Monday, 13 August 2012

The end to a wonderful two weeks


By George Ross

As most of you saw it was the closing ceremony last night, what a show! But that was nothing compared to all of the action during this amazing spectacle with team GB winning 29 Gold, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze medals.

The way the games opened was nothing short of amazing it totally blew away the expectations, we were never going to be as big as the Beijing opening ceremony but we could do it our way and that combined with the rich history that we have it became something truly wondrous.

There were some highlights, Phelps being beaten in the pool but still being able to become the most accomplished Olympian ever, Bradley Wiggins riding to victory through the streets of Hampton court, Jessica Ennis claiming Gold in the heptathlon, Mo Farrah doing the long distance double.

The amazing accomplishment by those competing for Team GB shows how much we have come forward as a sporting nation. It is truly a feat that was never expected, but one that was hoped for. We now have people getting into the different sports more and more people are getting on their bikes to ride and getting more active.

These games have been one of the best yet. They didn’t fail to impress and motivate the many thousands who put so much into making these games the success that they were.

Bring on Rio.