BBC Sport - Ennis, Rutherford and Farah light up London 2012 Olympics for Great Britain
"Great Britain claimed six gold medals and a silver on Day Eight of the London Games to enjoy their most successful day at an Olympics in 104 years."
I've lived through some days that'll be written in the history books. Today was one that'll go into the sporting history books.
The first Olympics I can remember was Munich '72. The terrific sporting achievements there are usually overshadowed in memory by the violent deaths of 17 people, but I'm slightly ashamed to say that my six-year old self was more interested in the games themselves.
I remember Mark Spitz, Olga Korbut, but most all Mary Peters who won the hearts of the Bavarian crowd, a gold medal and brought a smile to the face of Belfast for a while.
The Olympic Games have held a special place in my heart ever since.
2 comments:
I expect your parents kept that news from you, surely? The first Olympics I remember watching were the Tokyo games in 1964. I still remember the rather twangy jingle that it used as a theme tune.
I was interested in the news, even at that age, so I was aware that this terrible thing had happened.
It sounds horrible but at that time there was so much of that kind of thing going on worldwide that it probably didn't really stand out for me. And I was very young!
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