BBC One: Day 16: 09.00-10.45

:01:00. > :01:10.What makes television what it is, is its mastery of the moving

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:01:12. > :01:22.picture. But sometimes, what doesn't move at all, can be moving.

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:01:22. > :02:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 78 seconds

:02:40. > :02:50.And here it is again, the connection between the moving and

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:02:54. > :02:59.the still. The fastest mover of them all, the captured instant.

:02:59. > :03:04.What a fantastic journey it has been. Over the next couple of hours

:03:04. > :03:10.or we will reflect on some of those are Olympic moments in moving form

:03:10. > :03:14.and hear from Mo Farah, Sir Steve Redgrave, Denise Lewis,

:03:14. > :03:19.Gebrselassie, and the Prime Minister is joining us for his

:03:19. > :03:21.assessment of London 2012 and what happens next. Great Britain ends

:03:21. > :03:28.these Olympics with a medal tally these Olympics with a medal tally

:03:28. > :03:36.we could only dream of. A tally of 62 medals. 28 gold medals among

:03:36. > :03:41.them, more than any in the last century. Third place in the medal

:03:41. > :03:50.table is secure. Or we were 4th in Beijing. How can we make sure this

:03:50. > :03:58.Sir Matthew Pinsent has been investigating.

:03:58. > :04:08.In Atlanta, 1996, Steve Redgrave and I were the only gold medalists

:04:08. > :04:12.13 GB. 16 years on, haven't things changed? They are going quicker and

:04:12. > :04:18.quicker, Great Britain have won the gold. Be it is going to be a

:04:18. > :04:24.glorious win for Great Britain. It is gold! We have more

:04:24. > :04:29.professionalism, more coaches, talent identification is amazing.

:04:29. > :04:37.But the main thing that has changed is the amount of cash in British

:04:37. > :04:41.Olympic sport. The National Lottery started a Olympic funding in 1997

:04:41. > :04:49.and the Return was instant. 11 gold medals in Sydney and a similar

:04:50. > :04:58.amount in Athens. Once London was chosen to host in 2012, no amount

:04:58. > :05:03.of money knocking around increased even more. �235 million the Beijing,

:05:03. > :05:08.264 million, the amount spent on these Games. We have had more

:05:08. > :05:13.resources for London because what we have committed to is to fund

:05:13. > :05:17.every Olympic and every Paralympic sport. So not only those sports

:05:17. > :05:22.that have medal potential, but those sports that have not achieved

:05:22. > :05:26.entry to the Games, which has given them a fantastic platform.

:05:26. > :05:33.Hopefully to attract more youngsters into a broader range of

:05:33. > :05:37.sports as a result. The sports that had the most unsurprising lead

:05:38. > :05:44.performed the best. Cycling, sailing and rowing are at the top

:05:44. > :05:49.of the funding list. Money means medals. We Investment, more sports

:05:49. > :05:53.can achieve more medals, which is what we have delivered. What

:05:53. > :06:00.delivers gold medals at the end of the day our athletes that have the

:06:00. > :06:03.talent and the ability. Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Daley Thompson. Those

:06:04. > :06:10.people would have succeeded with a without funding. But there are

:06:10. > :06:14.those, like Mo Farah, without the current set-up might have drifted

:06:14. > :06:18.away and never really done what he has now been able to do so. He has

:06:18. > :06:24.been able to tap into resource and knowledge, which has been provided

:06:24. > :06:29.through funding. What do you would deep pockets by you? The best

:06:29. > :06:34.coaches, facilities and the most professional approach. Nothing is

:06:34. > :06:38.left to chance. But if you take, you are going to have to give back.

:06:38. > :06:47.What is the future for those sports that have underperformed on home

:06:47. > :06:55.soil? A few of the sports that have not done well will be having

:06:55. > :06:59.discussions after London. And there will be some sport won't get to Rio.

:06:59. > :07:05.We still think we can do it, but we have got to change the way we do

:07:05. > :07:10.things. The no compromise approach we have taken has been really good.

:07:10. > :07:15.It is clear, not funding for everybody, but funding for the best.

:07:15. > :07:22.The question is, when the venues empty, the crowds disappear and the

:07:22. > :07:26.lights go out, can it ever be this good again? It will be a tragedy if

:07:26. > :07:31.we did not continue to invest will stop other countries will and we

:07:31. > :07:39.will fall back. We have done brilliant. We have set the bar very

:07:39. > :07:44.high, why should we accept the only way is down? John Major started

:07:44. > :07:48.this with the lottery in 1994. His legacy is clear and plain. He was

:07:48. > :07:52.the Prime Minister at the time and that is the kind of back-up Lee

:07:52. > :07:56.Mead from our Prime Minister and the Government now. To say, this

:07:56. > :08:01.has been fantastic and we will continue to invest. Le the sports

:08:01. > :08:05.keep on delivering. My aim as sports minister is to make sure UK

:08:05. > :08:13.Sport have the same amount of money for the Rio's cycle as they did for

:08:13. > :08:18.London. These people are massive role models. It will inspire other

:08:18. > :08:21.kids to have a go in the future. And we have got to provide the same

:08:21. > :08:31.sort of support to those kids that we have provided to these people

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:08:34. > :08:41.The Prime Minister is here to answer some of those questions.

:08:41. > :08:45.Good morning. Good morning. An amazing tally of gold medals, 28.

:08:45. > :08:49.At the Opening Ceremony, what did you think was possible? It's has

:08:49. > :08:54.been an extraordinary few weeks, it has lifted the country and brought

:08:54. > :09:00.people together. I am very proud of what everyone has done, from the

:09:00. > :09:06.athletes, the police service, the military and the Games makers, the

:09:07. > :09:11.volunteers and everyone involved. We came 4th in Beijing. A country

:09:11. > :09:17.of 60 million people, you up against Russia, Germany, China,

:09:17. > :09:23.India. Coming 4th, I thought was amazing. I thought holding on to

:09:23. > :09:27.fourth place would have been a challenge. But we have produced

:09:27. > :09:32.this extraordinary result. We did put in a lot of money. I know you

:09:32. > :09:38.saw quite of the Olympic venues and experience those men did -- moments,

:09:38. > :09:44.any particular favourite? It has to be Mo Farah last Saturday and last

:09:44. > :09:48.night. An incredible performance. Just to be there, you felt you

:09:48. > :09:55.wouldn't want to be anywhere else at any other point in time. It was

:09:55. > :09:59.a magic moment. And Nicola Adams, the boxer. I was there for her

:09:59. > :10:03.semi-final, it was very special. The first time we have had women's

:10:03. > :10:08.boxing at the Olympics and an iconic British woman who will be a

:10:08. > :10:14.fantastic role model. So the question we have to ask, what

:10:14. > :10:19.happens to elite sport now? You have made an announcement. I am

:10:19. > :10:25.very clear. What has happened since the lottery has worked. John

:10:25. > :10:29.Major's legacy is secure. The lottery has transformed the way we

:10:29. > :10:37.formed a lead sport. The �125 million of funding, that will

:10:37. > :10:43.continue every year up until the Rio 2016 Olympics. Normally

:10:43. > :10:47.governments fund programmes have won a two years before. But this is

:10:47. > :10:52.worthwhile because it helps to deliver those medals. It is only

:10:52. > :10:59.two more years because the Treasury funding was guaranteed until 2014,

:10:59. > :11:03.2015. You have given them another two years. But it is vital because

:11:03. > :11:09.they can plan all the way between now and Rio. I was talking to Ben

:11:09. > :11:15.Ainslie about this. He said it is so important sailors can go to Rio

:11:15. > :11:19.and practice were they can go and compete. I think sport UK, Sue

:11:19. > :11:24.Campbell and those people have delivered a system that works. We

:11:24. > :11:29.will go on backing it. It is welcome news, but two years in the

:11:29. > :11:36.life of elite sport is not a long time. Shouldn't we be thinking more

:11:36. > :11:39.ambitiously and coming up with the longer turn strategy? I hope I will

:11:39. > :11:46.be the Prime Minister in 2016 and we will make the decision for the

:11:46. > :11:50.next four years. But the decision is, when I became Prime Minister,

:11:50. > :11:54.the elite sport programme wasn't fully funded up until the 2012

:11:54. > :11:59.Olympics we have just had. One of the decisions I had to make was to

:11:59. > :12:04.make sure it was funded. We don't know how long he will be Prime

:12:04. > :12:08.Minister, but you could set the tone in saying, our ambition is for

:12:09. > :12:13.a long-term strategy and you have not done that. I cannot think of

:12:13. > :12:19.any reason why any Government would change this strategy, it works. It

:12:19. > :12:26.has delivered the 2012, it can deliver for 2016. There is no was

:12:26. > :12:32.some shin this would change. Because we have returned lottery

:12:32. > :12:35.funding to good courses, sports, arts, there will be more money

:12:35. > :12:40.through the lottery generally over the next five years. So the money

:12:40. > :12:44.will be there for anyone in the future to continue to expand this

:12:44. > :12:49.elite sports programme. This is what the athletes have asked for,

:12:49. > :12:54.delivered up to 2016, and I think it is a very good thing to do.

:12:54. > :12:59.about difficult decisions on how you spend money on a lead sport.

:12:59. > :13:02.How it divides up the cookie. What about sports that have

:13:02. > :13:07.underperformed likes winning, which had a target of more medals than it

:13:07. > :13:12.ended up with? It is vital Government ministers don't make

:13:12. > :13:16.these decisions. The reason we have professional sport bodies like

:13:16. > :13:21.sport UK, is for them to make those decisions. They will be having

:13:21. > :13:25.tough conversations with the difference governing bodies because

:13:25. > :13:28.they have his policy of trying to funds by results. It does not mean

:13:28. > :13:33.if you do badly you automatically don't get the money, but you have

:13:33. > :13:39.to prove you are learning the lessons. If you look at cycling, I

:13:39. > :13:42.am not an expert, but it seems they have just applied the most immense

:13:43. > :13:48.amount of science and expertise to this area. I'm sure everyone will

:13:48. > :13:53.be looking at the most successful sports and ask what they can learn.

