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Tom Knight and Sybil Ruscoe

Foreword by Sebastian Coe KBE
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Foreword
Introduction
Setting the Stage
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Welcoming the World
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The London 2012 Olympic Games
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The London 2012 Paralympic Games
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The London 2012 Festival
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London 2012 Stats
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Index
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London 2012 Partners
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FOREWORD
Foreword
In Singapore back in 2005, I stood in front of the
International Olympic Committee and presented
Londons vision for the 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
I promised that if our bid was successful, we
would stage spectacular sport in iconic settings,
and provide a magical experience for athletes,
spectators and viewers around the world.
I vowed that our venues would be full of
passionate fans, and our streets lled with people
celebrating sport, art and culture.
I stated that the construction of the Olympic
Park would be the catalyst for the single biggest
transformation in London for more than a century,
bringing major social and economic benets to one
of the UKs most deprived areas, and I declared
that we would use the power of the Games to
excite young people and inspire a generation.
Seven years on from that extraordinary moment
when the President of the International Olympic
Committee, Jacques Rogge, opened an envelope
and announced that London had been chosen as
Host City, there is little doubt that with the help of so
many people across the UK we achieved everything
we set out to do and much, much more.
The London 2012 Games were Games for
everyone for people of all faiths, cultures and
backgrounds. From the unforgettable Olympic
Opening Ceremony onwards, the greatest ever
gathering of countries and territories provided a
glimpse of what the world might look like as one
nation.
Olympic and Paralympic athletes have a
unique power to capture the imagination, and on
countless occasions we saw sport connecting the
world. People everywhere were transxed by the
joy of sport, with the athletes performing at an

awe-inspiring level and almost always with grace
and sportsmanship. We had a plethora of world,
Olympic and Paralympic records that we could
marvel at. Our minds were opened to what people
can achieve by sheer talent and determination.
We are immensely proud of our sporting
heritage in the UK, and the honour of London
becoming the rst city to host the Summer Olympic
Games for a third occasion. We knew British
people would embrace the Games and the
demand for tickets was insatiable, creating an
extraordinary atmosphere in venues all around the
UK right through both Games. To see a packed
Olympic Stadium for morning sessions during
both the Olympic and Paralympic Games was
unprecedented. This was London calling higher,
faster, stronger and louder than ever before.
As well as the best athletes, we also had the
best volunteers, our Games Makers, who dedicated
themselves to doing something positive for the
athletes, for their community, for their country, and
for the world.
When our time came, we got it right and I
am incredibly proud to say that all this was made
in Britain. I hope the London 2012 Games made
you proud too, and that this beautiful book will
rekindle memories of an incredible summer and be
treasured and shared for many years to come.
Sebastian Coe KBE

Chair, London Organising Committee of the Olympic
Games and Paralympic Games
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
The declaration contained just 23 words: The
International Olympic Committee has the honour of
announcing that the Games of the XXX Olympiad
are awarded to the city of London. Yet the wild
cheering that greeted the announcement by Jacques
Rogge, the President of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC), that London had won the right
to host the Games in 2012 was an eruption of
national fervour signalling, as it surely did, a new
era in British sport.
The initial outburst of joy on 6 July 2005 came
from the 100-strong London delegation, led by the
Chairman of the London Olympic Bid, Lord Coe,
at the Rafes City Convention Centre in Singapore.
International superstar footballer David Beckham
was among those who leapt from his seat with
an enthusiasm mirrored by everyone around him.
After the nanosecond it took for the result to be
beamed to the other side of the world, the noise
was echoed by the thousands gathered in Londons
Trafalgar Square and Stratford, home of the yet-tobe constructed Olympic Park.
This victory by just four votes in one of the
most hotly contested races in the bidding history
of the Games was a magnicent triumph.
It was a triumph for the fresh vision for the
Games offered by London, put together with
determination and passion, and with attention
paid to every detail.
It was also a tribute to the clearsightedness
and steely determination of the bid team that
their blueprint would go on to deliver Games that
would inspire young people all over the world.
At the after-vote party Coes delegation danced
until the early hours to mark the successful end of
Its not often in this job that you punch

the air and do a little jig and embrace
the person next to you.
Crowds in Trafalgar Square

celebrate the news that London has
won the 2012 Games on 6 July
2005. The smiles said it all as IOC
President Jacques Rogge announced
London as the winning Host City.
Prime Minister Tony Blair, on hearing of the success

of the London 2012 bid
the campaign. It had been a long road, beginning

in 1997 with the determination of the British
Olympic Association (BOA) to bring the Games
to London. Nothing, it seemed, could quell the
excitement as British Olympians, politicians and
assembled journalists celebrated through the sultry
Singapore night. Yet all that was to change within
hours, as news received from London during the
afternoon of 7 July 2005 brought festivities to an
abrupt end.
That day will always be remembered for the
terrorist attack on Londons transport system.
It was to claim 56 lives, including those of the
four suicide bombers, and injure more than
770 people. In Singapore Ken Livingstone, then
Mayor of London, captured the mood of the team
with an emotional, deant speech to the media.
He declared that London was renowned for its
diversity a place where people from all over the
world came to full their ambitions and dreams.
That, he vowed, would not stop.
The same message to the IOC about ambitions
and dreams, and Londons planned legacy for
the youth of the world, had lain at the heart of
the bid campaign. This vision took London from
last place in the early assessments to beat Paris
and the rest of the stellar eld which also included
Opposite page: The Olympic

Stadium is the centrepiece of the
Olympic Park. Its design sums up the
London 2012 design philosophy:
adaptability, affordability,
sustainability and deliverability.
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L O N D O N 2 0 1 2 T H E O F F I C I A L C O M M E M O R AT I V E B O O K
London 2012 Chair Lord Coe

(right) receives the Host City
contract from IOC president
Jacques Rogge after London won
the vote to stage the 2012 Games.
London won in the nal round
of voting, beating long-standing
favourites Paris into second place.
Madrid, Moscow and New York City. Ironically

the bids strength was born out of British sports
disappointment at the defeat of Birmingham
(bidding for the 1992 Games) and Manchester
(bidding for the 1996 and 2000 Games). While
both cities benetted hugely in nancial and
investment terms from their experience, neither
performed well when it came to IOC votes. The
London bid emerged from the BOAs conviction
that only the capital could offer a realistic chance
of victory. Simon Clegg, former chief executive
of the BOA, recalled, After Sydney was chosen
at the IOC session in September 1993, we came
home and took stock of why Manchester had not
fared better. We said then that we would not bid
for 2004, and the clear message from the IOC
was that only London would be considered a
serious contender.
As a result, the BOA instigated an investigation
into where in London an Olympic bid would be
based. In 1997 a 395-page report, produced
by David Luckes (goalkeeper in the British mens
Hockey team at the Atlanta 1996 Games),
identied possible sites in east and west London,
and the BOA began lobbying for the bid in
parliament, local government and the media.
Support was pledged by Ken Livingstone,

the rst elected Mayor of London, when he
recognised the benet of a London bid focused on
the East End an area sorely needing investment
and regeneration. Also crucial was Team GBs
achievement at the Sydney 2000 Games. Craig
Reedie, former Chairman of the BOA, explained:
We needed the London Assemblys support and
the Government on board but we also had to do
well in Sydney. Those Games, as we know, were a
resounding success on all fronts. The team did well,
television audiences were huge and the Games
captured the public imagination in this country.
People were asking, Why cant we do that here?
The question was echoed throughout the country
and gradually taken up in the press. The rst media
organisation to push the case for a London bid
was the Daily Telegraph, whose sports editor, the
late David Welch, had seen the Sydney effect at
rst hand. One woman convinced of the case for
a London bid was Tessa Jowell, then Secretary of
State for Culture, Media and Sport, who took on
the task of convincing a sceptical cabinet that the
project was viable. It was not an easy job, but
Jowell persevered, aware of the implications of
securing the Games something far greater than
17 days of sport. You host them because of the
power of the legacy and the great national moment
that hosting a Games creates ... the power of
government to back something that was going to be
transformational to east London but also to all those
kids with unfullled potential, up and down the
country, who love their sport; and if anything was
going to harness that, it was an Olympic Games.
Jowell was sure that she had positive answers
to the issues of affordability, deliverability and
win-ability as she set about championing the BOA
cause in government. One by one she convinced
her cabinet colleagues of the benets to all their
departments of hosting an Olympic and Paralympic
Games. Finally she tackled the Prime Minister Tony
Blair: Tell me what the answer to this question is
we are the fourth largest economy in the world,
we are a nation who loves our sport and we think
INTRODUCTION
London is the greatest city in the world, yet we

dont dare to bid for the Olympic Games? When
Blair nally agreed that Britain should bid, there
was still a wait for a government announcement
because of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The bid was then led by the London-based
American businesswoman Barbara Cassani, and
the Candidature File was duly submitted to the
IOC. It was ofcially launched in January 2004 at
the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, with
presentations by both Blair and Livingstone. By
May, however, when London had been listed as
one of ve cities to go forward to the crucial IOC
vote in 2005, Cassani had decided that she was
not the person to take the campaign any further.
She gave her decision privately to Tessa Jowell.
You can win, she said, but not with me.

Cassanis Vice-Chair, Lord Coe, assumed the
leadership as the bid gained momentum following
the submission of the ofcial bid book to the IOC,
and secured its place in the national consciousness.
Early in 2005 the team impressed the IOC
evaluation commission on its fact-nding mission to
the capital. By the time the London team arrived for
the vote in Singapore, there was a feel-good factor
surrounding Coe and the British delegation.
When it mattered most, the London team
produced one of the nest presentations ever seen
at an IOC session. Word perfect, they offered an
Olympic and Paralympic Games that promised a
lasting legacy for the youth of the world. Jowell and
Livingstone were among the speakers, and Lord
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How the IOC votes gave

London the 2012 Games
First round
London 22
Paris 21
Madrid 20
New York City 19
Moscow 15 (eliminated)
Second round
Madrid 32
London 27
Paris 25
New York City 16 (eliminated)
Third round
London 39
Paris 33
Madrid 31 (eliminated)
Fourth round
London 54
Paris 50 (eliminated)
Note: IOC members from
countries with candidate cities
were ineligible to vote while their
candidates were still in contention
A view of the Lower Lea Valley, the

site chosen for the London 2012
Games, prior to development.
The east London site had 52
electricity pylons and more than
200 buildings, most of which were
industrial sheds.
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Doctor, scholar and philanthropist

William Penny Brookes, whose
Olympian Games in Much
Wenlock were to inspire Baron
Pierre de Coubertin when he visited
Brookes in 1890.
Coe appealed to the IOC delegates in a moving

nale: Today in Britains fourth bid in recent
years, we offer Londons vision of inspiration and
legacy. Choose London today and you send a clear
message to the youth of the world: more than ever,
the Olympic Games are for you.
So it came to be that after the previous
two incarnations in 1908 and 1948, London
became the rst city to host the Games on three
occasions. Its Olympic and Paralympic heritage
is deep rooted, intriguingly reected in the
mascots chosen for the London 2012 Games,
a striking departure from the usual animal
forms. With their metallic nish, camera eyes
and a London taxi light on their heads, these
two creatures certainly looked different from
anything weve seen before. Children of all ages

immediately took to them and to their story.
Written by the noted childrens author Michael
Morpurgo, the story describes how the mascots
were created from the droplets of steel used to
build the nal girders that went into the Olympic
Stadium. What sets Wenlock and Mandeville
apart from all their predecessors, however, are
their names.
Wenlock gets its name from Much Wenlock, a
small town in Shropshire. In the nineteenth century
it was the home of the Much Wenlock Games, an
annual sporting and artistic event open to every
grade of man and featuring athletics, quoits,
football and cricket. The rst Much Wenlock Games
were staged in 1850, the brainchild of the local
doctor, scholar and philanthropist William Penny
Brookes. They reected Brookes belief in sport
as a way of addressing petty crime, drunkenness
and theft, and his ultimate goal was the revival of
an international Olympic competition in Athens.
By 1890 the Wenlock Games had become so
successful that an intrigued French educationalist,
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, decided to travel to
Shropshire on a fact-nding mission.
Pierre de Coubertin, celebrated as the
founder of the modern Olympic Movement, was
a recreational horseman, rower and fencer. His
dream of an international sporting festival was
inspired by a preoccupation with improving
the mental and moral condition of the French in
the wake of the countrys defeat in the FrancoPrussian war of the 1870s. He began with
improving physical education in French schools
and went on to travel extensively, seeking to
recruit like-minded foreigners in his drive to
establish an international sports congress in
Paris. Brookes and de Coubertin became great
friends, with the Wenlock Games in many ways
providing de Coubertin with a blueprint for
a modern Olympic Games. The Frenchmans
congress rst met in 1894 and voted to reestablish the Olympic Games, some 1,500 years
after its demise. Penny Brookes, who had been
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I came to pay homage and tribute to Dr Brookes, who

really was the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
Juan Antonio Samaranch, then President of the IOC, when he visited Brookes grave in 1994
unable through ill health to travel to Paris for the

congress, died in 1896, just four months before
the rst modern Olympic Games took place in
Athens. Today his Much Wenlock Games are
acknowledged to have been a great inspiration
in effecting their return.
Just 10 years later Britain was invited to host the
London 1908 Games, following Italys admission
that costs incurred by the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius and the near-destruction of Naples would
prevent Rome from staging the event. Despite
having only two years to prepare, Edwardian
Britain and the newly formed BOA, under its
dashing chairman Lord Desborough, eagerly took
up the challenge to support the edgling Games.
The other London 2012 mascot, Mandeville,
evokes the Buckinghamshire village of Stoke

Mandeville, just an hours journey north-west from
London. Nearby is the hospital of the same name,
now famous throughout the world for treating
spinal injuries. It is also where the rst International
Wheelchair Games the precursor of todays
Paralympic Games were staged for veterans of
the Second World War.
It was at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1948
that Dr Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish neurosurgeon
who had ed Nazi Germany in 1939, organised
the rst Stoke Mandeville Games ttingly held to
coincide with the opening of the London Olympic
Games at the White City Stadium. The event was
conceived by Guttmann to celebrate his belief
that sport and exercise were vital in reversing the
A Dutch archery team takes aim

at the second International Stoke
Mandeville Games in August 1953.
For wheelchair athletes only, these
Games were the inspiration of Dr
Ludwig Guttmann and were rst held
in 1948.
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The ofcial poster of the London

1948 Olympic Games, opened
by King George VI in blazing
sunshine on 29 July. The Opening
Ceremony was to make a powerful
impact on those who saw it, with
James Cameron of the Daily Express
noting, You cannot usher 59
nations into an arena, make them
mingle in a split minute schedule,
give them a common salutation,
without something protable
emerging, big or little as it may be.
Opposite: John Mark, the nal

Torchbearer for the 1948 Olympic
Games, lights the Cauldron at the
Opening Ceremony on 29 July 1948.
The 1948 Olympic Flame was a
symbol of peace carried through
many war-torn countries in the
aftermath of the Second World War.
low survival rate among veterans of the Second

World War with spinal injuries. Dr Guttmann had
previously invented wheelchair polo for patients he
had watched pushing a ball around with walking
sticks; he also introduced netball and archery as
the exercise regime helped the men develop their
upper body strength. His popularity led to him
being known as Poppa by the patients in his care.
The Games, then for wheelchair athletes
only, were staged annually from 1948 at Stoke
Mandeville. The event achieved international
status in 1952, when Dutch veterans travelled to
Buckinghamshire to take part, and subsequently
became known as the International Wheelchair
Games. Today the pioneering doctor, who died
in 1980, is still referred to as the Father of Sport
for People with Disabilities. Stoke Mandeville
Hospital has a global reputation for excellence,
and Dr Guttmann will always be associated with

the work there.
Neither Brookes nor Guttmann could have
envisaged how dramatically their events would
evolve. When the Olympic Games were rst staged
in London, for instance, just 2,023 competitors
from 22 countries made the trip and only 44 of
them were women. By the turn of the twenty-rst
century, the IOC was struggling with gigantism
as the size and cost of the Games threatened to
overwhelm potential Host Cities; over 10,600
athletes competed in Sydney in 2000. By then,
women were contesting virtually every event and,
in Cathy Freeman, could boast the star attraction
of the 16 days of competition. Now, of course, as
London proved, demand to compete in and see
the Games has far outstripped the ability of cities
and stadia to cope, and numbers have had to be
capped accordingly.
The Paralympic Games, too, have continued
to grow from their humble beginnings at Stoke
Mandeville. The rst global event in Rome in
1960 saw 400 athletes from 23 countries take
part; in Beijing in 2008 there were almost 4,000
competitors representing 146 nations in six major
classications of disability. It was not until Seoul
in 1988 though that the Paralympic Games were
awarded equal billing to the Olympic Games
and were staged on the same scale. Almost a
quarter of a century later, London 2012 sees both
the Olympic and Paralympic Games reach new
heights in sophistication, technology, inclusivity
and internationalism.
In celebrating the spirit of the London 2012
Games, we are never far from either Wenlock
or Mandeville. The genius of these mascots lies
in their links with the places and people who
brought us the two biggest sporting events in the
world. In capturing the imagination of a new
generation, they celebrate Britains association
with the very beginning of the modern Olympic
and Paralympic Games, which in so many ways
were coming home.
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The Vision for the Games
We are hiring
the best people
in the world
and you have to
have condence
in them.
Tessa Jowell, former
Minister for the Olympics
It is difcult to imagine now that the site of the

beautiful and bounteous Olympic Park was, only
ve years ago, an underdeveloped, polluted
corner of east London. To the untrained eye, the
job of transforming this patch of land, roughly
the size of Londons Hyde Park at 2.5 square
kilometres, seemed an impossible one. In 2005,
when the bid for the Games was won, the future
Park held a variety of small businesses in an almost
Victorian setting of narrow streets, criss-crossed
by a slither of waterways suffocated by car tyres,
shopping trolleys, Japanese knotweed and oating
pennywort. Ken Livingstone, then the Mayor of
London, realised that only an event as big as the
Games would attract the level of investment needed
to bring this forgotten land into the twenty-rst
century, and so it was chosen as the setting for this
unique festival of sport.
Once the bid was secured, the task of
translating the impassioned presentation to
IOC members in Singapore into the reality of
buildings and roads began in earnest. The
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
Act, which received Royal Assent in March 2006,
created the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)
a publicly accountable body with the power to
buy land and arrange the building of everything
required for London 2012. Their remit included
all the venues, from the Olympic Stadium to
the Lee Valley White Water Centre, as well as
infrastructure buildings (such as the Primary
Substation) and utilities networks to support the
Olympic Park during and after the Games. It
was also responsible for increasing capacity
on, and improving the accessibility of, transport
infrastructure to help ensure London 2012 was a
public transport Games.
Making it happen
This was to be the biggest and most diverse
construction project seen in the United Kingdom for
decades. And unlike virtually any other job, it came
with an immovable deadline, which was used to
concentrate minds. Dates were non-negotiable, as
Sir John Armitt, the chairman of the ODA, observed
You know you have to do it. The Games were
going to start on 27 July 2012 and you work
backwards from that date. The great thing about it
is that it forces you to make decisions more quickly
and to a degree it makes things easier because
everyone knows that time is of the essence the
world was turning up in 2012.
The vision for the Olympic Park was ambitious
by any standards. Even Kevin Owens, the architect
who became Design Principal of LOCOG in 2006,
admitted that the scale of the vision required
a sharp intake of breath for him and others.
Virtual simulations were one thing, but hands-on
engagement was needed to prove the key. Wed
seen the images on a computer screen, Owens
explains, but what clinched it was when, together
with the ODA, we returned to old-fashioned
methods and created the Park with plasticine
models and trees on sticks. That brought it to life.
When the earth was nally shaped and sculpted,
we saw what it could be.
Time, such a precious commodity, had to be
rationed to each stage. The ODA schedule allowed
two years of planning, four years of building and
another 12 months for LOCOG to test the venues
and infrastructure. The two years of planning saw
the London Development Agency draw up the
necessary compulsory purchase orders and open
negotiations with the hundred or so small businesses
that had to relocate a process that could have
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In July 2010, with just two years to

go until the Games, workers held a
celebration on the Olympic Park. The
curving roof of the incredible Aquatics
Centre was taking shape, and the
Olympic Stadium behind was well
underway.
taken years except that the schedule did not allow

for excessive red tape. Work began in earnest with
the construction of two 6km underground tunnels in
December 2006. They were to contain 200km of
power cables, allowing the derelict and polluted site
to be cleared of 52 pylons.
Burying the power lines was arguably the most
crucial aspect of the entire project. With the ODA
allocated 8.1 billion when the budget for the
entire Games was set at 9.325 billion in March
2007, it was vital that things started well and Tessa
Jowell, then the Minister for the Olympics, insisted
on as little government interference as possible.
She noted that When the ODA completed the
undergrounding of the power lines, on budget and
ahead of time, it was a very good demonstration
of how if you have contingency to work with in

something as difcult as that and it was a difcult,
lthy job to do they could decide whether they
were going to lose two days or spend 10 million.
That was a breakthrough moment in the early days.
Sustainability measures set in place from the
very start of the project meant that 220 buildings
on the site were not simply bulldozed but
demolished brick by brick so that materials could
be stored and used later. The earth, contaminated
with oil, tar, arsenic and lead, then had to be
cleaned, and around 1.5 million cubic metres
of soil was cleaned by ve on-site soil-washing
machines with 80 per cent redistributed on the
Olympic Park site. The attention to detail was
staggering. The ODA worked closely with the
The Olympic
Park was
another
great British
success story:
a committed
workforce
sharing a
vision, uniting
to build
something truly
special, on
time and under
budget.
Dennis Hone, Chief
Executive of the Olympic
Delivery Authority
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The wetlands in the Olympic Park

have helped to create a new habitat
for wildlife. Invasive species of
plants have been removed and new
native species such as reed, iris,
and willow will be able to ourish.
Greening the Olympic

