:01:02. > :01:08.The Olympics brings together people of the world in harmony and
:01:08. > :01:16.friendship, and peace, to celebrate what is best about mankind. To
:01:16. > :01:26.every athlete waiting, ready, prepared to take part in these
:01:26. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:32.games, welcome to London. There is a truth to sport, a purity, a drama,
:01:32. > :01:36.and intensity, the spirit that makes it irresistible to take part
:01:36. > :01:46.in and irresistible to watch. we are seeing right now is the
:01:46. > :01:49.
:01:49. > :01:53.dream come true. It will inspire a generation. In every Olympic sport,
:01:53. > :01:58.There is all that matters in life. Humans stretched to the limits of
:01:59. > :02:08.their ability, living for the moment, but making an indelible
:02:08. > :02:18.mark on history. The champion becomes a legend! My fellow
:02:18. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:24.countrymen, I say thank you, thank you for making this possible.
:02:24. > :02:32.Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion. Best all-round athlete in
:02:32. > :02:42.the world. I have never been so proud to be British and to be part
:02:42. > :02:47.
:02:47. > :02:51.of the Olympic movement. This is our time. And one day we will tell
:02:51. > :03:01.our children and our grandchildren that when our time came, we did it
:03:01. > :03:02.
:03:02. > :03:08.right. The words offered by Sebastian Coe
:03:08. > :03:15.at the opening ceremony perfectly described the most glorious
:03:15. > :03:20.sporting weeks in British history. Dreams were realised, heart strings
:03:20. > :03:24.were togged, we should it here, London delivered, it kept its
:03:24. > :03:29.promises, even the sunshine, and tonight it will hand over the
:03:29. > :03:33.Olympic responsibility to Rio de Janeiro. Before that, we are set
:03:33. > :03:38.for a rousing finale. The artistic director has promised the closing
:03:38. > :03:42.ceremony will be the best after- show party ever. It is a chance for
:03:42. > :03:47.the athletes to celebrate their achievements and an opportunity for
:03:47. > :03:53.us to thank them. Over the next hour and a half we will look back
:03:53. > :03:58.at some of those magical moments before we begin our final farewell
:03:58. > :04:03.to London 2012. The perfect closing ceremony needs
:04:03. > :04:08.to do several things. It has to celebrate the excellence of the
:04:08. > :04:13.athletes, and my word there is a lot of that to celebrate. It has to
:04:13. > :04:19.entertain the people in the crowd. It has to introduce the world to
:04:19. > :04:22.the next host city. We will be doing that. And it has to bring the
:04:22. > :04:29.Olympic Games to a dignified and fitting conclusion. Something else
:04:29. > :04:34.to celebrate as well, if we take a look at the skyline taking shape in
:04:34. > :04:40.the stadium. By common consent, London has proved itself to be the
:04:40. > :04:44.perfect Olympic city. With a generous spirit and an army of
:04:44. > :04:50.volunteers who brought something very special to these Olympic Games,
:04:50. > :04:55.not to mention some outstanding venues. So, we are standing by for
:04:55. > :04:59.a symphony of British music - someone called it the play list to
:04:59. > :05:05.end all play lists. I will let you be the judge of that but we are
:05:05. > :05:10.getting ready to celebrate the triumph of London 2012.
:05:10. > :05:20.It has gone so quickly, but here we are - the closing ceremony is
:05:20. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:25.almost upon us. The stadium will be crammed to the rafters. Over the
:05:25. > :05:29.next hour-and-a-half we will bring you the stories of these amazing
:05:29. > :05:34.Olympics, and in the company of some of the biggest names in sport,
:05:34. > :05:39.including Sir Steve Redgrave and Michael Johnson. Steve, just over
:05:39. > :05:45.two weeks ago you proudly carried the torch into the Olympic Stadium.
:05:45. > :05:50.How do you think it has gone since then? Reasonably well? A not too
:05:50. > :05:55.bad. It has been fantastic, past my wildest dreams of what we thought
:05:55. > :06:05.we could deliver. It has been so special obviously from the
:06:05. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:09.supporting -- the sporting side, Team GB has been a plus. The
:06:09. > :06:13.atmosphere for the athlete has been incredible, down to the volunteers
:06:13. > :06:19.and everybody that has made it so fantastic for everybody else. I
:06:19. > :06:25.have been to a lot of the venues in the last 10 days once the rowing
:06:25. > :06:31.had finished, and the feedback I am getting is incredible. You have
:06:31. > :06:35.cuddled a lot of people, haven't you? Michael, I would love to know
:06:35. > :06:39.what sort of perspective it is getting further revealed outside
:06:39. > :06:48.Great Britain. How does the world perceive the Olympic Games to have
:06:48. > :06:55.gone? I have been here. That is a good point! I have heard from back
:06:55. > :06:58.home, people have noticed that out in the City London has just been so
:06:58. > :07:04.energetic and people have had a great time, even if you didn't have
:07:04. > :07:09.an opportunity to go to the events, just the energy in the city from
:07:09. > :07:14.day one has been incredible. Out here in the Olympic Park, people
:07:14. > :07:24.having a great time and wanting to hang out so they have done a
:07:24. > :07:25.
:07:25. > :07:29.fantastic job of creative fantastic atmosphere. It always helps that
:07:29. > :07:35.Team GB did a great job. another packed house as well
:07:35. > :07:40.because the crowd have been the star of the Games. It has been
:07:40. > :07:46.fantastic in the stadium from the first day. The first morning
:07:46. > :07:49.session, there was talk of empty seats but there were none here. It
:07:49. > :07:53.started out for Jessica Ennis and it was incredible right the way
:07:53. > :07:58.through. Some fantastic performances here, and each one of
:07:58. > :08:03.the athletes, not only from Great Britain, but from all round said
:08:03. > :08:06.the atmosphere and the crowd lifted them so much. The crowd taking
:08:07. > :08:13.their seats here because they are getting ready for the closing
:08:13. > :08:18.ceremony. When London 2012 began, the tone of the Games would be set
:08:18. > :08:24.by the British team. Can they cope with the pressure and expectation
:08:24. > :08:33.of forming on home soil? Absolutely. It is the flag of Uganda draped
:08:33. > :08:43.over the shoulders of Stephen Kiprotich. He is the Olympic
:08:43. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:04.champion. This is effectively a lack of honour. -- lap of honour.
:09:04. > :09:12.The noise is deafening. A my words can't do justice. Have you ever
:09:12. > :09:16.seen anything like that? For seven years, the questions had
:09:16. > :09:24.been asked countless times - could debt-ridden Britain afford this?
:09:24. > :09:28.Did a nation of doubters have the conviction to pull this off? Could
:09:28. > :09:38.the athletes deliver? Now the questions had to stop, there was
:09:38. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:46.time only to take a deep breath and let London stir.
:09:46. > :09:56.Earth has not anything to show more fair. Dull would he be of soul who
:09:56. > :09:57.
:09:57. > :10:05.could pass by the sight so touching in its majesty. This city now like
:10:05. > :10:12.a garment were as the beauty of the morning. Silence, there, ships,
:10:12. > :10:22.towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open on to this guy for right
:10:22. > :10:23.
:10:23. > :10:26.and glittering on to the smoke last day.
:10:26. > :10:32.And with that, the action began with something of a whisper, the
:10:32. > :10:42.sigh of a hope dashed. Mark Cavendish's gold medal chances are
:10:42. > :10:43.
:10:43. > :10:49.slipping away here. It is the story of our life. When the first medal
:10:49. > :10:56.came, it was celebrated. Relief at being off the mark. There was a
:10:56. > :11:03.first British medal in the men's team gymnastics for 100 years. And
:11:03. > :11:10.a team on a different kind of horse won silver. Even so, there was a
:11:10. > :11:18.slight sense of anti-climax. A bronze for Rebecca Adlington was OK.
:11:18. > :11:22.It was hard, it was so hard. Four days had gone by - nobody dared
:11:22. > :11:32.suggest that Team GB you were joking, but when would somebody
:11:32. > :11:40.
:11:40. > :11:43.clear their throat and let out a roar? Where was the gold? It came
:11:43. > :11:52.on the fifth day. Rowing - ever reliable rowing - rowed to the
:11:52. > :11:58.rescue. That is an exceptional start for Helen Glover and Heather
:11:58. > :12:08.Stanning. They are storming away. They move away with such power and
:12:08. > :12:24.