:13:53. > :13:58.You have come out with plans about earlier in the training, we have to

:13:58. > :14:02.think before we get to the elite sport level. How important

:14:02. > :14:07.competitive sport is, and that seems to be at the heart of what he

:14:07. > :14:12.wants primary schools to be doing. Shouldn't you put the focus on

:14:12. > :14:18.high-quality, physical education in schools? Competitive sport is

:14:18. > :14:21.important, that is what the Olympics is about. It is

:14:21. > :14:29.competition which inspires people. We need to look at what is working

:14:29. > :14:33.in schools, and what is not working well enough. Two out of five

:14:33. > :14:38.primary-school children are playing competitive sport within schools,

:14:38. > :14:43.and less than that playing competitive sports with other

:14:43. > :14:50.schools. There are children who can be alienated from competitive

:14:50. > :14:56.sports. Mo Farah's all P teacher said if you expose children who

:14:56. > :15:04.were not ready to competitive sport, you can put them off sport for life.

:15:04. > :15:07.Up to the age of 11, sport's should be there and after. They should be

:15:07. > :15:12.part of the team learning about working as a team, and learning

:15:12. > :15:16.about losing as well as winning. It is character-building stuff. The

:15:16. > :15:21.arguments some people make his competitive sport does not belong

:15:21. > :15:26.in a primary school setting. I don't believe that. I watch my son

:15:26. > :15:36.playing football and there is an under 18, and under 10 team. They

:15:36. > :15:38.

:15:38. > :15:46.like playing sport and make this What was the role -- what was wrong

:15:46. > :15:52.with a target of two hours of sport in school? The activity could have

:15:52. > :16:01.been things like dance routines, but schools felt it if they had met

:16:01. > :16:06.that target, that was enough. The point is, if you don't want a

:16:06. > :16:12.system where a school thinks, I have done two hours a week, I have

:16:12. > :16:18.done my bit. I think it was limiting and restricting. We are

:16:18. > :16:23.putting �1 billion in, over five years, into youth sport. To make

:16:23. > :16:29.sure that competitive sport is in the curriculum. Those two things

:16:29. > :16:35.will make a difference. I am also announcing today that Seb Coe, who

:16:35. > :16:40.has made this game is a success, is going to be my legacy ambassador,

:16:40. > :16:48.on how to make the most economically from the Games, how to

:16:48. > :16:54.win the contracts in terms of the next Olympics, decisions on future

:16:54. > :17:00.funding in sport. He will be helping to advise us. This was

:17:00. > :17:10.always the legacy Games, we want the Games on the basis of planning

:17:10. > :17:10.

:17:10. > :17:17.for a strong legacy. At the moment, it is just a blueprint, it is a

:17:17. > :17:23.question of the effort you make. There are lots of things which have

:17:23. > :17:29.already been done. We are at the start of the journey of building a

:17:29. > :17:34.legacy. We are some way down the track. 5,000 schools have formed

:17:34. > :17:40.partnerships with local sports clubs, 1000 sports facilities have

:17:40. > :17:46.been upgraded. We have lost school playing-fields, do know how many of

:17:46. > :17:52.those could be safeguarded for the local community? In the last two

:17:52. > :17:57.years, 21 school playing fields have been sold, 14 because the

:17:57. > :18:01.school in question had been closed, four because of school a mile

:18:01. > :18:09.commissions. The other three were about getting funding for sports

:18:09. > :18:15.facilities. If you look at the detail, it doesn't stack up. Could

:18:15. > :18:21.those playing fields be safeguarded for community use? Absolutely, that

:18:21. > :18:26.is why we do not allow schools to sell playing fields, that is the

:18:26. > :18:33.position of the government, it has to be an exceptional circumstance.

:18:33. > :18:39.What we want to seek his more playing fields available to schools.

:18:39. > :18:44.A big part of the future is linking up schools with local sports clubs.

:18:44. > :18:50.Way and kids get competitive sport at the local village club,

:18:50. > :18:56.organised by volunteers, with teams, hundreds of children taking part in

:18:56. > :19:02.competitive cricket and football. These clubs are in real key, one

:19:02. > :19:06.way to secured the legacy of the Games. You say we are already

:19:06. > :19:13.securing the legacy, but you cannot be heartened by figures on

:19:13. > :19:20.participation. Only six of 31 funded sports are showing an

:19:20. > :19:28.increase in participation. It is only running and cycling doing well.

:19:28. > :19:32.There is no level of complacency. We haven't just invented legacy

:19:32. > :19:37.this week, the whole thinking of the government which bid for the

:19:37. > :19:43.Games macro and this one, it is about securing legacy. Whether it

:19:43. > :19:47.is about making sure that this amazing Park does not become, like

:19:47. > :19:54.some previous Olympic parks, covered in Tumbleweed with unused

:19:54. > :20:00.facilities. We do not know who will use the stadium. Almost all of the

:20:00. > :20:04.eight major venues are secured. The Aquatics Centre, that has a totally

:20:04. > :20:10.secure a future. 800,000 people, nearly one million people, will use

:20:10. > :20:16.it every year. I am confident in saying this park will be a

:20:16. > :20:20.fantastic place for Londoners to live, work and play. Even though

:20:20. > :20:26.there is no permanent tenant? will be sorted out relatively

:20:26. > :20:30.rapidly. A fantastic facility, football clubs are vying to be its

:20:30. > :20:35.tenants. I was in the Athletes' Village, that will be an amazing

:20:35. > :20:41.house into element, people will be queuing up to live in it. It has

:20:42. > :20:46.transformed this part of London. Going back to these figures on

:20:46. > :20:55.participation in sport. The theme of these Games has been, inspired a

:20:56. > :21:03.generation. But as a nation among 16-24 year-olds, -- participation

:21:03. > :21:08.among this group, that is the focus. That is why Seb Coe will be

:21:08. > :21:15.advising me as legacy ambassador. To transform people's thinking

:21:15. > :21:21.about sport, that is important. There is no complacency in

:21:21. > :21:30.government. The thinking of legacy didn't start last week, it has been

:21:30. > :21:35.at the heart of these Games. Legacy is vital. It is a huge opportunity.

:21:35. > :21:40.My own children have been inspired by the past few weeks. We are in

:21:40. > :21:46.the final few hours until the closing ceremony. What do you think

:21:46. > :21:51.this experience has taught us about who we are in Britain? It has been

:21:51. > :21:56.a massive self confidence boost. We can all feel we don't just have a

:21:56. > :22:01.great past but a great future ahead of us. I have been struck by the

:22:01. > :22:06.number of people, athletes, visiting prime ministers, who say

:22:06. > :22:13.these are the best Games they have been two, a confident country which

:22:13. > :22:19.has produced something superbly well done, on budget, on time. The

:22:19. > :22:27.sense of voluntary spirit which has come from those Games makers has

:22:27. > :22:33.completely inspired people. We can make our wake in a tough and

:22:34. > :22:37.competitive world. The reality is that tomorrow morning, we are

:22:37. > :22:44.reminded we are in a severe recession, this country is not in a

:22:44. > :22:48.good place economically. We do face a tough economic situation, I do

:22:48. > :22:53.not belittle that at all. These Games show, if you work hard enough

:22:53. > :22:58.at something, plant something, if you are passionate enough, you can

:22:58. > :23:04.turn things around. That is a lesson you can take from these

:23:04. > :23:12.Games. Prime Minister, thank you. Now, if you've just joined us, it's

:23:12. > :23:18.a quiet morning of Olympic Sport. The main event of the morning is

:23:18. > :23:21.the marathon before 11am, here on BBC One. So we're taking this

:23:21. > :23:23.opportunity to reflect on the past fortnight, and the highlights of

:23:24. > :23:27.London 2012. Overall, it's been an impressive performance by British

:23:27. > :23:32.Olympians, though the athletics total was two short of chief coach

:23:32. > :23:35.Charles Van Commenee's target of eight track and field medals.

:23:35. > :23:45.Nevertheless, there were four gold medals for Great Britain, and many

:23:45. > :23:56.

:23:56. > :24:00.other moments that helped light up champion. The moment of truth has

:24:00. > :24:07.arrived. There goes Usain Bolt, he is going

:24:07. > :24:17.to win the gold! The champion becomes a legend! The brilliance of

:24:17. > :24:29.

:24:29. > :24:37.for Britain. Christine Ohuruogu it is coming,

:24:37. > :24:47.will she make it? Christine Ohuruogu, a sterling effort, to get

:24:47. > :24:51.

:24:51. > :25:01.striding away to become the Olympic champion. That is the world record,

:25:01. > :25:11.

:25:11. > :25:19.he smashes it to pieces. The only man to have defended the

:25:19. > :25:29.Olympic 200 metres title ever. He is kicking again, Mo Farah is

:25:29. > :25:39.

:25:39. > :25:43.going for it. It is a gold medal! champion.

:25:43. > :25:53.Jessica Ennis is the Olympic champion, best all-round athlete in

:25:53. > :25:57.the world. Come on, Mo Farah, the Mo Farah is

:25:57. > :26:06.going to make it two gold medals for Great Britain, beautiful.

:26:06. > :26:10.Have you ever seen anything like We have had so many fantastic

:26:10. > :26:15.moments in the stadium, thanks to those athletes. Denise Lewis, you

:26:15. > :26:21.are watching from your ringside seat. Can I ask you to choose a

:26:22. > :26:28.highlight, there are probably so many. No, you cannot. If I have to

:26:28. > :26:35.try to pick one, it is impossible. The freshest one is Mo Farah, his

:26:35. > :26:41.double was sensational. I have run out of superlatives. Truly sublime.

:26:41. > :26:46.It was amazing, not only did he run tactically really well. But, the

:26:46. > :26:50.way he'd almost dominated, mentally, he had a physical presence at the

:26:50. > :26:55.start of the race which I have never seen him do before. He got

:26:55. > :27:02.the crowd going, he responded to them. Psychologically, he won that

:27:02. > :27:08.battle from that moment on. Jessica Ennis and her heptathlon

:27:08. > :27:14.gold, that must have meant a lot you personally. The pressure she

:27:14. > :27:19.has had to deal with, leading up to the Games, in the months and years,

:27:19. > :27:23.has been immense. She has conducted herself so well. That is the mark

:27:23. > :27:28.of a true champion, who can work under such intense scrutiny and

:27:28. > :27:34.still deliver a performance. We felt it was on, from the moment she

:27:34. > :27:39.stepped onto the track. To deliver that hurdles race, it was majestic.