Park
4,000 trees planted
74,000 plants
60,000 bulbs
350,000 wetlands plants
45 hectares of wildlife habitats
(reeds, grasslands, ponds and
woods)
675 bat roost and bird boxes
Thousands of
tonnes of soil
were cleaned
and re-used
around the site,
in what must
have been the
fastest and
biggest cleanup ever seen in
this country.
David Higgins, then Chief
Executive of the ODA
Celia Hammond Animal Trust to rescue more than

160 cats and kittens from the park, seeds were
collected for native plants to be reintroduced after
construction, over 2,000 newts were relocated
and 30,000 tonnes of silt, gravel and rubble
removed from the 8.35km of waterways choked
after decades of neglect.
Around 5km of temporary roads, 46km of
temporary cabling and 1km of temporary water
pipes were laid so that work on the so-called big
build could begin. Gradually, under the constant
glare of television cameras, visiting dignitaries
from the IOC and Parliament and journalists, the
Olympic Park began to take shape.
As the project evolved, the vision remained
constant. We were very clear from the start that
we focused on delivering the best Games ever,
both in physical terms and for peoples memories,
notes Owens. The question was always How
do we design for six weeks of the summer to last
forever in peoples memories? We wanted to
create an Olympic and Paralympic Games that

were of the place itself. This was London and, in
creating the largest new park in Europe for more
than a century, we celebrated the things we were
revealing, like waterways and towpaths. It is a park
for the Games, but the design always had in mind
the intimate nature of a park, somewhere where
families would come for picnics in years to come.
The principles of urban planning were applied
throughout, even to the temporary venues. It would
have been too easy to fall back on the mantra that
this was only for six weeks of 2012.
At the core of the vision and planning, a vital
part of the commitment made to the IOC, remained
the legacy of the Olympic Park and all that it
involved. Integral to that legacy was the massive
investment in, and improvements to, the transport
system, so important to a park served by 10 rail
lines. Since every spectator was expected to visit
the Olympic Park by public transport, cycling or
walking, a fast service from the main hub at St
Pancras was delivered with the Javelin train,
enabling passengers to travel to and from Stratford
International station in only seven minutes. The
ODA played its part in this transport refurbishment,
working with delivery partners including Network
Rail and Transport for London (TfL) to treble the
capacity and increase accessibility at Stratford
Station, extend two lines of the Docklands Light
Railway and increase its rolling stock, not to mention
improvements to lines, signal boxes and platforms.
Further ODA investment contributed to improvements
in the London Underground system and the citys
cycling and walking routes, as well as extending the
schedules operated by TfL.
The key to this construction project enabling
it to nish on time and on budget were the
collaborative relationships between planners,
designers, architects, builders and the myriad
companies who supplied materials and personnel.
Lessons were learned from previous Games, and
both the ODA and LOCOG drew on experts from
these Games. Rod Sheard, senior principal at
Populous, designed the Olympic Stadium for the
Sydney 2000 Games and did likewise in London.

For Armitt, the nishing line for the Olympic Park
build was the Olympic and Paralympic Village.
Almost 3,000 apartments in 11 residential blocks
provided housing for 16,000 athletes and team
ofcials during the Olympic Games, and another
7,200 athletes and ofcials at the Paralympic
Games. This nal build in the Park was ofcially
handed over to LOCOG in January 2012, the
ODA returning to the apartments after the Games to
prepare the properties for sale as both affordable
housing and homes for sale and rent. For the
statistically minded, the kitting out of these by
LOCOG required 16,000 beds, 28,000 branded
duvets and 22,000 pillows.
Venues
Even before the global economic downturn, the
organisers of the 2012 Games were conscious that
Beijing 2008 probably represented the last truly
grandiose Games. Instead, recognising lessons
inherent in the approaches of Barcelona 1992
and Sydney 2000 to sustainability and legacy,
London 2012 and all its partners set about creating
a lasting impression for future generations. That
ethos is there in every square metre of the Olympic
Park, most notably in the venues and facilities a
heady mixture of the traditional and sensational.
LOCOG and the ODA employed imagination and
innovation, both in developing spectacular sports
venues and in adapting some of the capitals
most famous landmarks. Theirs was a new, and
impressive, take on the staging of the worlds
biggest sporting event.
Consider the centrepiece of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games, the 80,000-capacity London
2012 Olympic Stadium, which took just three
years to complete, on time and on budget.
Possibly not as dramatic as the Birds Nest
Stadium in Beijing, it has no pretentions to be
anything other than what it is a beautifully
elegant, simple and demountable arena, designed
with what those in the computer industry used to
call futureproong. The original plan was that
the structure would shrink after the Olympic and

Paralympic Games had nished, to become a
25,000-seater athletics stadium. As a result its
steel interior resembles Meccano, with the rest
being assembled like a giant Airx kit. The plan
that dominated the bid book in 2005 has changed
since, of course, and while the Stadium will still
host the 2017 World Athletics Championships,
it can be modied and recongured for a range
of possible future uses, not exclusively sport.
Described as the most sustainable Olympic
Stadium ever built, the structure used recycled
concrete, copper and granite and even surplus
gas pipes in the 800m long ringbeam at the rim.
The Stadium could not grab all the limelight,
however. In fact the two venues on the Olympic
Park with probably the biggest wow factor were
the Aquatics Centre and the Velodrome. The former
was the rst venue to be commissioned after its
architect, Zaha Hadid, won an international design
competition for the facility before the result of the
bid (and which would have been built whether or
not London had been made Host City). The more
spectacular of the two buildings, inspired by the
uid geometry of water in motion, Hadids Aquatics
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We have
proved that
Britain can
deliver a
construction
and civil
engineering
project of
this size, on
time and on
budget.
Sir John Armitt,
Chairman of the ODA
The Aquatics Centre was a dramatic
stage for the London 2012 Aquatics
events. Its diving platforms are the
rst entirely bespoke structures ever
to be built for an Olympic Games,
creating a truly elegant result.
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Above: Coloured lighting brought

the Basketball Arena to life at nighttime. The venue was a celebration
of the temporary, holding its own in
the north of the Olympic Park.
Games venues in the

Olympic Park
Aquatics Centre Diving,
Swimming, Synchronised
Swimming, Paralympic
Swimming, Modern Pentathlon swimming
Basketball Arena Basketball,
Wheelchair Basketball,
Wheelchair Rugby, Handball
BMX Track BMX
Copper Box Handball,
Goalball, Modern Pentathlon fencing
Eton Manor Wheelchair Tennis
Olympic Stadium Athletics,
Paralympic Athletics
Riverbank Arena Hockey,
5-a-side Football, 7-a-side
Football
Velodrome Track Cycling,
Paralympic Track Cycling
Water Polo Arena Water Polo
Centre harmonises with the river and rolling

parkland of the Olympic Park; its iconic sweeping
roof has been likened to a stingray, or even a
surfboard. Despite the need to compromise the
original design with two demountable, temporary
stands at Games-time (to create a capacity of
17,500), the Centre was an immediate hit. When
British diver Tom Daley christened the pool in front
of a live television audience in 2011, he called it
awesome. And the very sight of this compelling
structure, with its three shimmering pools, inspired
the great Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe to attempt
an eventually futile attempt to return to the Games.
As with the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics
Centre was designed for the future. When the
temporary wings come down in 2013, they will
reveal an affordable and family-friendly public
swimming centre, with permanent seating for
2,500. Lord Coe could not hide his pride at how
this facility typied the London 2012 mission
when he observed, Around seven years ago,
we were standing on a parcel of land that was
contaminated, with rivers that were lthy, an
area that had been neglected for far too long. It
probably shouldnt have taken the Olympic Games
to have done that, to be honest, but it has. Once
the Games have gone, we are left with a fantastic
community facility that we hope one day will host
world swimming championships.

At the Velodrome, Hopkins Architects called
in champion Olympian Sir Chris Hoy to help
them create the perfect venue for Olympic
and Paralympic Track Cycling as well as an
appealing sports building in legacy for highperformance athletes, not to mention enthusiasts
and families. The Velodrome will in later years sit
in the middle of an attractive VeloPark, run by the
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. Daylight pours
into the building, with natural ventilation through
the louvred wooden skin of the building helping
to stabilise the temperature inside. On the Ron
Webb-designed Siberian pine track, however,
the temperature is maintained at 2628C the
optimum heat for fast times in competition. Poised
on the landscaped slopes of the Olympic Park and
topped by the lightest of cable-net roofs, strung
like a tennis racket, the Velodrome looks for all the
world like a Pringle potato crisp which is how
it earned its early nickname. It was also true to
Londons vision of building permanent venues only
when a legacy use had been identied.
London moved to match Beijings Water Cube
and its illuminated bubble-wrap exterior with the
Basketball Arena, the largest temporary structure
ever built for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The simplest of buildings, the Arena is set apart
by its cladding and the white recyclable PVC
stretched over the apparent coils of scaffold, giving
it the appearance of an intricate paper origami
sculpture. At the Games the building became a
must-see venue, appearing shiny during the day
and glowing with an ever-changing light show at
night simple and spectacular.
Among other striking venues are the Copper
Box, which hosted Handball, the fencing element
of the Modern Pentathlon, and Goalball, and was
designed to become a community sports and tness
centre after the Games, and Eton Manor, in the
north of the Olympic Park. The Hockey venue, at
the temporary Riverbank Arena, featured innovative
blue pitches, while the BMX Track and the Lee Valley
White Water Centre also attracted much attention.
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soaring roof is one of the Olympic
Parks great design successes,
embodying the poise and drama
of the sport. It is topped by a
roof weighing only 1,000 tonnes
around half that of any other
covered velodrome.
The Equestrian events were held

in Greenwich Park, an impressive
World Heritage Site full of history. A
horseshoe-shaped temporary arena
was built there, taking advantage of
the historic buildings and impressive
London skyline beyond.
Games venues in London

Earls Court Volleyball
ExCeL Boxing, Fencing, Judo,
Table Tennis, Taekwondo,
Weightlifting, Wrestling, Boccia,
Paralympic Table Tennis,
Paralympic Judo, Powerlifting,
Sitting Volleyball, Wheelchair
Fencing
Greenwich Park Equestrian,
Paralympic Equestrian, Modern
Pentathlon - equestrian and
combined event.
Horse Guards Parade Beach
Volleyball
Hyde Park Triathlon, 10km
Marathon Swimming
Lords Cricket Ground Archery
The Mall Marathon, Race
Walk, Paralympic Marathon,
Road Cycling
North Greenwich Arena
Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline,
Basketball, Wheelchair
Basketball
The Royal Artillery Barracks
Shooting, Paralympic Shooting,
Paralympic Archery
Wembley Arena Badminton,
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Wembley Stadium Football
Wimbledon Tennis
At the latter, a gushing mountain stream was

replicated in the attest of Hertfordshire parkland,
with pumps forcing water around a closed 300m
competition course and 160m intermediate/
training course. All these venues will provide lasting
community and elite sporting facilities, managed by
the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
Around London
Away from the Olympic Park, athletes contested
medals at several historic sites across London.
These included Archery at Lords Cricket Ground
and Equestrian events at Greenwich Park, home
to the Royal Observatory and Greenwich Mean
Time. Britains oldest Royal Park and a UNESCO
World Heritage Site, Greenwich proved an inspired
choice, offering visitors panoramic Games-time
views over the capital.
The Mall leading up to Buckingham Palace
became a memorable backdrop for the Olympic
and Paralympic Marathons. Hyde Park was the
venue for Marathon Swimming, Triathlon and
Road Cycling, while The Royal Artillery Barracks
in Woolwich hosted the Shooting competitions.
Cycling time trials were held at historic Hampton

Court, built by Cardinal Wolsey in 1515 and
later one of King Henry VIIIs palaces. And right
at the heart of ofcial London, Beach Volleyball
took place in probably the most extraordinary of
temporary venues on Horse Guards Parade.
Across the UK
The Jurassic coast of Dorset was the setting for
the Sailing events, based around the Weymouth
and Portland National Sailing Academy. Here a
new slipway and moorings were built for London
2012, improving the facilities for local sailors as
well as elite, world-class competitors. Weymouth
benetted from a major new trunk road into the
town; the Games venue also helped to regenerate
the former Naval Air Station at Portland, where
new houses, shops and marina facilities continue to
be developed.
Football, one sport that needed no new venues,
was played at six stadiums around the United
Kingdom. They were Hampden Park, Scotlands
national football stadium in Glasgow; the
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff; Wembley Stadium,
London; St James Park, Newcastle; the City of

Coventry Stadium; and Old Trafford, Manchester.
A Sustainable Games
Considerations of sustainability underpinned
every planning and procurement decision at
London 2012. A radical ecological vision went
way beyond the headline-grabbing concepts of
carbon offsetting or recycling. This was a strategy
with global impact. It was designed to provide
an environmental legacy and a new sustainability
knowledge bank to inform decision-makers in sports
event planning for decades to come.
At the heart of London 2012s sustainability
policy were the ecological passions of two native
Londoners: Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London at the
time of the Olympic bid, and David Stubbs, Head
of Sustainability, LOCOG.
Stubbs grew up in Ealing, west London, where
he studied the wildlife, plants and birds of a disused
city reservoir as a boy. An environmental adviser
for the 1997 Ryder Cup at Valderrama in Spain,
he had also spent two months working with the
environmental team at the Sydney 2000 Games.
Stubbs was convinced that London 2012 could
showcase new attitudes, ensuring that sustainability
became the starting point for every decision, not
merely a part of it, with its principles embedded in
both LOCOG and the ODA. It would be a once in
a lifetime opportunity to provide the world with
a framework of how sustainability could be at the
heart of global sporting events, he reveals.
In construction, LOCOG and the ODA adopted
a holistic approach. Over 60 per cent of building
materials arrived at the Olympic Park site by rail
to minimise the impact on the environment; two
million tons of soil was cleansed on site; wood
was scrutinised to ensure it came from sustainable
sources; and non-essential air-conditioning was

signicantly cut back. Every unit of every London
2012 venue was assessed for the amount of energy
it needed to be heated or cooled, and the Olympic
Park boasted its own Energy Centre that provided
power, heating and cooling.
Away from the construction site, commitment
to a low-carbon Games also ran deep, inspiring
plans to strike out the carbon before it even got to
London. It was a challenging process, with ofcials
subjecting every procurement decision, from hats
and umbrellas, burgers and drinks through to toilets
and T-shirts, stadia seating and venue nishes, to
ve key sustainability questions:
Where does it come from?
Who made it?
Whats it made of?
Whats it wrapped in?
What happens afterwards can we hire it,
sell it on, donate it or recycle it?
At Olympic and Paralympic Games in the
past, large elements of the infrastructure, such as
barriers, temporary ofces, food outlets, signage
and seating, were bespoke items manufactured
for a particular venue. After the Games they were
often scrapped. In London, by contrast, many of
the key pieces of infrastructure were hired, leased,
bought back or recycled into a new, post-London
2012 role.
The sustainable ethos driving London 2012 also
concentrated on peoples health and their quality of
life. Much of the produce eaten at Games venues
was locally or regionally produced in the UK, food
contractors had to commit to supplying certain Fair
Trade products, and all food had to comply with
high standards of animal welfare. Drinks were not
sold in cans at the venues, while recycling bins
were colour-coded to ensure the maximum amount
I saw what was possible at the Games in Sydney and I wanted

to bring that home to London.
David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, LOCOG
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The London 2012

sustainability mantra
Sustainability is about
making everyday choices
that make a positive
difference, helping us all to
live healthy lifestyles within
a fair share of the earths
nite resources. Being
sustainable means thinking
about peoples current and
long-term needs, improving
quality of life and ensuring a
thriving natural environment.
Games venues across

the UK
Brands Hatch Paralympic
Road Cycling
City of Coventry Stadium
Football
Eton Dorney Rowing,
Paralympic Rowing, Canoe
Sprint
Hadleigh Farm Cycling Mountain Bike
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Football
Hampton Court Palace Road
Cycling
Lee Valley White Water Centre
Canoe Slalom
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Football
Old Trafford, Manchester
Football
St James Park, Newcastle
Football
Weymouth and Portland
Sailing, Paralympic Sailing
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Right: LOCOG Chair Lord Coe

(second left), and comedian Eddie
Izzard (second right), attend the
rst training event for London
2012 Games Makers in February
2012. The UK has a strong history
of volunteering, with the 1948
Olympic Games the rst to make
use of volunteers.
10 examples of
Games Maker roles for
London 2012
Catering Team Member
Driver
Multi Faith Team Leader
First Aid Responder
Language Services Team
Member
Results Team Member
Venue Entry Team Member
Costume Team Leader
Ceremonies Stage Team
Leader
Web Content Assistant
of waste could be recycled or composted.

