Day 12: Full Round-Up Olympic Sportsday

Welcome, nocturnal brethren. As the fortunate few leave the park

tonight, fear not if you've missed anything today. This is the show

that will shine a sporting light into the darkest of Olympic corners,

unearthing everything you need to know. Good people, this is Olympic

Sportsday. A great night for the Americans in

the athletics. And it will Adams is on the brink

in boxing. Could she be the first ever female Olympic champion in the

ring? Crash, bang, wallop. Proof that despite the delights, sport

can be pretty painful at times. No British medals tonight but still

plenty to keep you going. We'll get stuck into that in a moment, once

we've reminded you that you can get involved tonight - @mrdanwalker is

the place to send your tweets and comments on Twitter and the man

tasked with answering them tonight is Kevin Garside of the Independent.

Let's begin with the evening session in the stadium. It was

another packed night in there. They say patience is a virtue. One

that Alison Fergus -- Allyson Felix has nurtured. The USA 200m runner

hat to make do with silver in Athens and Beijing. She was not to

She has got the broadest smile in track and field athletics. That was

a rare high moment for America on the track, they had struggled until

then. How quickly things can change. Merritt is forging ahead and he is

going away. Richardson is in second place. Gold for Merritt! 12.94 for

top Merritt taking home gold and Britain's Lawrence Clarke, in his

first Olympics, surpassing all expectations by finishing fourth.

To win a medal at the Olympics is very, very hard. I never came here

without that expectation. To come forth, the best you can come

outside the medals, I've beaten the European silver medallist. I can't

believe it. Britain's Shara Proctor had long departed a competition

when the hat-trick of blink was a good book -- secured for America.

He Brittney Reese flying through the air and landing on gold. I hope

the star-spangled Banner CD isn't scratched. It was near the a clean

sweep for the States if it wasn't for those pesky Russians. Natalya

Antyukh just about halting the USA's golden charge in the 400m

hurdles. The American might have the momentum. Antyukh wins the

gold! She was big and strong and she hung on and that is what it

means to her. Now to the shyest person at these Olympic Games. But

when doing this comes so easy, you kind of let him get away with it.

Usain Bolt has a little look inside him, a glance outside. Usain Bolt

wins it. I was trying to go as easy as possible. I'm ready, this is my

favourite event. If he was on cruise control to reach the 200m

final, his friend and biggest threat Yohan Blake slipped into

neutral at the end of his race. almost stops! He does stop. That

was risky. It was always going to be difficult for Christian Malcolm

to make a third Olympic final and so it proved. I'm disappointed.

Last Olympics, it would have been nice to make the final but it

wasn't to be. Much better news for GB in the 1,500m. Lisa Dobriskey

looked very good as she qualified for the final. Hannah England

missed out, but Laura Weightman will join Dobriskey as a fastest

loser. Much to the light of her I feel a computer game already in

the pipeline for this guy. Ashton Eaton is phenomenal. The decathlete

set a new record at the American trials in June and already looks

uncatchable. Leading to the conclusion and the reported demise

of American athletics might have been a tad premature.

I wanted to mention Lawrence Clarke coming fourth in the sprint hurdles.