:27:39. > :27:46.She was part of that first Super Saturday. Overall in British

:27:46. > :27:51.athletics, we didn't get to the target of eight medals, a shame? Or,

:27:51. > :27:56.do the four gold medals make up for it? He going into these

:27:56. > :28:00.championships, we thought maybe there could be made the two of gold

:28:00. > :28:09.medals. We have superseded our expectations,

:28:09. > :28:14.as a sport. The target, it is there as a guideline to Kara Goucher but

:28:14. > :28:19.you cannot put a measure on what we have experienced as a country. It

:28:19. > :28:25.has up weighed everything. What does success but that do to the

:28:25. > :28:30.team as a whole? They are practical results. You attract more money, it

:28:30. > :28:36.secures the team going forward. That is what we hope. The athletes

:28:36. > :28:43.have delivered. The big thing now is funding, and continuing through

:28:43. > :28:49.to Rio. This is not just, London has finished, it all stops. This is

:28:49. > :28:54.the real legacy. We have a lot of young athletes who have come into

:28:54. > :28:59.these Games for a first time, and who want to build on it. What about

:28:59. > :29:09.what it does for British athletics as a whole, we hope people will be

:29:09. > :29:12.

:29:12. > :29:16.inspired. I can only look at my own situation, are being inspired as a

:29:16. > :29:21.kid by watching events like this, of wanting to go to my local club.

:29:21. > :29:28.That is what I hope the young children around the country will be

:29:28. > :29:33.inspired, to have a go. No one can guarantee success, that you will

:29:33. > :29:40.stand on that Olympic podium, but it is all in that Jenny and having

:29:40. > :29:45.a role model to follow. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and

:29:46. > :29:50.excitement. Double Olympic champion Mo Farah will be joining us in the

:29:50. > :29:54.studio later in the programme. And, while he's claimed two gold medals,

:29:54. > :30:04.he's still four behind Sir Chris Hoy, who took his tally to six,

:30:04. > :30:30.

:30:30. > :30:40.during another fantastic week for What a night we have got to look

:30:40. > :30:45.

:30:45. > :30:49.forward to. It is going to be an Great Britain are absolutely flying.

:30:49. > :30:56.Great Britain are the world champions and they are now going to

:30:56. > :31:03.become the world champ -- Olympic champions. They are on fire.

:31:03. > :31:11.cannot believe it. Laura Trott is on fire. I cannot

:31:11. > :31:21.believe this has happened to me. The new world record. It is

:31:21. > :31:23.

:31:23. > :31:28.unbelievable. He is the Olympic sprint champion.

:31:28. > :31:36.Look at the time! It is a new world record. We have spent so many years

:31:36. > :31:43.thinking about this moment. It is a mad explosion of a motion. Victoria

:31:43. > :31:49.Pendleton is the Olympic clearing champion. I would have loved to

:31:49. > :31:59.have won my final race, but I just say it is all done and I can move

:31:59. > :32:07.

:32:07. > :32:12.on. You have been incredible. Sir Chris Hoy is now the most

:32:12. > :32:21.successful British Olympian. Congratulations to Bradley Wiggins.

:32:21. > :32:24.It has not been a bad year for him. They are two more men, Sir Matthew

:32:24. > :32:29.Pinsent was there to witness Ben Ainslie winning a 4th successive

:32:29. > :32:35.title. Will we will speak to Steve Redgrave and Ben Ainslie in a

:32:35. > :32:40.moment. But first this is what happened.

:32:40. > :32:48.Ben Ainslie is often ridden up as the best small boat sailor in the

:32:48. > :32:53.world, but winning the gold in 2012 would prove it. By his recent

:32:53. > :32:59.Olympic standards, first three days of racing were close to disastrous,

:32:59. > :33:05.but one of his main race opponents, Jonas Hogh-Christensen, had made a

:33:05. > :33:11.crucial error. From where I was sailing, it looked like he had hit

:33:11. > :33:18.the mark. Ben Ainslie is doing a penalty turn. Big mistake, he made

:33:18. > :33:23.me angry and they had better watch out. Essentially, Sunday 5th August

:33:23. > :33:28.boils down to a man on man race for gold. It is going to be a huge race

:33:28. > :33:35.on Sunday, but I am up for it. races of the regatta are completed

:33:35. > :33:39.and today's race is the last medal race. The situation is delicate for

:33:39. > :33:43.Ben Ainslie, he is two points behind the Dane, Jonas Hogh-

:33:43. > :33:53.Christensen, so he must beat him to win the gold. This is going to be

:33:53. > :33:56.

:33:56. > :34:01.tight. Perhaps we were going to see more confrontations. Not Ben

:34:01. > :34:06.Ainslie's best start, but by the first mark, the Briton was in

:34:06. > :34:12.charge. Ben Ainslie has gone a round the top mark in gold medal

:34:12. > :34:18.winning positions. Denmark have a big job to do. Things are looking

:34:18. > :34:22.good for the British sailor. Ben Ainslie wins his 4th Olympic gold.

:34:22. > :34:27.The Battle of the Bay between Benn's -- Ben Ainslie and the great

:34:27. > :34:35.Dane is over. History is made, Ben Ainslie is the best sailor the

:34:35. > :34:41.Olympics has ever seen. Have you ever had to work harder for an

:34:41. > :34:44.Olympic gold medal than that? it was the toughest. The way Jonas

:34:44. > :34:49.Hogh-Christensen has sailed this week, it is a long time since I

:34:49. > :34:55.have seen somebody sail that well. You were dead and buried after six

:34:55. > :35:00.races? I was worried, and something had to change and thankfully it did.

:35:01. > :35:07.I got myself back into a position with a chance. I feel I should have

:35:07. > :35:13.a special card or a key to say, four consecutive gold medals, it is

:35:13. > :35:18.a special club, welcome to it. Well done.

:35:18. > :35:24.So, there is a special club, but people have gone further with five

:35:24. > :35:29.gold medals, so we thought we would bring you together. Well done,

:35:29. > :35:36.dramatic days in Weymouth. It was touch and go for a little while?

:35:36. > :35:40.was, it was very tough. It was difficult for me. I did not sail

:35:40. > :35:45.the greatest opening series and I had to fight for it. Which she

:35:45. > :35:50.would expect for any Olympic medal, but this was tough and a close the

:35:51. > :35:55.medal race. Thankfully, I managed to get it right on the day.

:35:55. > :36:01.much did the thought of that record you wanted to get to really

:36:01. > :36:06.motivates you? In sailing, for gold medals is special, only one other

:36:06. > :36:12.man who has done that. And to have a silver medal as well, it was a

:36:12. > :36:16.big day. Or you can focus on is doing the best job and you cannot

:36:16. > :36:21.get carried away with what might happen. You have to get the job

:36:21. > :36:27.done and have a good regatta. It was tough, but came good in the end.

:36:27. > :36:31.You have done very well, but we thought we needed to inspire you

:36:31. > :36:38.and get you to think about Rio. Steve is here to make you think

:36:38. > :36:43.about another Olympics. For me, I might be making a comeback! He has

:36:43. > :36:48.the opportunity to do that if he wants to, it is a huge commitment.

:36:48. > :36:52.He has been such a firm favourite to win this gold medal and in

:36:52. > :36:56.everyone's eyes over the next few years, it is going to be tough. I

:36:56. > :37:02.thought he was playing to the crowd are making it exciting and bringing

:37:02. > :37:09.it to the last day. But he has got the capability, if he wants to

:37:09. > :37:14.carry on. Do you want to carry on? I honestly don't know right now. It

:37:14. > :37:19.does get pretty emotional after these campaigns and you have to go

:37:19. > :37:28.away, as Steve did, give it some time and then decide what you want

:37:28. > :37:32.to do. In sailing, the America's Cup is also a big challenge. So the

:37:32. > :37:37.next challenge is to head off to San Francisco and get involved with

:37:37. > :37:42.that. We will see about Rio, physically a don't think I could do

:37:42. > :37:48.another four years. You are young enough, you won your first gold at

:37:48. > :37:55.the 19? I have had some issues with my back in particular. I had an

:37:55. > :37:59.operation over the winter. You have to force the boat through the water

:37:59. > :38:03.and it is pretty hard work and my back doesn't enjoy it. The Olympics

:38:03. > :38:11.as been a huge part of my life for the next 20 years, and it will be

:38:11. > :38:16.hard to walk away. Steve, you famously said, "if you see me in a

:38:16. > :38:20.boat again, you have permission to chute me". The minute you have won

:38:20. > :38:26.a medal, people ask you about the next stage. It is not the right

:38:26. > :38:31.time to make those decisions? Definitely not the right time. And

:38:31. > :38:37.that saying has been thrown back to me for the last few years. You need

:38:37. > :38:44.a little bit of time, time to reflect. Within rowing, the biggest

:38:44. > :38:49.thing is the Olympic Games. We have a World Championships every year,

:38:49. > :38:56.before the Olympic year, it is a stepping-stone to the Olympics. The

:38:56. > :39:03.only reason to carry on his towards the next Olympic Games. But other

:39:03. > :39:07.things for him have a big draw, and the America's Cup. If you relate it

:39:07. > :39:13.is cycling, Bradley Wiggins has won the Tour de France, which is the

:39:13. > :39:16.biggest thing in Cycling. And then he won another gold medal. You have

:39:16. > :39:21.also had to go through the Games are watching people edge closer,

:39:21. > :39:27.and in Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy's case, overtake your Olympic

:39:27. > :39:33.record, how has that felt? It has been straight forward, it is a

:39:33. > :39:37.record I didn't know I had until four years ago. I when to the

:39:37. > :39:41.velodrome on watch Bradley win the team pursuits will stop and a

:39:41. > :39:46.journalist said to me if Bradley wins a medal of any sort, he goes

:39:46. > :39:50.past do in the record. And I thought myself, I had this record

:39:50. > :39:57.for a years and didn't know I had it will stop within days it could

:39:57. > :40:02.have been taken away from me. I knew that Chris and then it would

:40:02. > :40:08.go past me at these Games. It has been enjoyable watching it happen.

:40:08. > :40:14.What about your thoughts about your sports. Both of your sports are the

:40:14. > :40:17.best funded, they have had a lot of money from UK Sports. Yours was the

:40:17. > :40:21.only sailing gold medal for Great Britain at these Games. If you look

:40:21. > :40:29.at the overall record of the same team, did it not go as well as you

:40:29. > :40:36.hoped? Our goal coming into the Games was five medals -- four

:40:36. > :40:42.medals. We took five. And the individual teams were so close. It

:40:42. > :40:46.has been another great performance by the team. I think one of the big

:40:46. > :40:51.things to say is it is a continuation. You cannot just say,

:40:51. > :40:55.it is London 2012 and that is it. All these teams have been growing

:40:55. > :41:00.up there so many years and they will keep going. It is vital we

:41:00. > :41:04.keep the funding coming from UK Sport and keep the ball rolling,

:41:04. > :41:09.and all of those teams are building for the future and doing a great

:41:09. > :41:14.job. Particularly there are sports like cures, were having the best

:41:14. > :41:21.possible Technology makes a difference, cycling being one of

:41:21. > :41:25.them? It is the International Federation make sure it is about

:41:25. > :41:30.the athletes, and not about the boats. There is an improvement of

:41:30. > :41:34.each four years process, but there isn't a huge market within sailing

:41:34. > :41:37.boats, it is not like golf clubs, technology is changing almost by

:41:37. > :41:44.the minute to be able to get a little bit more accuracy and

:41:44. > :41:49.distance. It is not like that within the sport of rowing. It is

:41:49. > :41:53.about preparation, training, it is about putting everything in process.