Local people living near the Olympic Park were
also pivotal to the legacy element of London 2012s
sustainability policy. Their importance in the scheme
of things was acknowledged from the outset; the
whole process of regeneration sought to engage
with local communities. Creating local jobs and
training opportunities, as well as improving the
quality of life for those in the vicinity, were key aims
in the ODAs Sustainable Development Strategy.
We knew that we had to respect those Londoners
who live and work in the area, conrms Stubbs.
We couldnt just rock up and say were going to
put on a great big event and do nothing for them
in the future. In fact London 2012 has created one
of the biggest biodiversity projects in the world.
The Games enduring legacy is an impressive area
of parkland, re-proled and cleansed rivers, new
wetland havens and wet woodlands planted with
native species designed to encourage the return of
the indigenous ora and fauna.
For Stubbs, the planting and regeneration at the
Olympic Park represents the closing of a personal
ecological circle. Id like to imagine that one day
there will be a young Londoner visiting our Olympic
Park in a school group who will be inspired to study
ecology, he reects, just like I was all those years
ago at that old reservoir in Ealing.
National Celebration
From the moment the London bid was launched,
the key to success was the involvement of the whole
UK in a national festival of sport. Planning for this
continued through the next seven years, with the
UK divided into nine regions, plus the four home
countries. This work was overseen by the Nations
and Regions Group, chaired by London 2012
Board member Sir Charles Allen, and supported
with regular visits around the UK by LOCOG Chair
Seb Coe. Volunteers were recruited locally, and
training camps across the country brought the
reality of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to
people nationwide. Thousands of schoolchildren
learned about the Games and the Olympic and
Paralympic Movements through their geography

and history lessons; some also made contact with
youngsters in many of the competing nations.
Get Set, the ofcial London 2012 education
programme, drew on the inspiration and excitement
of the Games to teach young people about sport,
culture, health, communication, enterprise and
citizenship. Double Olympic Rowing champion
James Cracknell helped promote a series of maths
and science challenges, children learned about
peace and culture through the Olympic Truce, the
Get Set website provided teachers with resources
for lessons and The Pod encouraged young people
to embrace a sustainable ethos. Paralympic silver
medallist Ben Rushgrove, who met children at
Mile Oak Primary School, particularly enjoyed
seeing how passionate they were about making
a difference to their environment by reducing their
lunchtime and snack waste.
True to the pledge made to the IOC in 2005,
LOCOG teamed up with UK Sport, UNICEF
and the British Council to create International
Inspiration the biggest global Olympic legacy
project in history. A variety of sports development
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A new Games Maker (right) arrives

to collect a Games-time uniform and
gain accreditation in April 2012.
All Games Makers had to attend
at least three training events, and
many also took part in the London
Prepares series to gain valuable
experience.
It has opened my
eyes to the fact
that sport stands a
chance of offering
me a bigger and
brighter future.
Chukwu, young leader
in Nigeria and member
of the International
Inspiration programme
schemes aimed to enrich the lives of 12 million
children in over 20 countries. In South Africa, for
example, children were taught about HIV and
AIDS prevention through their engagement with
football, netball, rugby and cricket, and children
in Bangladesh learned swimming survival skills. In
Trinidad and Tobago, the rst Paralympic School
Day and Sports Festival was organised by young
leaders to inspire athletes of all abilities.
Volunteers
The Olympic and Paralympic Games rely on
volunteers to make them successful and a quarter
of a million people were inspired to apply to
become London 2012 Games Makers a truly
impressive response. The chosen 70,000, ranging
from students to pensioners, and selected from
an impressive 250,000 applicants, became a
distinctive sight in their royal purple and poppy
red Grenadier Guards-style uniforms as they
welcomed the world. They undertook a wide
variety of roles from caterers at the venues and
Olympic and Paralympic Village to chaplains and

faith leaders helping with spiritual advice. Some
volunteered as anti-doping chaperones while
athletes underwent post-event drug testing; others
served as dressers at the Opening Ceremonies,
where they helped with elaborate headdresses
and complicated costumes.
The army of volunteers included 2,000
young people, aged between 16 and 18, who
distributed competition results for the Technology
team and helped out on the eld of play at various
competitions such as Aquatics, Football and
Athletics. Led by scout leaders, sports coaches and
community leaders, the teenagers gained unique
insight into a global sporting event.
Training Camps
In the weeks before the London 2012 Games
the UK became a nation of training camps.
World-class sporting facilities across the country
hosted the worlds greatest athletes. In Wales,
for example, Cardiff, Newport and Swansea
Who trained where

China Lisburn, Northern
Ireland
Australia Tonbridge, Kent
Zambia Glasgow,
Scotland
Guinea Bissau Huntington,
Yorkshire
South Africa Cardiff,
Wales
Jamaica Birmingham,
West Midlands
Japan Weymouth, Dorset
Grenada Sunderland, Tyne
and Wear
Rwanda Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk
Maldives Bedford,
Bedfordshire
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The completion of the Olympic and

Paralympic Village was a signicant
milestone. The architects on the
project were free to be creative with
the faades. This particular design
was taken from an architects own
paintings, which some have said
look like beach towels thrown over
the balconies.
were used as training bases

for over a thousand Olympic
and Paralympic athletes from
countries such as New Zealand,
Great Britain, Liberia, Mexico,
South Africa and Trinidad and
Tobago.
In Scotland, teams from
Namibia and Zambia were
based in Glasgow, due to
host the 2014 Commonwealth
Games, while Team GB
swimmers trained in Edinburgh.
Northern Ireland welcomed
Chinese gymnasts and Australian
boxers to training facilities
in Lisburn and Belfast. In
Birmingham, where teams from
Jamaica and the United States
were based, athletes were
greeted at the citys airport by
ve giant Olympic rings posted
on the new control tower and
London 2012 pictograms on
the taxiway. Pupils at Tonbridge
School in Kent were inspired
by Australian track and eld
athletes who prepared on the
athletics track still used by double Olympic gold
medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes. Pupils acted as
sports coaches in a series of sporting events held
by the school for the local community, including
a mini-Olympic Games for a thousand primary
schoolchildren from West Kent. Holmes paid tribute
to the support she had enjoyed as an athlete
from the people of her home town, observing Im
extremely excited by the potential that the Olympic
Games has to inspire children of all ages and
abilities to be the best they can be in sport, whether
thats as competitors, volunteers, coaches or leaders

so for Kent and its young people to be involved
is fantastic.
Team GB
And what about the athletes themselves, at the
centre of it all and carrying the nations hopes?
It was apparent upon winning the Games that
Britain would eld its biggest-ever team more
than twice the size of the contingent who paraded
in Beijing. Nothing was to be left to chance.
Within days of London winning the bid, the British
Olympic Association called representatives of all
the 35 Olympic sports, from both the Summer and
Winter Games, together. At this meeting they
established what many considered a ridiculously
ambitious target for London 2012 that of
nishing fourth in the medals table at the Olympic
Games and second at the Paralympic Games.
For the Olympic Games, this meant nishing
above the Australians, behind the top three of
the USA, China and Russia from a nation that
had been tenth in the medals table at the Athens
2004 Games and had achieved only one gold
medal at Atlanta 1996. If these targets were to be
achieved, UK Sport, made solely responsible for
the Lottery and Exchequer funding of elite sport in
2005, would have to approach the Government
with a case for increasing their funding.
Fortunately UK Sport had just the man in
Peter Keen, the former university lecturer, cycling
international and coach to Chris Boardman
who had established the highly successful highperformance programme at British Cycling. He
joined UK Sport in 2004 and masterminded the
targeting of Lottery funds into the sports and athletes
who could benet most. Throughout the autumn of
2005, Keen perfected the proposal that presented
the Government and in particular the Treasury
We knew that London 2012 would be a great opportunity to engage and excite
young people about sport to inspire them to continue playing here in west Kent.
Tim Haynes, headmaster of Tonbridge School
S E T T I NCG
H AT PHTEE RS TA
ON
GE
with ve options for funding Britains sporting

future, based on a no compromise approach.
Money would go only to sports that showed the
commitment, desire and organisation to succeed.
The plan worked. In March 2006 Gordon Brown,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that UK
Sport would receive the extra money it needed to
achieve Olympic and Paralympic Games success.
British sport was now among the best funded
of any in the world, with facilities to match, while
an underlying attention to detail saw all monies
monitored and success measured through UK
Sports Mission 2012 programme. Governing
bodies raised their game and imported the
best available coaches to accelerate progress.
Performances surged, and while investment
continued to pour into the nations emerging talent,
ensuring further success at the Rio de Janeiro 2016
Games, one legacy of the London Games emerged
four years early. Team GB delivered the result at the
Beijing 2008 Games that it had been looking for at
London 2012.
As with all Host Cities, the IOC were on

hand to supervise and help with all aspects of
the preparations. Denis Oswald, the former
international rower and IOC member from
Switzerland, led the 16-person commission that
visited London 10 times between 2005 and 2012.
They assessed all the preparations, including the
building of the venues, transport links, staging
of the Games and plans for the recruitment of
volunteers, ticketing, as well as the engagement
of the rest of the UK. At times in the past, this
commission has had to rectify mistakes and issue
warnings over time delays. For London, however,
there was never anything but praise.
The big build was completed on schedule in
July 2011, with 42 successful test events hosted in
28 venues through the spring of 2012. By May the
Olympic and Paralympic Village was furnished and
ready, the Opening Ceremony was in rehearsal
and nal preparations to venues and the Park were
under way. The Games were fast approaching and
people across the nation, excited and expectant,
awaited the arrival of the Olympic Flame.
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A modest proposal
Throughout the autumn of
2005, Peter Keen honed
his proposal for additional
funding, due to be
presented to the Treasury in
spring 2006. Keens gures
showed that the annual cost
of producing an athlete
capable of reaching the
podium was 70,000.
According to Baroness
Sue Campbell, chair of
UK Sport, there were
plenty of questions from
Treasury ofcials, but Keens
spreadsheets had all the
answers. She described his
proposal as a very well
thought through investment
strategy, based on rigorous
analysis of what it would
take for each athlete to
reach success. It was the
best business plan the
Treasury had received from
sport. Peters spreadsheet
even itemised the cost of
coaching one athlete over
a four-year period. When
he produced detail like that,
mouths dropped open at the
Treasury.
In March 2006 Gordon
Brown, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, announced that
UK Sport would receive an
extra 200 million of public
money up to 2012, on top
of the 60 million a year
already invested in Olympic
and Paralympic success, with
a further 100 million to be
raised through the private
sector. Keen had achieved a
great result.
Delighted fans in Trafalgar

Square celebrate the success of
Britains Olympic and Paralympic
athletes at Beijing 2008. It was an
encouraging sign as London 2012
took guardianship of the Olympic
and Paralympic ags, starting the
countdown to the London 2012
Games.
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Its fantastic fun.

Theres a real
buzz and energy.
Volunteering is the
most satisfying and
fullling thing Ive
ever done.
Nicholas Cooke,
Games Maker
On Day One of the Games, the sun

rises over the Olympic Rings on the
Olympic Park. London was ready
to welcome spectators, the media
and athletes, as well as countless
volunteers and workers.
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Above: Olympic Torchbearer

Christopher Stokes rides on the
footplate of a steam engine from
the Severn Valley Railway. He
acknowledges a trunk salute from
elephants Five, aged 20, and
Latabe, 19, at West Midlands
Safari Park in Bewdley.
The Olympic Torch Relay passed
within ten miles of 95 per cent of
the UK population.
Above right: Huge crowds greet

war veteran Ben Parkinson as he
carries the Torch through the centre
of Doncaster. Ben lost both his
legs and suffered brain damage
when he stepped on a land mine in
Afghanistan. He was determined to
walk his 300m stretch, and did so
with members of his former regiment
cheering him on.
The Olympic Torch Relay

From the moment the Olympic Flame set
off on its 8,000-mile journey from Lands
End in Cornwall it proved an irresistible
attraction wherever it appeared. The goldcoloured Torch, 800mm in height and
bearing 8,000 perforations to represent the
8,000 Torchbearers, drew vast crowds and
became the focus of the most remarkable,
emotionally charged nationwide event ever
seen in this country. Excitement grew as
the days counted down to the Opening
Ceremony, and when the young musician
and model Tyler Rix carried the Flame into
Londons Hyde Park on the eve of the Games,
more than 60,000 people were there to greet
him. By the time Sir Steve Redgrave brought the
Olympic Flame into the Opening Ceremony,
LOCOG estimated that some 15 million people
had cheered it on its way through more than a
thousand communities.
It had been a remarkable journey. The Flame,
kindled at the ancient site of Olympia and brought
on board The Firey BA2012 from Greece, had

visited the summit of Snowdon in North Wales,
the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland and the
sweeping sands at St Andrews on Scotlands East
Coast, the setting for one of the most iconic scenes
from the Chariots of Fire lm. It experienced very
varied forms of transport, from steam trains to cable
cars, canal barges to cross-channel ferries, a helium
balloon at the Eden Centre in Cornwall and even a
zip wire from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle.
The Torch Relays route went within 10 miles of 95
per cent of the UK population, including stops at
Much Wenlock, Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, the
White Cliffs of Dover, the Isle of Man, Orkney and
the Channel Islands.
Football legend Sir Bobby Charlton carried the
Flame from his beloved Old Trafford in Manchester,
while the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
donned the white and gold uniform to parade the
Torch through crowds 10-deep in Parliament Square
in London. There was even a link to the founder of
the modern Olympic Movement when Antoine de
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Navacelle, great grand-nephew of Baron Pierre de

Coubertin, held the Torch aloft at the BBC Television
Centre at White City.
Torchbearers who particularly captured the
nations imagination were the extraordinary
people nominated because of their service to the
community. Among them were ex-servicemen, such
as Craig Lundberg, blinded in Afghanistan, who lit
the Celebration Cauldron on Liverpools Pierhead,
and Ben Parkinson, the Paratrooper severely injured
in Afghanistan in 2006, whose short walk with the
Torch through Doncaster took almost half an hour.
The Paralympic Torch Relay
For the Paralympic Games, which began with
Dr Ludwig Guttmanns work at Stoke Mandeville
Hospital in the 1940s, it was entirely appropriate
that the London 2012 Paralympic Flame should
come from the very top of the four UK nations
highest peaks. In an inspired piece of organisation,
the task of creating the Paralympic Flame was
handed to youngsters in England, Northern Ireland,
Wales and Scotland.
In England, a group of Scouts was accompanied
by mountaineer Karl Hinett, who sustained multiple
injuries and burns in Iraq. Local guides led them
on the four-hour climb of Scafell Pike in the Lake
District. At its summit, 978m above sea level, they
nurtured a Flame from sparks created by striking a
ferrocerium rod against a steel surface.
In Northern Ireland, a Flame was struck at
the top of Slieve Donard, 850m above sea level.
Among the intrepid climbers were Scouts and two
members of a group of 15 blind and partially
sighted climbers training to ascend Ben Nevis,
Bernie Sloan from Warrenpoint and Pat Shields
from Newry. At 1,085m, Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa was
the challenge undertaken by Scouts and mountain
guides in Wales; the group also included 50-year-old
Elaine Peart, who suffers from bipolar disorder, and
Lord Coe. The ascent in Scotland of Ben Nevis in
Lochaber, Britains highest mountain at 1,344m.
A team of Scouts struck int against steel to create
the Flame at the summit.
All the Paralympic Flames were brought down

in miners lanterns to feature in Cauldron-lighting
ceremonies in London, Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh.
From these four corners of the country the National
Flames converged on Stoke Mandeville, the spiritual
home of the Paralympic Games. They were brought to
the grounds of the hospital where Dr Guttmann created
the rst, Stoke Mandeville Games for the Paralysed
in 1948 as part of a rehabilitation programme for
veterans of the Second World War. There, on the eve
of the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games,
Lord Coe, Chair of LOCOG, Sir Philip Craven,
President of the International Paralympic Committee
and Eva Loefer, Guttmanns daughter, paid tribute to
the work of Stoke Mandeville Hospital as a crowd of
more than 3,000 saw the lighting of the Cauldron.
The Flames were then united to create the London
2012 Paralympic Flame, before lighting a silver,
mirrored nish Paralympic Torch for a 92-mile journey
to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Carried in relay
by 116 teams of ve people, the Flame visited wellknown landmarks such as Abbey Road, London
Zoo, the Swaminaryan Mandir Temple in Neasden,
Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey, City Hall and
Hackney Town Hall. As it entered Stratford and the
Olympic Park, the Opening Ceremony was already
under way and building towards the dramatic
entrance of the Paralympic Flame.
A Torchbearer team including

Greegan Clarkson, Caroline Baird
and Argyle Bird pass through
Newham as part of the 92-mile
Paralympic Torch Relay.
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Historic Greenwich Park is dressed

for the London 2012 Equestrian
Jumping events. Once the hunting
ground of King Henry VIII, it also
ttingly hosted the Eventing and
Dressage competitions.
Opposite: Historic venues welcome

London 2012. 1 Olympic Rings
on Tower Bridge; 2 Lords Cricket
Ground dressed for the Archery
competitions; 3 St Pauls from
the River Thames; 4 Time Trial at
Hampton Court Palace; 5 Beach
Volleyball at Horse Guards Parade.
Dressing London
As bets any Host City of the Games, London was
transformed in the summer of 2012. An explosion
of colour brought life to the streets, airports, bus
and railway stations as well as the competition
venues. The distinctive London 2012 logo adorned
banners, street signs, ags and waynder markers
across the capital. Five giant Olympic Rings
oated on the River Thames; others welcomed
travellers to Heathrow Airport and the major
railway stations. Already buoyed by the success
of the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, was determined
that the city and its constituent boroughs should
play their part in celebrating this summer like
no other. There were more than 6,000 colourful
lamp-post banners, almost 25km of bunting and
638 square metres of building decorations, while
a myriad of specially commissioned sporting
sculptures and installations sprang up on buildings
and in the major tourist thoroughfares.
Londons famous bridges were given the lighting
treatment as the Thames joined the celebrations,
and it was only tting that the course of this great
river featured in a dramatic introduction to the
Opening Ceremony. Spectacular Rings, 25 metres
wide and 12 metres tall, were lowered into place
on a newly lit Tower Bridge, just one month before
the Games began. The bridges lighting display
glowed with gold every time a British athlete
topped the podium, and the giant Rings on the
River were also lit with gold throughout the night.

