:00:15. > :00:21.The Olympics brings together the people of the world in harmony and
:00:21. > :00:27.friendship, and peace, to celebrate what is best about mankind. To
:00:27. > :00:37.every athlete waiting, ready, prepared to take part in these
:00:37. > :00:41.
:00:41. > :00:46.There is no such thing as a standard, run of the male human
:00:46. > :00:52.being. We share the same human spirit. She has destroyed her own
:00:52. > :00:58.world record and won a gold medal again! What is important is that we
:00:58. > :01:02.have the ability to create. Creativity can take many forms,
:01:02. > :01:07.from physical achievement to theoretical physics will stop
:01:07. > :01:14.dreams do come true! There is a truth to sport, a drama, and
:01:14. > :01:22.intensity. A spirit that makes it irresistible to take part in and
:01:22. > :01:30.irresistible to watch. London 2012 will inspire a generation. Is it
:01:30. > :01:34.enough? It is, for Sarah Storey! every Olympic Sport, there is all
:01:34. > :01:39.that matters in life. Humans, stretched to the limit of their
:01:39. > :01:45.abilities. Living for the moment, but making an indelible mark on
:01:46. > :01:50.history. The champion becomes a legend! The games provide an
:01:50. > :01:56.opportunity for athletes to excel, to stretch themselves and become
:01:56. > :02:06.outstanding in their field. To my fellow countrymen, I say thank you.
:02:06. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:12.Thank you for making all of this Jessica Ennis is the Olympic
:02:12. > :02:20.champion! Best all-round athlete in the world. I have never been so
:02:20. > :02:30.proud to be British and to be a part of the Olympic movement. This
:02:30. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:45.One day, we will tell our children and our grandchildren that, when
:02:45. > :02:55.our time came, we did it right. let's celebrate excellence,
:02:55. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :03:01.friendship and respect. Good luck Welcome. It is all over, the action
:03:01. > :03:06.is finished at the Olympic Park. The Paralympic closing ceremony was
:03:06. > :03:10.a fitting end to an incredible sum of sport. Today, our brilliant
:03:10. > :03:13.Olympic and Paralympic athletes came out onto the streets of London
:03:13. > :03:23.for one last hurrah. As has been the case throughout the Games, the
:03:23. > :03:41.
:03:41. > :03:45.You know you have joined the pantheon of sporting greats when
:03:45. > :03:50.you only have to have one name and people know who we are talking
:03:50. > :03:54.about. Hello, how are you doing. You are the first man we are
:03:54. > :03:57.continuing, what are your impressions of this? It's amazing,
:03:57. > :04:02.the amount of people coming out to support. We have great memories of
:04:02. > :04:05.the Games, for them to come out for one last time, to wave to the crowd,
:04:05. > :04:10.it's awesome. About the crowd I would not have achieved what I did.
:04:10. > :04:14.They gave me a massive boost. I'm just enjoying myself. Two gold
:04:14. > :04:20.medals and two children, how would you compare the emotions? It's
:04:20. > :04:25.unbelievable, completely different. I'm really grateful, winning two
:04:25. > :04:33.medals. I have managed to give them one of each, that is the important
:04:33. > :04:37.thing. No better way to get to parade and the way that listening
:04:37. > :04:47.to Mo Farah, sharing his enthusiasm at the first floats are on the move.
:04:47. > :04:48.