:41:53. > :41:56.Why one of the reasons for the rowing team of the best in the

:41:56. > :42:00.world at the moment from Great Britain, is because of the staff,

:42:00. > :42:05.all the back-up team, behind the athletes. We have great athletes

:42:05. > :42:09.being looked after very well and that is the reason, I think, as a

:42:09. > :42:13.country we are performing very well. It is not just the opportunity for

:42:14. > :42:19.those athletes, it is about helping them and what over there issues may

:42:19. > :42:25.be in the four-year cycle. We will get more from you as the programme

:42:25. > :42:30.continues. There is live sport available on BBC Three. It is

:42:30. > :42:35.volleyball, Bulgaria are playing Italy in the bronze-medal match.

:42:35. > :42:40.Also lots of other options on the red button. On BBC One or we will

:42:40. > :42:46.be live at the Mall as we build up to the men's marathon which starts

:42:46. > :42:50.in just over an hour. Now for another Sir Matthew Pinsent

:42:50. > :42:55.reports. We asked him to pose some questions for years ago about what

:42:55. > :42:58.London could learn from Beijing. Now London 2012 is almost over, he

:42:58. > :43:01.has been out to deliver his assessment of what has happened

:43:01. > :43:07.here. There were people saying in the

:43:08. > :43:15.wake of Beijing 2008, we had a hard act to follow. Before we had our

:43:15. > :43:20.Opening Ceremony, Britain played a blinder. 70 days, 8,000 miles and

:43:20. > :43:28.8,000 Torch bearers. The torch relay opened British hearts in a

:43:28. > :43:38.very special way. Come on! Experience of lifetime. I am not

:43:38. > :43:44.anybody, and people are cheering me on. I felt like I was in Wonderland.

:43:44. > :43:48.When Danny Boyle did get to put on his show, it was British, it was

:43:48. > :43:58.quirky and some nations wouldn't have got the jokes, but for me it

:43:58. > :44:01.

:44:01. > :44:08.boiled down to one moment which the whole world would have understood.

:44:08. > :44:13.Good evening, Mr von. Good evening, your majesty. London's venues came

:44:13. > :44:23.in on budget, they were open for their test events, and some of them

:44:23. > :44:26.

:44:26. > :44:32.were beauties. There is no doubt, there have been empty seats, the

:44:32. > :44:37.ticketing website - universally panned. A lot of people did not get

:44:37. > :44:42.tickets and that is unfair. I feel bad so many people were out there

:44:43. > :44:49.looking for tickets and there are so many empty seats. My report card

:44:49. > :44:54.- could do better. Six out of 10. Four years ago in Beijing, the

:44:54. > :44:59.Olympic Park was an exclusive place to be. In London, you still need a

:44:59. > :45:04.ticket, but this place is all about inclusion. 2.4 million people have

:45:04. > :45:13.watched events at Olympic Park, but that spirit has spread to open

:45:13. > :45:21.spaces Nationwide. You don't have to be at home to watch the Games

:45:21. > :45:27.any more. You can be any worse. No surprise, this has been caused the

:45:27. > :45:32.first genuinely digital Olympics. Social Media has loved the Olympics,

:45:32. > :45:39.fans don't miss a moment. They watch, commiserate and congratulate,

:45:39. > :45:44.very often directly to the athletes. My followers on Twitter. Twitter.

:45:45. > :45:50.Thanks for all of the fans for supporting and believing. Transport,

:45:50. > :45:55.lots of people said it would be a nightmare. I think we did OK.

:45:55. > :45:59.London 2012 is on course to break attendance records. 7 million

:45:59. > :46:03.people through the turnstiles. Were they happy? I have been using it

:46:03. > :46:10.the whole time, over ground, Underground and everything, it is

:46:11. > :46:17.easy. Security was an issue. In the race to be ready, G four S is

:46:17. > :46:20.playing catch-up. Soldiers have arrived at a Olympic venues, part

:46:20. > :46:27.of a 3,500 fours needed to plug the gap. Have nearly 300,000 people

:46:27. > :46:33.coming through and we talk to them, help them and assist them at the

:46:33. > :46:43.park. It has been a great experience. We did recover it well.

:46:43. > :46:46.

:46:46. > :46:52.The forces, a huge upgrade. Where Volunteers of the lifeblood of any

:46:52. > :47:00.Olympic Games, and in London, they have been amazing. There is no job

:47:00. > :47:03.too menial, this lot have and very nearly stolen the show. The final

:47:03. > :47:13.request from 2008 was an outstanding performance from Team

:47:13. > :47:14.

:47:14. > :47:22.GB. I think we got that, don't you? COMMENTATOR: Sir Chris Hoy, the

:47:22. > :47:32.greatest Olympian. If I had to sum up the 2012 games, it would be to

:47:32. > :47:34.

:47:34. > :47:38.Seb Coe and his team, well played. So, a thumbs up from Matthew.

:47:38. > :47:44.Let me ask you for your verdict, you have seen plenty of the Olympic

:47:44. > :47:49.Games between you. Did you dare to think it could be this good? Nobody

:47:49. > :47:54.could have written this script, that things would go so remarkably

:47:54. > :47:59.well. I am so proud of the job we have done on every level, everyone

:47:59. > :48:04.has raised their game, from volunteer, to elite performer. This

:48:04. > :48:08.will go down in history for me, I will sleep well. We started from

:48:08. > :48:16.the opening ceremony where you had a special role you had to keep

:48:16. > :48:21.under wraps. Very special. I wasn't actually the one who lit the

:48:21. > :48:27.cauldron but bringing it into the stadium was very special for me.

:48:27. > :48:31.That moment was remarkable. What the Olympic bid has been about his

:48:31. > :48:36.passing it on to the next generation which is what Seb Coe

:48:36. > :48:43.wanted, passing it on to the 7th athletes. What wasn't caught on

:48:43. > :48:47.film, the moment they came back to ask when I lit -- when they lit the

:48:47. > :48:56.cauldron. The pressure had been taken away from them. They had been

:48:56. > :49:01.nervous about making mistakes. They knew a week in advance. My normally

:49:01. > :49:10.had told his parents, watch the opening ceremony but am not allowed

:49:10. > :49:14.to tell you. Ben Ainslie, it hasn't just been London's Olympics, you

:49:14. > :49:23.have been showcasing Weymouth, how has that worked as an Olympic

:49:23. > :49:29.venue? It was a great part of the country. The Olympic torch, passing

:49:29. > :49:39.around the whole nation before the Games, helped the build up. I was

:49:39. > :49:42.

:49:42. > :49:49.in plans end, the atmosphere. -- in Land's End. The volunteers were a

:49:50. > :49:56.huge part of the Games, getting the atmosphere right. It turned it into

:49:56. > :50:02.a great Games. You have a special role in the closing ceremony.

:50:02. > :50:06.get the honour of carrying the flag, leading the team back out. A huge

:50:06. > :50:11.moment for everybody. We should be so proud of what we have achieved

:50:11. > :50:20.as a nation, the team has done fantastically well. For everyone

:50:20. > :50:24.involved, the Games has been a huge achievement. I wonder, we all

:50:24. > :50:30.really have to think about how to build on this moment, it would be a

:50:30. > :50:35.crying shame if we look back, and then it evaporates.

:50:35. > :50:43.We need a moment to take stock of what we have achieved, we have set

:50:43. > :50:50.records. But, careful planning is needed about how weak the continued

:50:50. > :50:58.this momentum, to build on sport. We cannot lose this momentum, we

:50:58. > :51:03.need to think how we fund, and where the emphasis is. We had an

:51:03. > :51:09.announcement on this, but it is only two years. The general public

:51:09. > :51:15.have enjoyed this Games, a huge spirit of following Team GB through

:51:15. > :51:23.their success. It is quite expensive, supporting a team at top

:51:23. > :51:30.level. But, the feel-good factor it is amazing, smiles on faces,

:51:30. > :51:38.motivating youngsters. It is money well spent. We don't have to spend

:51:38. > :51:43.as much, but it is important we keep supporting our top athletes

:51:43. > :51:48.and bringing youngsters through. In terms of the trickle-down, to

:51:48. > :51:53.leading healthier and more active lives. The figures on participation

:51:53. > :51:58.in sport among young people, it is going down overall. You would hope

:51:59. > :52:02.an event like this will help turn that around. We can't ask for a

:52:02. > :52:09.better inspiration for the youngsters in school, looking for

:52:09. > :52:13.something to do. They can see that these sports are accessible. Some

:52:14. > :52:20.are more accessible than others. sport, sailing, it is a great

:52:20. > :52:26.example. Some think it is elitist and expensive, but at grassroots

:52:26. > :52:31.level, it is easy to get into, you don't even need to live by the sea.

:52:31. > :52:35.The Olympics has brought this realisation that it is accessible.

:52:35. > :52:42.It is a culture change we have to address, parents, children,

:52:42. > :52:48.teachers. Mo Farah said, if you want to achieve something, it is

:52:48. > :52:53.simple, dedication and commitment. But the key word is funding. This

:52:53. > :52:58.Olympics has brought it home we can do really good things. We need to

:52:58. > :53:06.inspire the kids to start over again. Nutrition, exercise. Those

:53:06. > :53:11.who want to achieve in sport, the pathway is set. They can do it.

:53:11. > :53:16.What has inspired me is the sheer hard work that goes into the

:53:16. > :53:23.achievement. Thank you for being with us. Ben

:53:23. > :53:33.Ainslie, we will be watching tonight.

:53:33. > :53:34.

:53:35. > :53:42.The Steve Redgrave, we will be talking about rowing later.

:53:42. > :53:52.We haven't shown any rowing yet. Four gold medals. And tears are

:53:52. > :54:04.

:54:04. > :54:10.Olympic champions, it couldn't go to two more worthy winners.

:54:10. > :54:16.A steely look of determination, a bronze medal for Britain.