:12:24. > :12:30.grace. They are making history here at Eton Dorney. Great Britain are
:12:30. > :12:40.Olympic champions. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, we stand up and
:12:40. > :12:49.
:12:49. > :12:56.salute you. A man that has not lost any fluidity at Talk is Bradley
:12:56. > :13:01.Wiggins, poetry in motion. Six medals to his credit in the
:13:01. > :13:06.Olympics and it is looking like it is going to the gold today. Bradley
:13:06. > :13:12.Wiggins is the Olympic champion. be honest, it had to be gold today
:13:12. > :13:18.it or nothing. What is the point in having seven medals if they are not
:13:18. > :13:22.cold? I have got to carry on to Rio now and go for five. Already making
:13:22. > :13:27.plans for the future, but at the moment Bradley Wiggins deserved a
:13:27. > :13:31.break. He set off to celebrate for a night on the tiles without his
:13:31. > :13:37.bike. Also smashed, the British record for the men's 200m
:13:37. > :13:44.breaststroke. It is a fantastic silver medal for Great Britain and
:13:44. > :13:49.Michael Jameson, what a brilliant swim that was. For Greg Searle,
:13:49. > :13:59.bronze in the eight. A silver medal for Gemma Gibbons and a message to
:13:59. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:10.her mum. What had started slowly was gathering pace. The medal rush,
:14:10. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:22.one after the other, two in the same event. That is the fastest
:14:22. > :14:28.time we have seen. Oh, my goodness, we don't just get one - we get two
:14:28. > :14:38.medals. The last of this rapid-fire medal burst, Peter Wilson - 6 foot
:14:38. > :14:43.
:14:43. > :14:47.He does it, Peter Wilson has done it! Four medals in the space of 40
:14:47. > :14:52.minutes. Back at the lake, there was about to be one of the
:14:52. > :14:56.finishers of the Games. Great Britain get the silver! The mighty
:14:56. > :14:59.Sir Steve Redgrave had been passed by Bradley Wiggins as Britain's
:14:59. > :15:04.most decorated pen and Nick Clegg person. Another cyclist on the
:15:04. > :15:14.other side of town was about to try to equal him as the winner of the
:15:14. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:52.The crowd are going absolutely mad, gold medal for Great Britain, the
:15:52. > :15:57.5th won in the Olympics by Sir Chris Hoy! What about the Queen of
:15:57. > :16:04.the track? Victoria Pendleton, along with Jess Varnish,
:16:04. > :16:07.disqualified in the women's team And there was trouble for the first
:16:07. > :16:11.Sea Lord, Ben Ainslie was not dominating in the Finn class, and
:16:11. > :16:16.he was made by his rival to take a penalty turn at just the wrong
:16:16. > :16:21.moment. All the right moment to wind them up... They made a big
:16:21. > :16:25.mistake, because I'm angry, and you do not want to make me angry.
:16:25. > :16:35.Olympic Stadium was about to reopen for business. Early in the morning,
:16:35. > :16:45.the heptathletes stepped out to be Jessica Ennis has got the potential
:16:45. > :16:47.
:16:47. > :16:57.Her Olympic adventure starts here... She is a one-woman athletics team,
:16:57. > :16:57.
:16:57. > :17:00.and this is one of her favourite She got away to a good start.
:17:00. > :17:06.Jessica Ennis is being closed down by the Belgian, but now she is
:17:06. > :17:12.beginning to pull away on the inside. This is a tremendous run by
:17:12. > :17:18.Jessica Ennis! Oh, my goodness! The fastest time ever by a
:17:18. > :17:22.heptathletes! The power of the crowd carried Jess Ennis. The first
:17:22. > :17:31.day of athletics, the last day of judo for Karina Bryant, and a
:17:31. > :17:36.And on the theme of last days, was this the last chapter in the silver
:17:36. > :17:41.tinted career of Katherine Grainger at the age of 36? One last chance
:17:41. > :17:49.for a gold medal. Ladies and gentlemen, what we are seeing right
:17:49. > :17:57.now is that dreams do come true! At long, long last, Katherine Grainger
:17:57. > :18:01.is the Olympic champion! Worth the wait! Gold at last for Katherine
:18:01. > :18:04.Grainger, and for the men are honest, Women's Day at the Games, a
:18:04. > :18:09.pair of bronze medals for George Nash and Will Satch, who came
:18:09. > :18:13.together only a few months ago. And then a Northern Irishman, but the
:18:13. > :18:18.danger of being on your own is that there is nobody to say, Alan
:18:18. > :18:23.Campbell, do not push it too far. If this was Women's Day, as in
:18:23. > :18:26.grown-up women, it was also a girls' night out. Into the pool
:18:26. > :18:32.went 15-year-old Katie Ledecky of the United States, showing no
:18:32. > :18:37.respect for their elders, including reigning champion Rebecca Adlington.
:18:37. > :18:41.I think the pressure and everything, the expectation, everything going
:18:41. > :18:45.into this meet has been a little bit of a battle, but I gave it my
:18:45. > :18:51.absolute ball, and an sorry I did not get the gold for everyone was
:18:51. > :18:56.expecting me to. In the wacky world of the keirin, Victoria Pendleton
:18:56. > :19:02.took care this time and then reached for the turbocharger.
:19:02. > :19:06.Victoria Pendleton takes the gold medal! I cannot believe it... Thank
:19:07. > :19:11.you so much to everyone who has helped me get here. The crowd have
:19:11. > :19:15.been fantastic. In the men's team pursuit, Ed Clancy, Edgar Wright
:19:15. > :19:18.Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh had broken the world
:19:18. > :19:24.record on the way to the final. They now faced their old rivals,
:19:24. > :19:29.the Australians, and a new world record was not safe. After a lap to
:19:29. > :19:34.go for the British team, the world record is under threat, the gold
:19:34. > :19:40.medal is Great Britain's, they come to the line, oh, look at the time,
:19:40. > :19:45.it is a new world record, and Great Britain are won the gold medal!
:19:45. > :19:48.Saturday August 4th, the middle Saturday, day eight of the Games.
:19:48. > :19:53.Compressing medals into concentrated bursts was to remain
:19:53. > :19:58.the fashion, starting at the lake on this special day. The emotion
:19:58. > :20:05.would flow, but not here. Four steely men in their boat of Kevlar,
:20:05. > :20:10.carbon fibre and Nomex honeycombs. We have done it! We have done it,
:20:10. > :20:16.and we have done it in style! Great Britain, the Olympic champions!
:20:16. > :20:20.in the very next race... Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland
:20:20. > :20:28.rowing after the line, they are Olympic champions, an incredible
:20:28. > :20:32.scull! Two golds in two races, greedy, almost. But then it came
:20:32. > :20:40.apart, and suddenly we had to know about the small print of rowing,
:20:40. > :20:45.the 100m row that allowed for a restart. -- rule. Denmark just
:20:45. > :20:54.sneaking ahead of Great Britain... We gave everything. We tried
:20:54. > :21:00.everything. We wanted to win so badly. We just... Sorry to
:21:00. > :21:05.everybody we have let down. have let nobody down. Reliable
:21:05. > :21:09.rowing on a lake of tears, four gold, two Silva, three bronze, no
:21:09. > :21:16.wonder the water turned a little salty. The work was not yet done at
:21:16. > :21:26.the Velodrome. Here too, a forward gold was about to be won. They are
:21:26. > :21:36.
:21:36. > :21:42.on fire! Laura Trott and Joanna Night fell, and all eyes turned to
:21:42. > :21:49.the Olympic Stadium and the last instalment of a seven-part drama.
:21:49. > :21:53.This could be gold... If you cheer loud enough, Jessica Ennis will he
:21:54. > :21:59.the AU. It does not matter that somebody has overtaken out. She has
:21:59. > :22:06.given us a magnificent seven events already. And here goes Jessica
:22:06. > :22:13.Ennis! She is going to be the Olympic champion! Everybody is on
:22:13. > :22:23.their feet! The pride of Sheffield, the pride of Great Britain, Jessica
:22:23. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:32.All this hard work and the disappointment of Beijing, and
:22:32. > :22:37.everyone supporting me so much, I cannot believe it! The stadium had
:22:37. > :22:47.barely settled when an injury- plagued 25-year-old from Bletchley,
:22:47. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:56.Milton Keynes, said off down the That is bigger! Can you believe
:22:56. > :23:01.what is happening in this stadium at the moment?! 8.31 metres!