He is Eton-educated, he is as distant relative of Theodore

Roosevelt as well. A big future at only 22, but other than that it was

a night for the Americans. He is American by association. A terrific

story for the Brits. He has been labelled the poshest athlete in our

team, which is a bit of fun. I wish we had a slump like the Americans

we had had in track and field. Since the break-up of the Soviet

Union, they've almost had it their own way. Terrific strength in track

and field, particularly sprinting. You mentioned for sprinting. We see

Usain Bolt in the 100 and for 200 and Yohan Blake does it as well,

slowing down at the end of the race. It shows how good they are, but it

must be frustrating for those who are blowing a gasket trying to keep

up. You can forgive Usain Bolt anything. The rest are brilliant

sprinters, but he is the Games. He is why we are all watching this. He

is so engaging. If you have a camera up your nose all the time,

you have to smile. If you can compete like that, he can do it

backwards as far as I'm concerned. Do you see him strolling away with

it? He says it is his favourite event and I would not back against

him. In terms of a positive note for the British, Steve Cram very

excitement -- excited about Laura Weightman, but Lisa Dobriskey has a

genuine chance in the 1,500m. She finished well, she is training well,

she feels confident. It could be another British medal. She reminded

me so much of Nicole Cooke. Different disciplines, she was on a

bike, but a lovely smile. So sincere and so genuine and so happy

to be here. How can you not like people like that?

Time we had a little look back at what happened in the morning

session. Britain's 10,000m champion Mo Farah was back in action four

days after that memorable Saturday night. He was in the first heat of

the 5,000m and was made to work hard to make it through to the

final. He eventually finished third, which was good enough, but admitted

afterwards how tired he was following the 10,000. He'll spend

the next few days trying to recover his strength in time for Saturday's

final. After the euphoria of the other night, you had to get back to

business, how difficult was it? was pretty difficult, I was quite

tired. It took more out of me than I realised. But I got great support

from the crowd and I'm happy. I have a couple of days to recover.

It is nice to get to the file. said you kept getting caught.

there was a lot of pushing and shoving, the pace was going up and

down. That is what happens in the heat. Hopefully in the final it

will settle down. There was a fine performance from

Sophie Hitchon, who improved her own British record to reach the

final of the hammer throw. She was heading out of the tournament after

a below par first throw and a foul in the second, but at the third

attempt she launched it 71.98 metres. It meant she finished tenth

in qualifying, which put her through to Friday's final.

A good run from Lyndsay Sharp put her through to the semi-finals of

the 800m. She was a controversial selection for the event, having

only achieved the B standard, while A standard athletes, like Jenny

Meadows, missed out. But so far the gamble appears to be paying off as

she finished second in her heat behind defending Olympic champion

Pamela Jelimo, easily qualifying automatically for the semis. I came

to watch a couple of nights ago, just to get used to it. I don't

think anything can prepare you for when you on the track. When I was

running, I had a ringing in my ear. The crowd was so loud. It was

really good because it made me forget about everything.

Caster Semenya is also through to the semi-finals. Making her Olympic

debut three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, the

South African finished second in her heat. Semenya won the world

title when just 18 in 2009, and was sidelined for a year while the IAAF

decided her fate. She was runner up in last year's World Championships.

But there was heartbreak for British decathlete Daniel Awde. He

made a fantastic start to his Olympics, setting a new personal

best in the 100m, winning his heat in a time of 10.71 seconds. That

was good enough to put him in seventh place overall, but that was

as good as it got for the 24-year- old. An old knee injury flared up

and after two no jumps in the long jump, and a below par third, he was

forced to pull out of the competition.

Steve Lewis enjoyed a comfortable qualifying session for the pole

vault. He needed just one jump to make it through to the final,

easily clearing the qualification target of 5.50. He's the room-mate

of new Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford so is hoping a

little for a little inspiration when it comes to the competition.

Now, this could have been really painful, but thankfully Lazaro

Borges of Cuba emerged unscathed when his pole vault snapped as he

was lifting off. You'd think that might have unnerved him, but he got

back on the horse, so to speak, and went on to qualify for the final.

Not really getting back on the horse, but you know what I mean! It

was a tired-looking performance from Mo Farah, but he has until

Saturday to sort himself out. All of that energy from Saturday's

incredible gold medal in the 10,000. They are notoriously brutal events

to run at the Olympics. He is very brave taking it on, but he looked

tired. You hope there's enough in the tank for the final. We've had a

lot of questions about Caster Semenya. She's always said she just

wants to be another athlete, regarded as another athlete. The

way the eye double A F have dealt with her, will she ever be able to

be dealt with as just another athlete? So sadly that opportunity

has gone. This was a young woman given what nature gave her, the

male female characteristic, and it was a very, very public scrutiny.

