Episode 17 British Olympic Dreams

can to solve problems. Now we take The Olympic Games have come to an

end. For some it brought the success they have been dreaming of

a fall of their lives. Fathers it did not go quite according to plan.

Every athlete love the chance to compete against the walls burst

here in London. -- world's best. Witness something you have never

seen before. The most amazing show on earth. It is the most amazing

show on earth. Won't you come and play? Sit back and relax, fasten

your seatbelts. It is going to be a bumpy ride. Today we will revisit a

select group of our Olympic dreamers to see how they fared. We

will start with a man determined to make victory. He set out onto the

track for the 10,000 metres. Mo Farah. Some athletes are happy to

be the best in Britain. Some would be delighted to be the best in

Europe. For Mo Farah it was not enough. He knew to become the best

in the world he would have to change his whole lifestyle. You do

not become a double Olympic champion by doing exactly the same

as everybody else. Were the first changes he made was to start to

concentrate exclusively on the track after the disappointment of

not making the final at the Beijing Olympics he came out in the winter

of 2009 a different athlete. He was learning how to win. Mo Farah takes

the gold for Great Britain for the first time. By the summer of 2010

he had become the dominant force in European distance running. With

that came a new level of confidence. There was one bit of the jigsaw

still missing. Who would be the person who will help him repeat

that success as a world level? The answer lay on the other side of the

Atlantic Ocean. The man was a former American marathon champion

and now recognised as one of the great distance coaches. A bold move

for Mo Farah. It affected all of those around him. It was a high

risk strategy, one that most athletes would not take at that

stage of their careers. He had already been successful. Here he

was, asking his family to move to another country. He was going to a

coach he knew very little about. By the beginning of the 2011 season it

was already evident that the move was successful. All that remained

was for Mo Farah to get on the track at the place which was now

home to him in his first big 10,000 metres of the year. After becoming

the world champion in 2011 the expectations for the London

Olympics were higher. However, it would not all be plain sailing. One

or two indifferent performances were followed by a group of

different athletes coming out of Ethiopia and Kenya. It was an

early-season performance from a Mo Farah. It was not even televised.

It was two races in 20 minutes. I was confident that the 10,000

metres was his best chance of winning a gold medal. I could not

give you any predictions or guarantees. We all knew that it

would come down to the last lap. Has he got enough? He is ticking

again. It is going to be a glorious win. Mo Farah for Great Britain. It

is gold. That was it. He was the Olympic champion. What about the

5,000 metres? There were doubts. He looked tired in the heats. Many of

his competitors we had fresh legs. They all knew what his tactics were

going to be. As we sat down in the commentary box, once the first four

laps went by all those doubts disappear. We all know what

happened in the end. He has got to find something extra. Come on, Mo

Farah. He is going to get there. He is going to make its two gold

medals for Great Britain. Beautiful. He is the double Olympic champion.

The double Olympic champion. I said I want to win at London. It will

never happen to me again. To 7 that podium with everybody watching me

is amazing. A teenage superstar from North Wales is the Olympic

champion. It is obviously about hard-working and were too willing

to put into wood. Most importantly it is about being under pressure at

the Olympic Games. The greatest sailing Olympian in the history of

the Games. I pushed myself so hard. If I get on that platform I will be

enjoying it. I will have the biggest smile in the world. Come on,

Natasha. Yes. Well done. An excellent lift. She came here

determined. She did not want to bomb out of this competition. She

will be delighted with that. In a game is packed with them to stick

plumbers, women's boxing stood out as it made its debut. Also making

her debut was Nicola Adams. Already a world silver-medallist, could she

go one step further? I knew I was up against it. I was confident in

myself, I thought, this is my dream and my time. The bell rang and do

without. I did the business. Nicola Adams is the Olympic champion. She

has guaranteed herself in the Olympic sporting history as the

greatest Olympic female boxer. think that I have finally done that

on one of the biggest stages in the world and got that gold medal, it

is like a fairy trail -- fairy-tale ending for me. Such a golden moment.

It has gone a bit mental with the media? It has. I have been talking

to the media since I won. I cannot believe how much support from the

nation I have had. Talk to me about the build-up to the fight. Coming

out with the crowd and that this fear I was sucking it up. It was a

lump this might once-in-a-lifetime experience. We know this? I was. It

gives you that extra bit of sharpness. I was thinking to myself,

I have to win this fight. She had You look like you enjoyed it. You

certainly enjoyed the knock-down. did not even realise she was going

to go down. I was not expecting it. As she this she did, I was like,

yes. It was an exciting moment. beautiful shot. She's down to the

canvas. A legitimate knock-down. The count will be issued.

mentioned the crowd. Did you realise he was in the crowd? There

were a few famous faces. Everybody said that David Cameron was there,

Kate Middleton and Chris Evans. There were so many people there to

support the boxing. It is great. It lifted the profile of women's

boxing. He has had such a big turnout. It turnout. Itng. The motto

for the Games is to inspire a generation. Are those that fluffy

words or do words or dohese games can inspire a generation?

Definitely it can. I have had have been -- I have inspired them

to start sport old boxing. It is a nice feeling that I have inspired

someone to do a sport that I love doing. What is going to be your

motivation? What will drive you from here.A from here.Athe

European championships next year. I want to defend the title. Westerly

to get that gold in the world. Usain Bolt said he became a legend

at London 20 top. I guess you RN of a legend. You are the first women's

Olympic gold-medallist. No-one can take that away from you. It sounds

great. Back in 2000 date, Lewis- Smith made -- back in 2008 history

was made. He needed to help his team-mates in their medal drought.