:54:16. > :54:21.This is going to the wire. Were the silver medal for Great Britain. It

:54:21. > :54:25.was a valiant effort from the British four.

:54:25. > :54:30.The British crew of pushing on hard. Great Britain, a well deserved

:54:30. > :54:40.bronze medal. Let us do this, let us finish the

:54:40. > :54:48.

:54:49. > :54:58.story. Grainger and Anna Watkins.

:54:59. > :54:59.

:54:59. > :55:05.Campbell, on the line, getting the Olympic champions in the men's four,

:55:05. > :55:13.we have done it, and we have done it in style.

:55:13. > :55:16.Hold on now, girls. And it is yours. They are the Olympic champions.

:55:16. > :55:24.It is Great Britain for the silver medal.

:55:24. > :55:30.A remarkable few days at Eton Dorney, you must have been

:55:30. > :55:40.delighted. You didn't quite think we would do so now. What were your

:55:40. > :55:45.

:55:45. > :55:51.projections? I had said, seven medals, three or four gold medals.

:55:51. > :55:55.We had some outside hopes as well. One of them came in, with the

:55:55. > :56:05.lightweight women's double. For let us look at the medal table

:56:05. > :56:14.

:56:14. > :56:24.One of my old boats. I have been through most of the rowing

:56:24. > :56:25.

:56:25. > :56:35.categories in my time. The coppers four -- coxless four. That was

:56:35. > :56:41.

:56:41. > :56:46.Grainger and Watkins. They really deserved it. A great story, the

:56:46. > :56:49.effort and commitment. They could have easily have walked away.

:56:49. > :56:53.Katherine Grainger decided she would put her neck on the line

:56:53. > :56:57.again, another are four years of hard work towards it and it has

:56:57. > :57:04.paid off. A story of real perseverance.

:57:04. > :57:09.The overall, these were the Games where we saw British women rowers

:57:09. > :57:14.strike gold. Definitely. It was looking doubtful

:57:14. > :57:22.at one stage that the men would win a gold medal of any sort. Paul

:57:22. > :57:28.thompson, the women's chief coach, has come up trumps. Women's rowing

:57:28. > :57:33.was introduced into the Olympics in 1970 six. We got our first medal in

:57:33. > :57:43.Sydney, with Katherine Grainger in the quadruple sculls, a fantastic

:57:43. > :57:43.

:57:43. > :57:49.result. We hoped that would go on. Three in one go. Really special.

:57:49. > :57:53.There has been more effort made in women's rowing? I do not think you

:57:53. > :57:57.can say there has been more effort put in over the last four years, it

:57:57. > :58:03.is just that they have had the capability of doing it four years

:58:03. > :58:12.ago and it didn't happen. Of the whole of the printing, they are

:58:12. > :58:16.looking to improve all the time. Helen Glover? She was part of the

:58:16. > :58:24.sporting chance programme which I lodged. We were looking for girls

:58:24. > :58:30.over 5 ft 11, meant over 6 ft 3. She came through that scheme. She

:58:30. > :58:34.watched the Games and thought, why can't I do that in four years? I

:58:34. > :58:42.have had e-mails from parents and children saying, I am told, can I

:58:42. > :58:49.be part of it? This is what sport, all the different federations in

:58:49. > :58:54.the UK, will be relaunching, talent identification. Rowing may think it

:58:54. > :59:01.is harder to have a go. It is seen as elitist, but forever there is

:59:01. > :59:07.water, a lake or canal, there will be a rowing club of some sort.

:59:07. > :59:13.A great week for our rowers. Overall, British swimmers didn't

:59:13. > :59:23.have such a fantastic Games. Ian Thorpe has been with us. This

:59:23. > :59:28.

:59:28. > :59:32.Hello. I have only just started. People have been so kind to me

:59:32. > :59:36.while I have been in the UK. I have offered everyone a free swimming

:59:36. > :59:40.lesson this morning. A lot of people have come by and I am about

:59:40. > :59:45.to start off doing that right now. A lucky them to get some swimming

:59:45. > :59:49.tips from you. I know that we work to fairly hard as a commentator.

:59:49. > :59:57.You told me that you work harder than as a good editor! What stood

:59:57. > :00:07.out for you when you watched all of that happening? My favourite moment

:00:07. > :00:08.

:00:08. > :00:13.during the Games was Chad Le Clos's father, his reaction to his son's

:00:13. > :00:15.performance. I related to that because it is not just one afraid

:00:15. > :00:23.performing. There are a lot of people behind the athlete,

:00:23. > :00:27.supporting them. We saw all of that. Chad Le Clos was one of the gold

:00:27. > :00:31.medallist at these Games. For so many other swimmers it did not go

:00:31. > :00:35.according to plan. You Australian team and experienced that at the

:00:35. > :00:40.British swimmers did as well. Is there something going wrong in

:00:41. > :00:44.nations that have traditionally been good at swimming? Look, I can

:00:44. > :00:47.talk more directly about the Australian programme than the

:00:47. > :00:51.British programme. I actually think we have one of the best programmes

:00:51. > :00:56.in place that we have ever had. I think we were just unfortunate that

:00:56. > :00:58.we did not get the medals that we expected to win. When I look at the

:00:58. > :01:01.British programme and the improvements that have happened

:01:01. > :01:05.over the course of the last three years, I think there has been an

:01:05. > :01:09.improvement. It is just that the rest of the world moved faster than

:01:09. > :01:16.the British team. I know there will be inquiries into both of those

:01:16. > :01:21.programmes. Literally I think we have got to the point where world

:01:21. > :01:25.swimming has become more difficult than any of us had ever anticipated.

:01:25. > :01:31.You are there as part of your own legacy effort. Can you still hear

:01:31. > :01:34.me? How important do you think it is for there to be more of a

:01:34. > :01:39.connection between what happens in the elite sport and what happens at

:01:39. > :01:43.a swimming pool like the one you are at now? Look, it is important.

:01:43. > :01:51.I think the Olympics should be offering more than just every four

:01:51. > :01:55.years. I wanted to do this and I did it quite randomly. I wanted to

:01:55. > :01:58.come and do something and connect with people that enjoy swimming,

:01:58. > :02:04.simple as that. I think lots of athletes are willing to do

:02:04. > :02:09.something like that on a national teams. A connection needs to be

:02:10. > :02:14.made between the elite level and participation in sport.

:02:14. > :02:19.Have a lovely morning. Lucky people getting swimming tips from you.

:02:19. > :02:28.Thank you very much. Thank you. Goodbye.

:02:28. > :02:33.He has become a much-loved member of the BBC team! A fantastic effort

:02:33. > :02:37.overall. One person who has been to almost as many Olympic venues as

:02:37. > :02:41.Prince William and Steve Redgrave, the BBC's Clare Balding. We will

:02:41. > :02:44.hear from her in just a moment because she has been seen at more

:02:44. > :02:49.than one Olympic venue. She has done the rounds and she has

:02:49. > :02:59.gathered many fans along the way. Before we hear from her, let's hear

:02:59. > :03:03.

:03:03. > :03:07.I grew up in the area. I really just wanted to be involved in the

:03:07. > :03:12.Games. Being a volunteer was one way that I could get involved. It

:03:12. > :03:16.has been brilliant to see the public's reaction to the Games and

:03:16. > :03:20.especially to the volunteers. I guess in a way, the volunteers have

:03:20. > :03:24.been so crucial to make this such a successful Games. Sometimes it

:03:24. > :03:29.might not then be the most glamorous job, it might not be in

:03:29. > :03:36.trouble at all times, it might be hard work. But the benefits of it

:03:36. > :03:42.are huge. The people in England love sport and you can see how they

:03:42. > :03:45.support it. They are nice with us. They asked for people that could

:03:45. > :03:50.speak Spanish and English to help them communicate better with the

:03:50. > :03:56.Spanish team. They are telling us we are the best volunteers that

:03:56. > :03:59.they have had! For this we are here. I am from the University of Antwerp

:03:59. > :04:05.doing computer science. If there were any problems relating to IT

:04:05. > :04:08.equipment in the venue, they report them to us. That is where I am

:04:08. > :04:14.staying. I have enjoyed myself. It has been a great atmosphere. Just

:04:14. > :04:17.great. I was born and brought up in the area and I know it really well.

:04:17. > :04:21.Stratford has been quite deprived and I have seen a lot of investment

:04:21. > :04:26.going in. I wanted to see what it was all about and actively take

:04:26. > :04:29.part. I think that knowing that I have helped in my small role here

:04:29. > :04:33.has helped give everyone a positive view of Britain. People are coming

:04:33. > :04:39.from outside London with preconceived ideas. Everybody is

:04:39. > :04:42.warm and friendly and that is really nice to see. I have never

:04:42. > :04:46.done any kind of volunteering before in my life. I love sport and

:04:46. > :04:50.I love the internet. It is a great opportunity to meet people and make

:04:51. > :04:53.friends. I find nothing but smiles when you wear the uniform. I

:04:53. > :04:57.started conversations that in my experience you would not normally

:04:57. > :05:02.have in London. It has inspired me to be more involved in volunteering

:05:02. > :05:05.and helping other people. You had an image in your head of what it

:05:05. > :05:09.was going to be light, but it has definitely beaten that. Everybody

:05:09. > :05:13.is so positive. I have met some fabulous people. I think I have

:05:13. > :05:17.made friends for life and we have inspired each other and kept each

:05:17. > :05:21.other going on long shifts. Some wonderful people. People from all

:05:21. > :05:25.different backgrounds. It has been great. Even the athletes are

:05:25. > :05:28.telling us what a wonderful job we have been doing so it picks you up.

:05:28. > :05:35.I am proud of how well everything has gone and how wonderful

:05:35. > :05:39.everybody has felt the Olympics have been. And they have done a

:05:39. > :05:43.wonderful job. It will be one of the very special memories of these

:05:43. > :05:46.Games. Clare Balding is in the Olympic Park this morning with some

:05:46. > :05:51.of those who have made the Games so special.

:05:51. > :05:54.They really have. It is one of the triumph of the Games. They were not

:05:54. > :05:58.just volunteers. They were games makers because they have made the

:05:58. > :06:02.Games. Some of them have been camping and some of them have had

:06:02. > :06:06.very long journeys and some of them are going back to work next week.

:06:06. > :06:10.When are you going back? I have a week off, which will be good.