:23:01. > :23:05.Olympic long jump champion, Greg Rutherford! Barely had the crowd
:23:05. > :23:11.finished celebrating that when a 28-year-old from Mogadishu, Somalia,
:23:11. > :23:21.who came to Britain at the age of eight, set off on 25 laps of the
:23:21. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:31.track. The 10,000m final is under There goes Mo Farah, that is his
:23:31. > :23:37.first really serious move, and there has been a response this time
:23:38. > :23:43.from Kenenisa Bekele. Mo Farah hits the front, one lap to go, the bell
:23:43. > :23:53.rings! Is its tolling for a gold medal for Great Britain? Will he
:23:53. > :24:07.
:24:08. > :24:14.Mo Farah with one-metre lead, but And Mo Farah is taking hard! The
:24:14. > :24:24.crowd are lifting in! Mo Farah into the home straight, he has got 100m
:24:24. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:43.to go, has he got enough? He is That meant so much to me, seeing my
:24:43. > :24:53.daughter, really emotional, she has come running to me, I was just like,
:24:53. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :24:59.Three gold medals in 45 minutes. Who could follow that? One man
:24:59. > :25:05.could, and he would have his moment, but elsewhere a sense that such a
:25:05. > :25:10.day could not be bettered. A bronze for Ed Clancy in the omnium,
:25:10. > :25:20.Christine Ohuruogu so close in the 400m. A sterling effort to get the
:25:20. > :25:25.silver. A silver for Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in the Star class.
:25:25. > :25:29.Not much drama On This Day After? In the gymnastics, suddenly there
:25:29. > :25:39.was, on the pommel horse. First, Max Whitlock and then, last to go,
:25:39. > :25:40.
:25:40. > :25:46.Louis Smith. That is superb! For my money, that has won the gold medal.
:25:46. > :25:56.It is a tie, because the executions door was slightly lower, so he
:25:56. > :25:59.
:25:59. > :26:04.Down at the sailing, it had been fraught for Ben Ainslie, but he won
:26:04. > :26:09.gold, making it four gold and one of the silver at five games. What
:26:09. > :26:15.was his mood now? You are the greatest Olympic sailor in history!
:26:15. > :26:20.Yeah. Not such a quiet day after all. From Weymouth to Wimbledon, it
:26:21. > :26:24.was about to go wild. A sometimes grumpy Scot from Dunblane, never
:26:24. > :26:28.really sure about his popularity, discovered he was the darling half
:26:28. > :26:32.the nation. Andy Murray had beaten Novak Djokovic, now he faced the
:26:32. > :26:38.player who had defeated him in the Wimbledon final, the great Roger
:26:38. > :26:48.Federer. Since he pulled on that Team GB should, he has been like a
:26:48. > :26:54.man possessed this week. It is a golden triumph for Andy Murray!
:26:54. > :26:59.is number one for me, the biggest win in my life. This week has been
:26:59. > :27:04.incredible, I have had a lot of fun, the support has been amazing.
:27:04. > :27:07.Immediately into the next doubles final with Laura Robson, silver.
:27:07. > :27:10.Jason Kenny had been picked ahead of Sir Chris Hoy for the men's
:27:10. > :27:17.sprint. If the rider from Falmouth in Bolton was feeling the pressure
:27:17. > :27:23.of being selected ahead of the Scotsman, it did not show. Kenny
:27:23. > :27:28.has got the head of the race, Kenny is the Olympic sprint champion! He
:27:28. > :27:33.wins the gold medal, and the won in style! It was a battle to get here
:27:33. > :27:37.with Chris, knowing you have got someone on the sideline, he would
:27:37. > :27:41.not give the second sprint away, I thought, I had better not mess this
:27:41. > :27:45.one up! Beth Tweddle had led the revival in British gymnastics,
:27:45. > :27:55.three-times world champion, but never an Olympic medallist. She
:27:55. > :27:59.
:27:59. > :28:03.kept going for this, one last go, Greenwich Park, handsome home for
:28:03. > :28:08.horses and riders, the show jumping team were little fancied. The last
:28:08. > :28:12.time Britain won a medal in this event was 1952. But here, just a
:28:12. > :28:22.few strides from the Greenwich prime meridian, everything was on
:28:22. > :28:23.
:28:23. > :28:31.the line. Just the double and the Come on! It is down to Tower Bridge
:28:31. > :28:38.for gold... This could be the first gold for Great Britain since 1952!
:28:38. > :28:43.And Britain have got gold! I mean, it is absolutely everything to win
:28:43. > :28:48.this, especially for our country, for show jumping, you know, for me
:28:48. > :28:52.personally, it is everything. moment came for abdication, time
:28:52. > :29:00.for the King and queen of cycling to say their Olympic fare well.
:29:00. > :29:04.Queen Victoria left with a silver, but with such a sense of relief.
:29:04. > :29:10.is all over, you have been incredible. The King left with a
:29:10. > :29:17.leap into the record books. Shoulder to shoulder now as they
:29:17. > :29:21.come off the bend, who is going to get it?! Chris Hoy gets the gold
:29:21. > :29:27.medal! That is his 6th gold medal, he becomes the greatest British
:29:27. > :29:32.Olympian! I am in shock, you know, trying to compose yourself and take
:29:32. > :29:42.it all in, but this is just surreal. This is what I always wanted, you
:29:42. > :29:44.
:29:44. > :29:50.know, I wanted to win gold in front Who might fill the power vacuum? An
:29:50. > :29:57.all-rounder of the omnium. She has got to finish three places ahead in
:29:57. > :30:01.the time-trial. In track cycling, there were 10 gold medals available.
:30:01. > :30:06.Britain's four seven of them. Such a tally was not possible near the
:30:06. > :30:12.athletics track, but this was a leap of faith from Robbie Grabarz
:30:12. > :30:17.taking the medal tally beyond the one at the Beijing Games. The tally
:30:17. > :30:22.included a wind surfer skimming for silver over the waves - nick
:30:22. > :30:32.Dempsey dancing on the seat. And horses dancing, just behind the
:30:32. > :30:33.
:30:33. > :30:40.naval college where once they taught how to rule the waves.
:30:40. > :30:50.Britain's first ever gold in dressage. The triathlon - three
:30:50. > :30:52.
:30:52. > :30:57.Sports 1 after the other, two brothers, one after the other.
:30:57. > :31:05.Alastair and Jonny Brownlee. Alistair Brownlee is the Olympic
:31:05. > :31:12.triathlon champion. There will be both of the brilliant brothers on
:31:12. > :31:17.the Olympic podium, as Jonathan comes home for bronze. This may be
:31:17. > :31:27.the contrast of the Games - first that dressage again, the individual
:31:27. > :31:28.
:31:28. > :31:34.competition now, outdoors, delicate, exquisite. Charlotte Dujardin has
:31:34. > :31:40.iced the cake in style. Britain won gold and bronze. I don't know how
:31:40. > :31:50.we have done it, but we have done it and now we have two Olympic gold
:31:50. > :31:53.
:31:54. > :31:58.medals so it is unbelievable. then this dash indoors, volcanic,
:31:58. > :32:08.violent. Women's boxing was new to the Olympics but Nicola Adams
:32:08. > :32:09.
:32:09. > :32:19.looked as if she was completely at home in the bedlam. No colour Adams
:32:19. > :32:20.
:32:20. > :32:25.representing Great Britain has come out absolutely blazing. She has
:32:25. > :32:30.made history. I have been dreaming about this since I was 12 years old
:32:30. > :32:35.and the moment has finally come. I've got my gold medal for Great
:32:35. > :32:45.Britain, another one on the board. Fast hands and fast feet of Jane
:32:45. > :32:52.
:32:52. > :32:57.Jones in taekwondo. -- Jade. feels crazy. I have dreamt about it
:32:57. > :33:05.for ages and it is here, it's amazing and the crowd have been
:33:05. > :33:13.amazing. It was less full-on the next day, sailing for silver Saskia
:33:13. > :33:23.Clark and Hannah Mills. A hockey medal, the first for 20 years. And
:33:23. > :33:23.
:33:24. > :33:30.a bronze medal for Muhammad in taekwondo. Was that it? Way back
:33:30. > :33:40.there had been anxiety about the first gold medal. Was it time for a
:33:40. > :33:47.