No less spectacular were the Paralympic Agitos,
which replaced the Rings on Tower Bridge in an
overnight operation.
The sports venues across the UK glowed with a
hot palette of purple, pink and tangerine as they
were dressed up for the Games. Banners and ags
proclaimed Inspire a Generation and Excite, and
some of the countrys most famous sports stadia
were treated to a new outt for the Games. Just 24
hours after Roger Federer and Andy Murray had
walked off the Centre Court after their epic nal
on 8 July, Wimbledons makeover was under way.
Traditional green and purple was cast aside in
favour of London 2012s distinctive colour scheme,
while at the Archery venue at Lords Cricket Ground
the famous Pavilion was jazzed up with trendy
sofas, plush pink rugs and purple silk cushions.
It was the little touches that made London so
different as a Host City. A ne illustration, along
with the Long Room at Lords, was at Hampton
Court Palace, where three golden thrones awaited
the winners of the mens and womens Time Trial.
Far more than a backdrop, the city became an
active participant in the Games. At Greenwich
Park, site of the Equestrian events, the designs of
the jumps intriguingly reected British heritage from
Stonehenge to The Beatles. The historic buildings
surrounding Horse Guards Parade blazed with
oodlights and even the iconic home of the Reds,
Old Trafford, was in the pink as Manchester
Uniteds stadium hosted Olympic Football matches.
There was no more special venue than The Mall,
accustomed to Royal processions and, latterly,
London Marathon nishes. For the Road Cycling
and Olympic Marathons, the iconic red tarmac was
put in the shade by the vivid new colour scheme,
and photographers revelled in the backdrop of
Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial.
Boris Johnson described the presence of an
Olympic podium in The Mall as totally magical.
The atmosphere was astonishing, he observed.
Theres a weird glow about people and theyre
passing it to each other like a benign contagion.
I cant think of a
better place than
London to hold an
event that unites
the world.
Nelson Mandela, quoted
by Tony Blair in Londons
bid to host the 2012
Games
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Whats in the Olympic

and Paralympic Village
Social area with:
Computer games
Pool and table football
Cinema
Dry bar
Gymnasium and a team of
professional trainers
Multi-faith centre and a team of
chaplains
Health clinic
Beauty and grooming salon
Bank
Dry cleaner
Florist
Post ofce
Tourist information ofce
The London 2012 Olympic Village

Truce Wall, a xture of the Games
since Sydney 2000. Athletes and
ofcials are invited to sign the wall
as a symbol of support for peace
through sport.
The teams arrive

London always promised a warm welcome to the
athletes who would become the Games stars,
and that is exactly what they received on arrival
at the Olympic and Paralympic Village. It was
not long before the 11 residential plots of ve to
seven tower blocks of apartments, together with
the squares and courtyards, were festooned with
the ags of the national teams taking residence.
Some competitors came direct from the airport to
the Village, situated within walking distance of so
many venues in the Olympic Park, while others
moved in from their respective training centres
around the UK.
The Welcome Ceremony afforded each team
was typical of LOCOGs approach. Normally a
traditional affair, teams arriving in London were
treated to a 30-minute production by the National
Youth Theatre, complete with dancers, clowns
and jesters. Anthems completed, teams were
then invited to sign the Truce Wall, installed as
an Olympic tradition since the Sydney Games in
2000 and designed to promote peace through
sport. Opening the Wall at the start of the Olympic
Games, Jacques Rogge, the IOC President,
observed, Sport is not immune from and cannot
cure all the ills of the world. But sport can help
bridge differences and bring people together. We

can see proof of that at these Games.
Tickets for the Games
The rst round of ticket sales for the Olympic
Games began in the summer of 2011 and sparked
unprecedented interest. There were 6.6 million
tickets available for all sports during this round and
1.9 million people applied for 23 million tickets. To
no ones surprise, the biggest rush was for a seat
in the Olympic Stadium to watch the mens 100m
nal and organisers were faced with more than one
million requests for such prized tickets.
The level of interest inevitably brought
disappointment: unprecedented demand was little
comfort to those who had missed out. The IOC,
however, were delighted because it suggested that
every sport would be a sell-out something very
rare even for an Olympic Games. IOC President
Jacques Rogge said he was amazed at the
demand for tickets, adding You are bound to have
people who are unhappy. The system put in place
by LOCOG was fair.
Like the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games
proved a massive attraction to the public: in 2011
some 116,000 people applied for the initial 1.5
million tickets put on sale. So great was the demand
for seats that ballots had to take place in some price
categories for 126 of the 300 ticketed sessions.
Sir Philip Craven, the President of the International
Paralympic Committee, called it unprecedented,
adding the response has been phenomenal, with
most venues sold out. In total, 2.5 million tickets
were put on sale for the Paralympic Games.
The rush for tickets underlined what had always
been said about Londons staging of the Olympic
and Paralympic Games: that it would demonstrate
Britains love of sport to the world.
Keeping the Games Secure
The biggest event staged in this country meant
the deployment of the most extensive security
arrangements seen in this country in peacetime,
with both the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, and
WELCOMING THE WORLD
the Prime Minister, David Cameron, stressing

that the safety of athletes and the public was the
top priority. There was an issue with the ability
of private security to provide enough staff and
this resulted in the Home Ofce and Ministry of
Defence deploying additional troops, adding to the
already tight security around the event.
Soldiers on the ground were supported by
weaponry installed on rooftops around the Olympic
Park, in Hyde Park and Blackheath and on ships
berthed in the River Thames and in the English
Channel off Weymouth.
Technology at London 2012
The global scale of the Olympic and Paralympic
Games has made the success of both events
heavily dependent on the technology involved,
both in managing individual competitions and
delivering them through diverse routes to spectators
and the media. Much of this technology relies on
knowledge acquired over several Games, yet the
pace of change has become a major challenge. In
2012 LOCOG achieved an unprecedented display
of state-of-the-art communications systems provided
by sponsors and partners.
The gures were mind-boggling. For example,
350 technologists were employed to keep 950
servers and 16,000 desktops, notebooks and
tablets running 24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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The London Games use stateof-the-art scoring technology to

time and classify events while an
army of technical staff monitor the
action, ensuring that athletes keep
within the rules of their Olympic
disciplines. Laser beams tracked
trampolinists and mini versions of
the Mini car collected hammers and
javelins from the Athletics ineld.
throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Atos system, controlled from the Technology
Operations Centre in the Olympic Park, ensured
the smooth running of a communications network
that would have powered a small city. With 34
Olympic venues and 20 Paralympic venues to link,
the system needed 16,500 xed line telephones
requiring 4,500km of cabling. Over 14,000 mobile
telephones and numbers had to be distributed
to the thousands of ofcials, administrators and
technicians, and more than 10,000 radios were
used by some 40,000 staff at the Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
Such a complex system had to be robust, not just
to work when it needed to, but also to be secure
against cyberthreats. More than 200,000 hours of
testing were carried out, with hundreds of scenarios
thrown at the system and its operators from
internet viruses to the more mundane problem of
someone inadvertently pulling a plug.
One major innovation in London was the
development of the Commentator Information
System (CIS).This meant that for the rst time the
21,000 accredited broadcasters and 6,500
accredited press could see results of events in real
time so quickly, in fact, that times and places
could be conrmed before even the crowd had
reacted. Simply transmitting the action to the
assembled media and spectators, wherever they
were, required in itself a staggering array of
technology: 1,000 wireless access points, 80,000
voice and data outlets in all venues, the integration
of 65 competition scoreboards and the deployment
Food for sport in

the Olympic and
Paralympic Village
The main dining area has
24-hour service and seating
for 5,000.
It serves:
1.2 million meals
60,000 meals a day
1,300 types of dishes
Food includes:
25,000 loaves of bread
232 tons of potatoes
75,000 litres of milk
330 tons of fruit and
vegetables
2.7 million bananas
Left: As part of the Welcome

Ceremony for each team at the
Olympic and Paralympic Village,
the National Youth Theatre perform
a 30-minute production in the
Village Plaza. The 140 performers
created a vibrant and quirky
welcome for each delegation.
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London 2012 undertook the

greatest number of doping control
tests in Olympic Games history.
More than 150 scientists at the
brand new laboratory in Harlow,
Essex, accredited by the World
Anti-Doping Agency, conducted
investigations into 6,250 samples
throughout the Olympic and
Paralympic Games.
of 10,000 television screens with channels

dedicated to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The system also included the management of the
London2012.com website, with its estimated 150
million visitors.
All the above systems had to be designed
and planned to support the generation of six
gigabytes of data a second during the Olympic
and Paralympic Games. Approximately 30 per cent
more results data was processed in London than
at the Beijing 2008 Games, reecting the rapid
advances in technology over the last four years.
With the world now boasting 8.5 billion PCs, smart
phones and tablets, London had to deliver the
smartest of smart Olympic and Paralympic Games
a huge achievement by all concerned.
Keeping it clean
The integrity of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
is never tested more severely than by the threat of
doping. From the outset the organisers of London
2012 were determined to address the challenge,
with Lord Coe, the Chair of LOCOG, declaring the
ght against drugs to be one of the underpinning
visions of the bid put to the IOC in 2005. Professor

David Cowan, a world-renowned anti-doping
expert and Head of the Department of Forensic
Science at Kings College, London, was put in
charge of a new, state-of-the-art laboratory for use
at the Games. Provided by GlaxoSmithKline, the
lab was located in Harlow, Essex, some 22 miles
from the Olympic Park. Its facilities were impressive,
enabling around 160 staff to analyse more than
6,000 urine samples and 1,000 blood samples
taken from more than 10,500 athletes during the
Games at a rate of 400 a day.
Cowan issued a pointed warning to any
potential user: The person who thinks they can beat
our drug test, watch out. John Fahey, the President
of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), arrived
in London declaring that 107 athletes had been
sanctioned following an extensive pre-Olympic
programme of more than 71,000 tests and that a
new test for Human Growth Hormone had been
developed. He said London would be the most
tested Games in history, adding: Were helping
to provide an Olympic Games that is as free from
doping as is possible.
In the event LOCOGs doping control
programme, which saw more athletes tested
than at any previous Games, meant that every
competitor came to London with a 5050 chance
of being tested. The programme was, of course,
in addition to the normal drug-testing procedures,
which call for mandatory analysis of urine samples
provided by medallists.
Some athletes were tested more than once, and
certain sports and events were targeted because
of their doping record at previous championships.
The challenge for Professor Cowan and his team
was to analyse samples for the more than 200 illicit
substances identied on the WADA list of banned
compounds and to provide results within 24 hours.
The samples were also frozen for eight years, in
keeping with recent practice, so that further analysis
can be carried out when and if required.
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Isles of Wonder
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games
proved to be a magnicent celebration of Great
Britains history, heritage and humour. Masterminded
by the Oscar-winning lm director Danny Boyle, its
distinctive blend of wit, spectacle and magic created
a memorable, occasionally madcap warm-up act for
the Olympic Games.
Boyles own energetic and mischievous
character set the tone for a quirky and
quintessentially British interpretation of the Isles of
Wonder theme. Over one billion people watched
the three-hour Ceremony on television around
the world. Inside the Stadium 80,000 spectators,
including the Royal Family and many heads of
state, watched the compelling display unfold.
It began with the tolling of the London 2012
Olympic Bell by Bradley Wiggins, Britains newly
crowned Tour de France winner, due to compete
only hours later in the Olympic Road Race. The
largest harmonically tuned bell in the world,
recently forged by Londons Whitechapel Bell
Foundry, launched a breathtaking peoples history
of the British Isles, inspired by the vision of great
poets William Shakespeare, William Blake and
John Milton. A green and pleasant land came
to life in the Stadium, complete with birdsong,
wildower meadows, rolling hills and elds of corn.
Sheep and cattle grazed in the elds while men
played cricket and women and children danced
around maypoles.
Furious drumming, led by Dame Evelyn Glennie,
greeted the onset of the Industrial Revolution. In
1709 Abraham Darbys rst use of coke to smelt
iron ore in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, set in
motion events that transformed peoples lives all
over the world and made Britain the workshop
of the world. Spectators felt the heat of the blast
furnace in the Pandemonium tableau, named
after the capital of Hell in Miltons Paradise Lost.
Hundreds of workers swarmed from the land to
the mills and factories, as blackened and smoking
chimneys rose up through the ground, weaving
looms clattered and beam engines throbbed.
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Bradley Wiggins, Team GB Cyclist

and winner of the 2012 Tour de
France, strikes the 23-ton Olympic
Bell to mark the start of the Olympic
Opening Ceremony. The Bell,
engraved with the words Be not
afeard, the isle is full of noises
from Shakespeares The Tempest,
was forged a few months earlier in
Whitechapel, east London.
Kenneth Branagh strode the stage in the guise of

Britains greatest engineer, Isambard Kingdom
Brunel, and ve aming Olympic Rings were forged
and gloriously launched into the night sky. The
20th-century wars were poignantly portrayed, while
Suffragettes called for votes for women and trade
unionists marched on the Jarrow Crusade, the antiunemployment protest of 1936.
In a moving and spectacular homage to the
National Health Service, 600 NHS staff danced
around the arena with hospital beds and patients.
The Manchester-born Londoner Boyle explained
Everybody is aware of how important the NHS
is in this country we believe in universal health
care no matter how poor no matter who you
are, you will get treated. Young people from the
Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital, which
has beneted since 1929 from the royalties of J.M.
Barries Peter Pan, formed part of a vivid tribute to
British childrens literature. Harry Potter author J.K.
Rowling gave a reading from Barries masterpiece,
while a huge puppet of Harrys arch-enemy
...the Olympic
Games are
coming home
tonight. This
great, sportloving country
is widely
recognised as
the birthplace of
modern sport.
Jacques Rogge,
IOC PRESIDENT
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Be not afeard; the isle is full of

noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give
delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand
twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and
sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after
long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and
then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would
open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that,
when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
Shakespeare, The Tempest,
3.2.148-156, quoted by
Kenneth Branagh in the
Opening Ceremony
Above right: Six hundred NHS

staff and young patients from
Great Ormond Street Childrens
Hospital perform in a stunning
tribute to British childrens literature.
Over 300 of the beds used in the
sequence will be adapted and
donated to hospitals in Tunisia.
Right: On Her Majestys Olympic

Service. Stuntmen dressed as HM
Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond
parachute into the Olympic Park
from a helicopter. In the lm that
preceded the dramatic entrance,
James Bond was shown meeting the
Queen in her private study.
Olympic Ceremony
numbers
12,956 props
15,000 square metres of
staging
500 speakers
1 million watt PA system
80,000 spectators
40 animals
7,346 square metres of turf
34,570 buttons on costumes
600 NHS staff dancers
Voldemort towered in the arena below. A squadron

of Mary Poppins ew into the Stadium and the
Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang raced
around the track with his wagon cage.
The great British Saturday night in and
out was celebrated with a medley of pop hits
from six decades, including the music of David
Bowie, The Who, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and
a live performance by Dizzee Rascal. Clips of
popular TV shows, lms, soap operas and adverts
were projected on to a house in the centre of the
arena. Frankie and June say Thanks Tim told
the love story of a young couple who meet via
social networking on the internet and then connect
through social media. In a magnicent cameo the
British inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim
Berners Lee (who gave his invention to the world
without personal gain) appeared on stage, seated
calmly at a desk, working on his computer.
The evening was full of unexpected gems.
The Queen and her corgis delighted spectators
by greeting James Bond actor Daniel Craig in
Buckingham Palace with the line, Good evening,
Mr Bond, before stuntmen dressed in their identical
clothes made a spoof entrance into the arena
by parachute. Rowan Atkinsons Mr Bean gave
a perfectly timed comic accompaniment to the

Chariots of Fire theme tune, performed by Sir
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Danny Boyle said he took the job of
masterminding the Opening Ceremony as a
tribute to his late father, who had ignited his love
of the Olympic Games. Many of those watching
found the Ceremony a very emotional experience,
not least Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, who
described it as a brilliant show inventive
intelligent peculiar and particular to Britain.
WELCOMING THE WORLD
Lord Coe took to the podium to welcome the

world to London. I have never been so proud
to be British and to be a part of the Olympic
Movement, said the Chair of the London 2012
Organising Committee.
The lighting of the Olympic Cauldron provided
a magnicent climax, surrounded as it had been
by inevitable speculation about who would have
that honour. A dramatic conclusion to the 8,000mile Torch Relay saw David Beckham and a
young footballer, Jade Bailey, powered up the
Thames by speedboat to deliver the Olympic
Flame to ve-time gold medal winner Sir Steve
Redgrave. The great rower entered the Stadium
through a guard of honour, ttingly composed of
the men and women who built the Olympic Park.
The Cauldron, crafted in the shape of a ower of
copper petals, each of which was brought in by
a competing country, and which would bloom for
the duration of the Games, was lit by seven young
athletes nominated by seven past British Olympic
heroes, literally enacting the passing of the
Olympic Flame to a new generation. The petals
were sent to the countries to keep at the end of the
Games. The evening concluded with the parade
of Olympic athletes from all 204 nations, the
arrival of the Olympic Flag and a musical nale
with performances by Sir Paul McCartney and the
Arctic Monkeys.
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Sir Chris Hoy, the winner of four

Olympic Cycling titles before
London 2012, proudly leads Team
GB into the Olympic Stadium. Hoy
noted before the Ceremony that
bare-handed was the only way to
carry the ag, and he paraded
the Union ag around the Stadium
without a holster.
The Final Torchbearers

Seven young athletes were
nominated by seven of
Britains greatest Olympians
to light the Olympic
Cauldron in the Opening
Ceremony.
Callum Airlie, 17 (sailor; by
Shirley Robertson)
Jordan Duckitt, 18
(Chairman of the London
2012 Young Ambassador
Steering Group; by Duncan
Goodhew)
Desiree Henry, 16 (sprinter;
by Daley Thompson)
Katie Kirk, 18 (pentathlete
and runner; by Dame Mary
Peters)
Cameron MacRitchie,
19 (rower; by Sir Steve
Redgrave)
Aidan Reynolds, 18 (javelin
thrower; by Lynn Davies)
Adelle Tracey, 19 (middle
distance runner; by Dame
Kelly Holmes)
Journeys end. The Olympic Flame

burns proudly in the centre of the
Olympic Stadium. Copper petals
placed by each competing team
rose up to form the magnicent
Cauldron in the climax to the
Opening Ceremony.
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Right: A 13-metre-tall remake of Marc

Quinns famous marble portrait of
Alison Lapper Pregnant is unveiled
as a centrepiece to the Paralympic
Opening Ceremony.
Opposite: East London is lit up

as spectacular reworks explode
over the Olympic Stadium during
the Paralympic Games Opening
Ceremony.
The Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony

Look up at the stars, and not down at your feet.
Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder
about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
The Opening Ceremony of the London 2012
Paralympic Games began with a rare public
appearance from Professor Stephen Hawking,
one of Britains most brilliant scientists, who was
diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease at the
age of 21. In an inspired and thought-provoking
opening his distinctive electronic voice reverberated
around the Olympic Stadium, urging the global
audience to seek knowledge and understanding,
and to challenge perceptions and stereotypes.
Hawking, a highly respected theoretical
physicist, has spent a lifetime trying to unlock the
secrets of who we are and where we came from.
His words launched a spectacular sequence based
on his own Big Bang theory of the universes
origin. The audience of millions were whizzed
through the cosmos in an explosion of light,
dance and daring acrobatics. Performers included
Australian artists Strange Fruit on tall sway poles
and 42 deaf and disabled acrobats, trained at the
Circus Space in London, who twisted and twirled
on wires suspended high above the Stadium.
Entitled Englightenment, the Opening
Ceremony proved a powerful and multifaceted
event. Themes of discovery and defying boundaries
were interwoven with a celebration of the
inspirational spirit of the Paralympic Games.
The spectacle embraced science, sport, learning

and music through a volunteer cast of more than
3,000 adults, 100 professional artists and 100
children from three schools in the six east London
Host Boroughs.
In an echo of the Isles of Wonder theme
that had introduced the Olympic Games, the
Paralympic Opening Ceremony drew upon The
Tempest as a source of inspiration. Ian McKellen
gloriously assumed the role of Prospero and Nicola
Miles-Wildin, a young disabled actress, played his
daughter Miranda.
The unfolding drama, directed by Jenny
Sealey and Bradley Hemmings, featured a historic
voyage of exploration, observed from an upturned
umbrella. Books, iconic symbols of knowledge and
learning, ew round the ship, portraying the bold
expansion of human horizons. A giant, oating
golden apple paid homage to Sir Isaac Newtons
discovery of gravity, with a mass apple crunch
created by 62,000 people in the audience
simultaneously biting into apples they received on
entering the Stadium adding to the fun.
London 2012 was a proud homecoming for
the Paralympic Games as Lord Coe, the Chair of
LOCOG, explained in his welcome speech. His
lectern, a stylised map of the British Isles forged
from parts of sports wheelchairs and runners
blades, was created by artist Tony Heaton, a former
England Wheelchair Basketball player. Lord Coe
paid tribute to the pioneering work of Dr Ludwig
Guttmann, whose rst Stoke Mandeville Games for
paralysed war veterans in 1948 was the inspiration
for the modern Paralympic Games.
The Ceremonys spectacular climax was
heralded by the Paralympic Flame. The Flame
appeared at the top of the Orbit accompanied by
Royal Marine Joe Townsend. Margaret Maughan,
who won Great Britains rst Paralympic gold
medal, for Archery, at Rome 1960, lit the rst of
166 petals of Thomas Heatherwicks beautiful
Cauldron, in a magnicent and moving nale.
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Aquatics Diving
Precision. Just 17 and 18 years
old, Chinas Yuan Cao and
bronze for McCrorys family; his uncle, Gordon

Downie, won a bronze medal for Great Britain in
the 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay at the 1976 Montreal
Games.
Yanquan Zhang won gold in the