We had to journalists travelling the world just to get a quote from

her and not getting a quote half the time was good enough to get the

story. You have to feel sorry for her. She is very, very brave

competing and carrying on with her career. A couple of questions from

Twitter. It would be great to have a medal contender in the sprint

events for GB. There's something missing. Her not only that. On

Sunday, when we were watching the great drama unfold, I was watching

the heats for the 1,500m and thinking, this was our bread and

butter. Seb Coe, Steve Cram, Steve Ovett. Britain are struggling. A

lot of the track and field, we had a great Saturday night, but we have

really struggled to compete for medals. It is a bit distressing.

Charles van Commenee has to look at this. He was going to transform our

performance on the track. It hasn't happened in areas where we've been

strong traditionally. And now for the part of the show

that is proving the most popular by a long way. After a few of you got

a mention yesterday, Michelle claims to be the biggest fan of the

global round up, saying she watches it live and then makes her kids

watch it the following morning. Tonight we have emotion, plenty of

golds and a fight. For Michelle, and the kids, here's Jonathan

It is a tough job, but someone has to watch women's beach volleyball!

Pulses were racing in this all- American affair. The final

appearance together of Misty May- Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings as

a pairing. They won gold in Ashton's -- Athens and Beijing.

London would be their swansong. Jennifer Kessy and April Ross were

hoping to have spoiled the fairy- tale ending, but they were no match

for the outgoing veterans. They made it a hat-trick of gold medals

to sign off in style. Horse Guards Parade will never quite be the same

again. In a slightly less glamourous world of men's indoor

volleyball, a quarter-final upset as the defending champions the USA

were dumped out by Italy, 3-0. And there was plenty of South American

passion on display as Brazil got the better of arch-rivals Argentina,

although you would hardly know it from there rather angry Brazilian

celebrations. There would be another ding-dong in the ping-pong

with China still on song. Having already won all three gold medals

on offer so far in the table tennis, China were heavy favourites to make

it a clean sweep of medals for the second successive Olympics. Victory

in the men's team event. And it went to form. South Korea defeated

as China saluted yet another gold Germany beat Hong Kong in the play-

off for bronze. In the morning heats of the women's 800 metres

history was made, as Sarah Attar became the first Saudi Arabian

woman to compete. She came last in her heat by over 40 second, but in

the wider context, this was an Olympic first of real significance.

There has been lots of talk about what a disappointing Olympics poor

old Australia has been having. There was another gold today.

Courtesy of the men's sailing 49er class. You don't have to be big to

be a basketball ref ree, but it would probably help. With tempers

flaring it was starting to get ugly between France and Spain T Spanish

emerged from the dog fight with a 66 points to 59 victory to take

their place the semi-final. Midway through the final of the 48k

women's freestyle wrestling it was one black eye all before the

Japanese took gold. It would be a double gold with Japan defeating

China in the 63 kill low category. China would take gold in Tae Kwon

Do. Spain took gold in the 58 I can low category.Er rirk -- Eric Larson

took gold. The the Germans won the canoe while in the kayak double

Hungary took gold with Portugal offering this watery salute.

Hungary took gold in the 500 metres women's kayak four. It was a good

day for them, on the verge of losing to Iceland in this handball

quarter-final. They hit them on the counter attack. Seven sects in the

wing, and they have levelled it. extra time Hungary won. To

celebrate the coach showed off the the sort of footwork that

nightclubs are currently have been to do without! That is tremendous,

that is why we look the global round up so much. I can see Fergie

doing that next season. We are not allowed to talk about football.