:06:10. > :06:13.Driving back tomorrow and back to work on Tuesday. Back to the Isle

:06:13. > :06:17.of Wight for Tuesday. Back to Scotland tomorrow and back to work

:06:17. > :06:21.on Tuesday. What has it been like for you? What has been your

:06:21. > :06:25.favourite experience? I favoured experience is meeting people from

:06:25. > :06:31.different countries and being able to help them. -- my favourite

:06:31. > :06:37.experience. Have you enjoyed it? Yes. Will you wear those uniforms

:06:37. > :06:41.again? No? They are lovely but they are strange to go out in! These

:06:41. > :06:46.children are from Elwood junior school. What are you going to see?

:06:46. > :06:49.The handball. Fantastic. When you go back to school, what would be

:06:50. > :06:54.the one thing if you could improve your school experience, what would

:06:54. > :07:01.you do? Be more involved in sport so that in the future we can be

:07:01. > :07:06.Great Britain's stars. Who have you seen that you want to be like?

:07:06. > :07:10.Probably Usain Bolt, running. I know that he tried his best so I

:07:10. > :07:19.would probably try my best if I was a fast runner. I just want to be

:07:19. > :07:23.fast like him. Just Usain Bolt? Do it? Like it! You are watching the

:07:23. > :07:27.modern pentathlon, so we will see you later. I would also like to say

:07:27. > :07:29.a big thank you to the police, who have been immense. They were

:07:29. > :07:33.brilliant throughout the torch relay and they have been brilliant

:07:34. > :07:38.here as well. You must feel that as an operation you have been able to

:07:39. > :07:43.enjoy it. Thoroughly. I have worked inside the ground and outside. It

:07:43. > :07:47.is great to see all of the people coming together, enjoying it.

:07:47. > :07:52.all the people loving you, high- fives, patting the horses.

:07:52. > :07:55.Fantastic atmosphere, everybody else is happy so we are happy.

:07:55. > :08:00.NHS ambulance service has been here as well. Hopefully you have not had

:08:00. > :08:04.to do too much. Not too much. know that you are always there and

:08:04. > :08:10.always ready but we have nobody has needed you. Ready and waiting.

:08:10. > :08:15.of the main problems has probably been the heat. We did not expect

:08:15. > :08:19.fantastic weather. Luckily there has been a lot of water provided so

:08:19. > :08:23.it has not been too bad. The Air Force and the Navy and the army

:08:23. > :08:29.have also been involved. They have made London 2012 really special.

:08:30. > :08:33.All of us have felt that it has been good. Have we? Fantastic!

:08:33. > :08:39.have lost track of how many venues I have seen you at over the last

:08:39. > :08:42.fortnight. Which was your favourite? Gosh. Genuinely, all of

:08:42. > :08:45.them have had something very different. I love going to

:08:45. > :08:50.Greenwich for three days. It felt like going to another country for a

:08:50. > :08:55.while. It was much quieter. And huge respect from the crowd to the

:08:55. > :08:59.performers. In Greenwich, with the horses, tried to be quiet when

:08:59. > :09:03.things were in action. If I picked one, it would be Hyde Park for the

:09:03. > :09:07.open-water swimming, one of the three venues. Walking out of the

:09:07. > :09:11.park afterwards, people having picnics, it was so special and

:09:11. > :09:16.relaxed. You remember how beautiful London is and how it has these

:09:16. > :09:20.great big spaces. The Olympic Park is now one of them. The trees and

:09:20. > :09:24.the planting and the wild flowers and the canal. I just think this is

:09:24. > :09:28.now really magical place. Thank you very much. Enjoy the rest

:09:28. > :09:32.of the day. This is our last chance to soak up the atmosphere at the

:09:32. > :09:37.Olympic Park before the closing ceremony. Steve, so many great

:09:37. > :09:42.moments. They said at the start but they wanted great British moment

:09:42. > :09:45.but we have had more than that. You can see how great Usain Bolt is and

:09:45. > :09:50.wherever you are from, you can enjoy those moments. Absolutely and

:09:50. > :09:54.that is what the Games of all about. Respect to the games makers, the

:09:54. > :09:59.volunteers, making and breaking the Games. The forces have been

:09:59. > :10:03.fantastic. The crowds have really made it. Being in the stadium last

:10:03. > :10:06.night, out at the rowing venue, and Weymouth, I have been to lots of

:10:06. > :10:12.the venues and it has been the crowds and the enthusiasm. That has

:10:12. > :10:18.really rubbed off on the athletes and they have always commented it

:10:18. > :10:22.has been wonderful. This will be the last time we see the Games in

:10:22. > :10:27.our lifetime, but the IOC are saying let's bid again! The

:10:27. > :10:31.Government think it will cost too much, but that is a great credit to

:10:31. > :10:35.the whole of the Games. Seb Coe and LOCOG have done a wonderful job and

:10:35. > :10:40.without the athletes we do not have anything to showcase. It has gone

:10:40. > :10:43.off so well logistically and safely, which was a worry at the start.

:10:43. > :10:47.the Paralympics still to come. Obviously and we will talk about

:10:47. > :10:51.that later. Still lots to look forward to as the summer goes on.

:10:51. > :10:56.Thank you. Just behind us in the stadium they

:10:56. > :11:00.are gearing up for the closing ceremony tonight. The athletics are

:11:00. > :11:04.over and the preparations are under way for the closing ceremony. If it

:11:04. > :11:07.is anything like the opening effort, we are in for a treat. What we saw

:11:07. > :11:17.in the stadium last night from our new double Olympic champion was

:11:17. > :11:39.

:11:39. > :11:45.This is his stage. It is his crowd. The men's 5,000m final. The plan

:11:45. > :11:48.will be to gauge it and work it from here. Next time he commits it

:11:48. > :11:58.will have to be for real. There are no second chances. He does not want

:11:58. > :11:59.

:11:59. > :12:03.to lose that position. He needs to the best way to hold the position

:12:03. > :12:07.is to get to the front. This is positioning. This is putting

:12:07. > :12:13.himself in a place where nobody can cut in front of him. He has got the

:12:13. > :12:23.lead when he wants it, with 600 to go. Now the feet start to go down,

:12:23. > :12:29.

:12:29. > :12:34.let's hold this. Words exchanged. He has to run his own race. The

:12:34. > :12:38.bell will sound in 100m. He has got to be very careful that he does not

:12:38. > :12:43.let anybody get ahead of him. He wants to hold that place. He is

:12:43. > :12:48.doing it right. He is holding the position on the inside. There will

:12:48. > :12:51.be a fearsome last lap but Mo will go for it. He is into the medal

:12:51. > :12:56.position. He is running strongly. He is running perfectly well. He

:12:56. > :13:02.has got a chance now but he is going to try and steal it. It is

:13:02. > :13:10.coming up over his shoulder. The 1,500m man is in third place. He is

:13:10. > :13:16.trying to get there. They still have all got chances. Holding the

:13:16. > :13:20.inside curve. The crowd on their feet. They are calling him home.

:13:20. > :13:25.The big kick has started. He looks dangerous in third. Gritting his

:13:25. > :13:33.teeth now. They have got to pump the knees. He has got to find

:13:33. > :13:40.something extra. Come on, Mo Farah! Come on! I think he is going to get

:13:40. > :13:50.there! He is going to make it two gold medals for Great Britain! The

:13:50. > :14:02.

:14:02. > :14:07.place erupts! He is the double that? That was just the moment in

:14:07. > :14:17.the history of British athletics. The double Olympic champion. 10,000

:14:17. > :14:19.

:14:19. > :14:24.and now 5,000m. He must be bursting I am delighted to say that he is

:14:24. > :14:27.with us in the studio. Mo Farah, congratulations. How does it feel

:14:27. > :14:31.to have both those gold medals weighing you down? It is an

:14:31. > :14:35.unbelievable feeling. The Olympics do not come round often, especially

:14:35. > :14:40.not in your home town. As an athlete he dreamed of becoming an

:14:40. > :14:44.Olympic champion, but for me, becoming an Olympic champion twice

:14:44. > :14:48.is unbelievable. You gave us some fantastic moments. Thank you. I was

:14:48. > :14:50.lucky enough to be there in the stadium when you were running and I

:14:50. > :14:59.could feel something that is difficult to get across on

:14:59. > :15:03.television. How much did the crowd They make a big difference. 80,000

:15:03. > :15:07.people cheering your name, getting louder and louder, the best feeling

:15:07. > :15:12.ever. It's like being at a football game. I think better than that,

:15:12. > :15:15.actually, for many of us. Had you planned the way you are going to do

:15:15. > :15:21.it because you pulled back and you were right at the back at the start

:15:21. > :15:26.of it? Yes, my aim was to use my speed at the end and I thought the

:15:26. > :15:30.race would be faster. I thought they would have done some of the

:15:30. > :15:35.work to try to get rid of me early on. I wanted to save as much energy

:15:36. > :15:40.as possible and come through at the end. And go hard on the last lap.

:15:40. > :15:45.You had the danger it might not have gone according to plan it you

:15:45. > :15:49.had been boxed in it. Were you worried about that? Yes, I didn't

:15:49. > :15:53.want to be boxed in. I came close to getting boxed in because I was

:15:53. > :15:59.on the inside line and a lot of guys try to come past me. I had to

:15:59. > :16:04.fight and not let anybody come in and it just opened up and I came to

:16:04. > :16:09.the home straight and it got louder and louder. The last two laps, you

:16:09. > :16:17.really took it away. You knew you still have it in you to do that?

:16:17. > :16:27.Yes, the crowd were getting louder, but it when I kick, make sure I got

:16:27. > :16:31.enough of a gap and hold onto it. To the guys have a strong finish.

:16:31. > :16:36.It's quite a scrum but are you conscious of where your main rivals

:16:36. > :16:40.are in relation to you? Yes, you see what's going on but try to

:16:40. > :16:46.concentrate and look at the corner of your life. When you make a move,

:16:46. > :16:50.everybody was watching me so played in my favour. -- corn of your eyes.

:16:50. > :16:55.I could dictate the race and was an amazing feeling to do that.

:16:55. > :17:05.much have you watched it back yet? With my family last night, I

:17:05. > :17:05.

:17:05. > :17:11.that point but you knew who was gaining upon you and you could not

:17:11. > :17:18.let up at this point? Yes, I was always told by my coat to try to

:17:18. > :17:21.sprint like a sprinter rather than long strides. -- coach. Also, this

:17:21. > :17:25.has been the most extraordinary eight days for you because first

:17:25. > :17:29.you ran the 10,000 metres and then you had to run the whole of the

:17:29. > :17:38.5,000 metres to get into the final. Some people were worried about you

:17:38. > :17:44.at the end of that thinking you I was tired, to be honest with you.