:33:47. > :33:51.last batch? It is cold former -- it is a gold medal. In the world of
:33:51. > :33:57.falling beautifully, Tom Daley had been struggling a bit. These have
:33:57. > :34:04.been difficult times, losing his dad to cancer last year, and here
:34:04. > :34:11.not quite at his best. Until now. This was a bronze celebrated as if
:34:11. > :34:17.it was pure gold. In another flurry of arms, late medals came. A bronze
:34:17. > :34:26.had already come to Anthony Ogogo, and now bantamweight Luke Campbell
:34:26. > :34:33.was in the gold Final. Luke Campbell has done it again. For it
:34:33. > :34:37.was a silver medal for Fred Evans. And one rousing boxing finale.
:34:37. > :34:47.Anthoney Joshua is the Olympic super-heavyweight champion.
:34:47. > :34:51.
:34:51. > :34:58.boxer who wouldn't give up and the modern eight pentathlon athlete who
:34:58. > :35:02.wouldn't give up. Mo Farah helped to turn the second Saturday of the
:35:02. > :35:12.Games in a night to remember. What could he do now on the third and
:35:12. > :35:17.
:35:17. > :35:25.last Saturday? The crowd are on their feet. Saturday nights were
:35:25. > :35:33.Moments. He has got to kick home. He makes it two gold medals for
:35:33. > :35:38.Great Britain. Beautiful! The question had been asked - could
:35:38. > :35:48.Team GB deliver? They have delivered beyond expectation. Out
:35:48. > :35:51.
:35:52. > :35:55.of this world. Day after day, Team GB did
:35:55. > :36:00.themselves and the nation proud and I'm delighted to say Denise Lewis
:36:00. > :36:06.and Chris Boardman have joined us. Denise, I know this was your home
:36:06. > :36:13.for many days, a wonderful stadium that played its part in the success.
:36:13. > :36:17.I want to talk about Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah. How special were
:36:17. > :36:24.those two long distance victories for him? There are certain
:36:24. > :36:28.victories forever etched in your mind, no fire in the 10,000m and
:36:29. > :36:35.5,000m will live on for a generation and the years to come.
:36:35. > :36:42.think it was the manner in which he won the races. They were emphatic,
:36:42. > :36:47.especially in the 10,000m. In the 5,000m, more cat and mouse, more
:36:47. > :36:56.danger, more drama, but in the end he came through. He had to race
:36:56. > :37:02.track -- to race tactically smart. It was fantastic, the best
:37:02. > :37:06.performance on the track for me. am his smile lit up the stadium.
:37:06. > :37:10.think it was disbelief actually. I don't think he has taken on the
:37:10. > :37:18.enormity of what he has done. just wasn't going to let anybody
:37:18. > :37:28.past him, it was incredible. It is the mark of a true champion. He
:37:28. > :37:30.
:37:30. > :37:35.learnt in Daegu and it wasn't going to happen here. The pressure on
:37:35. > :37:40.Jessica Ennis to win the gold medal was immense but she looked so calm,
:37:40. > :37:45.start a supremely and never let anyone close. She is such a supreme
:37:45. > :37:50.figure and she has died jested that emotion and translated it into
:37:50. > :37:55.dynamic performances. The hurdles race for me will forever live on,
:37:55. > :38:02.and crossing the line - poetry. Beautiful moments, and we have had
:38:02. > :38:09.them right across the board. The cycling, was at seven? Always the
:38:09. > :38:15.cycling. I have to say, I was a bit surprised actually. In Beijing, I
:38:15. > :38:19.said to David Brailsford we have got to make the most of it because
:38:19. > :38:26.we will never see the like of this again. Then they changed the rules,
:38:26. > :38:30.but it was amazing. Highlights, if you could pick one out? It is
:38:30. > :38:40.difficult and I am not on the fence here. Seeing Chris Hoy finishes
:38:40. > :38:46.Olympic career, although he did say 99.929 % leaving sung wiggle room!
:38:46. > :38:52.It is good to see we have used coming through. Jason Kenny and
:38:52. > :38:56.Laura Trott will be riding in tandem! The future is in safe hands
:38:56. > :39:01.with these riders coming through. There are a lot of them. Jason
:39:01. > :39:07.Kenny has had the ultimate sparring partner in Chris Hoy, an Olympic
:39:07. > :39:11.medal yardstick next to him so we are in very good shape. It was hard
:39:11. > :39:15.just to get into one of those teams on the track. It is about 50
:39:15. > :39:20.minutes until the start of the closing ceremony and the athletes
:39:20. > :39:25.are gathering outside ready to party because this is their day to
:39:25. > :39:29.celebrate everything that they have achieved at the Games. I say every
:39:29. > :39:35.athlete, but not all of them because I'm delighted to say Chris
:39:35. > :39:38.Hoy joins us from the athletes village. Chris, six gold medals.
:39:38. > :39:47.You looked very emotional collecting the last one in the
:39:47. > :39:51.Velodrome. Has it come home to you now that you are Britain's most
:39:51. > :39:56.now that you are Britain's most successful Olympian ever? Despite
:39:56. > :40:02.the highs and lows in the last four years, it was just this sense of
:40:02. > :40:08.elation and relief, joy, everything at once. Emotion as well - it was
:40:08. > :40:12.the end of my Olympic career. I remember how I felt when I got my
:40:12. > :40:16.first silver medal in Sydney and I was overjoyed. I would have been
:40:16. > :40:20.happy to walk away from the sport with that as my reward so I would
:40:20. > :40:25.never have dreamt I was getting more medals along the way. To do it
:40:25. > :40:30.in front of the home crowd, everybody says it but it is true,
:40:30. > :40:33.it has been the most incredible support we have had. There must be
:40:33. > :40:43.a terrific atmosphere in the village between the British
:40:43. > :40:44.
:40:44. > :40:49.athletes, but if you have to pick a highlight a -- outside of your own,
:40:49. > :40:56.what would you pick? But I had to come I would say Katherine Grainger
:40:56. > :41:01.in the rowing. I have been on that journey with her since Sydney and I
:41:01. > :41:05.remember how happy she was with her medal in Sydney, as I was, then she
:41:05. > :41:11.became steadily more disappointed and Beijing was heartbreaking for
:41:11. > :41:16.her. To see her bounce back in the style that she did, that was the
:41:16. > :41:21.one that had me standing on the sofa, Yemen. I was emotional
:41:21. > :41:24.watching her as well, and even the morning after when she got
:41:24. > :41:30.interviewed on breakfast television, she was emotional then and I could
:41:30. > :41:40.feel that as well. Chris Boardman has said you are 99.9% sure you are
:41:40. > :41:42.
:41:42. > :41:47.not going forward to Rio, but let's take you a head to two years' time,
:41:47. > :41:52.the Commonwealth Games. To have a home Commonwealth Games would be
:41:52. > :41:56.like nothing else. If it was down to me, my choice, I would
:41:56. > :42:02.definitely be there but my body will make the final decision. If I
:42:02. > :42:07.can hold out for two years, there are a lot of a sand pains, injuries,
:42:07. > :42:14.even just maintaining form to get selected, it will not be easy but I
:42:14. > :42:19.will definitely have a break for a few months. I will have some gym
:42:19. > :42:28.training, reassess things and see if it will be possible. Thank you
:42:28. > :42:34.for talking to us. We wish you well. Things are getting ready, they are
:42:34. > :42:39.rehearsing outside. The crowd is inside the arena now, and we have
:42:39. > :42:44.three commentators down there. I have to say, we are looking
:42:44. > :42:49.forward to the enormous cheering when Chris Hoy it emerges with a
:42:50. > :42:56.lot of other athletes later. It will start at 9 o'clock. Trevor,
:42:56. > :43:00.what are you expecting? The great and the good of British pop culture.
:43:00. > :43:09.The atmosphere is amazing, it will be super, the best after-show party
:43:09. > :43:15.of all time. This is a pixel, there are 70,000 of these. The lights
:43:15. > :43:21.will take precedence here, it will light the stadium more. Pretty
:43:21. > :43:25.spectacular. And the artistic director has said this will be a
:43:25. > :43:29.mashed up Symphony at British music over the next couple of ours. The
:43:29. > :43:36.musical director has been promising that if the opening ceremony were
:43:36. > :43:40.like a wedding ceremony, this is the reception. These athletes,
:43:40. > :43:44.10,500 of them, many of them didn't come to the opening ceremony
:43:44. > :43:50.because of commitments in events over the following few days, they
:43:50. > :43:56.will be here. They will come pouring onto the field to become
:43:56. > :44:03.part of this party. Informal, a lot of energy. We will take our seats,
:44:03. > :44:06.it is back to you in the studio. Thank you to the team, and of
:44:06. > :44:09.course the venues have really worked here and London has never
:44:09. > :44:15.looked better throughout these Games and that is because the sport
:44:15. > :44:20.have taken place at so many iconic landmarks including Greenwich Park.