:04:48. > :04:55.The two children he was referring to, two twin goals, clearly, good
:04:55. > :05:00.things continue to happen to the family on Saturdays. It's almost
:05:00. > :05:04.showing off to have her four. This man is superhuman, David Weir. This
:05:04. > :05:08.time yesterday you were going down the streets in pursuit of the 4th
:05:08. > :05:13.one. What a remarkable 11 days in your life? It has not sunk in yet,
:05:13. > :05:19.to tell you the truth. I need to go back home, spent some time with my
:05:19. > :05:23.family. Just watch the races back and then just look back at what I
:05:23. > :05:27.have done and what I have achieved. I look at my Twitter feed, Facebook
:05:27. > :05:36.and everything else, I get all these messages saying I am this and
:05:36. > :05:40.that, superhuman. People saying, you are amazing. People saying that
:05:40. > :05:44.my 15 hundredth, for instance, was the best race they have seen in
:05:44. > :05:49.their life. It was a great honour to be in that stadium. When you
:05:49. > :05:53.read things like that, it is unbelievable. An unbelievable 11
:05:53. > :05:57.days of competition. Let me bring in something else on that the float
:05:57. > :06:03.that you might recognise. Jess Ennis, the end of an
:06:03. > :06:08.extraordinary... I don't know, month, two months, a year?
:06:08. > :06:14.incredible year. To lend on this huge high, in London, with the
:06:14. > :06:20.amazing team, with this crowd, it's incredible. Have you been near the
:06:20. > :06:23.track since? Yesterday! Me and my training partner, Louise. Just
:06:23. > :06:28.keeping the body ticking over. Other than that, relaxing and
:06:28. > :06:32.enjoying life. Jess Ennis is now a Freeman of the City of Sheffield,
:06:32. > :06:42.she has a stand at Bramall Lane named after her and she has made
:06:42. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:51.Crowds like these, do days like these make you think you could go
:06:51. > :06:59.for Rio? It is awe-inspiring stuff. Blown away by the level of support.
:06:59. > :07:04.So many people around me. It's amazing. Ben Ainslie. Modest,
:07:04. > :07:10.enthusiastic, the man who famously was made angry during the Games.
:07:10. > :07:14.That led to big things. Float number five, a gaggle of gold
:07:14. > :07:18.medallists in boxing. Nicky Campbell, bantamweight boxing. An
:07:18. > :07:22.extraordinary end to many years of hard work for you. Definitely, a
:07:22. > :07:26.very proud moment. It is something I have been working for my whole
:07:26. > :07:32.life, achieving that goal, the whole nation getting behind us, it
:07:32. > :07:36.is overwhelming. I am so proud to be from Great Britain. Nicola Adams,
:07:36. > :07:42.gold medallist. She is not that tall, she is standing on a box!
:07:42. > :07:46.are you doing? How are you doing? Really excited, I can't believe the
:07:46. > :07:50.people that have come out to see us, I think it's great. You have had
:07:50. > :07:53.time since you won to think about the impact you have made. I am sure
:07:53. > :07:58.you are bored of people saying that he made history as the first woman
:07:58. > :08:03.gold medallist. Has the importance of what you did something yet?
:08:03. > :08:06.is just starting to sink in now. An amazing achievement, not just for
:08:06. > :08:10.me but for Great Britain as a nation. I just think it is
:08:10. > :08:14.fantastic that I was able to get that gold medal for my country.
:08:14. > :08:18.Have you had a lot of teenage girls coming up and saying, I want to do
:08:18. > :08:23.what you did? Yes, people want Twitter saying, you have inspired
:08:23. > :08:27.me to start boxing, take up sport. That's fantastic. It's all about
:08:27. > :08:32.inspiring the next generation. Anthoney Joshua, the same size as
:08:32. > :08:36.you, actually, no wonder you won exhibition are what is going on
:08:36. > :08:41.with her today? I don't know, she has grown since she got the gold
:08:41. > :08:44.medal. Then a slow as, Audley Harrison, so many people have
:08:44. > :08:49.immediately thought, I must go professional and make millions?
:08:49. > :08:53.What are your thoughts? I just want to get into the gym, be the best
:08:53. > :08:58.fighter I can day. My thoughts are on improvement, I just want to be a
:08:58. > :09:02.better fighter. On that final day, to get the gold medal, how did you
:09:03. > :09:09.feel about being part of the final chapter of the most remarkable
:09:09. > :09:15.Olympics of all? Unbelievable. So quick, and in dramatic fashion all
:09:15. > :09:18.the way through. It's only now sinking in, what I've achieved. And
:09:18. > :09:24.it could afford to another final, to win it and become champion.
