The London
2012 Olympics is proving to be a true gold rush for our proud nation.
As of today here’s
the full list of all the gold medallists so far.
Andy Murray,
tackled his Wimbledon woes head on when he demolished Roger Federer to win Gold
in straight sets.
Ben Ainslie
won his fourth straight gold medal to become the most decorated Olympic sailor
in history and celebrated in strange style by lighting two flares and waving
them to thousands of spectators.
Greg
Rutherford, produced a brilliant 8.31 in a bad conditions to win the long jump
with our first medal in the event since 1964.
Mo
Farah was the first brit in history to win the 10,000 meters, will we ever be
so captivated to watch 25 laps of the track ever again?
Mo
Farah then wrote his name into the record books by winning the 5,000 meters in the
most dramatic of ways., running from the front for the whole last lap.
Jessica Ennis
our national treasure and poster girl won the heptathlon with almost 7 thousand points, an
icon is born.
Bradley
Wiggins smashed the cycling time trial to become Britain’s most prolific
Olympian in the event.
Tim Baillie
and Etienne Stott defied the odds in the canoeing by winning after qualifying
last.
Was our
cycling team sprint ever in doubt with the dream team of Philip Hindes, Chris
Hoy and Jason Kenny, winning gold. Hoy’s 5th Olympic gold medal.
Our Nations
proud tradition of rowing continued with Andy Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed,
Tom James and Alex Gregory, achieving gold in the men's four for the fourth
Olympics in a row.
Again cycling
has showed its class by winning gold in the team pursuit with Ed Clancy, Steven
Burke, Geraint Thomas and Peter Kennaugh smashing their own world record.
The team GB
girls decided to match the men with Jo Rowsell, Laura Trott and Dani King, winning
gold and setting their 6th world record in the team pursuit.
The rowing
excellence continues thanks to Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, winning
Gold in the double sculls.
Peter Wilson
a farmer’s son , surprised many by shooting for gold in the double trap.
Victoria Pendleton,
seized her moment by winning the keirin.
Katherine
Copeland and Sophie Hosking continued the gold rush in the lightweight double
sculls.
Rounding up, Helen
Glover and Heather Stanning won gold in the rowing, pair.
ALISTAIR
BROWNLEE Olympic triathlon champion, whose victory meant that we have equalled
our gold medal tally from Beijing with the best part of five days
remaining.
Laura Trott produced a
superb race in the final event to win the Omnium gold.
Chris Hoy won an incredible
gold in keirin with what looks like his last Olympic race, a perfect way to bow
out.
Laura
Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester, Charlotter Dujardin won our 22nd gold
in the equestrian team dressage beating our medal haul from over 104 years
ago!!
Charlotte
Dujardin and her horse Valegro won Great Britain's first ever individual
dressage gold medal.
Nicola Adams
made history by winning gold in the 51kg category, making her the first female
boxing champion.
Jade Jones beat
China's Yuzhuo Hou to
avenge her defeat by the Chinese fighter at last year's World Championships to take
Great Britain’s first ever gold in the taekwondo .
Ed
Mckeever dubbed a the Usian Bolt on the water, demolished the field to win the
200m canoeing gold.
So the question is, did these heroic sports men and women do their job and inspire a generation?

























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