:44:20. > :44:29.It has hosted the equestrian events and the modern pentathlon today.
:44:29. > :44:34.This is one of the reasons why London won the bid to stage the
:44:34. > :44:38.Games, the symbolism of Greenwich Mean Time, and we are at the low
:44:38. > :44:43.observatory Greenwich just over my shoulder, with the volunteers,
:44:43. > :44:47.70,000 of them, known as gamesmakers, and their attitude and
:44:47. > :44:51.energy has made this Olympic Games so special. If you are assuming
:44:51. > :44:57.they have all come from the UK, they haven't, where have you come
:44:57. > :45:02.from? Brisbane, Queensland. We love London and love to volunteer, so we
:45:02. > :45:06.are privileged to be part of the experience. Michigan, United States.
:45:06. > :45:10.I volunteered because I used to be a modern and athlete, and
:45:10. > :45:20.volunteering has been an amazing experience. You were here to see
:45:20. > :45:23.
:45:23. > :45:26.the last goal gold of the Games. guarantee that we would do it
:45:27. > :45:30.because of the weather. I have decided to volunteer for the
:45:30. > :45:36.Paralympics as well. For those who have come from further afield, some
:45:36. > :45:39.have been staying in campsites, two are local, Greenwich is one of the
:45:39. > :45:44.areas which was not popular with locals, because the park was closed
:45:44. > :45:49.down. It has been fabulous watching the park being developed, but it
:45:49. > :45:53.has already been given back, I was walking my dog early today. It is a
:45:53. > :45:57.beautiful place, it has been lovely for people to enjoy it, and I hope
:45:57. > :46:01.they come again to see it in future. Greenwich did not really need to be
:46:01. > :46:06.put on the map, everybody knew where it was, but you have made
:46:06. > :46:09.this spectacular, so to warn of the gamesmakers, the technicians, the
:46:09. > :46:13.police and the armed forces, thank you.
:46:13. > :46:16.Yes, and we say exactly the same, because everybody that greeted us
:46:16. > :46:19.at the venues, they played their part in making this the Friendly
:46:19. > :46:25.Games. However important the success of
:46:25. > :46:35.the host nation John Olympic Games, it also needs global superstars to
:46:35. > :46:38.
:46:38. > :46:42.succeed, and that London 2012, they Early in the morning of the second
:46:42. > :46:50.Monday of the Games, a roving laboratory called Curiosity landed
:46:50. > :46:54.on Mars. Had curiosity got the better of Curiosity, and had
:46:55. > :47:00.pointed a camera back into space in the direction of home, it might
:47:00. > :47:09.have detected a surge of energy, signs of life on Earth. That would
:47:09. > :47:19.How different from the sound a little earlier, when in the silence
:47:19. > :47:33.
:47:33. > :47:39.Before the age of Usain Bolt, it was feared the 100m was turning
:47:39. > :47:43.into chemical alley, Olympic lanes are so suspicious speed. But Bolt
:47:43. > :47:50.in Beijing had made it pure theatre, and now he was top billing in
:47:50. > :47:54.London. This is the race that makes the world hold its breath, not a
:47:54. > :48:02.long breath, just the time it takes for this long stretch of Jamaica to
:48:02. > :48:09.become a legend. But danger lurked. Yohan Blake, his training partner,
:48:09. > :48:14.who had beaten him twice at the Jamaican trials. Also from Jamaica,
:48:14. > :48:20.Asafa Powell, and from across the Caribbean Sea, Richard Thompson of
:48:20. > :48:26.Trinidad & Tobago, and Churandy Martina of Curacao. And three
:48:26. > :48:31.Americans, Ryan Bailey, Tyson Gay and Justin Gatlin, once banned for
:48:31. > :48:39.four years on a doping rap. The 100m, this had always been
:48:39. > :48:49.America's race, and they wanted it back. 80,000 drew their breath. And
:48:49. > :49:24.
:49:24. > :49:30.Justin Gatlin is up very quickly. He takes command! Usain Bolt!
:49:30. > :49:40.Bolt! He is pulling away, he is going to win the gold! He is still
:49:40. > :49:41.
:49:41. > :49:51.the King of the 100! The champion My coach said, stop worrying about
:49:51. > :49:51.
:49:51. > :50:01.the start, the best part of your Once, from London, Britain had
:50:01. > :50:05.
:50:05. > :50:15.ruled Jamaica. Now, 50 years after Gold medallist and Olympic champion,
:50:15. > :50:27.
:50:27. > :50:35.representing Jamaica, Usain Bolt! Four days later, Bolt is back, and
:50:35. > :50:45.Yohan Blake is back with a third Jamaican, the 200. Bolt's favourite
:50:45. > :50:54.
:50:54. > :50:56.Look at Bolt Go! It is a three metres lead as he comes into the
:50:56. > :51:03.home straight, Yohan Blake is running him down but he is not
:51:03. > :51:09.going to catch him, Bolt is going to do it again! 19.32, gold all the
:51:09. > :51:19.way, Blake takes silver. Warren Weir has got the bronze. A Jamaican
:51:19. > :51:25.clean sweep. You cannot argue that he has no equal, he has just been
:51:25. > :51:29.comparable. -- he is just in comparable in the world of
:51:29. > :51:35.sprinting, the only man ever to have defended the Olympic 200m
:51:35. > :51:39.title. This is what I wanted, and I got it, I'd dedicated to my work,
:51:39. > :51:47.and I know what London Eye to me, I gave it my all, I am proud of
:51:47. > :51:55.myself. -- what London meant to me. For every Jamaican man, there is a
:51:55. > :52:05.Jamaican woman. A 100m title to defend here, too. Shelly-Ann
:52:05. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:15.Fraser-Pryce really blasted it, at If Jamaica was leading the way,
:52:15. > :52:21.there was a response across the Caribbean. Here is grenade at's
:52:21. > :52:29.turn in a longer sprint. Kirani James is going to take Olympic gold,
:52:30. > :52:36.his nation's first ever! Dominican Republic. Sanchez takes
:52:36. > :52:46.the gold medal! The Bahamas. Bahamas are challenging the United
:52:46. > :52:48.
:52:48. > :52:53.States! Champions are the very The largest island in the Caribbean,
:52:53. > :52:59.Cuba, he is big, but compared with America it is still a speck. All
:52:59. > :53:05.these islands of fleabite Sunday's giant, and how would the giant
:53:05. > :53:12.react? -- fleabites on the giant. Out came the greatest swimmer of
:53:12. > :53:15.all time at his fourth and last games. 6 golds in Athens, 8th in
:53:15. > :53:21.Beijing, going for seven in London. This would show the world that
:53:21. > :53:26.America was not spent yet, wouldn't it? Michael Phelps looks in trouble,
:53:26. > :53:31.is he going to lose the 400? This guy is leading by miles, Ryan
:53:31. > :53:36.Lochte wins the 400 medley, and look at that, Michael Phelps is
:53:36. > :53:40.four! Not in the first final, another swimmer was having to make
:53:40. > :53:44.the American point, and not in the second, thanks to a French
:53:44. > :53:48.Revolution in the pool, France were on their way to a record haul of
:53:48. > :53:51.seven medals. I think the French might win this, this is an amazing
:53:52. > :53:56.swim after so many years of coming second and third, finally they have
:53:56. > :54:06.done it. The French commentators to our right are going more nuts than
:54:06. > :54:12.you, they are all over the place. Nor the third. Michael Phelps was
:54:12. > :54:21.being upstaged by a South African and his dad. What a beautiful boy,
:54:21. > :54:24.look! Sorry! Was there to be no grand exit? There was. The crowd is
:54:24. > :54:30.starting to stand up and salute the greatest Olympian in history,
:54:30. > :54:35.Michael Phelps bringing home the American team, gold in the men's
:54:35. > :54:41.all by 200m freestyle, and Michael Phelps becomes the greatest
:54:41. > :54:51.Olympian in history with 19 medals, his 15th gold. First gold of the
:54:51. > :54:51.