:09:24. > :09:29.Everybody here, coming together, it's bigger than I could believe. I
:09:29. > :09:39.want to say thank you to everybody out there. Among the stars today
:09:39. > :09:44.are two brothers who have been some I am with two of the best all-round
:09:44. > :09:49.athletes, the very talented brothers, Alastair Brownlee The Who
:09:49. > :09:54.a one gold in Hyde Park, and Johnny, who stood on the podium with him.
:09:54. > :09:59.How much has your life changed over the past month? All right. On the
:10:00. > :10:05.surface, it hasn't changed very much. Still been going swimming,
:10:05. > :10:09.cycling. I have been struggling to walk down the street without
:10:09. > :10:15.somebody telling me how good it was, that they were watching and it
:10:15. > :10:20.inspired them. That's been brilliant. I think it has quieted
:10:20. > :10:23.down, apart from the obvious today. It's amazing to see the people
:10:23. > :10:29.supporting us. Incredible, the amount of people that have turned
:10:29. > :10:33.out. I'm surprised by the numbers. The homecoming, all of the people
:10:33. > :10:36.came out to cheer us on. Surprised again. Last time, you hadn't had a
:10:37. > :10:41.chance to go out for dinner with your parents and celebrate. Have
:10:41. > :10:48.you had a chance? Not really, I've been busy trying to get fit again,
:10:48. > :10:52.trading. I am going to go home, go out with my parents and enjoy it.
:10:52. > :10:55.Arguably the hottest tickets in town were for the Velodrome. Our
:10:56. > :11:02.cyclists smashed the targets, produced some of the most memorable
:11:02. > :11:07.moments. Chris Hoy, with his stick- on sideburns for Bradley Wiggins.
:11:07. > :11:14.The amazing form of the likes of Laura Trott and Victoria Pendleton.
:11:14. > :11:19.And now the fearless Sarah Storey. The unofficial team captain, if I
:11:19. > :11:23.can call him that, of the cycling Pozzi. Sir Chris Hoy. Words fail
:11:23. > :11:28.you sometimes, don't they? Four years ago I thought we saw the
:11:28. > :11:33.greatest ever welcome for another bid and Paralympic team. This tops
:11:33. > :11:40.it. People are hanging out of roofs, climbing lamp-posts, it's
:11:40. > :11:44.incredible. These guys have made big gains. They have given us
:11:44. > :11:51.energy and enthusiasm, support. The volunteers, the armed forces, the
:11:51. > :11:57.police, it is something we can all be proud of. It has shown we can
:11:57. > :12:03.put on a big party, enjoy ourselves and celebrate. Sarah Storey, two,
:12:03. > :12:07.four, everybody is showing off their medals. Some people thought
:12:07. > :12:13.in the hiatus between the Olympics and Paralympics, it might be a bit
:12:13. > :12:16.of a disappointment. Far from it? Everything just stepped up a level.
:12:16. > :12:21.For us, as Paralympians, to have the immense crowd, the amazing
:12:21. > :12:25.venues, incredible volunteers, backed up by our amazing team, we
:12:25. > :12:29.could not have asked for more. proud were you at the closing
:12:29. > :12:34.ceremony to realise you had been part of something on that scale?
:12:34. > :12:40.proud. We walked into that stadium and it was gold everywhere. A sea
:12:40. > :12:44.of gold. It was just amazing. I can't believe it. More and more
:12:44. > :12:48.gold medals. Lovely to see you. I was with you a couple of weeks ago
:12:49. > :12:51.in Sheffield, with a bunch of young kids. There were the next
:12:51. > :12:57.generation you are hoping to inspire. How many young people have
:12:57. > :13:01.come up to you and said, I've got a bike, I want to be a cyclist?