Beach volleyball, you went there. was there. You saw the Americans

beat the Americans what was it like? Those who have gone have seen

it is one of the best. I am sat thinking if the Prime Minister's

kids have the window open they can hear it all. You have Big Ben. I

love the idea of the Downing Street end, it has cheered me up. Terrific

spectacle. 15,000 people every session, over one million people

have watched it live, the volleyball, which you have to say,

is whatever you think about the sporbgts it has been a terrific

event. -- sport, One thing athletes from outside Great Britain have

said. I was talking to Sally Pearson, she said it feels like a

home crowd. When she was in there in the women's hurdle, it felt, if

you didn't know where you were, the noise is so great it feels like you

are in your home nation. Let us be loud and proud. Why not give a gold

medal to British public. They have embraced the games. Not in a

xenophobic way, I have been salt next to people who are glad to have

a ticket. They are not just watching Brits. They are getting

involved and caring about the outcomes and cheering on any team

they are watching. I think that the whole thing, the whole, there has

been a huep huge success and a large part has been the spectators.

Talking about boisterous crowds. We could have boxing history, tomorrow

it will crown its first female champion and it could be Nicola

Adams. She will face Ren Cancan for the gold after getting the better

of the five time World Champion Mary Kom today. Nicola Adams

continues her history making progress this afternoon, she is

guaranteed Britain's first Olympic women's boxing medal next she takes

on five time World Champion Mary Kom from India, in the flying

weight semi-final. When the Prime Minister is watching, you know

there must be a big story developing. This one, involves a

29-year-old from Leeds. Nicola Adams, a sweet smile, and an even

sweeter right hand. Already guaranteed a bronze medal, she knew

a win against marry -- Mary Kom would put her in the first women's

boxing final in Olympic history. But these two are no first timers.

Mary Kom is a five time World Champion. Their quality showed in

two classy rounds. Adams didn't like like a woman to be messed with,

but her coach ensureed she knows he is the boss. You are moving that

out of the way. Don't do that. Close your eyes. While Adams had

her eyes open in the final two rounds, her quick feet and quick

hands putting her insight of victory. Nicola Adams, she is

moments away from a place in the gold medal bout, Mary Kom

continuing to compete until the very final bell but one suspects

she hasn't done enough. A brief glimpse of the Ali shuffle from

Adams and that perhaps in recognition she has done enough to

book her place in the Olympic gold medal bout, here at London 2012.

am so happy to be here participating, and I am in the

finals now. All I want do is make my mum proud, the fan, my friends

and family proud, and I think I have done that today by getting in

the final. But it wasn't just Nicola Adams who made those closest

to her proud. So did Ireland's Katie Taylor. The world number one

in the 60 kilogram category who is coached by her father and cheered

on bay raw cows crowd as she made her way through a gold medal bout

with soch soch. And for Taylor a four time World Champion, it

doesn't get any better than this. - - soch soch This is a dream come

true. For so many 10,000 Irish people here. It is better than I

thought it could be. I am boxing for a gold medal, file like I am in

heaven right now. It is amazing. But for the home crowd, there was

no doubt who the star was. In the blue corner, representing Great

Britain, Nicola Adams. And if Adams can become Olympic boxing champion,

then this big story will get even bigger. Been a big response to

women's boxing today, with the show in mind. Some saying they are not

sure about it. Others saying they love watching the boxing, it has

been a great spectacle. Ian said I thought I would hate it but I have

been entertained. What is your take on it and for Nicola Adams? What do

you think her chances are? She is up against a serious fighter.

has beaten her many times before. The Chinese girl looks the goods.

The Ali shuffle, you have a chance. But Nicola, I saw her on Tuesday,

and, was it mopped? Whenever that was. What day is it? I think it is

Wednesday. Monday I saw her, and she was formidable on that day but

she has a tough opponent. But Katie Taylor. She bobgd on Monday, and

this, she is a superstar in Ireland, the four time World Champion. A

guaranteed gold as much as you can get. The Irish are all over it. It

is a part of Dublin down there. The British girl Jonas, it was a

terrific fight. Do you think this is another step forward for women's

sport, in terms of having women's boxing in the Olympics? We saw them

in Tae Kwon Do, and they fight in judo, that argument is done. That

they are there legitimately because they fight. There was huge

disappointment for Tom Stalker. He faced Uranchimeg, in his light

welterweight quarter-final. He is ranked number one in the world but

the experienced Mongolian in his third Olympic Games proved a

durable opponent. The Briton trailed into the last round and

tried to turn the contest round. Both men went toe to toe, but

despite winning the final round he lost 23-22. He was clearly

distraught by the decision and headed straight for the exit after.

