Ok, here goes. A list
of the Top 20 sporting moments which I, myself, have witnessed in person at
these Olympics. Of course, events which
I did not personally attend are excluded from the list – as is anything from
the epic Opening Ceremony, as the list is purely for the sporting moments.
A few events which I saw didn’t even make my list – the Women’s 100m Final,
2 of the 3 World Records I saw in the pool, and, remarkably, the South Korea vs
Gabon 0-0 draw, all failed to make the cut.
But here goes:
#20 – Women’s Handball Bronze Medal Game – a mesmerising game which was
level at full time, and level after extra time, was finally won by Spain,
against South Korea, after a double period of extra time.
#19 – Ruta Meilutyte winning 100m Breaststroke Gold – the 15
year-old stunned her more esteemed rivals to take one of the shock Gold Medals
of the Games.
#18 – Cao Yuan & Zhang Yanquan winning the Men’s
synchronised Highboard Diving – 6 flawless dives, from the Chinese teenagers.
#17 – Women’s Team Pursuit World Record for Team GB – I only
saw the first qualifying round, but Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell & Dani King
set the tone for the rest of the competition with this fine display, and World Record.
#16 – Men’s Table Tennis Bronze Medal game – a massively
leftfield selection here. It had been 12
years since there was a European medallist in this event, but Dimitrij
Ovtcharov changed this with a thrilling win over Chuang Chih-yuan. Every point saw a long rally. Every set went to the wire.
#15 – Sally Pearson winning the Women’s 100m Hurdles – a classic
sprint race, won by a very narrow margin, in an impressively quick time.
#14 – Rebecca Soni’s Gold Medal & World Record in the Women’s
200m Breaststroke – her second World Record of the Games, but the first World Record
that I witnessed at any venue. It certainly wasn’t my
last...
#13 – Men’s Team Pursuit Final – a contest between the
age-old rivals, Great Britain and Australia.
Brilliantly won by Team GB, in World Record time.
#12 – Women’s Handball Final – the entire Norwegian nation
came to Stratford, where, after some nervous moments, they were rewarded with a
Gold Medal on the final evening of action.
#11 – Laura Trott’s dramatic Omnium victory – it isn’t
possible to dislike anything at all about Laura Trott.
She came back from 2 points behind in the last race of the Omnium to
take a thrilling Gold. Logic dictates that this should be very high on my list, but somehow, somehow, I found
10 more dramatic moments than this one...
To be continued......
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