Synchronised 10m Platform.
Brilliant Boudia takes gold in 10m Platform
If we are strong at
diving it comes from
good coaching,
diving every day
and hard work.
Nothing more.
Yuan Cao, gold medallist
in the Mens Synchronised
10m Platform
Mens Olympic gold

medallists
3m Springboard: Ilya
Zakharov (RUS)
Synchronised 3m
Springboard: (CHN)
Yulong Luo, Kai Qin
10m Platform:
David Boudia (USA)
Synchronised 10m Platform:
(CHN) Yuan Cao,
Yanguan Zhang
Mens events
China scores high for Synchronised 10m
Platform gold
Chinas Yuan Cao and Yanguan Zhang broke the
Olympic record, scoring 486.78 to win the mens
Synchronised 10m Platform gold medal.
There had been big hopes that the home fans
would see a medal for British star Tom Daley and
his diving partner Pete Watereld. The pair led the
competition at the halfway point, but a slight overrotation on their fourth dive ended their challenge.
Chinese teenagers Cao, 17, and Zhang, 18,
showed discipline and nerve under pressure,
executing near-perfect nal dives to win gold. The
silver medal went to the Mexican pairing of German
Sanchez Sanchez and Garcia Navarro (468.90).
They delivered a spectacular inward four and half
somersaults dive that had a 4.1 degree of difculty
and had never been seen at the Olympic Games.
The American duo of Nick McCrory and David
Boudia won the bronze medal with a score of
463.47. It was the second Olympic Aquatics
In an electric nal USAs David Boudia was the

surprise gold medallist in the 10m Platform Diving
competition. He responded to the pressure from
Chinas Bo Qiu and Britains Tom Daley with a
masterful performance at the Aquatics Centre.
The venue crackled with anticipation and
Daleys status as the poster boy of diving attracted
a stellar audience, including footballer David
Beckham and British pop band One Direction.
There was drama for Daleys rst dive, when he
claimed he was distracted and disorientated by
the blinding ash lights from scores of cameras,
resulting in a poor dive. He appealed to the referee
and was allowed to dive again.
The nal proved a nail-biting contest which
climaxed in the sixth and nal round. Daley had a
0.15 lead over Boudia, but the American saved the
best until last, scoring a phenomenal 102.60 with
a majestic back two and a half somersault, two
and a half twist dive with a 3.6 degree of difculty.
His smooth entry into the pool with hardly a ripple
secured gold with a score of 568.65.
Chinas Bo Qui also performed the same
faultless nal dive to win the silver medal with a
score of 566.85. Daley, by contrast, had chosen
his so-called easiest dive, a reverse three and a half
tuck somersault, for his sixth and last dive. He could
not hold on to his slender lead, but his score of
556.95 took the bronze medal.
The 18-year-old schoolboy from Plymouth,
awaiting his A-level results, could nally release
T H E L O N D O N 2 0 1 2 O LY M P I C G A M E S
after the mens success the day before. Canadas

Roseline Filion and Meaghan Benfeito, a further
5.70 points behind, took bronze.
There was ecstatic cheering from the home
crowd for Britains 2012 European champions
Sarah Barrow and Tonia Couch, who led after the
rst round and nished fth.
Wu wows crowd in 3m Springboard
months of tension by jumping into the pool with

his teammates. Daleys achievement in winning a
medal was an impressive testament to his mature
and level-headed character. He performed in
the face of immense pressure from the media
microscope and the heartache of personal tragedy.
Just over a year before London 2012 Daleys
beloved father, who had followed him around the
world, died of brain cancer at the age of just 40.
Womens events
Chinas Minxia Wu won her sixth Olympic medal

when she took gold in the womens 3m Springboard
contest, triumphing over her teammate Zi He by a
massive 34.80 points to nish on 414.00. Mexico
continued its impressive run of performances at
London 2012, with the bronze medal going to Laura
Sanchez Soto who scored 362.40.
Wu, who trains for four hours each day,
is jointly (with Chinas Guo Jingiing) the most
decorated Olympic diver in history. The 26-yearold says her bravery comes from learning from
failure. She calms her competition nerves by
picturing each dive in her mind as she stands on
the board. Earlier in the week Wu became the
rst woman to win three consecutive synchronised
titles, after winning the 3m Synchronised
Springboard competition with He.
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Womens Olympic
gold medallists
3m Springboard:
Minxia Wu (CHN)
Synchronised 3m
Springboard: (CHN) Zi He,
Minxia Wu
10m Platform:
Ruolin Chen (CHN)
Synchronised 10m Platform:
(CHN) Ruolin Chen,
Hao Wang
Taking the plunge

Award-winning Baghdadborn architect Zaha Hadid,
designer of London 2012s
astonishing Aquatics Centre
with its oating, wavelike roof, also redened
the design of its diving
platforms. Normally a
structure of two pieces,
vertical and horizontal, the
10m board at London 2012
is a single, curving statue of
concrete that curls around
a twisting eight-tonne cage
of steel. The dramatic result
is the rst entirely bespoke
structure ever created for an
Olympic Games.
Champions Chen and Wang win

Synchronised 10m Platform
China set another Olympic Diving record when
Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang won gold in the
womens Synchronised 10m Platform with a huge
score of 368.40 points.
The 2011 world champions were 25.08 points
ahead of Mexicos 15-year-old Alejandra Orozco
Loza, making her Olympic Games debut, and
her teammate Paola Espinosa Sanchez. The pair
won a second Diving silver medal for their country
Above left: When bronze felt like

gold. Great Britains Tom Daley
came of age by battling through a
difcult qualifying session on his
way to the mens 10m Platform
bronze medal.
Left: Into the record books. Chinas

Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang dive to
gold with an Olympic record in the
Synchronised 10m Platform event in
front of a packed Aquatics Centre.
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Aquatics Swimming
yet to show his true form in the competition after a
disappointing swim in the 400m Individual Medley
on day one, turned on the heat. He clocked an
impressive 47.15 to keep the USA on track for gold.
When Australia faded on the second and
third legs, it was France who offered the biggest
challenge to the USA though even then the
favourites had the seemingly unstoppable
successor to Phelps, Ryan Lochte, to swim the
glory nal leg. In fact Lochte suffered for having
already swum two 200m heats and was clearly
not at his best, proving a suitable target for the
fast-nishing Yannick Agnel (FRA). Agnel, second
at the turn, swept past the faltering Lochte in the
nal 25m, leaving the American unable to respond.
Agnels touch stopped the clock at 3:09.93, with
the USA coming home second (3:10.38). The
Russian Federation pipped Australia to the bronze
medal in 3:11.41. It was Frances second gold
medal of the night, the USAs 500th Olympic
medal in the pool and Phelps rst-ever silver of an
illustrious career.
Sweet revenge. Clement Lefert

(right) and Yannick Agnel of France
celebrate beating the USA quartet in
the mens 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
four years after losing out on the
gold at Beijing 2008.
Open air Olympic

Swimming
Todays swimmers have it
easy compared with the
competitors at the rst three
Olympic Games. They had
to brave the Mediterranean
Sea (1896), the River Seine
(1900) and an articial lake
(1904). It was not until the
rst London Olympic Games
in 1908 that a pool was
built and even that was in
the open air in the middle
of the White City Stadium,
which also hosted the
Athletics, Cycling, Fencing,
Gymnastics and Wrestling.
Mens events
France on top in the 4 x 100m
Freestyle Relay
Much was made of the rivalry between the USA
and Australia before this encounter. Both teams
started well, but the nal result heralded the start of
a great week for the French in the Aquatics Centre.
For France, the gold medal was also sweet
revenge for their agonisingly narrow defeat at the
hands of the all-conquering Americans at Beijing
2008. As it was, the Americans received the perfect
start, with Nathan Adrian handing Michael Phelps a
commanding lead over Australia. Phelps, who had
Jamieson streaks to 200m Breaststroke joy

There were few highlights for the Host Nation in
the pool but Celtic fan Michael Jamieson rose to
the occasion with a sparkling silver medal and a
Commonwealth record.
Four days short of his 24th birthday, the
Scotsman swam in the wake of past Olympic
Breaststroke champions Frederick Holman,
David Wilkie, Duncan Goodhew and Adrian
Moorhouse to clock a scintillating four lengths.
He came mighty close to upstaging Daniel Gyurta,
the Hungarian world champion who took the
gold medal in a world record 2:07.28; Jamieson
was just 0.15 seconds adrift. Both men had to
work hard for their medals after Kosuke Kitajima
(JPN), the two-time 100m and 200m Olympic

Breaststroke champion, set the early pace and was
inside the world record at halfway.
At this stage Jamieson was fourth, behind his
teammate and training partner at the University of
Bath Andrew Willis, but on the third length the race
changed. Gyurta, who as a 15-year-old claimed
silver behind Kitajima at Athens 2004, took control,
edging ahead of his old rival. Jamieson took up
the challenge and, with the crowd on its feet and
roaring him on, surged into second place and
came within a stroke of snatching the gold medal.
Ryo Tateishi of Japan swam his teammate Kitajima
into fourth place in 2:08.29. Jamiesons race was
shown to 50,000 fans on a big screen before
Celtics home match against HJK Helsinki. He said,
Its been a pretty special week.
Clary steals Lochtes 200m Backstroke

limelight
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Above left: On course for silver.

Team GBs Michael Jamieson on
his way to the silver medal in the
200m Breaststroke nal. He nished
Ryan Lochte was billed as the swimmer to succeed

Michael Phelps as the greatest, but he did not have
the best of weeks. As defending champion he was
expected to triumph in the 200m Backstroke but was
upstaged, both by USA teammate Tyler Clary and by
Japans Ryosuke Irie.
Lochte led from Irie at the rst turn, but Clary
came between the two and it was neck and neck
along the nal length. The last few metres saw
Clary reach the wall rst in an Olympic record
1:53.41, while Irie claimed the silver in 1:53.78
as Lochte was relegated to the bronze (1:53.94).
Clary said, Im using this as a stepping stone for
Rio. Im on cloud nine and I want more of this.
agonisingly close to a gold medal

and a world record.
Above: Flying the ag. Michael

Jamieson and Andrew Willis both
featured in the 200m Breaststroke
nal. Despite qualifying rst and
third respectively for the nal, only
Jamieson made the podium.
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Historic 16th gold for Phelps in the

200m Individual Medley
Michael Phelps doing what he does best and
winning gold his 16th to become the rst man
to win the same event at three Olympic Games.
It made up for his disappointing showing at the
longer event at the start of the week, and was all
the sweeter for being revenge of sorts over his
teammate Ryan Lochte. Phelps led from start to
nish to clock 1:54.27, with Lochte taking the silver
(1:54.90). Laszlo Cseh of Hungary claimed the
bronze in 1:56.22.
Phelps claims 100m Buttery triple

He might not have dominated the pool as he had
at Beijing 2008, but the week in London was still
very much about Michael Phelps. In the y he was
to mark his last individual race by winning gold in
51.21. This was the third Olympic Games in a row
in which Phelps won 100m Buttery gold. The race
was also notable for throwing up a unique dead
heat for the silver medal, when Chad le Clos of
South Africa (who beat Phelps to gold in the 200m
Buttery) and Evgeny Korotyshkin of the Russian
Federation both touched in 51.44.
Golden farewell for Phelps with the

4 x 100m Medley
Michael Phelps dived into an Olympic Games pool
for the nal time, and it was only tting that his
extraordinary career should close with yet another
gold medal, his fourth of these Games. It was his
18th gold medal in all, taking his overall tally to 22
in four Olympic Games. No other athlete from any
sport has ever won more than nine.
The USA won in 3:29.35 from a strong
Japanese quartet in 3:31.26, followed by the
Australians (3:31.58). Afterwards Phelps was
presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award
trophy by FINA, the swimming world
governing body.
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Michael Phelps
Born to Swim
There will be many a
pub argument over what
constitutes the Greatest
Athlete of All Time, but
featuring heavily in any
debate will be Michael
Phelps. The American
swimmer retired after the
London 2012 Olympic
Games, having won an
extraordinary total of 22
medals, 18 of them gold.
That tally, which includes
his remarkable eight gold
medals in eight events cleansweep at Beijing 2008,
means that Phelps overtakes
Larisa Latynina, the Soviet
gymnast who won 18
medals, nine of them gold,
between 1956 and 1964,
as the holder of the most
Olympic medals.
Born in June 1985 in
Maryland and coached by
Bob Bowman, Phelps is built
for swimming. At 195cm
tall, he has a long torso and
short legs, with an arm span
of 6ft 7in and size 14 feet.
I couldnt ask to
nish on a better
note. Ive done
everything I ever
wanted to do.
Michael Phelps
Golden nale. Michael Phelps

bows out with a stunning Buttery
leg for the USA in their 4 x 100m
Medley Relay nal. The USA took
the gold medal on the nal day of
Swimming.
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The Aquatics Centre

The London 2012 Aquatics
Centre is made from Welsh
steel and concrete, and its
12,000-square-metre waveshaped roof is one and a half
times larger than Wembleys
football pitch. The venue was
built on the site of a former
salvage yard, once Britains
biggest scrap fridge mountain.
During construction workers
removed and cleaned 160,000
tonnes of soil contaminated with
petrol, tar, arsenic and lead.
The Aquatics Centre now houses
a 50m competition pool, 25m
diving pool and 50m warmup pool, lined with 866,000
ceramic tiles. Despite its
voluptuous curves, all the ceiling
joints of the Aquatics Centre
were crafted in straight lines to
help backstroke swimmers to
swim straight.
Defending champion Rebecca

Adlington reects on losing her title
but gaining the bronze medal in an
impressive 400m Freestyle swim.
Womens events
A Chinese star rises in the
To nd a 16-year-old swimmer breaking the world
record on the rst night of Swimming nals at
London 2012 was surprise enough. However, when
it was noted that the closing 50m of Chinas Shiwen
Ye was quicker than Ryan Lochte had managed in
his nal of the mens event earlier in the evening,
it sent shockwaves through the sport. Ye, who took
up swimming aged six when a teacher noticed her
unusually large hands and directed her parents
towards the sport, was timed at 28.93 for that last
Freestyle 50m, compared with Lochtes 29.10. She
overtook the pre-race favourite, Elizabeth Beisel
of the USA, and touched with a world record of
4:28.43, slicing more than a second off the mark
set by Stephanie Rice at Beijing 2008. It made Ye
the youngest gold medallist in the 400m Individual
Medley in Olympic history, and the youngest world
record holder in the event for 34 years. China also
took the bronze medal with the 17-year-old Xuanxu
Li (4:32.91), while Beisel came home for silver in
4:31.27. Ye commented that, There is room for

improvement. The world waited to see if that would
come in the 200m Individual Medley.
Shiwen Ye double in the

Shiwen Ye completed the Individual Medley
double, winning the womens 200m event and
lowering the Olympic record she set in the seminal with 2:07.57. However, it was noticeable
that her victory was nowhere near as emphatic as
it had been in the 400m Medley. The 16-year-old
sensation was slowest off the blocks and turned
only fourth after the Buttery leg behind leader and
defending champion Stephanie Rice of Australia.
Ye made her Backstroke and Breaststroke count,
however, and pulled away in the nal, Freestyle
leg. Alicia Coutts eventually took silver in 2:08.15.
With American Caitlin Leverenz slipping into
bronze (2:08.95), Rice left London without adding
to the three gold medals she won at Beijing 2008.
Adlington claims another

400m Freestyle medal
The extent by which this sport moves on was never
better illustrated than in this nal, when Britains
Rebecca Adlington took the bronze medal despite
swimming faster than she had to win gold at
Beijing 2008.
Trailing in sixth place at the halfway point, as
Camille Muffat of France (4:01.45) and Allison
Schmitt of the USA (4:01.77) set the early pace to
secure the gold and silver medals, the defending
champion left her surge until the nal 50m.
With the home crowd urging her on, she made
enough headway to grab her spot on the podium
in 4:03.01. But this was about differences of
expectation, as Adlington explained afterwards.
Gold wasnt my expectation, it was the peoples
expectation, she said. Everyone has been saying
to me hey, are you going to get a gold? like Im
just going to pick up a drink, like its so easy.
Lithuania shocks the world with

100m Breaststroke gold
Surprises continued at the Aquatics Centre when
an unknown 15-year-old pupil at Plymouth College
swept to victory in 1:05.47 ahead of a stellar eld
that included the gold and silver medallists from
Beijing 2008. Sadly for the Host Nation, Ruta
Meilutyte is not British but Lithuanian. When she
was four years old, Rutas mother Ingrida was killed
by a car on a zebra crossing in Vilnius. Her father,
Saulius, came to the UK in search of work and,
having settled in Plymouth, brought Ruta to join
him. She had already shown promise as a swimmer
and was chosen for the Olympic squad in 2011.
Coached by Jon Rudd, an overwhelmed Meilutyte
could barely speak afterwards. I cant believe it,
she said. She was not alone.
Rebecca bows to talented teenager in the

800m Freestyle
Britains Rebecca Adlington did her best to make
the most of her bronze medal at the end of an
exhausting weeks work, but there was no denying
that a 15-year-old American had proved this was
very much a young persons game. Swimming
in her rst championship for her country, Katie
Ledecky swept to victory in 8:14.63, a USA record
as Adlington, aged 23, saw the second of her two
Olympic titles taken away though not her world
800m record.
It was one of the best performances seen at the
Olympic Games and one that neither Adlington
(8:20.32) nor the silver medallist, Mireia Belmonte
Garcia (ESP), could live with. The Washington
schoolgirl took an early lead and, with the
rst three swimming at sub-world record pace,
Adlington expected the main challenge to come
from Denmarks Lotte Friis, the bronze medallist
behind her at Beijing 2008.
But Ledecky did not slow, and she simply pulled
away. With 200m still to go, she had established
an unassailable lead and joined the legend of USA
swimming, Janet Evans, in winning the longest

of the events in the pool. She was also the latest
teenager to cause a sensation at London 2012,
following the gold medal exploits of Chinas
Shiwen Ye and Lithuanias Ruta Meilutyte. With
100m to go, Mireia Belmonte Garcia moved
ahead of Adlington to make the touch in 8:18.76
for her second silver medal of the Games after
nishing second in the 200m Buttery.
Through the tears, Adlington acknowledged
the passing of the baton. That was painful, she
said. Katie is absolutely incredible. There were
also mutterings about retirement, but much about
Adlingtons future will only be decided once the
dust has settled. As for Ledecky, she accepted
that the new breed of swimmers had taken over.
I think it is really neat. There must be a new
generation coming up now that some of the
older swimmers are retiring.
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She is a talented
and vigilant worker.
When youve got
talent and work
ethic youve got a
great kid.
Jon Rudd, Ruta Meilutytes
coach, on her success
New kid on the block. Ruta

Meilutyte won a surprise gold for
Lithuania in the 100m Breaststroke
then returned to school in Plymouth
to complete her GCSE studies.
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10km Marathon
Swim
Left: Last one in. The start of the

womens 10km Marathon Swim
in Hyde Park. Thousands lined the
banks of the Serpentine to watch
Hungarys Eva Risztov take gold.
Mellouli moves from pool to mens

Marathon Swim triumph
Two pool swimmers triumphed in the mens and
womens races, held in the scenic surroundings
of Hyde Parks Serpentine. The mens event saw
Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia, a gold medallist at
the 1500m Freestyle at Beijing 2008, race away to
glory becoming the rst swimmer to win a medal in
the pool and in the 10km Marathon Swim event.
Mellouli came into the Games nursing a
persistent shoulder injury, but was still able to
produce a decisive move at 7km to head the eld
into the nal circuit.
A quick last kilometre sealed victory, though
it was a tired Mellouli who touched rst in
1:49:55.10. Germanys Thomas Lurz, the
bronze medallist at Beijing 2008, was second in
1:49:58.5 while Canadas Richard Weinberger
took bronze in 1:50:00.30.
Afterwards Mellouli suggested that he had
suffered enough. After winning this gold I will
denitely think about retiring I cant do any
better than this.
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Far left: Inside the Aquatics Centre,

where capacity crowds lled the
space with cheers.
Below left: Water off a ducks back.