He wanted to do well, because he is a leader of the British team, they

weren't happy with the fight. There have been a few fights that have

been appealed. He was, almost the talisman of that team. 28-year-old,

he is a career amateur ha, is very rare. Kids like Amir Khan turned at

17. So many people give up the amateur game. He has made a career

out of it. I only saw the last round. I didn't see the first two

rounds because I was travelling back. The last round f you are

going to judge it on that he was the winner. Most people seem to

think he won the fight. Greenwich Park has produced some impressive

sight, crowds of 50,000 and two British gold medals so far. There

was a chance to secure a trio in the individual showjumping. Regular

watchers of Olympic Sportsday know when we need horse news we call on

the powers of Joe Wilson, today is no different. The bell ring, he

goes again. Nick Skelton in the saddle. His body a legacy. He has

broken just about everything, including his neck, he doesn't stop.

He was setting showjumping records in the 70s. He was always chasing

the Olympics. Greenwich onboard Big Star, he has been jumping like

never before. No mistakes in the first round of the final. The the

Nick Skelton story has attracted a lot of interest here, but he is not

the only British rider who has been in great form. Scott Brash,

Scotland's finest is 26. The youngest jumper in Britain's ranks

and an Olympic debutante. He started perfectly two. There were

only six riders with zero points after the first round and two were

British. Another one Swiss, and when Steve Guerdat went clear again

in the second round, the bar was raised high. Britain's riders knew

they had to be perfect to keep up, to force a jump-off for goal. Sadly

for Scott Brash on Hello Sanctos his came early. I am gutted. At

times like this you have to be not greedy. People are dying in the

world, all sort, I am thankful to be here, my horse is jumping

excellent. There is loads more competitions to come. What about

Skelton? Last to ride. Big star hadn't made aner roar all week.

With the tension at its height. It happened. From the bring of gold,

back to the drawing board. hasn't touched a jump all week.

Definitely, the worst time to make one. Like I say, been there before,

same thing again. Got keep going. Remember Skelton did win the team

vent with Great Britain here and there is always Rio, once he has

found time for a back operation. There has been a huge amount of

interest in sports we wouldn't normally televise on the BBC. Lots

of people have been sending in messages saying BBC, you make sure

you keep this on the television you keep this in the high profile. Do

you think we have asked this before, do you think that will happen, lor

it be forgotten, sportliest like judo and others. Inevitably, we are

back into the beast of fall in a weeks time. That is the laelty.

Sports like handball, water poe toe, who is, there is no great demand,

except in this format and this arena, I know these sports have

used the games to get the profile. Now they will be banging on the

door of UK Sport to get funding and go to Rio. That is what it is about

for them. That depends on how well they do in the games. We have some

sports competing who didn't even have a federation when we were

awarded the games. That would be volleyball. Then they got one, they

got �4 million of funding, that only amounts to �6 leet athletes.

Compare to some, boxing for example. Over �40k for them. You can maybe

see why Thomas Stalker made a career out of it. Well Great

Britain's men and women's hockey teams have made the last four, the

fellas face the Dutch tomorrow while the ladies went stick to

is her trademark. Crista Cullen is not slow. I think the ball has gone

through the smallest gap between is what she is capable of doing and

that is why she is a marked lady as far as Argentina are concerned.

Look at this, no room. Being pushed for an incident inside 23 metres.