:13:01. > :13:05.and lots. I've recently been introduced to Twitter, lots of
:13:05. > :13:12.people had been on their saying they have bought new bikes since
:13:12. > :13:16.the Olympics. I really love it, rate for to be part of it. Laura,
:13:16. > :13:21.proudly wearing your two gold medals. This is the key question,
:13:21. > :13:28.have they come off your neck in the last three weeks? Yes, when I was
:13:28. > :13:31.on holiday. Only because I didn't want tan lines! Fantastic, perfect.
:13:31. > :13:37.Victoria Pendleton, you have said goodbye to your bicycle, is that
:13:37. > :13:41.right? I had indeed. You have replaced it with going on Strictly,
:13:41. > :13:47.are you in training? I have already started. It's been really good fun,
:13:47. > :13:53.I can't wait. Is it hard work? defeat, it is. Physically, not so
:13:54. > :13:58.much. A golden coincidence. We just saw Jason Kemi and Sir Chris Hoy.
:13:58. > :14:06.They share their birthday with Sir Steve Redgrave, Mo Farah and Sir
:14:06. > :14:10.Roger Bannister, 23rd March. We are on the equestrian float.
:14:10. > :14:15.Nick Skelton, many congratulations. A long career, and it comes to
:14:15. > :14:20.this? Unbelievable. I have never seen anything like this. After that
:14:20. > :14:26.he amazing. The worst thing is, there are no seats on this bus!
:14:26. > :14:33.Japanese guy, he was 71, taking part. You are not quite there. Any
:14:33. > :14:36.thoughts of carrying on that long? I don't know about 71. Maybe Rio.
:14:36. > :14:40.Zara Phillips, listen, you have seen some pretty extraordinary
:14:40. > :14:44.things in your life. Have you seen anything quite like this question
:14:44. > :14:53.that no, unbelievable. To think everybody has come out for all of
:14:53. > :14:57.us. This is like the whole games, though. The crowd were unbelievable.
:14:57. > :15:01.Everybody with gold medals all over the place. Greenwich was one of the
:15:01. > :15:06.great success stories of the Games, to compete in that then you must
:15:06. > :15:10.have been fantastic? Unbelievable. Not every day do we get to ride in
:15:10. > :15:16.front of 24,000 people and have that much support. The support from
:15:16. > :15:21.the home crowd was immense. This, for you, is, what? Beyond belief?
:15:21. > :15:26.Magical, really. Who would have realised the amount of people that
:15:26. > :15:30.were going to come out here and support us? It's unbelievable, the
:15:30. > :15:40.amount of people that are here. It's a little bit sad to think that
:15:40. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:48.this is it, now. There will be a We always like to say these things
:15:48. > :15:52.but was it the best Paralympic Games ever? You know it was. I am
:15:52. > :15:56.so proud of the British public to come out and watch Paralympic sport
:15:56. > :16:06.and get educated about it. It is an honour to be an athlete in these
:16:06. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:17.Games. It really has been. Dressage is now cool. You know, you have got
:16:17. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:21.your three gold medals there. Have you slept with them? They give me
:16:21. > :16:27.neck ache. Many congratulations. Lovely to see you. There are not
:16:27. > :16:31.any horses here, but there are more gold medallists than you can shake
:16:31. > :16:35.a stick at on coach equestrian. I think it is important to know,
:16:35. > :16:39.for the athletes who have won medals it is a great celebration.
:16:39. > :16:43.For those who have not achieved quite what they wanted, this is a
:16:43. > :16:46.chance for them to look back and celebrate and to be with their
:16:46. > :16:52.team-mates because the hard work starts again. We are already
:16:52. > :16:55.talking about Rio and eight years time as well, trying to look
:16:55. > :17:00.forward. Home Games is so hard. You know, there's been so much interest
:17:00. > :17:04.in much younger athletes, from two or three years out. They have been
:17:04. > :17:10.interviewed. They have never been able to escape the London Games.
:17:10. > :17:16.This is their chance to celebrate. I am with a huge star of the pool
:17:16. > :17:22.and face of the Paralympic Games. Ellie Simmonds, you could not have
:17:22. > :17:27.got much sleep last night? Not at all.
:17:27. > :17:32.It was amazing. It was great to celebrate.