Tunisias Oussama Mellouli on his
Winning return for Risztov in womens

10km Marathon Swim
way to an historic victory in the

10km Marathon Swim. In Hyde
Parks the Serpentine, the ducks
and swans had to make way for the
Hungarys Eva Risztov, a veteran of the Sydney

2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games, also
made the move from the Olympic pool to triumph
in the open water. She had even swum the heats
for her country the week before in the 400m and
800m Freestyle events, and in the 4 x 100m Relay.
In the end she decided on the 10km Marathon
Swim for London 2012, with her victory coming in
only her seventh race at the distance.
Disqualied at the world championships when
she was caught up in the pack, Risztov, 26, chose
to swim this race from the front. She had a clear
lead at halfway. For a time she had Britains KeriAnne Payne for company. Risztov switched over to
backstroke at the one-hour mark to check on her
rivals.
Resisting a late surge by the group of four who
included Payne, Risztov touched to claim her rst
Olympic gold medal in 1:57:38.20. She was just
0.04 seconds ahead of Hayley Anderson of the
USA and Martina Grimaldi of Italy, who stopped
the clock at 1:57:41.80. Payne, the two-time world
champion and silver medallist at Beijing 2008,
came into the race as the favourite. But Payne lost
valuable time in trying to get a drink at the thirdlap feeding station, eventually missing out on the
bronze medal by less than half a second.
worlds best open-water swimmers.
Hyde Park The

Serpentine
There were no heats, only
a nal, in both mens and
womens 10km Marathon
Swimming events. The 25
athletes swam six laps of the
Serpentine, a man-made lake
in Hyde Park created in the
1730s at the behest of Queen
Caroline, wife of George II.
At that time, Hyde Park was
very much countryside on
the outskirts of the city. Today
it is home to the Serpentine
Swimming Club, which attracts
attention every year for its
Christmas Day race for the Peter
Pan Cup, an event that was rst
held in 1864.
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Aquatics
Synchronised Swimming
scored 197.030, featured sharp and dramatic
shapes. It saw dolls come to life and included a
daring and powerful double ip to start.
The silver medal went to Spain with a score of
192.900. Ona Carbonell Ballestero and Andrea
Fuentes Fache swam a Tango with fast, mirrored
movements. Chinas Xuechen Huang and Ou Liu
won the bronze medal, scoring 192.870.
Synchronicity. Natalia Ishchenko

and Svetlana Romashina, the
Russian Federation gold medallists,
perform their Petrouchka routine
in the Duets event. The Russian
Federation are dominant in
the sport, having won all the
synchronised swimming gold medals
at the 2011 world championships
and at London 2012.
Russian Federations Lost World routine

wins Teams event
We dont want to
reveal our secrets,
but to stay upside
down on our head
underwater is no
joke. We prepare
our new routine for
about a year. We
think of an image
rst and then we
nd the music.
Natalia Ishchenko, gold
medallist Synchronised
Swimming Duets
Daring dolls win gold in Synchronised

Swimming Duets
Russian Federations Natalia Ishchenko and
Svetlana Romashina were the gold medal winners
in the Duets competition watched by 17,000
mesmerised fans at the Aquatics Centre. The
Russian Federations Petrouchka routine, which
The Russian Federation treated Synchronised

Swimming fans to an intricate display of artistic
and technical skill as their Lost World routine won
the gold medal in the Teams event. The defending
champion swimmers, who scored 197.030,
wove an embroidery of pinpoint precision across
the pool. They sculled in unison with dramatic
choreography to create breathtaking patterns and
leaps through the water.
Chinas delicate butteries uttered and twirled
across the Aquatics Centre in an absorbing routine
which scored 194.010 to win silver. The bronze
medal went to the Spanish Sea Monsters routine,
with the swimmers wearing silver sh-skin swimsuits,
brought the creatures of the deep to life in an
athletic display which scored a total of 193.120.
Great Britain nished sixth, scoring 175.440
after their enchanting Peter Pan routine saw
Tinkerbell leaping from the pool and a vicious
crocodile snapping through the water. Former
Winter Olympic gold medal-winning ice skater
Robin Cousins helped with the choreography and
the voice of actor Michael Crawford was heard in
the soundtrack.
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Aquatics Water Polo

Gold at last. The USA players
showing gold medal form on their
way to winning the Water Polo nal.
It was the countrys rst after winning
silver and bronze in three previous
Olympic Games.
Mens event
Womens event
Croatia coast to victory in Water Polo
First gold for USA in Water Polo nal
Croatia beat Italy 86 to become Olympic

champions in the Olympic Parks magnicent
Water Polo Arena. They are the rst Balkan nation
to win the title since the break-up of the former
Yugoslavia.
In the nal both Miho Boskovic and Maro
Jokovic scored two goals in the second half, much
to the delight of Croatian fans. Cheering spectators
made the Water Polo Arena a sea of distinctive
red, white and blue ags, emblazoned with a red
and white checked shield.
This young team, mostly aged under 30, won
the FINA World League Finals in the run-up to the
Olympic Games, their tough and physical style
reecting that of Serbia and Montenegro. By taking
London 2012 Olympic gold, they signalled that
Croatia will be the nation to beat at Rio 2016.
In a dramatic bronze medal match Serbia beat
Montenegro 1211, recovering from a three-goal
decit and scoring in the nal minute to nish third.
The USA won their rst gold medal in womens

Water Polo, defeating Spain 85 in the nal to take
the gold medal.
Spain, competing for the rst time in the Games
after rising swiftly in the womens game, went
ahead twice, but were eventually overpowered. The
USA were determined to take home a gold medal
from London 2012 after winning bronze at Athens
2004 and silver at Sydney 2000 and Beijing
2008.
In the bronze medal match, Australia beat
Hungary 1311 in extra time. The match was taken
to extra time after Australian goalkeeper Alicia
McCormack mistakenly thought she could hold
on to the ball in the nal seconds while her team
was leading 1110. The quick-thinking Dora Antal
swam underwater, stole the ball and backhanded it
into the goal to level the scores and give Hungary
one last chance. However, Australia then scored
twice in extra time to secure the bronze medal.
What an amazing
feeling. I cant
explain this. This is
the top of the top.
Samir Barac, USA Water
Polo gold medallist and
captain
The Water Polo Arena

The Water Polo Arena,
overlooking the Aquatics Centre
and the Olympic Stadium,
brought its own note of drama
and innovation to the Olympic
Park. Designed as a temporary
venue, the exterior was
wrapped in a silver-coloured,
recyclable PVC membrane
and topped with inated, selfsupporting cushions to make a
wave-like roof. Inside the Arena,
referees and public were placed
on opposite sides of the pool to
allow both good views of the
action.
The Russian Federation team performs

a spectacular move during their Teams
technical routine in the Synchronised
Swimming competition. Their Lost World
routine won the defending champions
another gold medal, as their dominance of
the sport continued.
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Archery
The Italian mens team celebrate
after a nal arrow inner gold from
Michele Frangilli wins gold in front
of the historic Pavilion at Lords
Cricket Ground.
Lords Cricket Ground

The worlds most famous cricket
ground is named after Thomas
Lord, an entrepreneur and
bowler who bought the then
rural site for the Marylebone
Cricket Club in 1814. In a bold
move, the architects Populous
set two temporary stands for
5,000 spectators on the cricket
pitch, to create an axis linking
the grounds two most iconic
buildings the red-brick main
pavilion and the aluminium pod
built for the media in 1999. The
International Archery Federation
agreed to move the northsouth
axis of shooting 39 degrees
south, so that both buildings
could be revealed.
My rst dream
came true by being
here and on top of
that I have a gold
medal, so I am a
very happy man.
Jin Hyek Oh
Mens events
Italys golden arrow secures Team
Competition victory
An inner gold nish from Michele Frangilli won
the gold medal for Italy in the Team Competition at
the magnicent Lords Cricket Ground. The Italian
kept his nerve to snatch victory over the USA with
Archerys equivalent of one run in the last over.
Italy, silver medallists at Beijing 2008, came into
the London 2012 Games ranked 9th in the world,
but beat the USA, ranked world number one,
219218.
Frangilli, who has written a book about archery
techniques and who once shot a strawberry off
a cheesecake in a New York promotional event,
confessed that he closed his mind to both the
blustery weather conditions and the noise of the
crowd. I have been chasing this medal for 16
years, he declared, and the arrow at the 10, that
was a dream.
The young USA team had knocked out the
favourites and defending champions Korea in the
semi-nal. This major shock saw the Koreans fail to

make the Team Competition nal for the rst time
since Barcelona 1992, despite breaking two world
records in the ranking round and equalling their
world record score of 227, set at Beijing 2008,
in their quarter-nal match against Ukraine. Korea
eventually beat Mexico to win the bronze medal by
224219.
New order ourishes in the Individual

Competition
The nal event of the Olympic Archery competition
ended with a series of rsts and medals for Korea,
Japan and China.
Top of the pile was Jin Hyek Oh (KOR), a 30year-old lover of soft drinks and the elder statesman
of the team. He became the rst Korean to win
the Individual Competition with a 71 victory over
Takaharu Furukawa, who emulated the best-ever
performance by a Japanese archer in this event. Oh,
who adapted well to the variable winds that blew
at the nal, shot 28s and 29s and secured the gold
medal with a 10.
The bronze medal match proved more

competitive, with Xiaoxiang Dai scoring a shootoff win with a dead-centre 10 against outsider
Rick Van der Ven of the Netherlands to earn China
its rst individual medal in mens Archery.
Womens events
Team success for Asian superstars
Korea once again dominated the womens Team
Competition, beating China 210209 to win
their seventh successive Olympic gold medal in
uctuating sunshine and torrential rain at Lords
Cricket Ground.
Hyeonju Choi, Sung Jin Lee and Bo Bae Ki,
wearing designer sun hats and dripping with
diamond earrings, are the superstars of the sport,
radiating the glamour and energy of a charttopping girl band. The character of the group,
the joyful 24-year-old Bo Bae Ki, shot a nal
arrow scoring nine for victory. I was so lucky that
I didnt have to score ten ... talking to a sports
psychologist gave me a big chance to maintain a
stability of mind in that stressful moment, said the
athlete, whose training included handling snakes
to enhance her bravery in competition.
She described winning gold as the greatest
moment of her life and explained that being in
London was the fullment of a childhood dream.
Japan beat the Russian Federation 209207 to
win bronze, the countrys rst medal in Archery.
Ren Hayakawa hoped that in a nation where judo
and swimming were more popular, the teams
Olympic medal would inspire young people to take
up the sport. Our bronze medal will make archery
more popular with children in Japan, she said.
The famous Long Room in the Lords Pavilion
was dressed up for London 2012 with plush
sofas and bright purple cushions. Japans Miki
Kanie, speaking in the Marylebone Cricket Clubs
members lounge, said, I feel very honoured to be
in rooms that we are not usually allowed to enter.
Korea keeps Individual Competition gold

after Mexican shockwave
The Mexican archers caused all the drama with
their emergence as a world power, but there was
no surprise in Bo Bae Ki claiming her second gold
medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Bo
Bae Ki, who was introduced to the sport as part
of her school curriculum, had to ght all the way,
however, as Aida Roman (MEX), her opponent in
the nal, took her to the last arrow and a shoot-off.
Both archers hit eight, but Kis arrow was judged
to be nearer the centre and won the gold 65. The
closing stages of the competition were all about
Mexico, with Mariana Avitia also taking the bronze
medal 62 as she and Roman won their countrys
rst medals in Olympic Archery.
Alison Williamson, the senior member of Great
Britains womens Archery team, was competing in
her sixth Olympic Games. She lost to Mongolian
Bishindee Urantungalag in the Individual
Competition, following the womens team defeat by
the Russians on the rst day of the Games.
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Despite the result

this is denitely the
stand-out Games
for me. The crowd
was brilliant and
the venue absolutely
amazing.
Alison Williamson
Shooting with style. Koreas

spirited archer Bo Bae Ki scored
nine with her nal arrow to win
Team gold. She sought the help of
a sports psychologist to help her
concentration at London 2012.
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Ive been to ve
Olympic Games,
but this is special
to me because Im
a Londoner. As a
cricket fan, working
at Lords is a bit like
being set loose in
the sweetshop.
Robert Parsons, 79, Lords
Cricket Ground Games
Maker
The use of the historic Lords Cricket

Ground as the site for the Archery
competition was a huge success.
The axis of the eld of play was
adjusted so that the two famous
architectural elements, the pavilion
and the Media Centre were linked.
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Athletics
Recent Olympic
100m champions
Mens track events
London 2012
Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 OR
Lightning Bolt strikes again in 100m nal
Beijing 2008
Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.69 WR
There were doubts before these Olympic Games

about his form and tness, but Usain Bolt of
Jamaica proved yet again that he is the worlds
fastest man by retaining the title he had won so
spectacularly at Beijing 2008.
In one of the most highly anticipated blue riband
races for decades, the 25-year-old superstar of
Athens 2004
Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.85
Sydney 2000
Maurice Greene (USA) 9.87
Atlanta 1996
Donovan Bailey (CAN) 9.84
WR
Barcelona 1992
Linford Christie (GBR) 9.96
Seoul 1988
Carl Lewis (USA) 9.92 OR
Los Angeles 1984
Carl Lewis (USA) 9.99
Moscow 1980
Allan Wells (GBR) 10.25
Montreal 1976
Hasley Crawford (JAM)
10.06
It was wonderful
I knew it would
be like this. I can
feel that energy
and I am extremely
happy.
Usain Bolt, 100m gold
medallist, thanks the
Olympic Stadium crowd
the sport crossed the line in an Olympic record of

9.63, ahead of all those hoping to relieve him of
his crown. In becoming the rst man in history to
win the 100m at successive Olympic Games, Bolt
had also run the worlds second fastest time one
that only he had bettered.
By his own admission, he was only 95 per
cent t after niggling problems with his back and
hamstrings, so there was no time to waste in those
41 strides for any theatrics. Bolt had to work hard
for this victory, and it was all the more impressive
for that.
After a relatively poor start, he was upright at
40m and ahead at 60m. From then on the 198cmtall Bolt was all puffed cheeks and concentrated
effort until he dipped with a glance at the trackside
clock. There was also a raised index nger aimed
at all those who had suggested that maybe he
could not reproduce enough magic to secure this
second 100m title.
Behind him was Yohan Blake, his 22-year-old
training partner. Nicknamed the Beast, he was in
reality the young pretender who had beaten Bolt at
the Jamaican Olympic trials. Blake, who had won
the 2011 World Championships 100m title when
Bolt was disqualied for a false start, clocked 9.75
while the early leader Justin Gatlin, back at the top
after a four-year doping ban, took bronze in 9.79.
Behind them were the two other Americans,
Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey. Both are great
sprinters, but they were blown away in a nal in
which seven of the eight men broke 10 seconds, a
rst in Olympic history. After the excitement of the
three British gold medals on Super Saturday, this
was exactly what the Olympic Stadium needed.
Chants of U-sain, U-sain rang out from the 80,000
crowd, relishing a 100m nal worthy of all the preGames hyperbole.
Bolt the showman re-emerged after the race to
strike his Lightning Bolt pose, perform a somersault

and show that big booming smile as he paraded
the Jamaican ag on a lap of honour. I slipped a
little in the blocks, he confessed. I dont have the
best reactions, but I secured it and thats the key.
My coach told me to stop worrying about the start
and concentrate on the end because thats my best.
Blake was more than happy with silver and his
chance for revenge was not far away. Both men
had to recover quickly for the heats of the 200m,
hard on the heels of the 100m.
Bolt eyes legend status with 200m victory

As the irrepressible Usain Bolt led a Jamaican clean
sweep of the medals in a thrilling 200m, it was
the American Wallace Spearmon who summed up
what had just been achieved. Those guys are on
another planet right now, Spearmon conceded.
You just have to say Congratulations.
This, after all, was Bolts favoured distance
the one in which he rst came to prominence
as a sprinter of rare quality when he became
the youngest-ever world junior champion, aged
15, in 2002. Shrugging off the doubts over his

stamina coming into these Olympic Games, the
defending champion led around the bend and
stretched out on the straight, always holding off
the approaching Yohan Blake.
Bolts time of 19.32 was outside his world
record, but it equalled the previous best mark set by
Michael Johnson at Atlanta 1996. All those years
ago, people thought Johnsons record would last for
decades, but Bolt made it look like jogging. He was
that good.
Blake, who had beaten Bolt at the Jamaican
trials, had to make do with a silver medal again,
posting a seasons best time of 19.44 while the
little-known Jamaican Warren Weir, 22, was third
with 19.84, a personal best. Spearmons time of
19.90 put him in fourth place.
With two titles secured in front of another
packed house at the Olympic Stadium, there was
still the 4 x 100m Relay to go. For Bolt, looking
forward to being hailed as a legend as he
paraded his way round yet another lap of honour,
the Relay could not come soon enough.
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Opposite: Lightning strikes twice.

Usain Bolt makes history by winning
his second successive Olympic 100m
nal in an Olympic record time.
Kemboi maintains
Kenyan hold on
Steeplechase
Exuberant Kenyan Ezekiel
Kemboi danced for the
80,000 crowd on 5 August
after adding the 2012
Olympic Steeplechase title
to the one he claimed at
Athens 2004. He celebrated
by veering across the track
to lane eight before stepping
over the nish line in
8:18.56. It was to show that
I am stepping aside from the
Steeplechase to concentrate
on the Marathon, the
30-year-old revealed.
It was Kenyas eighth
Olympic Steeplechase gold
medal in a row. This is our
event, Kemboi explained,
this is what we do best.
Long-time rival Mahiedine
Mekhissi-Benabbad claimed
Frances rst Athletics
medal of the Games with
silver in 8:19.08 while a
second Kenyan, Abel Kiprop
Mutai, took the bronze with
8:19.73.
Jamaican jubilation. Usain Bolt (left)

celebrates with silver medallist Yohan
Blake (centre) and bronze medallist
Warren Weir (right) after the rstever Jamaican clean sweep of the
medals in the mens 200m nal.
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Right: New generation. Nineteenyear-old Kirani James of Grenada

on his way to winning his countrys
rst Olympic medal in the mens
400m. He was also the rst athlete
not from the USA to go under 44
seconds.
Below right: Simply the best. David
Rudisha, whose father had won
a 4 x 400m Relay silver medal
at Mexico City 1968, chose the
biggest stage of all to produce his
nest performance. The Kenyan won
a sensational 800m nal with a new
world record.
Resurgent Sanchez
grabs 400m
Hurdles gold
For six years Felix Sanchez
(DOM) had been virtually
written off as a force in onelap hurdling, but at London
2012 the 2004 Olympic
champion took everyone by
surprise. He reproduced his
best form to snatch back the
title with 47.63 exactly the
same time as he clocked at
Athens 2004.
The Dominican Republic
athlete, who famously
wore a red plastic souvenir
bracelet with ashing
lights during an unbeaten
run of 35 nals between
2001 and 2004, sobbed
uncontrollably as he stood
on the podium. It emerged
that he was remembering
the grandmother who had
brought him up and who
had died in 2008.
Behind Sanchez the
USAs Michael Tinsley was
a surprise silver medallist
in 47.91 while the world
number one, Javier Culson of
Puerto Rico, clocked 48.10
for the bronze. Most shocked
of all was Team GBs world
champion Dai Greene,
whose lack of tness after
surgery at the turn of the
year left him struggling in
fourth place.
First gold for Grenada in 400m

On a night of surprises and upsets in the Olympic
Stadium, Kirani James continued his sensational
progress by adding Olympic gold to the world title
he won in 2011. His victory came from a 400m
nal that contained no USA team athletes for the
rst time in modern Olympic history.
The 19-year-old took the rst Olympic medal of
any colour for Grenada (pop. 110,000) in 43.94.
He nished ahead of Luguelin Santos, 18, of the
Dominican Republic and Lalonde Gordon, 23, of
Trinidad a Caribbean clean sweep and from
the part of the world now dominating world-class
sprinting.
After the semi-nal James, a world youth and
world junior champion, swapped bib numbers with
Oscar Pistorius, the South African who was the rst
double-amputee runner to compete at the Olympic
Games.
Rudisha world record to win 800m

