:07.a grand exi a grand exiwas. He won the 100 metres butterfly,
:20:07. > :20:17.the 200 metres individual medley, as well as taking the title in the
:20:17. > :20:19.
:20:19. > :20:27.4 x 200 metres freestyle and the medley relay. I dreamt of being the
:20:27. > :20:36.greatest. Looking back at my career, up, retiring, and looking back and
:20:36. > :20:41.wanted. At the age of 27, Michael Phelps was done, weighed down by 22
:20:41. > :20:46.Olympic medals, 18 of them gold. The greatest Olympian of all time.
:20:46. > :20:52.His performance helped the USA claw back some ground on China, for the
:20:52. > :21:00.battle for battle for erall medal table. The Chinese port in 88
:21:00. > :21:06.medals, only bettered by America's 104. Three times the Olympic beach
:21:06. > :21:09.volleyball champions. The US are still top dogs, but China I get in
:21:09. > :21:14.close-up. One thing on the wish- list that had not been ticked off
:21:14. > :21:22.was a world record to fall on the track. Up stepped a Kenyan to put
:21:22. > :21:27.that right. David Rudisha, already the world record holder, also the
:21:27. > :21:35.world champion, striding away to become the Olympic champion. How
:21:35. > :21:42.quick will it be? That is the world record! Simply unbelievable. How do
:21:42. > :21:48.you put that into words? Team America I decided to go for it the
:21:48. > :21:55.next night. The US is coming away. The clock is guide to stop at a
:21:55. > :21:59.marvellous time. It is a new world record. America is still the
:22:00. > :22:09.dominant force in track and field. But it was Jamaica who had the
:22:10. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:23.final say. It is a new world record, smashing it to pieces. One small
:22:23. > :22:28.
:22:28. > :22:36.London 2012 was great, but it had its faults. There were positive
:22:36. > :22:41.drugs test. Sometimes it paid not to win, they are serving fault
:22:41. > :22:47.after a fault. Depressing. Who wants to sit through something like
:22:47. > :22:56.that? It is unacceptable. It is wrong to enter one r
:22:56. > :23:06.mind is on another. In the 800 metres... and for not trying, he
:23:06. > :23:13.was reinstated after a doctor's metres. The has completely
:23:13. > :23:17.destroyed this Olympic field. Judging also proved difficult. When
:23:18. > :23:27.a boxer is knocked out six times, you would t you would t he loses, but
:23:28. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:38.not here. The winner in the blue corner... he only won on appeal.
:23:38. > :23:43.The referee was expelled from the Games. She thought she had won,
:23:43. > :23:51.only for the clock to reset to one sector and lose in that second. It
:23:51. > :24:01.led to this lonely protest. We are going to be here for some time. It
:24:01. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:07.was in vain. Nervous but happy was lowest rate Archer, who had to play
:24:07. > :24:17.Ki Bo Bae, the number one. It did not last long but she still had
:24:17. > :24:18.
:24:18. > :24:23.found. In contrast, Ki Bo Bae it won gold but apologise to her
:24:23. > :24:30.nation for. Korea is a serious blaze and they had a seriously good
:24:30. > :24:36.games, especially when they had a very good at lifting heavy things
:24:36. > :24:44.and people. Pavlos Kontides won a first medal first medalus in sailing,
:24:44. > :24:49.a 15-year-old swimming' -- Ruta Meilutyte at one and Lithuania's
:24:49. > :24:54.first gold medal in swimming. For Phillips IDO were, it turned into a
:24:54. > :24:59.difficult time from start to finish. -- Phillips Idowu work. He finally
:24:59. > :25:09.a right and left just as quickly. He will not make it through to the
:25:09. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:15.final. Remember the seats that went empty. Those venues are humming.
:25:15. > :25:19.And they are full. But 16 days of amazing smiles and sport make it
:25:19. > :25:27.easy to misplace the few bad memories. From the moment the torch
:25:27. > :25:34.reached the shores and started to were banished, dreams were realised,