:54:51. > :54:56.meet, I am very happy. The final of Well, Michael Phelps may well get
:54:56. > :55:01.his back, but Ryan Lochte is not giving up. I think it is going to
:55:01. > :55:07.be Michael Phelps, the great Michael Phelps as just won his 20th
:55:07. > :55:13.Olympic medal. Someone special Rini yesterday. Yeah, the President
:55:13. > :55:17.called me yesterday. It was pretty cool! Somebody called and asked for
:55:17. > :55:27.me and said hold for the President of the United States, I was like,
:55:27. > :55:27.
:55:27. > :55:32.OK! The final of the men's 100m five. -- fly. Michael Phelps has
:55:32. > :55:39.got a lot of work to do, he is coming back, his Chavez going to
:55:39. > :55:43.get there? No, Michael Phelps has got it. Kids put their parents
:55:43. > :55:50.through all sorts of grief! That is the end of Michael Phelps, and
:55:50. > :55:54.where does he finish? Right on top! His 18th Olympic gold medal.
:55:54. > :56:00.dreamt of being the greatest, looking back on my career, I know I
:56:00. > :56:05.am hanging my suitor, retiring, and looking back and saying I have done
:56:05. > :56:12.everything I wanted. At the age of 27, Michael Phelps was done,
:56:12. > :56:16.weighed down by 22 Olympic medals, 18 gold, the greatest of all time.
:56:16. > :56:20.It seemed America was hardly struggling after all. They failed
:56:20. > :56:30.to win a men's boxing medal for the first time, but they were going
:56:30. > :56:47.
:56:47. > :56:57.toe-to-toe with China to see who Three times the Olympic beach
:56:57. > :57:02.
:57:02. > :57:12.The strongest woman in the world is from China! Gold for an Aries
:57:12. > :57:22.
:57:22. > :57:32.Bryant wins in spectacular fashion. That is what synchronised diving is
:57:32. > :57:32.
:57:32. > :58:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:58:18. > :58:28.A ruthless display of utter The United States of America
:58:28. > :58:55.
:58:55. > :59:00.The Star-Spangled Banner is flying There was one last thing on the
:59:00. > :59:06.wish-list at the track, a world record to fall. Out stepped a
:59:06. > :59:16.Kenyan prodigy, a Masai middle- distance wonder. His tactics? He
:59:16. > :59:18.
:59:18. > :59:22.It is all about David Rudisha air, already the world record holder,
:59:22. > :59:29.already the world champion, striding away to become the Olympic
:59:29. > :59:39.champion. How quick will it be? That is a world record! Simply
:59:39. > :59:45.
:59:46. > :59:53.unbelievable! How do you put that Team America decided to go for it
:59:53. > :00:03.the next night. Bianca Knight, handing over to Carmelita Jeter. It
:00:03. > :00:05.
:00:05. > :00:14.looks like the USA all the way. The USA coming away. Carmelita Jeter
:00:14. > :00:19.wins it for the USA, Jamaica in second. It is a new world record.
:00:19. > :00:29.America, still the dominant force in track and field, the heart of
:00:29. > :00:31.
:00:31. > :00:41.the Games. There was still time for a speck of an island in the
:00:41. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:50.Caribbean to have the final say. The 4x100m relay. He will be
:00:50. > :00:59.handing it to the lake. Now Tyson Gay, it is a decent change. It is
:00:59. > :01:07.between these two. Here he goes, they have got the baton. He has got
:01:07. > :01:17.no chance. Usain Bolt has gone, and it is a new world record. Smashes
:01:17. > :01:29.
:01:29. > :01:39.it to pieces. Two great teams but One small island, one small cast of
:01:39. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:50.actors. The giant character of the Games. Fabulous stuff, and joining
:01:50. > :01:55.us now, alongside Michael, Ian Thorpe. For the third successive
:01:55. > :02:01.Games, the man that topped the medals table is Michael Phelps, a
:02:01. > :02:09.massive achievement. It really was. When I first saw the graphic of
:02:09. > :02:13.most medals won, going across to 20 and 19, I didn't realise how
:02:14. > :02:18.significant it was and how many of those medals were gold for Michael,
:02:18. > :02:24.which makes the performance even more extraordinary. Greatest
:02:25. > :02:29.athlete of all time? I think so, I have said it and I do believe he is.
:02:29. > :02:34.It is a discussion that is open for debate and it will continue to go
:02:34. > :02:41.on and on. We disagree in this, but when we are comparing greatness,
:02:41. > :02:47.how do we measure that? It is a nice conversation to have at a
:02:47. > :02:54.dinner party or whatever else. We will be able to back our thoughts
:02:54. > :02:58.with statistics but let's celebrate greatness at these Games. Jill
:02:58. > :03:02.Douglas is with some of Team GB behind the scenes. They PAS party
:03:02. > :03:07.is about to get under way, so many incredible moments over the last
:03:07. > :03:13.few weeks and some of the athletes responsible here now - Katherine
:03:14. > :03:17.Grainger and Ben Ainslie. Catherine, first ball, the response
:03:17. > :03:19.and reaction you will get when you walk into the stadium, are you
:03:20. > :03:25.walk into the stadium, are you ready for it? I don't think anybody
:03:25. > :03:31.can be ready for this. When the stadium lights up, every sport has
:03:31. > :03:36.had an incredible reaction from the crowd, and you put that together in
:03:37. > :03:41.one incredible moment, it will be quite a party. And you will have
:03:41. > :03:46.quite a big role to play. Yes, we will be taking the flag through. It
:03:46. > :03:50.is a great honour for the whole team and the whole country, we are
:03:51. > :03:57.so proud. If I see that you have Katherine with you - is this a bit
:03:57. > :04:03.of a scoop we are getting here? am worried about my back so I have
:04:03. > :04:06.Katherine Grainger here to help me through it. Go and enjoy, and do us
:04:06. > :04:11.prowled. We will look forward to seeing them
:04:11. > :04:18.in the stadium. Michael, let's talk about Usain Bolt because he came in
:04:18. > :04:24.here with the injury scare. We should never have doubted him.
:04:24. > :04:29.and I didn't. All a long I thought he was a guy... When you think back
:04:29. > :04:36.to Beijing he didn't run 100% then so he doesn't need to be to win
:04:36. > :04:40.races. He was beaten in the Jamaica trials and he had over a month to
:04:40. > :04:46.get prepared. You can never bet against a man of that, though with
:04:46. > :04:53.that much time to get ready. He showed he is an amazing talent, the
:04:53. > :04:58.likes of which don't come along very often, but he also showed here
:04:58. > :05:02.is a competitor. There was a challenger who had beaten him in
:05:02. > :05:09.this situation, people were doubting him, and he came here and
:05:09. > :05:14.still set an Olympic record in the 100m, and tied me in the 200m.
:05:14. > :05:19.come the British athletes, making their way to the ceremony and to
:05:19. > :05:27.enjoy the party. It promises to be quite a party as well. Famous faces
:05:27. > :05:32.going through there. Mo Farah, the lightning bolt, the Mobot, which do
:05:32. > :05:38.you like the best? I like them all because those guys are getting it
:05:38. > :05:44.done. It really started in Beijing, and now you see the other athletes
:05:44. > :05:48.doing these things and for some of them it doesn't work. Do something
:05:48. > :05:52.spectacular like Mo Farah. His performance was incredible, but we
:05:52. > :05:56.have talked a lot about home advantage. There is a lot of home
:05:56. > :06:05.pressure that comes with that and he performed brilliantly under that
:06:05. > :06:10.pressure. A world record was set in the 800m and so often it has set a
:06:10. > :06:14.wave of pacemakers - how good was that from David ready Show? There
:06:14. > :06:19.was no pacemaker, but he was the pacemaker for seven other people,
:06:19. > :06:24.and all of them set new personal bests and national records in that
:06:24. > :06:31.race because it was that how high quality that was set by David
:06:31. > :06:35.Rudisha, a fantastic athlete. think these two will be arguing
:06:35. > :06:40.about who is the best so we had better move on.
:06:40. > :06:49.Here we are, the British athletes coming through. Four gold medals
:06:49. > :06:54.from the rowers, and they can relax now. They have done us prowled over
:06:54. > :06:58.the last 16 days. The Olympic stadium is about come to life ready
:06:58. > :07:02.for the closing ceremony, but let's go to Greenwich Park and rejoin
:07:02. > :07:06.Clare Balding. It is so quiet here, so peaceful
:07:06. > :07:13.and I have some of the game's makers with me now. A lot of them
:07:13. > :07:18.will be going back to work tomorrow. I will be going back to work on
:07:18. > :07:23.Tuesday. I am an analyst in quality assurance so it has been great
:07:23. > :07:29.being here. My daughter was disappointed, she hasn't been able
:07:29. > :07:33.to take part because she is 11. She wanted to be a volunteer but she is
:07:33. > :07:40.too young. There were young volunteers who have also been here.