They feel the ball went out of play on the far side for top for

referral is much further back. For me, this is great skill. As she is

falling to the ground, she manages to play it on the forehand. I think

Great Britain are guilty of not one person the Great Britain people

What a fantastic ball by Helen Richardson. Alex Danson on her

knees, reverse stick deflection. It has given Great Britain a lifeline.

2-1 with five minutes to go. gone. Argentina are through to the

final. Once again, Great Britain off-fore lawn. You look around the

off-fore lawn. You look around the pitch and the players are showing

utter dejection. I'm so proud of every one of them. We are a squad

of 28 and I'm proud of all the girls. We came in with a squad

mentality to go into the last game with every fight.

with every fight. The other semi was a thriller as

the Netherlands edged through against New Zealand. The Black

Sticks went 1-0 and 2-1 up. There was a horrible looking head whack

for New Zealand's Katie Glynn, who got the full force of a Dutch stick

straight to the back of her cranium. In true Terry Butcher style, she

went for the wrap-it-and-carry-on option The Netherlands struck in

the second half from a short corner to make it 2-2 at full time Extra

time couldn't separate them and it went to a shoot-out, which the

Dutch won 3-1. Ellen Hoog with the Dutch won 3-1. Ellen Hoog with the

decisive goal. Argentina against the Netherlands in the final. Sad

news for Team GB, who were very heavily fancied. Hard to watch the

GB players crying at the end. They never looked like favourites

tonight. It is not the first time we have suffered at the hands of

Argentina in international competition. This looks like a goal

to me. Talking about sport in the limelight, hockey was one of those

hoping for a medal. Still a chance for a gold medal and still a chance

for gold or silver for the men. is at home so the spotlight is on

them. It is a great achievement to get into the last four. Co have

still had a great Olympics and they have captured the Olympics. Barry

Davies was in our studio earlier. He says he watches this programme

every night and his favourite part of the show is guess what. The

global round-up! Even Barry likes Cast your mind back to Beijing four

years ago. BMX was in the Olympics for the first ever time and Shanaze

Reade was Great Britian's outstanding medal chance - in fact,

favourite for the gold. When this happened. Shanaze Reade being

announced to the crowd. She has got This is the start, Reade on the

right. She gets a terrific start. Can she get back level? Reade

looking for the inside line. She is in the silver medal position. She

has crashed! She has gone down. Reade looked to get down the inside

and clipped the back wheel. That put her completely out of the

medals. I'm afraid that the hopes of a podium position for Shanaze

Reade from Great Britain have gone. She started her campaign for

Olympic redemption this afternoon on the track which is right next to

the Velodrome here in the Olympic Park. It was only the initial round

to determine the seedings for Friday's semi-finals. Let's see how

Cometh the hour, cometh the woman. Shanaze Reade. You've seen her

career up close. How much has she got riding on this? Hopefully not

too much pressure. She has come out with absolute confidence. Into the

first turn. Just letting the back wheel drop nicely. Floating across

the step up and for a double. doubt she will do the time in this

run. She is at the top of the chart so far. Definitely nice and smooth.

Keeping it relatively safe. used that cascade really well to

create a lot of speed. Nice and smooth. Good last. First rider to

go under 40. Very nice work. Liam Phillips was also in action in

the men's competition. He managed to set the 12th fastest time. He

didn't expect to be competing after fracturing a collarbone, describing

it as "a miraculous recovery". Now, watch this for a perfect

illustration of what can happen when things go wrong in BMX.

American Brooke Crain got into difficulties and finished with a

face full of tarmac. It looks really nasty, but I'm glad to say

she's OK and will be able to continue. Solid concrete and that

hurt. A lot of people sedate -- hurt. A lot of people sedate --

today saying that BMX is a brutal sport. It looks fun, but it is

brutal. It reminds me of coming off the ski-lift. Not pretty. Going

back to Shanaze Reade, in Beijing, none of us knew that much about her.