:17:44. > :17:50.I was tired in the heats, but I hope to the guys would do something

:17:50. > :17:57.to suit my race and it would work well but I was tired. Each day we

:17:57. > :18:05.had a day of rest and I got fresher. If it wasn't for my medical team,

:18:05. > :18:08.Barry, Neil Black, for the whole medical team, help me recover, I

:18:08. > :18:18.spots and the rest of the stuff, I don't think I would have recovered

:18:18. > :18:19.

:18:19. > :18:25.He also had the support of your family and wife and daughter.

:18:25. > :18:30.was beautiful see my wife and daughter at the track. Once I had

:18:30. > :18:33.won gold medal, I thought my wife is having twins and no wonder they

:18:33. > :18:38.get a second one otherwise the second one would feel left out.

:18:38. > :18:44.You're about to become a parent of twins. I'm looking forward to it.

:18:44. > :18:52.Last night I had to think about it even more. There is going to be two

:18:52. > :18:56.more. As a parent of twins, you need to conserve your energy. What

:18:56. > :19:01.about your overall journey because we really did have hopes for you

:19:01. > :19:04.but you have exceeded everything we could possibly have imagined. How

:19:05. > :19:09.tough has it been for you? How much hard work has gone into those gold

:19:10. > :19:15.medals? A lot of grafting, to be honest with you 4th in Beijing, I

:19:15. > :19:21.didn't even make the final. I was disappointed. And there I had to

:19:21. > :19:26.move forward. Recover and get into my running again. Last year I made

:19:26. > :19:33.a big decision to be coached by Alberto so we moved everybody to

:19:33. > :19:39.the USA. It wasn't easy. A double European champion at that time so

:19:39. > :19:44.people were thinking, Mo, why are you going away? I knew something

:19:45. > :19:49.needed to change. My old coach has done great stuff for me. If it

:19:49. > :19:52.wasn't for him I would not be at that level. It was a decision in

:19:52. > :19:58.your career, you have to make, and it was one of the hardest decisions

:19:58. > :20:06.balls of I'm glad I made it. It just shows you it worked. A lot of

:20:06. > :20:10.miles have gone into these legs. There must have been many times

:20:10. > :20:16.when you are printed your whole family. You told your wife you need

:20:16. > :20:21.to move to the USA. Yes, there were times when you're down, but we had

:20:21. > :20:29.great help from Alberto and my team in Oregon, so there was great

:20:29. > :20:32.supporter. I'm used to living here and I want see my friends and

:20:32. > :20:36.family and have a laugh and go out for coffee and watch a football

:20:36. > :20:41.match. And then on the other side of the world, so it's hard. But

:20:41. > :20:45.that's what it takes. When you get a gold medal, it's well worth it.

:20:45. > :20:51.What you put into it, being away from my family, my daughter, my

:20:52. > :20:56.wife, sometimes almost two months, it's not easy. There are no short

:20:56. > :21:02.cuts, are there? Just hard work. For the children at the, it's

:21:02. > :21:05.possible. As a child, I'd love to play football but since then, I got

:21:06. > :21:10.into athletics and it's been hard work to get better and better. And

:21:11. > :21:14.to try to keep improving. You can get there. Of course, now be

:21:14. > :21:17.anything you try to do in the future, going to a football match,

:21:17. > :21:22.popping out to the supermarket, you're now one of the most of

:21:22. > :21:27.recognisable people in the country. Do you feel your life has changed

:21:27. > :21:30.entirely in the course of this fortnight? A little bit. This great

:21:30. > :21:34.support from everybody when I'm walking around, people wanting

:21:34. > :21:40.autographs and that's what the sport needs. It's nice to have that

:21:41. > :21:47.because we never had that a moment like this. I remember Steve Ovett,

:21:47. > :21:51.Steve Cram, that was the era when they had the record. It is coming

:21:51. > :21:56.back balls and I believe myself, people want to do what I can do. We

:21:57. > :22:02.can change that mentality. In the past, we could never challenge the

:22:02. > :22:07.Africans. The Kenyan guys were just so good. But we can challenge it

:22:07. > :22:13.but it's hard work. You learn from the best and that's what I did.

:22:13. > :22:17.proved it. Now you're a celebrity and we all know about the Mobot,

:22:17. > :22:24.which has some high-profile fans in the stadium. Let's have a look at

:22:24. > :22:34.this. We saw you doing the Mobot at the end. I tell Mo I was going to

:22:34. > :22:34.

:22:34. > :22:38.do it. Yeah, boys. That was his tribute to you. It was awesome.

:22:38. > :22:42.When he crossed the line and did the Mobot, it was unbelievable.

:22:42. > :22:47.That's all the sport knees, to have a laugh but at the same time,

:22:48. > :22:51.training hard. -- sport needs. People will learn lessons about

:22:51. > :22:56.perseverance and hard work from all of you, but do you hope children

:22:56. > :23:01.are thinking, I want to be the next Mo Farah? I hope so, because I used

:23:01. > :23:05.to love football and I wanted to be a footballer but now, you know,

:23:05. > :23:09.having the Olympics in London, I think it's going to change people's

:23:09. > :23:13.lives and people will get into more sport, running, and I hope we can

:23:13. > :23:18.change the way we think. To be Olympic champion, it didn't come

:23:18. > :23:25.overnight. It's something I trained so hard for. I have had ups and

:23:25. > :23:30.downs in my career as with injuries. That's what makes it more tasty.

:23:30. > :23:33.must make it even more valuable and knowing you have earned it in that

:23:33. > :23:39.way. You mentioned Brendan Foster and of course he was watching every

:23:39. > :23:46.step of the way. He is down at The Mall this morning so what would you

:23:46. > :23:49.like to say to Mo? He's an absolute privilege to watch you run. I

:23:49. > :23:53.remember in Beijing, when he stepped off the track and not

:23:53. > :23:59.qualifying for the final, I know he was depressed, but we knew he had

:23:59. > :24:05.the ability and the thing about Mo, nobody has worked harder, made more

:24:05. > :24:11.sacrifices, and when I see you next week, I want to autograph. You're

:24:11. > :24:21.now my hero! That is one autograph you can't forget. Is that a

:24:21. > :24:29.promise? Do yes, I will give him one. I would do the Mobot. Can you

:24:29. > :24:38.do the Mobot now? I'm not flexible enough! Come on, Brendan.

:24:38. > :24:42.Which was your favourite of the races from a Mo? Before we started

:24:42. > :24:47.last night, I said Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium, every

:24:47. > :24:52.Saturday night we come here, Mo wins a gold medal, so I wonder what

:24:52. > :24:59.you will do next Saturday night? Arsenal are playing. I knew you

:24:59. > :25:04.would say that. I have seen me play football. You are better at

:25:04. > :25:10.athletics and football, Mo. It was a good call, leaving football.

:25:10. > :25:14.Thank you very much. Going forward, were there are times, thinking back

:25:14. > :25:21.to Beijing for a moment, when you didn't get into the final, did you

:25:21. > :25:25.think it wasn't meant to be? Yes, there was a time when I thought,

:25:25. > :25:32.not making the final is a big disappointment and I was so down

:25:32. > :25:36.and coming back, the following year, I was 7th for the World

:25:36. > :25:43.Championships, and I thought, and I ever going to be able to mix in

:25:43. > :25:50.with these guys? I just thought, just give me one medal, as a joke,

:25:50. > :25:55.to my friends. I wasn't training very hard. I wasn't doing training

:25:55. > :25:58.in the gym, ice baths, recovery, sleeping in the afternoon. You have

:25:58. > :26:05.got to do all of those things for that everything just came together

:26:05. > :26:14.for me. What did Alberto's sellers are two differently with you?

:26:14. > :26:19.always had the talent but never had the right tactics. Mentally, it's

:26:19. > :26:24.been different, as well as physically. He gave me more belief

:26:24. > :26:32.in myself to be strong. But, you know, I'm not running a lot quicker

:26:32. > :26:36.than I was running before, but, at the same time, I'm a winning races.

:26:36. > :26:43.Q train with one of your competitors in both of those events,

:26:43. > :26:50.so does that help? It's a bit like using bold training with James

:26:50. > :26:55.Blake. All the way along, you are reminded of who you have to beat.

:26:55. > :27:01.We are friends, having a laugh, and in the race, our plan was, if the

:27:01. > :27:05.race was too slow, we would come to the front and stay there, and we

:27:05. > :27:12.would be one and two so if people want to go around us, they could go

:27:12. > :27:16.around us. He is my team-mate. We work together. And then every man

:27:16. > :27:23.for himself on the last lap. Does it raise your game in training

:27:23. > :27:27.because you are reminded how good you have to be? You just enjoy it.

:27:27. > :27:36.Long-distance is a lonely event. You put in at 20 mile runs on

:27:36. > :27:40.Sundays. You share the workload. It works well for the now you have had

:27:40. > :27:45.two moments on the podium, at the top of the podium, fantastic

:27:45. > :27:49.moments of for everyone in the stadium, to watch you. What does it

:27:49. > :27:55.mean to you? You were not born in this country. You have made this

:27:55. > :27:58.country your home. It's amazing for that I came from Somalia to the UK

:27:58. > :28:03.and this is where I grew up and went to school, university, and

:28:03. > :28:08.this is my whole life, but, you know, at the time you don't think

:28:08. > :28:15.that because I was at school, when I was all right but I was a little

:28:15. > :28:18.kid, running around, I've always loved sport. But a comeback years

:28:18. > :28:24.later on, to be double Olympic champion, you know, to be on a

:28:24. > :28:28.podium, it's the best thing. There's no words to describe it.

:28:28. > :28:32.All the work, the sacrifice is, the things you put into it is

:28:32. > :28:36.unbelievable for that it did you have a hard time when you came to

:28:36. > :28:41.this country because you couldn't speak English? Yes, I learnt quick.

:28:41. > :28:46.As a child, you pick it up. I had a hard time but I got through it. I

:28:46. > :28:56.just loved sport and associated with it. Athletics has helped me.

:28:56. > :28:57.

:28:57. > :29:00.How much did it help you? It helps your lot, talking to other good,

:29:00. > :29:03.good in two different countries balls that I'm lucky I can travel

:29:03. > :29:10.all around the world because of my athletics. A lot of people would

:29:10. > :29:16.love to do that. It's something you take for granted. Also I have set

:29:16. > :29:22.up the Mo Farah Foundation to help children and people in Africa

:29:22. > :29:29.particularly. It will make a big difference so me and my wife have

:29:29. > :29:33.set it up. 1st September, we will have a massive auction. We will

:29:33. > :29:39.have Steve Redgrave and a lot more people, Paula Radcliffe, Steve

:29:39. > :29:46.Cram,... I think you can guarantee a good turnout now. Hopefully.