:17:32. > :17:37.It is unbelievable. We knew the crowd would go crazy for you, but I
:17:37. > :17:47.did not expect it to this extent. They are screaming your name. How
:17:47. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :18:01.does that feel? Amazing. To celebrate the public - I had the
:18:01. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:10.home advantage. You had that honour last night to extinguish the flame?
:18:10. > :18:16.It was a great honour. I was quite nervous, but really excited. What
:18:16. > :18:20.next for you? Have a break for a bit now. Get away from the water
:18:20. > :18:26.and just enjoy the celebrations of the Games.
:18:26. > :18:36.Going into the championships next year. We feel like we have grown up
:18:36. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:40.Two golds a silver and a bronze this time. One of each colour. In
:18:40. > :18:45.fact two golds to claim with the two golds she claimed as a 14-year-
:18:45. > :18:50.old in Beijing. It is crazy, isn't it? The
:18:51. > :18:58.reception is fantastic. We had a bit of down-time after the Olympics.
:18:58. > :19:03.Just to relive the moment, it's just fantastic. Have you been
:19:03. > :19:08.flying effectively for the past few weeks? I have been everywhere. I
:19:08. > :19:14.have been on holiday. I have hardly seen my parents. It's been manic to.
:19:14. > :19:17.Come back to this - it's just crazy. Brilliant, really good fun. It is
:19:17. > :19:21.about inspiring a generation and everything like that. What sort of
:19:21. > :19:25.response have you had from kids over the past month or so to what
:19:25. > :19:31.you achieved? I mean the kids, there are so many people who want
:19:31. > :19:34.to get involved in gymnastics and sport now. I've had so many Tweets.
:19:34. > :19:43.That's what the Olympics is about. It is about inspiring people to get
:19:43. > :19:52.involved in sport. It's fantastic. I'm with the amazing British rowing
:19:52. > :19:57.team. You won Team GB's first gold of the
:19:58. > :20:02.Games in the women's pair. I hear both your home-comings were
:20:02. > :20:08.incredible? For me it was in Cornwall. We had a massive bus
:20:08. > :20:17.parade. It was not as busy as this, but it turned out well. I was in
:20:17. > :20:22.the north of Scotland. The other end of the country. It was really
:20:22. > :20:28.touching. You are a captain in the royal artillery, are you rejoining
:20:28. > :20:38.your regiment soon? Yes. I am back to work next Monday. I am enjoying
:20:38. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:49.this moment as an athlete. Do you So the plane that brought the flame
:20:49. > :20:53.to the British Isles with a thank you written very clearly on the
:20:53. > :20:58.underside. A thank you to all the athletes and a thank you to all
:20:58. > :21:08.those who took part in the Games. It is leading the way. We are now
:21:08. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:19.looking out for the next formation. What a sight! The Red Arrows,
:21:19. > :21:25.
:21:25. > :21:35.streaming red, white and blue There can't be a more impressive or
:21:35. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:53.dramatic tribute to the hundreds of To everyone here, on this
:21:53. > :22:00.extraordinary day, after this amazing parade, on behalf of the
:22:00. > :22:05.whole nation - thank you. Thank you to the athletes, to Team GB, to
:22:05. > :22:15.Paralympics GB. You have given us a golden summer of British sport and
:22:15. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:23.you have made us all so proud. From the heroes of the Velodrome to
:22:23. > :22:29.the giants of the Aquatics Centre and the champions of track and
:22:29. > :22:34.field, from Eton Dorney and to Weymouth, to every one of our great
:22:34. > :22:39.Olympians and Paralympians you have given us moments we'll never forget.
:22:39. > :22:44.The whole country salutes your brilliance. And thank you...
:22:44. > :22:48.APPLAUSE And thank you to all those who made
:22:48. > :22:54.this possible. Britain's engineers and construction workers, Sebastian
:22:54. > :23:00.Coe and his amazing team. The police, who kept us safe.