It was making its debut as a sport. We knew she would win gold at and

we didn't have to worry. Until the day of the event. We saw what

happened. She has had four years. If you listen to an interview with

her, she is absolutely desperate. Of all of the athletes that want to

achieve, she is desperate to make amends for what went wrong.

defines your life. This is her shop window. This will mean everything

to her. God forbid if she clips the wheel again and goes down. My word.

Melissa SEN to tweets saying, last week the kids want to track bike

and now they want to be a makes. Do they even make for many more? I

suppose this is what it is all about, it is about the children

watching and saying to their parents, I want to do that. They

get involved. Sir Chris Hoy said today 10 or 15 years down the line

they could be competing for medals. That is how it works. I remember

watching the Olympics and wanting to be... It never quite worked

fear! -- for you. BMX, get in touch. She can have my old BMX. Nigel also

says if there's room for BMX at the Olympics, it can't be long before

we have chopper races. Slightly tongue-in-cheek. The gear might be

an issue on the or chopper. You wouldn't want to fall off with that.

A I'm not sure Jack Tripp -- Jacques Rogge will allow that to

happen. Time to run you through some of the

other British athletes on show today. We're gradually whittling

them down as the Games draw to a close. Let's start at Eton Dorney,

where Tim Brabants failed to retain his Olympic title in the single

kayak. He always said he might struggle after scraping into the

final, and so it proved as he came last. The kayak four of Rachel

Cawthorn, Jessica Walker, Louisa Sawers and Angela Hannah also

failed to get on the podium. They came fifth in their final. Money

cladding as Stacie Powell didn't make it out of the first round of

the women's diving. Cladding did better, but she finished 19th. Only

the top 18 made the final. There was also disappointment for

Steve Morrison and Ben Rhodes in the medal race for the men's 49er.

With gold and silver already secured by Australia and New

Zealand, they went into today's finale with a chance of bronze. But

they could only finish fifth on the day, which also meant a fifth place

finish overall. But Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are on course for

a medal in the 470 class. All they need to do is avoid

disqualification or being black flagged in Friday's medal race and

they'll pick up at least silver. They need to get the better of the

New Zealand crew to take gold. Time to have a little butcher's at

Time to have a little butcher's at Talking about the importance of

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds

What do you make of the paper's? No medals to talk about so it is

interesting to see what they've interesting to see what they've

gone. A bit of agenda-setting. The newspapers have had a lavish 12

days. They've enjoyed themselves. They have. In this kind of event,

all of them have attacked it brilliantly. A couple of quick

questions. What has been your highlight so far and you are not

allowed to pick Saturday night. Bradley Wiggins sitting in the

chair after his time trial. Loved it. Excellent pose as well. You

haven't really mentioned the game's makers much. Can you give them some

love? To those people who shout at you through a megaphone and tell

you to smile. They have been absolutely brilliant. Everybody who

has been involved in keeping this thing going, there's been a smile

on everybody's face. Even when you leave, they are still smiling.

Somebody has mentioned a guy in the underground car-park who has worked

16 hours a day. He says every day I see him and he smiles. That Olympic

spirit burning brightly. It is tangible. It is an important part.

What else are you looking forward to in the last few days? I'm back

in the Arena tomorrow. The colours in there when you growing -- go in,

the green and orange, it is sensational. Looking forward to

seeing the boxing come to a conclusion. I think we can wrap up

some silverware, possibly a gold medal or two. Looking forward to

seeing Anthony Joshua. Patrick Collins was here yesterday. One of

the questions to him was his iconic image of the Games. What would be

yours? One picture you will take away with you. I enjoyed... Phelps

in the pool. He lost with grace. When he got the record number of

medals. A great athlete like that. And Usain Bolt. The same in Beijing

to a degree, but seeing Usain Bolt cross the line.

We have reached the end of another one. Thanks for watching, nice to

have you on again, Kevin. Only three shows left after tonight.

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