JBR wrote:
Yeah, I agree with all of that, I think. I also just enjoyed the excellence of the winners - even Italy pipping GB at the end for the 4x100m was just "wow, look at that!" for me, rather than a disappointment. Though, a bit like the Euros, where I wanted the players to win but not the country, I'd have liked those athletes to get gold - it can redeem a whole career that is brutally tough, as with Campbell and Lawrence-Francis in 2004. Wish I'd seen Kenny live this morning (?) but the replay is still spectacular.
Lots of non GB stuff was awesome. The sharing of the men's high jump gold. The Swedish Viking celebration. The men's marathon. Bermuda's first gold, were the mains that spring to mind.