Doing it for the team right now. On his pommel horse routine. That is

fantastic. What a performance. Great Britain has one gymnastic

gold. In with a chance of a bronze medal. That is just what we needed.

Bronze in the men's team final. was the first Olympic medal won by

a British men's gymnastic team in a achievement of the Games. The men's

individual events were ahead. They set out to take home a third

Olympic medal. This could shake up to be the biggest day in Lewes's

life. He will be feeling the nerves. That is your boy we're talking

about. He could make history today. How you feeling? Very good. In a

little while I will be very nervous when I see him in their and it is

clearly his turn. Does he realise what a massive Davis's? He could

make history. Yes. I think he does know. I do not think he will be

thinking about it. He would just go out there and do what he has

trained to do. Their ages, the inevitable role of a crowd

desperate to see another man of. Bronze in Beijing, could he do

better today? Hears of us. He will work out whatever else does and how

difficult he will make his routine. Just swing like there is nobody

watching. The first handstand. There is the second. Keep your head.

Keep the swing. Keep the focus. He is up, beautifully controlled. A

little flourish to come off. Goodness me. He did not let anybody

down there. It is a tired. Because the executions door was slightly

lower, but like it was going to be beaten by anybody he is that a man.

He would go down as were the greatest ever. The fact that I came

second to him is great. The whole nation thing so too. One week after

the Olympics he received a hero's welcome at his gym. This has always

been the big one for any British athlete, to perform at these Games.

It is massive. I knew that I would be filling it. My routine in the

finals I have never been more scared of my life. It was a nerve-

racking moment. To be standing here now with it all finished and two

Time To hear from another this made. Zoe Smith was 18 when she came to

our attention. Did she realise her ambitions? There are over 200 days

to the opening ceremony. I still have the qualifying of to do even

though I am pretty confident. aspires to get a place in the

Zealous mayor, the 18-year-old. -- Zoe Smith. She did not have to

Listen to that from the crowd. She will be delighted. It is the

biggest moment of her life. She has done this in training. From what

her coach has told us, she's just Just one kilo too far. It was very

close. She will be very disappointed with that. Can she

produce the British record in her It is overhead! It is 3! It is a

British record of four Zoe Smith! The 18-year-old from London.

I competed as an Olympian in my home town. I am overwhelmed.

On my way to BBC studios to do an interview. I had been mobbed for

photos which has been quite interesting. It is a bit different.

I competed at 12:30pm today. It has been a long day. But a successful

one. First Olympic Games done and dusted. Britain has a star of the

future. Today was the beginning. Was it everything he thought it

would be? Everything and more. It was nothing like I have experienced

before. I watched it in my room on TV. It must turn sounded like I was

in a delivery suite. It was a bit surreal. You do not really think

about being on live TV. Hopefully my mum and dad were watching. That

would have been nice. I do think I could win a medal. I think I could

make some big gains in the next four years. I hope for a medal by

I would not say I did not believe I would get to 2012. To be 18 and win

my first world title, it was then when I started to think 2012 is not

Peter Wilson it needs these tigers to win gold for Great Britain. And

he does it! He has done it! The third gold of the Games for the

host nation! How often have the allowed yourself

to visualise this? Is the first time I pictured myself. Anthony

Joshua is the Olympic super- During British Olympic dreams, we

highlighted the stories of many of our or rolling hopefuls. All of

whom were to claim medals at the Games. There was one story be held

onto now. She is the perfect example of an Olympian who never

lost sight of her dream. I did not The biggest risk was dealing with

the expectation on the morning of The race. After silver medals in

Sydney, Athens and Beijing, surely there was time for a London God.

She has been the poster girl for a decade or so. Everyone wants her to

win today. This could be the moment for the British came. If you could

pick one boat through is going to win, we will pick this one. There

is always a quiet moment at the start line. We feel the hard

pounding. Both of us mac would do everything we can to do justice of

what we had been building for three years. We looked into our eyes and

smiled. This is for us. For the fourth and final time, in her long

and establish career, she leaves her start line in an Olympic final.

A Life to be defined by the next 6.5 minutes. It started how I

wanted it to start. Already through the first quarter, listen to the

crowd. They had eased out. They are two-thirds of a length over

Australia. If anything, if we were to be taken by surprise, it would

have been only. That did not happen. We had a greater ability to control

the race from the front. They have clear water now! This is

phenomenal! Let's do this! Let's finish the story! A share in coup

have 25 stretch remaining. -- Australia's prove. Dreams do come

true! We will win a gold medal! Olympic champion as! A fabulous

result for growth Britain. At long last, she is the Olympic champion.

The crowd are going mad. It was overwhelming joy. Sheer pleasure.

It feels extraordinary. It was not an emotion I could expect. I do not

have the words for it. They do not come along very often. I did not

feel emotional. Not Can I talk to the Olympic champion

please? Where? Where? She is finally here. Worth the wait. After

so many people had been behind me and subordinates. They wanted this

for me as much as I did. Everyone who has helped me... My family, my

friends. Every single person has been a part of this. It feels so

much more special. Kenny sum up what it means? -- cannot you.

deserves this. But mostly pride. That result, in front of those

crowds. The home nation were so excited. I do not know how you can

beat this. For us, the story of the 2012 Olympics ended here. We so

dreams realised and shouted as well -- London welcomed the world.

the curtain falls for the dead it Olympiad, dreams of gold in Rio are