:29:46. > :29:52.September will be a big month for you. Yes, they will be hanging this

:29:52. > :29:55.around their necks, the babies. Clearly, you have had a fantastic

:29:55. > :29:59.Olympic Games personally, but as you look around at these venues

:29:59. > :30:03.which are about to empty until the Paralympics, how would you rate

:30:03. > :30:07.what has happened? Who would have thought London would be able to put

:30:07. > :30:11.this together? You have a dream and you go to other Olympics, but this

:30:12. > :30:16.is the best thing. The opening ceremony was amazing, and people

:30:16. > :30:21.just turning out, athletics sold out every time, unbelievable,

:30:21. > :30:24.people cheering, and who would have thought? But it didn't put any

:30:24. > :30:29.comes around every four years and will only happen once in London.

:30:29. > :30:35.The crowd, the atmosphere, I hope we can hold on to the stadium. And

:30:35. > :30:45.have a legacy. That's what we all hope, somehow. Congratulations,

:30:45. > :30:48.

:30:48. > :30:55.it's been a privilege to speak to Get some sleep as well before the

:30:55. > :31:01.twins are born. I will! I will get some sleeping tablets! Mo Farah,

:31:01. > :31:05.double gold medallist, fantastic. Those were two of the four gold

:31:05. > :31:15.medals at the athletics stadium. We had five at Eton Dorney, seven at

:31:15. > :31:42.

:31:43. > :31:52.the Velodrome, and also the Zara Phillips! Absolutely screaming

:31:53. > :31:55.

:31:55. > :31:59.out of the arena. Over the last! It is silver for Great Britain!

:31:59. > :32:03.Greenwich has already given us so much and it is going to give us

:32:03. > :32:13.more on the team showjumping day. It is going to be a jump-off for

:32:13. > :32:22.

:32:22. > :32:28.the gold medal. # I like the way This could be the first... Yes!

:32:28. > :32:35.Britain have got gold. Will they be here to see Britain win their first

:32:35. > :32:45.ever dressage medal? This is gold about to happen. She has made it!

:32:45. > :32:50.

:32:50. > :32:57.She has made history. Could it be British magic as we come to the

:32:57. > :33:05.first? That is one of the best I have ever seen from a British rider.

:33:05. > :33:14.She is going for gold. She has done it in style! Britain has got

:33:14. > :33:18.Some of the fantastic equestrian moments that we will remember from

:33:18. > :33:22.London 2012. Clare Balding was in Greenwich watching many of them as

:33:22. > :33:32.she is in the Olympic Park now. A more peaceful spot than where we

:33:32. > :33:32.

:33:32. > :33:37.saw do a moment ago. Which is your particular the highlight? --

:33:37. > :33:40.particular highlight? I think that the gold medals came from a range

:33:40. > :33:44.of backgrounds. The connection the athletes have made with their

:33:44. > :33:50.horses and the way they have spoken about their sport, they have done

:33:50. > :33:54.something special. They have reached out to think that riding

:33:54. > :33:58.horses is for rich people, they have broken through that lazy

:33:58. > :34:01.assumption. Sebastian Coe brought the events back into the centre of

:34:01. > :34:07.the Games, bringing them to Greenwich, having them very close.

:34:07. > :34:10.At Beijing I was on a four hour flight away for the equestrian

:34:10. > :34:18.events and it was in danger of being dropped off the programme

:34:18. > :34:22.altogether. Seb Coe and everyone at LOCOG tried really hard to be in

:34:22. > :34:26.the centre of London and to leave something here. There is a riding

:34:26. > :34:30.club called Ebony near Greenwich, which is designed to help children

:34:30. > :34:35.from urban backgrounds to connect with horses and help them feel that

:34:35. > :34:43.huge pleasure of learning to ride and have a massive three quarter of

:34:43. > :34:47.a tired horse do what you tell it to do. Children were telling me

:34:47. > :34:50.that the dancing horses were beautiful and I think there is an

:34:50. > :34:53.aesthetic beauty as well to the equestrian sports. Sometimes you

:34:53. > :34:58.can test sport as to whether it ticks the aesthetic box, do you

:34:58. > :35:03.want to see it in slow motion? Yes, you do. It was absolutely stunning

:35:03. > :35:07.as well as being hugely successful for our team. And we learn so much

:35:07. > :35:11.about the different events during the Games. De Sade was a revelation,

:35:11. > :35:18.not just the medals, but how they managed to produce something so

:35:18. > :35:22.beautiful. -- dressage. And seeing the horses respond to the music and

:35:22. > :35:26.choreography. That is something the Olympic Park has given us. Looking

:35:26. > :35:32.at the artistic effort that has gone into this, as the flames go

:35:32. > :35:36.out tonight, this flower looks just like an Olympic Flame. It is part

:35:36. > :35:39.of the reason why this garden was designed the way that it is. The

:35:40. > :35:45.Paralympics start on 29th August and there will be new flowers that

:35:45. > :35:48.come out by then. A timely reminder, thank you. We are effectively only

:35:48. > :35:53.halfway through London's Games because the Paralympics will pick

:35:53. > :36:01.up the baton at the end of the month. Comprehensive coverage on

:36:01. > :36:11.that on BBC Sport and on 5 Live. That will be led by John Inverdale

:36:11. > :36:11.

:36:11. > :37:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 78 seconds

:37:38. > :37:41.and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. That 29th August, that is when the

:37:41. > :37:46.opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will start, marking the start

:37:46. > :37:49.of that. Not long to go to get more of the excitement. We will be

:37:49. > :37:53.talking to Tanni Grey-Thompson about what we can expect from the

:37:53. > :37:57.Paralympics wants it all happens. The first part of this sporting

:37:57. > :38:07.summer at the Olympic Park is over and haven't we had a fantastic

:38:07. > :38:07.

:38:07. > :39:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 78 seconds

:39:28. > :39:32.Well, we all hope for a fantastic Olympics but I don't think any of

:39:32. > :39:37.us imagined that this is how the medal table would look. Great

:39:37. > :39:43.Britain in third place with 28 gold medals, 15 silver and 19 bronze

:39:43. > :39:46.medals. 62 medals in total. We were in 4th place at Beijing with 19

:39:46. > :39:50.gold medals and there is still a chance of more medals today because

:39:50. > :39:55.live sport is still under way, and that will be the case right up

:39:55. > :39:59.until the closing ceremony. The next bit of live sport on BBC One

:39:59. > :40:06.will be the men's marathon, which is just about to start at The Mall.

:40:06. > :40:11.Women should the Paralympics a moment ago. The opening ceremony is

:40:11. > :40:14.on 29th August. -- we mentioned the Paralympics a moment ago. You have

:40:14. > :40:19.got to imagine that there will be a big boost for the Paralympics from

:40:19. > :40:22.what we have seen already? Ticket sales have taken off. They were

:40:22. > :40:25.already going well. This was always going to be the best-attended

:40:25. > :40:29.Paralympic Games ever but in the last 10 days it is suddenly very

:40:29. > :40:33.hard to get a ticket for lots of the events. The same venues will be

:40:33. > :40:36.used. The Aquatics Centre will be used for the swimming, with Ellie

:40:36. > :40:41.Simmonds one of the big stars of that. The Olympic Stadium itself

:40:41. > :40:49.for all the athletics, with David Weir, the fantastic wheelchair race

:40:49. > :40:53.over a number of distances. He could win three or even four medals.

:40:53. > :40:57.Wheelchair rugby is fantastic to watch. Cycling will happen in the

:40:57. > :41:03.Velodrome as well. Sara's story will be the flagbearer there. We

:41:03. > :41:11.have a great chance of winning medals. I hope that people will be

:41:11. > :41:15.listening to the Paralympics on Radio 5 Live and tuning in to watch

:41:15. > :41:19.it on television. The thing is, Great Britain has a good chance of

:41:19. > :41:23.winning medals on every day. A friend of mine asked me what to

:41:23. > :41:26.watch and I said pretty much anything. China will top the table.

:41:26. > :41:31.Ukraine always do very well in terms of gold medals. The USA not

:41:31. > :41:35.so much. It is strange. America has not really embraced the Paralympic

:41:35. > :41:39.movement yet. The exciting thing for me about the Paralympic Games

:41:39. > :41:46.being staged here is it is coming back to the place where it was

:41:46. > :41:50.invented. There is a very good drama, up on the man who invented

:41:50. > :41:54.this, getting injured servicemen to play sport as part of their

:41:54. > :41:58.rehabilitation. That is well worth watching to understand where the

:41:58. > :42:05.Paralympic Games came from. And in tribute to that, that is why one of

:42:05. > :42:11.the mascots is called Van de Velde, because it was in Stoke Mandeville.

:42:11. > :42:15.-- is called Mandeville. I think the big fear is that after the

:42:15. > :42:20.Paralympic Games and on 9th September, by which time children

:42:20. > :42:24.will be going back to school, it is what everybody else does then. In

:42:24. > :42:31.Australia I remember hearing couples talking to each other,

:42:31. > :42:34.saying what do we do now? I think we have become so excited and

:42:34. > :42:39.interested in people, their stories, watching them achieve in the

:42:40. > :42:43.different sports, that it is lovely to get another chance to do that.

:42:43. > :42:48.From my point of view, I think the Paralympics is something incredibly

:42:48. > :42:52.special. It changes the way people think and the way that they feel.

:42:52. > :42:57.It is really powerful. It is just great to see these venues in use

:42:57. > :42:59.for a few weeks longer. Absolutely. At the end of the Paralympic Games

:43:00. > :43:04.this will be called the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and it will

:43:04. > :43:07.be open, a public park. It is such a beautiful place to come. Even

:43:07. > :43:12.though there are thousands of people here, I have managed to find

:43:12. > :43:17.a lovely wild spot by the canal with the wild flowers nearby and it

:43:17. > :43:21.is just gorgeous. By the Velodrome, my word, the tree planting by the

:43:21. > :43:25.lawns is sensational. We will see a lot more of it on television during

:43:25. > :43:31.the Paralympics. Thank you very much. And their key to all of our

:43:31. > :43:34.guests. We have just about run out of time. -- thank you to all of our

:43:34. > :43:38.guests. There is plenty more to enjoy today with gold medal hopes