:23:00. > :23:03.APPLAUSE And to our servicemen and women,
:23:03. > :23:13.who stepped up so magnificently, you proved again you are the
:23:13. > :23:14.
:23:15. > :23:19.greatest in the world. And to the thousands of volunteers
:23:19. > :23:29.who turned London into a city of smiling faces - you are the people
:23:29. > :23:35.
:23:35. > :23:40.who made these the greatest Games Thank you, Prime Minister. Ladies
:23:40. > :23:43.and gentlemen, first can I say what a privilege it has been to be
:23:43. > :23:50.President of the British Olympic Association for a home Games here
:23:50. > :23:54.in Great Britain. It's been an extraordinary journey and the
:23:54. > :23:58.members and I were there when the decision was first made. I have to
:23:58. > :24:03.say this has been a really remarkable period of time. And
:24:03. > :24:09.another big thank you to the great British public for its outstanding
:24:09. > :24:14.support, whether that's been as spectators, as volunteers or as
:24:14. > :24:24.people in a range of different uniforms who have all been
:24:24. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:29.volunteers to support the Games. But finally, to our athletes for
:24:29. > :24:33.they -- their awe-inspiring achievements. I mean all the
:24:33. > :24:40.athletes, everybody, not just those who have won medals, all of them.
:24:40. > :24:45.You are now all Olympians and Paralympians, you set the tone for
:24:45. > :24:49.the future. Thank you. APPLAUSE
:24:49. > :24:55.Thank you very much Your Royal Highness. My friends, I will keep
:24:55. > :24:59.this brief because I have got some people behind me who have been on
:24:59. > :25:04.floats all afternoon without being allowed to touch a drop of beer, so
:25:04. > :25:10.I'm going to get very quickly through this. We come now to the
:25:10. > :25:13.final tear-sodden climax of the summer of London 2012. It is of
:25:13. > :25:19.course right Prime Minister that we should pay tribute to all the
:25:19. > :25:23.thousands of people who have helped to deliver the greatest Olympic and
:25:23. > :25:26.Paralympic Games ever held. Above all, it is right now we should
:25:26. > :25:32.thank the people without whom the last six weeks would simply not
:25:32. > :25:36.have made sense and not been possible, the most successful team
:25:36. > :25:41.of athletes this country has ever assembled. I want to say to all of
:25:41. > :25:45.you - my, God there are a lot of you! I want to say to every single
:25:45. > :25:51.one of you, this was your achievement. This was your
:25:51. > :25:55.achievement. You brought this country together in a way we never
:25:56. > :26:05.expected. You routed the doubters, and you scattered the gloomsters.
:26:06. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:11.For the first time in living memory you caused Tube train travellers to
:26:11. > :26:16.break into spontaneous conversation. You did rack up more medals than
:26:16. > :26:22.France, didn't you? And more medals than Germany and more medals than
:26:22. > :26:28.Australia. More medals, my friends per head, more medals per head than
:26:28. > :26:34.virtually any country on Earth. Yes, you brought sport home to a city
:26:34. > :26:39.and country, where by and large it was invented and codfyed. You
:26:39. > :26:44.brought athletics home. You brought home rowing, you
:26:44. > :26:49.brought home cycling. You brought home judo. I am not sure that judo
:26:49. > :26:53.was invented in London, but never mind. You brought home ping-pong
:26:53. > :26:57.and above all, above all, you brought home the truth about us and
:26:58. > :27:02.about this country. That when we put our minds to it there's no
:27:02. > :27:10.limit to what Britain can achieve. Let's give them a big cheer as they
:27:10. > :27:16.go forward to Rio de Janeiro. Thank CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. A popular
:27:16. > :27:19.figure wherever he has gone at Olympic venues, bringing this
:27:19. > :27:29.finale to a close before they sing the National Anthem, with Katherine
:27:29. > :27:45.
:27:45. > :27:55.# God save our gracious queen # Long live our noble Queen
:27:55. > :27:57.
:27:57. > :28:07.# God save the Queen # Send her victorious
:28:07. > :28:08.