Team GB at the Olympics

August 14th, 2008

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So far to date we have notched up a total of 7 medals, 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. The country leading the table are China with 35 medals in total, 22 Gold. The complete medals table can be found on The Times website.

Our first Gold medal was won by Nicole Cooke in the road cycling event in an amazing sprint finish. Nicole was reported in The Daily Mail describing how she felt when she crossed the finishing line,

‘I made so much noise but I guess that’s just the girl that I am. I don’t think it has sunk in yet. I still feel like the normal Nicole from before the race. But it’s just so exciting.’

Our second Gold was won in the swimming pool. I had the pleasure of watching Rebecca Adlington take the Gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle. Out of nowhere she managed to find the strength in the last length to fend off Katie Hoff of the United States by just seven 100ths of a second. Rebecca is Britain’s first female Olympic swimming champion for 48 years. The win for Britain was made all the sweeter by her team mate Jo Jackson taking the Bronze.

Unfortunately our lovely badminton doubles team have not been so successful. High hopes were on Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson winning a medal in Beijing following their silver medal win in Athens but they were beaten in the quarter-final by South Korea’s Yongdae Lee and Hyojung Lee.

As the week progresses we start to think about athletics and what our chances are of winning more medals. Perhaps our best chance lies with Phillips Idowu in the Triple Jump. Phillips has jumped the two longest jumps outdoors this season and won the world indoor title in March. He is also the only Briton to start his event as the favourite.

As soon as these games are finished all eyes will be looking towards London as we prepare to host the 2012 games. From what I have seen so far Beijing have done a fantastic job and it will be a hard act to follow.

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