I'm going to post my favourite/worst moments. Let me know if you agree or not!
Best moment:-
There were a lot of amazing moments-Jessica Ennis winning the Heptathlon, Usain Bolt being Usain Bolt, the world record being broken in the 800m by David Rudiha, Andy Murray winning a gold medal, Michael Phelps winning lots of medals, Mo Farah winning and then winning again, Sir Chris Hoy winning a gold medal and then crying, the womens' beach volleyball. Lots. There were frigging LOTS.
But I am going to give my best moment to Gemma Gibbons in the Judo. She didn't win gold but won a silver but unbelievably getting to the final. She was amazing and also for the fact that I only ever watch Judo when it is The Olympics but never really caring about it until this year. I was glued to the screen and really wanted her to go all the way. Her punching the air when she made the final was awesome. And looking up and mouthing "I love you" to her mother who had passed away through leukaemia was beautiful.
Worst moment:-
Not that many at all. Someone called Nadzeya Ostapchuk from Belarus-she failed a drug test and had her Shot Put gold medal stripped. The 2 teams from South Korea, 1 from China and 1 from Indonesia in the Badminton who lost their matches on purpose so they might have had easier opponents in the next round was just pathetic to watch.
But the winner is One Direction, Jesse J AND Russell Brand at the closing ceremony. What the hell were they even doing there?
Most controversial moment:-
This was unbelievable. See for yourself how Shin A Lam got robbed in The Fencing semi-final. Keep your eye on the clock when there is one second to go. Copy and paste:-
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktlincoln/an-olympic-fencer-refuses-to-leave-the-floor-after
Best celebration:-
Amazing celebration from Robert Harting after winning The Mens' Discus event. Copy and paste:-
http://bostinno.com/2012/08/08/video-robert-harting-hulk-celebration-discus-gold-germany/#ss__199315_1_0__ss
Best Football game:-
For any Americans that read this, I am not too sure what "Soccer" is but I do know that Football is Football because it is played with your feet. The best game goes to The American ladies who beat Canada 4-3 in The Womens' semi-final. What a game.
Biggest let down:-
Apart from the horrific One Direction, the awful Russel Brand and the gross Jesse J, also Victoria Pendleton on 2 things, one being disqualified from her first event and secondly after The Olympics finished, saying "I want to try Strictly Come Dancing".
But the winner has to be India on not winning a single gold medal! Darn it! 2 silvers and 4 bronze-well at least that is 6 more medals than Pakistan.
Best picture:-
No, the winner isn't Mo Farah after winning either of his races. Or Usian Bolt after winning either of his races. Or Mo Farah doing a Usain Bolt pose. Or Usain Bolt doing a Mo Farah pose.
It is Sally Pearson after winning the 100m Womens' Hurdles:-
But I have to put in a 2nd. It is the beautiful, graceful Natalya Antyukh from Russia winning the 400m Womens' Hurdles:-
And the bronze medal for the best picture goes to the silver medallist Gemma Gibbons:-
and the last one that I had to put in is of Annalisa Harju from Finland after she and her friends brought tickets online which never arrived:-
Best quotes:-
I couldn't really pick just one. So here are a few:-
"My mother used to tell us in the mornings, 'Carl put on your shoes, Oscar you put on your prosthetic legs...' so I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes."
- Oscar Pistorius
"I hope that this medal (silver in the Mens' 20 km race walk. Guatemalas' first-ever Olympic medal) inspires the kids at home to put down knives and guns and pick up a pair of trainers instead."
- Erick Barrondo
A presenter to Beth Tweddles' parents after she won a bronze medal on The Uneven Bars-"Just tell me what you've been going through this past week."
"I've been laying a patio."
- Mr Tweddle
"There were moments when you began to wonder if The Olympics were the only thing we had to hand over to Rio: Could The Brazilians not be coerced into taking Russell Brand off our hands while they were about it?"
- Alexis Petridis (Pop and Rock critic)
"The female body is a masterpiece. Everyone likes to look at the female body, especially in dynamic, athletic sport." - Natalie Cook
"Of course it is an amazing feeling to represent your country and I hope there will be many more occasions to come, because I really love the tune of our national anthem."
- Sandra Raluca Izbasa
"About a year ago I was not sure I would be alive. It's winning just being here, speaking to you guys."
- Petr Koukal
"Sometimes it's just the beer and bikinis that get people to come to watch, but it's the competition that's keeping them there."
- Kerri Walsh Jennings
"We've won The Olympics"
- Katherine Copeland
And that's it. The best (and worst) moments from The Olympic Games 2012. Well done London, well done to all the athletes, organisers and volunteers (my cousin and his wife being 2 of them). It was an amazing Olympic games.