Lord Coe called it the performance of the Games,
in any sport, and few would dispute that David
Rudishas (KEN) world record in the Olympic
Stadium was among the greatest moments of London
2012. The 24-year-old world champion came to the
Games intent on breaking Vebjorn Rodals (NOR)
Olympic record of 1:42.58, but from the start he
was clearly on course for something faster. Leading
through 400m in 49.28, he opened up along the

back straight and then launched his nishing effort
around the nal turn. The young Botswanan Nijel
Amos gave chase, but there was no catching the
imperious Rudisha.
His eyes lit up as he caught sight of the time as
he crossed the line and the crowd responded with
rapturous applause. He had broken the world record
for the third time, and his 1:40.99 fullled the
pledge that he made to himself to make Lord Coe
proud. Amos took the silver with a world junior and
Botswana record of 1:41.73, a time that once stood
as a world record to Seb Coe, and Timothy Kitum,
another Kenyan, collected the bronze.
Lord Coe is a good friend of mine, Rudisha
revealed afterwards. I came here in February and
he took me around this Olympic Stadium. I wanted
to come here and make him proud. Ive waited for
this moment for a very long time. I had no doubt
about winning and I was praying for good weather.
Today the weather was beautiful and I decided to
go for the world record.
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Fabulous nale. The Jamaican 4

x 100m Relay team closed the
Athletics programme in the Olympic
Stadium by retaining the Olympic
title, breaking the world record in
the process. (Clockwise from bottom
left) Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Nesta
Carter and Michael Frater claimed
they kept their baton-changing
practice to a minimum.
Bahamas triumph in
4 x 400m Relay
In the greatest 800m ever seen, everyone behind

Rudisha and Amos clocked either a seasons best or
a personal best. Among them was Britains Andrew
Osagie who was eighth in 1:43.77, a time that
would have won the previous three Olympic nals.
Jamaican world record in 4 x 100m Relay

In the most tting of nales to the Athletics
programme in the Olympic Stadium Usain Bolt
anchored the Jamaican quartet to a memorable
world record of 36.84 improving the mark they
set at Beijing 2008.
It was the Games fourth Athletics world record
and the fourth of Bolts stellar career, now including
six Olympic gold medals. All the talk of Bolts injury
worries and waning powers were swept away in
one glorious week; this was a nal victory to savour.
The Jamaican changeovers, beginning with
Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, were faultless.
When Bolt took the baton from Yohan Blake, he
was a stride behind the USAs Ryan Bailey, but

the result was never in doubt. The USA team took
silver, with Trinidad and Tobago being promoted
to bronze medal position after the Canadians
were disqualied.
Bolt almost blotted his copybook by pretending
to hand the yellow baton to an ofcial at the end
of the race and then running away with it as a
keepsake. The rules required that the baton be
returned, but Bolt was given it later in any case a
memento of an astonishing week in which he had
established himself as the greatest sprinter of all
time. Its always a beautiful feeling to end like this,
said Bolt. I knew a world record was possible and
the team gave it their all.
In my opinion we have seen the two

best athletes in the sport tonight.
Michael Johnson, four-time Olympic gold medallist,
pays tribute to Usain Bolt and David Rudisha
The USA used to be able to

count the 4 x 400m Relay
as its own after a winning
record in the Olympic
Games stretching back to
1952, but in London the
Bahamas beat the top-quality
quartet into second place.
Chris Brown, Demetrius
Pinder, Michael Mathieu
and Ramon Miller claimed
Bahamas rst ever mens
Olympic gold medal with a
national record of 2:56.72.
Their victory came after the
most dramatic of nal legs,
when Miller overtook Angelo
Taylor of the USA in the last
30m. Trinidad and Tobago
took the bronze medal after
holding off the fast-nishing
Briton Martyn Rooney. His
magnicent nal leg of 44.1
seconds gave Team GB
fourth place.
Missing from the USA
team in the nal was Manteo
Mitchell, who had managed
to complete his 400m lap in
the heat despite sustaining a
broken leg.
Ive been here since the beginning

watching the Stadium grow and its been
a terric experience. Its an amazing
achievement and Ive done my little bit to
make it happen.
Brian Thomas, Olympic Stadium worker
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Farah ran a careful, strategic race, remaining

with the defending champion Kenenisa Bekele
(ETH) until only ve laps remained, when he moved
to third. He followed Tariku Bekele, the younger
of the Ethiopian brothers, to the front and was in
second place at 800m, racing away at the bell to
take a metre lead. Another move with 90m to go
and the 29-year-old had crossed the line, ending
the sequence of four consecutive Ethiopian golds.
It was tting that the silver medal was won for
the USA by Galen Rupp, Farahs training partner,
with 27:30.90. Both men belonged to the group
of athletes coached by former marathon runner
Alberto Salazar in Oregon, to where Farah and his
family had decamped in 2010.
Bronze went to Tariku Bekele on 27:31.43, the
younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele who had tried
in vain to track Farah throughout the race.
I cant believe it, said Farah. Its something I
have worked so hard for with 120 miles in training,
week in, week out.
Magical moment. Mo Farah

becomes the rst Briton to win the
mens Olympic 10,000m and the
third of the three British athletes to
win gold on Super Saturday.
Ive never
experienced
anything like this
this is the best
moment of my life.
Mo Farah, 10,000m gold
medallist
Mo achieves distance double in 5,000m
Pure Mo magic in the 10,000m
Anything goes. The London 2012

Olympic mascot Wenlock hugs Mo
Farah as he celebrates winning gold
in the mens 10,000m.
This was British athletics at its very best. Mo Farahs

10,000m triumph capped a fantasy night for a
sport that normally struggles for a British gold
medal. This was a night when three came within
the space of 45 minutes, and the most dramatic of
those belonged to Farah. This was the night that
Farah took on the Africans over 25 laps and beat
them, sprinting from the front around the nal circuit
and crossing the line in 27:30.42. A euphoric
crowd of 80,000, already hoarse from cheering
the gold medals won by Jessica Ennis and Greg
Rutherford, found a second wind to acclaim Farahs
historic achievement, in an event in which it was
once thought impossible to overcome the Kenyan
and Ethiopian dominance.
It seemed inconceivable that having won the

10,000m the week before, Britains Mo Farah
could pull off this double. Only six men in history
had achieved such a feat, including the great
Emil Zatopek of Czech Republic and Lasse Viren
from Finland but this was a historic Olympic
Games in which British athletes were achieving
extraordinary things. When Farah was handily
placed throughout the slow-run race, and then
moved into the lead with less than two laps to go,
the impossible became suddenly possible. Given
that Farah had already admitted to being tired
after the greatest week in his life, the Kenyans and
Ethiopians had played into his hands by allowing
the race to drift along. They gave Farah the
perfect platform from which to launch his winning
effort, with his famous burst of speed.
The strike came even before the bell and Farah
was off. He was chased hard by the pack, led by
Ethiopias Hagos Gebrhiwet, Moroccos Abdalaati
Iguider and Kenyas Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa.

There was a time when Farah would have been
swallowed up by men such as these, but not now.
The Briton pressed harder on the accelerator and
found more speed, his face showing his effort and
sheer desperation to get to the nish line rst. The
nearer it came, the less serious their gold medal
challenge appeared.
Even before he crossed the line, to a standing
ovation from the Stadium crowd, Farahs
unforgettable celebrations had begun. His hands
rst crossed and then stretched wide as his mouth
opened and the reality hit home. He had run
the last mile in four minutes and the last lap in
52.94 seconds, contributing to an overall time
of 13:41.66. Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel took
silver with 13:41.98 and Longosiwa of Kenya
bronze with 13:42.36.
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Left: Determination. Mo Farah runs

through the pain on his way to
winning his second gold medal of
the London 2012 Olympic Games
in the 5,000m nal.
110m Hurdles gold

falls to USA
Top-ranked American Aries
Merritt won the 110m
Hurdles in what was a
competition littered with
injuries and falls. Among the
casualties were the Chinese
superstar and Athens 2004
champion Xiang Lui, who
succumbed to an Achilles
tendon injury just as he had
done at Beijing 2008. The
nal also saw world record
holder Dayron Robles pull
up injured.
The greatest feat in

the history of British
athletics.
Brendan Foster, 10,000m
Olympic bronze medallist
at Montreal 1976,
acknowledges the scale of
Mo Farahs achievement
One day like this. Mo Farahs

face says it all as he completes an
historic double to win the mens
Olympic 5,000m ahead of Dejen
Gebremeskel of Ethiopia and
Thomas Longosiwa of Kenya on
the nal night of track action in the
Olympic Stadium.
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Ugandan surprise. Draped in his

national ag, Stephen Kiprotich
heads for the nish line of the mens
Marathon in The Mall. He was only
the second Ugandan ever to win
Olympic gold after 400m hurdler
John Akii-Bua.
I didnt believe
it could be me
Ive joined the
champions and Im
very happy.
Stephen Kiprotich,
Marathon gold medallist
Mens walks draw

record crowds
The vast crowds which lined
the route of the mens 20km
Race Walk on 4 August
2012 were rewarded with
an Olympic record and
a major breakthrough, as
Ding Chen, 19, became
the rst Chinese walker
to win Olympic gold. He
crossed the line in The Mall
in 1:18:46, with compatriot
Zhen Wang taking the
bronze medal behind Erick
Barrondo of Guatemala.
Big crowds were also in
central London for the 50km
Walk on the 11 August,
which saw a victory for
Sergey Kirdyapkin of the
Russian Federation in a new
Olympic record of 3:35:59.
Australias Jared Tallent won
silver, as at Beijing 2008,
while Tianfeng Si of China
took bronze.
Britains Dominic King was
cheered home to nish last
of the 51 walkers, crossing
the line more than 39
minutes behind Kirdyapkin.
Uganda powers to Marathon gold

There were surprises on both sides of the barriers
lining the mens Marathon route on the nal day of
the Olympic Games. Stephen Kiprotich ran the race
of his life to take the rst gold medal for Uganda
since the legendary John Akii-Bua won the 400m
Hurdles at Munich 1972, and unprecedented
crowds watched the eld wind its way through the
centre of London from its start in The Mall.
Unlike the womens race a week earlier, the
mens event was blessed with glorious sunshine.
Even the London Marathon has not drawn such
crowds, often 20-deep and hanging from every
vantage point as the race unfolded.
In a eld containing champions and a world
record holder, Kiprotichs victory was a major
shock. The sixth of seven children, he moved to
Kenya to train in Eldoret in the Rift Valley, home to
the worlds elite marathon runners; and it was the
Kenyans who had to watch from the chasing pack

as the 23-year-old made his move, powering away
from the rest with three miles to go.
Away and clear, Kiprotich waved to the crowd
on The Embankment and winked at the television
camera. As he made his way to the nish, in front
of Buckingham Palace, he grabbed a Ugandan ag
from the crowd, draped it around his shoulders and
jogged through the nish line in 02:08:01. It was
to be Ugandas second-ever Olympic medal.
Abel Kirui (KEN), the two-time world champion,
had to be content with the silver medal in 02:08:27
and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) the reigning
London Marathon champion, was third in
02:09:37. These were the last medals awarded at
the London 2012 Olympic Games and they were
presented to the athletes, as is traditional, later that
day, during the Closing Ceremony in the Olympic
Stadium.
Mens !eld events

Rutherford emulates Lynn the Leap in the
Long Jump
On the night that will go down in history as
Super Saturday three Britons won gold in the
Olympic Stadium. The most unlikely of them,
Greg Rutherford, gloriously succeeded the likes
of Lynn Davies, Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis and
Dwight Phillips as the Long Jump champion with a
remarkable jump of 8.31m.
The 25-year-old from Milton Keynes, whose
great-grandfather Jock won three league
championship titles with Newcastle United, has
struggled with injury throughout his career; before
Beijing 2008 he also had to contend with the
death of his grandfather. He did not come into the
London 2012 Olympic Games as a favourite, but
he was t and healthy. Rutherford had remodelled
his jumping technique in recent years to emulate
the take-off favoured by Lewis, who took Olympic
gold four times between 1984 and 1996.

His fourth-round jump was enough to beat
the rest, allowing Rutherford, who might have
become a footballer after training with the Aston
Villa academy as a 14-year-old, to full a lifelong
dream. On such a night, when his every effort was
propelled along the runway by the jet-engine noise
of an 80,000-strong crowd still revelling in Jessica
Ennis Heptathlon triumph, Rutherford did enough to
beat Mitchell Watt of Australia, on 8.16m, and the
American Will Claye on 8.12m.
Looking at the others, I knew that no one had
the spark thats been there in this event in recent
years, he admitted. No one dominated the event.
I wanted to get a good jump in early and make
them chase. I was aware of the crowd and they
gave me the lift I needed.
In an Olympic Games bearing the slogan
Inspire a generation, Rutherford hoped that he
could play his part. Im hoping there are a couple
of kids out there who are thinking, Ill do long
jump now; that ginger guy was pretty good.
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History maker
Majewski wins Shot Put
Tomasz Majewski of Poland
became only the third man in
history to win two Olympic
Shot Put titles, and the rst
to retain his title since 1956.
His best effort of 21.89m
came in the nal round of an
intriguing contest, with the
30-year-old taking the title
by just three centimetres from
David Storl of Germany.
Reese Hoffa of the USA
claimed the bronze medal
with 21.23m while his
teammate Christian Cantwell
was fourth.
After the contest on 3
August Majewski praised the
performance of the young
German, youngest of the
12 nalists. David Storl
is young, he is explosive,
he said. The next Olympic
Games will be his, but this
one is mine.
This is what I have

dreamed of my
whole life and to
do it in London is
just incredible. I
might wake up in a
minute.
Greg Rutherford, Long
Jump gold medallist
Leaping for gold. Greg Rutherford

becomes the rst Briton to win the
Olympic Long Jump since Lynn
Davies at Tokyo 1964 with this leap
of 8.31m.
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Right: Breakthrough. Great Britains

Robbie Grabarz cleared two
heights, 2.25m and 2.29m, to win
a bronze medal in the mens High
Jump a year after almost giving up
the sport.
Far right: Staying ahead of the

game. Ashton Eaton (centre) of
the USA produced a seasons
best in the 110m hurdles to retain
the lead he held throughout the
Up and Ukhov in the High Jump
competition as he won the mens

Decathlon gold medal.
Pars hits par to

win Hammer
Krisztian Pars became the
fth Hungarian to take
the Hammer gold medal,
on 5 August 2012. The
Hungarian run of success
began with the legendary
Imre Nemeth at the London
1948 Olympic Games.
Pars, 30, came into the
Olympic Games in the
form of his life and was
simply too good for the rest,
his being the only throw
beyond the 80m mark.
His winning score, coming
in the third round, was a
relatively modest 80.59m,
with the closest throws of
defending champion Primoz
Kozmus of Slovenia and
Koji Murofushi of Japan,
the 2011 world champion,
falling more than a metre
shy. Kozmus took silver with
79.36m and Murofushi
bronze with 78.71m, both
seasons bests. There will
be quite a festival now in my
hometown, said Pars, who
comes from Szombathely,
near the Austrian border.
Ivan Ukhov, one of the great characters of the

High Jump event, found a new celebrity status in
London by taking Olympic gold. Competing in
rainy conditions that do not usually suit him, as he
could not wear the normal high jump shoes with
spikes in the heel, there was an ad hoc element to
Ukhovs performance; at one stage the tousle-haired
Russian lost his competition vest and hastily had to
pin a spare number on a Tshirt. The 26-year-old,
overlooked for Beijing 2008, sailed over 2.33m,
2.36m and 2.38m to secure the gold, while Erik
Kynard of the USA, who tried to stay with Ukhov,
landed the silver as the only other man to clear
2.33m.
It was a dramatic night as both the world
champion Jesse Williams of the USA and Olympic
champion Andrey Silnov (RUS) failed to live up to
their best. Britains Robbie Grabarz cleared only
two heights, but his 2.29m meant he took bronze,
sharing equal third place with Mutaz Essa Barshim
of Qatar and Derek Drouin of Canada. It made for
a crowded podium.
I should have jumped higher than

that and should have got one better
medal, but I got a bronze medal and its
incredible its fantastic.
Robbie Grabanz, High Jump bronze medallist
Exhausted Eaton wins Decathlon

The USAs world record holder Ashton Eaton enjoyed
a fabulous two days to win the Decathlon title in
front of crowds that multi-event athletes only dream
about. The striking aspect of this 10-element event
is that, normally, most of it is played out in front of
near-empty stadia. At London 2012, the Olympic
Stadium was full for the rst element, the 100m, and
the last, the 1500m. In between, three quarters of
the 80,000 crowd stayed behind at lunchtime on the
rst day to watch the Decathlon high jump.
The 24-year-old racked up points with his 100m
time of 10.35, the fastest-ever in an Olympic
Decathlon, followed by a long jump of 8.03m and
a throw of 61.96m in the javelin. By the time the
athletes lined up for their 1500m race, the outcome
was no longer in dispute. Eaton won gold with
8,869 points from his teammate, Trey Hardee,
for the rst American onetwo since 1956. For
Hardee, second to Eaton in the 100m and close
behind him throughout the ten events, the silver
medal was particularly welcome following a foul
in the pole vault at Beijing 2008 and an elbow
injury in the 2011 world championships. Cuban
Leonel Suarez took the bronze medal with 8,523, a
seasons best score.
Walcott shocks with golden Javelin strike
Hurdling Harting takes Discus gold

Robert Harting celebrated his Olympic gold
medal by ripping off his vest and leaping over the
barriers set out for the womens 100m Hurdles
nal. The 204cm-tall Germans eccentric display
was understandable. He had just won the Discus
competition with his fth-round effort of 68.27m to
become the fourth German to hold the title and the
rst for 12 years to win an Athletics Olympic gold.
Ehsan Hadadis rst-round distance of 68.18m
survived to land him silver Irans rst-ever Athletics
medal at the Olympic Games. The bronze went to
the defending champion, Gerd Kanter of Estonia,
who threw 68.03m.
Less than a month after winning the world junior

title in Barcelona, Keshorn Walcott (TRI) shocked the
senior athletes by collecting the Olympic gold medal
as well. Walcott became the rst non-European to
win the Javelin Throw since 1952.
The 19-year-olds rst surprise was to take the rstever lead in the competition with 83.51m, and then
improve to 84.58m, a Trinidad and Tobago national
record, in the second round. It was a mark that the
very best throwers from Europe, struggling with
the wind, were unable to match, with Norwegian
Andreas Thorkildsen, the defending champion,
nishing a surprising sixth. Oleksandr Pyatnytsya
of Ukraine took the silver medal with 84.51m while
the bronze went to Antti Ruuskanen of Finland who
managed 84.12m.
This was Trinidad and Tobagos rst Olympic
gold medal in Athletics since Hasley Crawfords
100m triumph at Montreal 1976, and its rst
ever in a eld event. On his return home, Walcott
received a 100,000 reward and 20,000 acres of
land. A lighthouse was named in his honour, and
the day of his arrival was also declared a national
holiday by Trinidad and Tobagos Prime Minister.
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Indoor Pole Vault

champion soars to
Olympic gold
Renaud Lavillenie, the most
condent of all the pole
vaulters in the Olympic
Stadium, boldly moved
straight to a 5.97m vault
in the nal on 10 August,
going clear on his second
attempt. He became the
fourth Frenchman to win
the gold medal and the rst
since Atlanta 1996.
Already European
outdoor and world indoor
champion, Lavillenie had
not enjoyed the best of
build-ups, but took the title
with an Olympic record of
5.97m, ahead of Germans
Bjorn Otto and Raphael
Holzdeppe. Both cleared
5.91m on their rst attempt,
but failed to go any better.
Their medals were decided
based on their record at the
previous height of 5.85m.
Otto cleared this height on
the second attempt, while
Holzdeppe took three
attempts.
Above left: Party on. Germanys