:07:40. > :07:45.When you head home, what will be your abiding memory? The atmosphere,
:07:45. > :07:51.everyone just grouping together. It has been fantastic. As soon as you
:07:51. > :07:56.get a British person into the ring, it just erupts. That is the message
:07:56. > :08:00.of his Games, the shared experience of it. Conversations you have with
:08:00. > :08:07.complete strangers because we are in it together, whether you are
:08:07. > :08:13.watching on television or standing with the microphone in your hand.
:08:13. > :08:21.Thank you. It is a spectacular sight inside the stadium. Don't
:08:21. > :08:24.worry, it hasn't started yet. It is about 20 minutes away. The
:08:24. > :08:30.significance of the Olympics is a lasting legacy which can manifest
:08:30. > :08:39.itself in many ways. Some of the stories of London 2012 were left
:08:39. > :08:49.with us forever. -- will live there with us forever. It has been a
:08:49. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:01.party atmosphere. It's been all buzzy! The atmosphere is amazing.
:09:01. > :09:08.Everyone is so happy all the time. The air was so much cynicism in the
:09:08. > :09:12.press, but when you come here and see it on TV, it blows you away.
:09:12. > :09:22.is an absolutely amazing legacy for the whole of London and Great
:09:22. > :09:38.
:09:38. > :09:47.There is always something of the unreal about the Olympics. This is
:09:47. > :09:53.far removed from normal Munden life. Strangers talking, smiling. That is
:09:53. > :09:58.not natural. But this is the Olympic bubble. The Olympic
:09:58. > :10:02.movement began as a fantasised noble sporting world without Women
:10:02. > :10:10.for privileged white men. It has had to change but it still swears
:10:10. > :10:17.to abide by the spirit of fair play. Reality tends to crash the party,
:10:17. > :10:21.and fair play can be an early victim. Drugs, doping, somehow they
:10:21. > :10:26.always manage to find their way into the Olympic fame and there
:10:26. > :10:30.were a handful of positive results here. The war against chemicals
:10:30. > :10:37.goes on. Working out the best route to the medals, not winning
:10:37. > :10:42.sometimes helps in a round-robin format. What happens if both teams
:10:42. > :10:47.decide not to win? They are serving fault after a fault, just hitting
:10:47. > :10:57.it straight into the net. Who wants to sit through something like that?
:10:57. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:06.It is unacceptable. Makhloufi of Algeria in the 800m. Hang on a
:11:06. > :11:16.minute. He was bandana for not trying, then reinstated with a
:11:16. > :11:19.
:11:19. > :11:23.doctor's note. -- banned. Then he was reinstated for the 1,500m. Here,
:11:23. > :11:29.they were sometimes a problem when it saw about one person's view of
:11:29. > :11:39.things. When one boxing is knocked down six times, he might be odds-on
:11:39. > :11:49.to lose. What is the referee doing? That was a knock down. Not here.
:11:49. > :11:57.
:11:57. > :12:07.The winner in the blue corner, from Azerbaijan...
:12:07. > :12:28.
:12:28. > :12:31.Satoshi Shimizu of Japan won, the judge was removed from the Games.
:12:31. > :12:34.Korean fencer Shin Lam thought she had won against Britta Heidemann of
:12:34. > :12:38.Germany, only to see the clock reset to one second and then to
:12:38. > :12:48.lose in that second, it led to this lonely protest all in vain. I think
:12:48. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :13:02.the country needed this. We had a Oscar Pistorius of South Africa
:13:03. > :13:08.came to London, the blade runner. Nervous, but happy, this competitor
:13:08. > :13:18.from Iraq. The lowest ranked Archer who have to play the number one. It
:13:18. > :13:23.
:13:23. > :13:25.didn't last long, but it was a joy. Ki Bo Bae went on to win the gold
:13:25. > :13:35.medal and immediately burst into tears, apologizing to her country
:13:35. > :13:38.for winning with an 8. "In Korea we do not shoot 8s," she said. Sport
:13:38. > :13:41.is taken seriously in Korea and they had a seriously good Games,
:13:41. > :13:51.especially when they had a weapon in their hands. Iran were very good
:13:51. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:11.at lifting heavy things, and people. Pavlos Kontides won a first ever
:14:11. > :14:13.medal for Cyprus, a silver in the sailing. And 15-year old Ruta
:14:13. > :14:18.Meilutyte won Lithunia's first gold medal in the swimming. These were
:14:18. > :14:23.the Olympics of the women. London in the age of the suffragette had
:14:23. > :14:29.done its bit, a little bit, to allow women into the Olympics.
:14:29. > :14:35.There was women's tennis and archery in 1908, but in 2012 women
:14:35. > :14:45.came from everywhere to compete at the Games. For the first time from
:14:45. > :14:46.
:14:46. > :14:51.Qatar and Saudi Arabia. For the first time there was women's boxing.
:14:51. > :15:01.Representing Ireland, Katie Taylor! Women provided the finish of the
:15:01. > :15:04.
:15:04. > :15:09.Games. The they are shoulder to It is a photo finish in the Olympic
:15:09. > :15:18.triathlon! Women took their spills and probably cried less than the
:15:18. > :15:23.It could not be perfect for everyone, or Holly Bleasdale's
:15:23. > :15:31.Olympics ended not with a flop but with a proposal of marriage. She
:15:31. > :15:35.But no, it could not end happily for everyone, and for one Londoner
:15:35. > :15:39.it turned into a difficult time from start to finish. Phillips
:15:39. > :15:44.Idowu, born in Hackney, just a hop, skip and jump back row away from
:15:44. > :15:51.the stadium on a good day, arrived at last, but for him there was no
:15:51. > :15:56.home advantage. He will not make it through to the final. But what of
:15:56. > :16:06.London? How were the Games for the city? It is a question only a
:16:06. > :16:26.
:16:26. > :16:30.# Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner. Londoners are a funny lot, used to
:16:30. > :16:33.living life at a pace, and whatever happens, we find a way to deal with
:16:33. > :16:42.it. Before the Games, there was a tangible sense of apprehension. We
:16:42. > :16:46.knew the world would be watching We are also a pretty honest bunch,
:16:46. > :16:50.we do not pretend things are perfect when they are not. Getting
:16:50. > :16:55.around the city has not been easy his work and in the claims causing
:16:55. > :16:59.havoc on the roads. -- beanie the easiest with the Olympic lanes
:16:59. > :17:02.causing havoc on the roads. Every day life of those working around
:17:02. > :17:06.the Games has been unsettled, and there is probably a significant
:17:06. > :17:11.number of people looking for Watt to getting their city back. But the
:17:11. > :17:15.vast majority have embraced the Olympics. It is not only back again
:17:15. > :17:18.in most people's lifetimes, so that is why there has been frustration
:17:18. > :17:21.at empty seats. Millions applied for tickets and did not get them.
:17:21. > :17:26.They would have loved to have witnessed those incredible moments
:17:26. > :17:36.first hand. Do not run away with the idea that this is a public
:17:36. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:46.response to the venues. Those It is just amazing, everybody is
:17:46. > :17:51.really happy, even though you support different countries,
:17:51. > :17:54.everybody is really friendly, the atmosphere is amazing.
:17:54. > :17:58.popularity of three events said it all, thousands lining the rainy
:17:58. > :18:03.streets for the women's marathon at Bradley Wiggins being cheered on
:18:03. > :18:07.for all 250 kilometres of the road- race cycling. What an incredible
:18:07. > :18:11.experience, to be riding the roads of London surrounded by hundreds of
:18:11. > :18:14.thousands of British fans. Londoners are not known for being
:18:14. > :18:18.particularly sociable, but if you were in any doubt that the Olympics
:18:18. > :18:28.was special, we have huddled around screens, waved flags, and best of
:18:28. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:37.She has done us proud! Londoners are arguably at their strongest
:18:37. > :18:43.during the bad times, a stubborn resilience born out of necessity
:18:43. > :18:46.more than anything else. Maybe that is why we are often seen as cold,
:18:46. > :18:50.antisocial even. For the last two and a half weeks, we have proven
:18:50. > :18:53.that we can enjoy ourselves. The atmosphere on the stadium has
:18:53. > :18:57.filtered into the streets, and you can feel the buzz in the air. There
:18:57. > :19:03.is only one thing that everyone is talking about. Jessica Ennis is
:19:03. > :19:09.awesome. The cycling DI, Sir Chris Hoy. Bradley Wiggins. Luke Campbell,
:19:09. > :19:14.he was from Hull. Mo Farah and Jess Ennis. We just cheered and cheered
:19:14. > :19:23.and cheered. It is the old British thing, isn't it? We all come
:19:23. > :19:28.together and rejoice in something When the Games have gone, London
:19:29. > :19:32.will return to life as normal. Olympic lanes will disappear,
:19:32. > :19:37.venues will be pulled down, Lord's will pose cricket, not archery,
:19:37. > :19:41.pageantry and tradition will return to Horse Guards Parade. The big
:19:41. > :19:51.city will never be quite the same, but we will always have memories,
:19:51. > :20:00.
:20:00. > :20:10.16 days of smiles and sport and one There is something of a chill that
:20:10. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:19.comes with that, going back to Are even those who sought at London
:20:19. > :20:25.2012 going to come down with a bump? Are we soon to go back to
:20:25. > :20:29.taking the detail ofs of things going wrong and magnifying then?
:20:30. > :20:38.Remember the seats that went empty, the days that passed without a gold
:20:38. > :20:42.medal? Beautiful, he does it! still have the question of legacy,
:20:42. > :20:52.and the question is a tough one, how do you follow this? What comes
:20:52. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :20:58.In a way, though, this nation in debt, our land of doubt as has
:20:58. > :21:02.already set a new tone. The Olympic flame burns on British soil at last.
:21:02. > :21:06.Back in the days when the Games were on their way to London and
:21:06. > :21:11.there was still time to be a bit sceptical about the whole thing,
:21:11. > :21:19.the torch pulled people out of their homes up and down and all the
:21:19. > :21:26.way across the country. Come on! am not really anybody, and people
:21:26. > :21:36.are cheering me on, it is ridiculous! I felt like I was in
:21:36. > :21:38.
:21:38. > :21:45.This was what people thought of the Games, and it simply went on from
:21:45. > :21:50.there. I hope I managed to do it, that is all! I don't want to let
:21:50. > :21:54.anybody down, you know. Two choices in life, sit and be lazy and do
:21:54. > :22:04.nothing and the depressed, or get your legs on and live your life
:22:04. > :22:06.
:22:06. > :22:15.And it turned into this. Two weeks that changed the way we look at
:22:15. > :22:23.sport and each other. Could we afford it? Probably not. Was it
:22:24. > :22:33.worth it? The people who came out and may the Games, the London Games
:22:34. > :22:37.
:22:37. > :22:47.of 2012, have already answered that Inspire a generation. The billboard
:22:47. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:06.slogan that became the Olympic wish Wonderful images, great memories,
:23:06. > :23:07.
:23:07. > :23:10.all described by Eddie Butler. It has been an inspirational games,
:23:11. > :23:14.the medals reflecting the diversity of Britain today. We are looking
:23:14. > :23:18.forward to what promises to be a spectacular finale, the stadium is
:23:18. > :23:22.about ready for the closing ceremony, and it has been
:23:22. > :23:28.transformed over the past 24 hours. Just last night, the crowd were on
:23:28. > :23:31.their feet for all 30 minutes of Mo Farah's historic win in the 5,000m,
:23:31. > :23:36.to be crowned a Olympic champion for the second time. We can hear
:23:36. > :23:40.from Mo. It is humbling to see thousands of British athletes
:23:40. > :23:45.piling into this stadium to celebrate, but it is a huge thrill
:23:45. > :23:50.to meet Mo Farah after such a spectacular performance in A. What
:23:50. > :23:54.will it be like to walk in after winning that second gold? It is
:23:54. > :23:58.going to be amazing, I missed the opening ceremony, so this will mean
:23:58. > :24:02.a lot to me. I want to take good memories from here, I'm looking
:24:02. > :24:06.forward to it, it is going to be a great atmosphere. You own a stadium.
:24:07. > :24:10.If it was not for the crowd, it would not have happened, so we have
:24:10. > :24:16.got great support, and these games have got it right, it was just
:24:16. > :24:21.unbelievable. Any ideas you might be performing? The Spice girls, my
:24:22. > :24:26.daughter is going to be jealous! and enjoy it, thanks very much.
:24:26. > :24:29.I am sure he will enjoy it, the party is about to get under way,
:24:29. > :24:34.the Mexican wave going around the stadium. Michael, before it gets
:24:34. > :24:39.started here, we will not hear a lot, who competed in Atlanta in
:24:40. > :24:43.1996. How were the Games scene after that, the legacy? London is
:24:44. > :24:49.the first Games to embrace this idea of legacy. I do not think it
:24:49. > :24:57.really existed before London. Atlantic, it was all about trying
:24:57. > :25:03.to minimise the loss. They did not lose money, that was the main thing.
:25:03. > :25:07.London is the first one to do this thing of legacy. Steve, the
:25:07. > :25:12.athletes did their bit to inspire the young. The Broadcasting, the
:25:12. > :25:15.athletes, the show that has happened, but really legacy has
:25:15. > :25:19.been bandied around, but it is really the start of the legacy now.
:25:19. > :25:22.It what we have done and put into place, but it is going to be the
:25:22. > :25:26.sports clubs over the next few weeks and months, people will be
:25:26. > :25:29.turning up and seeing what is going on, being part of that, and they
:25:29. > :25:35.have got to be ready to embrace that. If they are ready for that,
:25:35. > :25:37.we will have a huge legacy left over. Talking of legacy, the theme
:25:37. > :25:43.of the Games is inspire a generation to encourage youngsters
:25:43. > :25:47.to get motivated, focused and imaginative. One 15-year-old, Fope
:25:47. > :25:50.Jegede, embodies those qualities. She won a poetry competition for
:25:50. > :25:54.school children run by the mayor's office to come up with a poem about
:25:54. > :26:04.the Olympics. Here she tells of a young girl's dream to become a
:26:04. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:13.Watching champions on the TV The race of their lives, they'd run
:26:13. > :26:21.You Olympians with your glory and might
:26:21. > :26:23.Did you know you inspired a girl She was then a teenager with a
:26:23. > :26:28.dream Aspiring to be a champion on that
:26:28. > :26:30.TV screen... Ambition engraved in her heart
:26:30. > :26:33.From the running tracks she'd never depart
:26:33. > :26:37.Growing in speed, strength, determination
:26:37. > :26:41.Until the day she'd represent her nation
:26:41. > :26:45.You judges who chose her, this day you'll never rue
:26:45. > :26:48.Did you know you've just made her dreams come true?
:26:48. > :26:53.She is now a woman who's living her dream
:26:53. > :26:57.She's the champion on the TV screen...
:26:57. > :27:02.Head high, face glowing in pride This moment will never leave her
:27:02. > :27:12.side The honour, respect, and glory
:27:12. > :27:28.
:27:28. > :27:33.Never thought she'd tell such a Oh, wonderful words, well done,
:27:33. > :27:40.Fope Jegede from Mill Hill County High School, you can be very proud.
:27:40. > :27:44.Very much so, beautiful. After the sport has ended, these Olympics
:27:44. > :27:48.continue to tug on our emotional heartstrings. As well as coverage
:27:48. > :27:51.on BBC One of the closing ceremony, which is available in high-
:27:51. > :27:56.definition, there are other options. If he wants to hear the ceremony
:27:56. > :28:01.without commentary, just stadium's sound, press the red button. That
:28:01. > :28:05.service is also available online but not on Freeview. There's also
:28:05. > :28:09.coverage in 3D on the BBC HD Channel. Finally, a warning that
:28:09. > :28:13.the ceremony will include flashing images, stroking lighting effects
:28:13. > :28:20.and fireworks. Ready to guide us through the closing ceremony,
:28:20. > :28:25.Trevor Nelson, Hazel Irvine and Huw of Repetitive Flashing Images
:28:25. > :28:33.world with humour, and we have enjoyed the best games in living
:28:33. > :28:37.memory. The closing ceremony is our queue to pay tribute to those who
:28:37. > :28:47.have made it happen. I think it is going to be an amazing night
:28:47. > :28:49.
:28:49. > :28:54.lesson, the opening ceremony, let's have the best party from Ray Davies
:28:54. > :28:57.to the Spice girls. This was the fortnight in which we threw off our
:28:57. > :29:01.traditional British reserve. We have cried, we have supported them