Robert Harting celebrates winning
the Olympic Discus gold medal
by ripping off his vest. Hartings
win saw him extend his unbeaten
record, which stretches back to
I just went out

there to relax
and enjoy it and it
worked for me
It means everything
to me.
August 2010.
Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad

and Tobago, Javelin Throw
gold medallist
The big shock. Trinidad and

Tobagos Keshorn Walcott won the
mens Javelin Throw with the shortest
winning distance since Seoul 1988,
but it was a personal best, a national
record and too good for the rest.
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I used to compete
in triathlon so this
is very exciting. The
enthusiasm of the
British people has
been amazing ...
Im really impressed
by peoples love of
sport.
Fernanda Strasser German and Spanish
interpreter
Eager spectators, photographers

and journalists ll the streets of
London to catch a glimpse of the
competitors in the mens Marathon,
the nal Athletics event of the
London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Above: Close run thing. Jamaicas

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (centre)
retains her Olympic 100m title
ahead of the favourite, Carmelita
Jeter (second right) of the USA.
Womens
track events
Fraser-Pryce back on top in the 100m
10,000m win puts

Dibaba into history
books
Ethiopias Tirunesh Dibaba
became the rst woman to
win successive Olympic titles
at 10,000m on 3 August.
Her victory followed another
consummate performance
over 25 laps on the opening
evening of Athletics in the
Olympic Stadium.
The only other woman
to win two 10,000m titles
since the race entered the
Olympic programme was
her cousin, Derartu Tulu, who
won at Barcelona 1992 and
Sydney 2000. Dibaba, 26,
unleashed her trademark
sprint over the nal 600m
to win in 30:20.75, ahead
of Kenyans Sally Kipyego
(30:26.37) and Vivian
Cheruiyot (30:30.44). I
have worked very hard
for this, said the delighted
champion.
Jamaicas Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce caused

something of an upset by upstaging the pre-race
favourite, Carmelita Jeter of the USA, to win the
100m in 10.75 an astonishing time considering
the breezy, cool conditions in the Olympic
Stadium.
The 25-year-old, who took the lead at half way
became the rst woman to retain the title since the
USAs Gail Devers won at Barcelona 1992 and
Atlanta 1996. It was not quite the clean sweep the
Jamaicans managed at Beijing 2008, however.
Fraser-Pryce crossed the line just 0.03 seconds
ahead of Jeter, who challenged hard all the way
in what she described as a power-lled nal,
with fellow Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown
taking the bronze medal in 10.81. Jeter, who ran a
seasons best time, had narrowly beaten CampbellBrown in one semi-nal, while in the other FraserPryce nished ahead of Allyson Felix, also of the
USA.
Richards-Ross takes 400m in near

carbon copy nal
It was so close to being a rerun of their race at the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games but both Sanya
Richards-Ross and Britains Christine Ohuruogu,
the bronze and gold medallists there, had been
through enough in the intervening four years to
ensure that this nal would have a different result.
Richards-Ross, the 2009 world champion from
the USA, led as usual into the nal 50m. This left
Ohuruogu, after three years of injury and indifferent
form, to make her customary late charge from sixth
place coming off the nal turn. The Briton almost
made it, but her best time since her Beijing 2008
triumph still left her 0.15 seconds adrift at the line
as Richards-Ross claimed the title she craved in
49.55.
DeeDee Trotter (USA) who admitted having
spent 25 minutes on her extravagant eye makeup,
was third in 49.72.
I worked so hard for that and I prepared for
this moment over and over for the last four years,
admitted Richards-Ross. This was the USAs rst
gold medal on the track at London 2012, with
Richards-Ross becoming only the second American
to hold the title after Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984.
Ohuruogu, who was brought up within a 10-minute

walk of the Olympic Stadium, was initially
distraught at losing her title, but admitted later, I
should be really proud of myself To have done
what I did, having had three years which were not
that great means I should be quite happy.
Gelana dees the rain in Marathon

Inspired by Fatuma Roba, the Atlanta 1996
champion, Ethiopias Tiki Gelana survived a fall at
a drinks station to win the womens Marathon in a
rain-soaked central London, setting a new Olympic
record of 2:23:07.
The 24 year old from Bekoji, 100 miles south of
Addis Ababa, improved the record set by Japans
Naoko Takahashi at Sydney 2000. It proved a
fascinating race on the Olympic course of one 2.2mile loop followed by three of eight miles that took
in some of the capitals most iconic sights.
In the early stages the 118 competitors had
to splash through vast puddles as the rain lashed
down, but the carnival atmosphere persisted.
Runners could not resist waving to the crowds who
lined every section of the route. As the sun dried
the streets, so the leaders pushed on in their quest
for Olympic glory and, predictably, it was
the Ethiopians and Kenyans who forged ahead.

With eight miles to go, Gelana was one of ve
leaders with a 17-second lead on the rest. Up
with her were Kenyans Mary Keitany, the two-time
London Marathon champion, the world champion
Edna Kiplagat, Priscah Jeptoo, and Mare Dibaba
of Ethiopia in what was looking like a battle
between Ethiopia and Kenya.
The surprise package turned out to be the
Russian Tatyana Arkhipova. She surged from the
pack to catch the leaders and, as Keitany tried to
inject some pace, so Arkhipova matched her efforts.
Gelana rounded the Queen Victoria Memorial
alone to cross the line and kiss the red tarmac in
The Mall the nish of the London Marathon since
1994. Jeptoo was just ve seconds adrift in second
for the closest nish in the womens Olympic
Marathons short history. Arkhipova was rewarded
for her tenacity with the bronze medal in a personal
best of 2:23:29.
It was a great race, said Gelana. The rain
made it very interesting. I love running in the rain.
I have been doing that since I was a small child.
Roba [Olympic gold medallist Fatuma Roba, also
from Bekoji, the town of runners] is my hero. I am
extremely happy to share history with her.
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The womens Olympic

Marathon
As recently as 1980,
the furthest women were
permitted to run on the track
was 1500m. Resistance to
the womens Marathon lay
in the long-held belief that it
was simply too far for them
to run. Pressure to include
the classic distance in the
womens programme came
largely from female runners
who were competing in
big city races around the
world. Only in September
1981 was the womens
Marathon nally added to
the Olympic programme for
Los Angeles 1984.
Opposite: Silver lining. Great

Britains Christine Ohuruogus
silver medal in the womens 400m
represented an astonishing comeback
after three years of injury problems
following on from Beijing 2008.
Below: The womens Marathon sets
off in front of huge crowds on a
rainy Sunday morning in The Mall.
The location provided a stunning
backdrop for the start and nish of
the race.
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This is no time to
freeze because its
the Olympic Games.
This is what you do
every single day.
You arent going to
forget how to hurdle
or run. So you just
have to do it.
Advice given to Sally
Pearson before her 100m
Hurdles nal
Third time lucky for

Felix in 200m
After taking the silver medal
at Athens 2004, the USAs
Allyson Felix was expected
to win gold at Beijing
2008, only to be denied
by Jamaicas Veronica
Campbell-Brown. At London
2012 the graceful 26-yearold always looked like a
champion-in-waiting in the
heats, and in the nal she
had enough in reserve to
hold off another Jamaican,
the 100m champion ShellyAnn Fraser-Pryce. Felix
clocked 21.88 to claim
Olympic gold, with FraserPryce equally delighted to
win the silver medal with
22.09, a personal best.
Carmelita Jeter (USA), the
100m silver medallist, took
the bronze in 22.14. Ive
waited so long for this
moment, said Felix. Its
been a long road. You cant
lose sight of your dream.
Right: Breaking down barriers. The

USA team of (left to right) Allyson
Felix, Carmelita Jeter, Bianca Knight
and Tianna Madison broke an East
German world record to win the 4 x
100m Relay.
Inspired Pearson gives a 100m Hurdles

masterclass
USA scorch to world record in 4 x 100m

Relay
Sally Pearson is not British, but there was no more

popular winner that night in the Olympic Stadium,
when she took gold in a dramatic 100m Hurdles.
Inspired by Cathy Freemans 400m victory
on the Magic Monday of the Sydney Olympic
Games, the Queenslander gave a masterclass
in hurdling to win Australias rst Athletics gold
medal at London 2012. Her British relatives in
the crowd saw the 25-year-old clock an Olympic
record of 12.35, nishing a hairs breadth ahead
of the USAs Dawn Harper, whose dip for the line
almost brought her gold. Only 0.02 of a second
separated the two, with Kellie Wells (USA) taking
bronze on 12.48. Both Harper and Wells ran
personal best times.
Pearson, who admitted to being very nervous
before the rst heat, had won 32 races in a row
before losing to Wells at Crystal Palace three
weeks before the Games. She nished her London
2012 heat in 12.57, the fastest heat time ever run
at an Olympic Games.
One of the longest-surviving world records was

obliterated when the USA team of Tianna Madison,
Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter
clocked 40.82 to win the Olympic womens 4 x
100m Relay title.
Signicantly the previous record of 41.37
belonged to East Germany and had been set back
in 1985. Knight, who ran the third leg, said, I knew
we could get the Olympic record but the world
record? I didnt see that. Jamaica, a long way back
in second place on 41.41, set a national record,
while Ukraine took the bronze medal on 42.04.
The USA team, which had failed to qualify
for the nal at Beijing 2008, made a powerful
start and held on to their erce pace. Jeter, silver
medallist in the 100m, stormed down the nal leg
to take the gold medal.
Felix was also part of the USA team along
with DeeDee Trotter, Francena McCorory and
Sanya Richards-Ross who won gold in the 4 x
400m Relay, nishing more than three seconds
ahead of the Russian Federation and Jamaica.
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The atmosphere is
electric because the
crowd bring you
alive I fed
off them.
Jennifer Suhr, Pole Vault
gold medallist
Left: Jennifer Suhr of the USA coped

best with the conditions to win the
womens Pole Vault in a competition
where even the two-time champion
Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) faltered.
Far left: Unchallenged. Sandra

Perkovic won the rst Athletics gold
Womens
!eld events
Croatia takes rst gold medal with
Discus Throw triumph
Sandra Perkovic won Croatias rst-ever Olympic
gold medal in Athletics when she landed a
national record of 69.11m in the third round of
the competition. No Croatian had ever qualied
for an Olympic Discus Throw nal before, and the
only other medallist from that country previously
was the high jumper Blanka Vlasic, forced to miss
London 2012 through injury.
Perkovic was not seriously challenged, with the
silver medal going to Russian Darya Pishchalnikova
(67.56m) and bronze to Chinas Yanfeng Li
(67.22m).
Breeze blows Suhr to Pole Vault triumph

On a breezy evening in east London when the
heights were more modest than would normally
be expected, it was the Team USA pole vaulter
Jennifer Suhr who kept her cool to improve on the
medal for Croatia in the womens

Discus Throw with a national record
and the longest winning throw since
Atlanta 1996.
silver medal she won at Beijing 2008. The winning

height in only the fourth womens Olympic Pole
Vault competition was 4.75m and, while Suhr and
Yarisley Silva went over on their second attempt,
the American took the gold medal because of the
Cubans initial failure at 4.45m.
Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian world record
holder who won gold at Athens 2004 and
Beijing 2008, had competed only sparingly in the
intervening years and could manage just 4.70m to
take the bronze medal.
There were mixed fortunes for Holly Bleasdale,
Team GBs new Pole Vault star. She had raised
hopes by qualifying for the nal in fourth place,
clearing 4.55m at her second attempt. She failed
to make an impression in the nal, going out of
the competition at 4.45, but shortly after revealed
that she had just accepted her boyfriend Paul
Bradshaws proposal of marriage. 6th in the
Olympics and @bradshaw proposes to me, she
tweeted excitedly. Epic day!!!
Rypakova reaps Triple

Jump reward
For the rst time since the
event was added to the
Olympic programme in
1996, there were no 15m
jumps in the Triple Jump
nal on 5 August. Former
heptathlete Olga Rypakova
emerged as the best on
the night to win gold for
Kazakhstan. Her leap of
14.98m in the fourth round
saw off the challenge
of Caterine Ibarguen
of Columbia and Olha
Saladuha of Ukraine, who
took silver and bronze. The
competition marked the end
of the line for the 36-year-old
Russian Tatyana Lebedeva,
a two-time world champion
and medallist at the previous
three Olympic Games.
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Soaring high. Great Britains
Jess perfect to win Heptathlon
Jessica Ennis cleared 1.86m in a

rain-affected high jump to maintain
her lead in the early stages of the
Heptathlon.
Elements of the
Heptathlon
100m hurdles
High jump
Shot put
200m
Long jump
Javelin
800m
Most Olympic champions will admit that relief is the

overwhelming emotion in that moment of victory,
and Jessica Ennis expression as she crossed the
line at the end of the 800m said it all. The 26-yearold closed her eyes and smiled as the Olympic
Stadium erupted in a crescendo of noise. In those
few seconds, Ennis felt the weight of expectation y
from her shoulders.
Among the images that ashed through her mind
were the endless hours spent training at the English
Institute of Sport in her hometown of Shefeld,
where she and her coach Tony Minichiello have
nurtured and honed her outstanding talent. Four
years before, she had been ruled out of competing
at Beijing 2008 after fracturing her ankle in
an early-season heptathlon and in this, her rst
Olympic Games, she was among the favourites
to win gold in the most complex of events. The
Heptathlon comprises seven elements over two
days, when anything could go wrong at any time.
But Ennis, who won the world title in 2009 only
to lose it in 2011, did not put a foot wrong in the
two days in the Olympic Stadium. More than that,
she excelled in the rst event, the 100m hurdles,
setting a British record of 12.54 and never
looked back. Only once did she briey lose the
lead after the shot put.
The erce competition from world champion

Tatyana Chernova of Russian Federation and
defending champion Nataliya Dobrynska of Ukraine
never materialised. After another personal best of
22.83 in the 200m at the end of day one, Ennis
had a healthy lead going into her traditionally more
difcult second day.
Her long jump had been a concern, especially
since she had been forced to change take-off
legs after her ankle injury. However here, after
an average opener, she sailed out to 6.40m and
then 6.48m on her nal two attempts. The javelin
throw, so often a painful experience for British
heptathletes, was a breeze, with 47.49m providing
yet another lifetime best.
It all meant that the 800m was little more than
a formality for the psychology graduate from
Shefeld University, naturally. Even then she made
the race into a fabulous nale, sprinting away
from the eld to cross the line in 2:08.65. I am
just so happy. I want to thank everyone who has
supported me I just had to give it everything at
the end, she said.
Enniss total of 6,955 points, a new British
record, included three personal bests in the rst six
elements. She nished a huge 306 points ahead of
Lilli Schwarzkopf, who took silver for Germany, and
327 ahead of the Russian Tatyana Chernova who
took bronze.
There were more smiles and plenty of emotion
for this most popular of home-grown Olympic
champions never more so than when she stood
on top of the podium, the Stadium reverberating
to the sound of the national anthem. That, as
Minichiello revealed afterwards, was when the
enormity of what had been achieved brought tears
even to his eyes.
I am honoured to have witnessed this.

Denise Lewis (GBR), Olympic Heptathlon champion,
Sydney 2000
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Left: Like a bullet. Jessica Ennis

had the best possible start to the
Heptathlon competition when she
clocked a British record of 12.54
for the 100m hurdles in front of a
packed house. It was the fastest time
ever recorded during a Heptathlon.
I told myself at the

start that Im only
going to have one
moment to do this
in front of a crowd
in London and I just
wanted to give them
a good show.
Jessica Ennis, Heptathlon
gold medallist
Left: Curtain call. The star of the

show Jessica Ennis joins hands with
the rest of the heptathletes to take
a bow on Super Saturday. The
intense two-day competition leads
to an atmosphere of mutual respect
and admiration.
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Badminton
Dj vu. Chinas Dan Lin once
China triumph in troubled womens

Doubles
again overcame his long-time rival

Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in a rerun of their nal at Beijing 2008.
Superstar Lin retains mens Singles title
London 2012 womens

Singles
Xuerui Li, a late choice
by the Chinese, won the
Singles gold medal, beating
top seed Yihan Wang
2115, 2123, 2117.
Saina Nehwal took Indias
rst Badminton medal with
bronze after her opponent,
Xin Wang of China, had to
withdraw injured.
Finishing strong. Olympic Singles

champion Xuerui Li was a late
addition to Chinas team at London
2012. She admitted to having
problems with her stamina, but her
winning streak continued.
Dan Lin, the sports biggest superstar with a rockstar prole in China, retained his Olympic title and
celebrated in style. He overcame his ercest rival
Chong Wei Lee (MAS) at Wembley Arena, in what
was a repeat of their Beijing 2008 nal.
This was another epic encounter between the
two, whose rivalry matches that of any in sport.
Played at lightning speed, it was won by the
charismatic Lin through the narrowest of margins:
1521, 2110, 2119. While he sprinted around
the court in joy, Lee was devastated at failing again
to land the most important title of them all.
After playing 13 major nals during the four
years they have dominated the sport, this could be
the mens last encounter, as both have previously
talked about retirement.
Hopes for a Chinese clean sweep of the gold
medals were kept alive when four-time world
champions Yun Cai and Haifeng Fu overcame
number three seeds, Mathias Boe and Carsten
Mogensen of Denmark, 2116, 2115 in the mens
Doubles. It was the rst victory in mens Doubles
for China since the sport, invented when a string
was run across the great hall of Badminton House
in Gloucestershire, was added to the Olympic
programme in 1992.
Yunlei Zhao (CHN) made Olympic Badminton

history when she became the rst player to win
two gold medals at the same Olympic Games. She
followed her Mixed Doubles success by partnering
Qing Tian (CHN) to a 2110, 2523 victory in
the womens Doubles over the number four seeds,
Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of Japan. The
Russian Federation won its rst medal in the event
by taking the bronze.
The event was earlier mired in controversy,
when four pairs, including world champions Xiaoli
Wang (CHN) and Yang Yu (CHN), were involved
in matches in which neither team appeared to want
to win because of the chances of being drawn
next against the top Chinese team. They were
disqualied by the Badminton World Federation
(BWF) for not using ones best efforts to win a
match.
China dominates Mixed Doubles

In an all-China nal, victory went to Nan Zhang and
Yunlei Zhao. They beat Chen Xu and Jin Ma 2111,
2117 as the nation underlined its domination of the
Badminton tournament.
It was the rst time that a single nation had won
both gold and silver medals in this event since Korea
had achieved the feat in 1996. With eight medals
at London 2012, China overtook Korea as the most
successful Badminton nation. Only two European
countries have ever made an impact on the medal
tables in the mixed discipline, one of them being
Britain in 2000 and 2004. The other, Denmark,
took the bronze medal at London 2012, courtesy of
Joachim Fischer and Christinna Pedersen.
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Basketball
Mens events
Spain give the USA a scare in
Basketball nal
In a repeat of the nal at Beijing 2008, Spain came
closer still to toppling the USA, winners of the gold
medal in ve of the previous six Olympic Games.
In the end, there were only seven points in it
as the USA, coached for the last time by Mike
Krzyzewski, eventually claimed the title again
107100. The match on the nal day of the Games
was watched by Arnold Schwarzenegger, London
Mayor Boris Johnson, David Beckham and his sons
and even Henry Kissinger, as well as members of
the Spanish royal family.
It was Spain, the European champions, who

started more strongly at the North Greenwich
Arena, with Juan Carlos Navarro scoring freely to
help them to a 127 lead. The USA team, including
the 33-year-old Kobe Bryant, came back and
attempted to reassert their authority, but they had
managed only a single point lead at half-time.
Shortly into the second period Spain took the
lead; every time the USAs Kevin Durant scored a
three-pointer, Navarro responded in kind. The USA
had come to these Games never doubting they
would win. They even counted the President and
First Lady among their fans for their early games at
London 2012. Yet the Spanish proved more than a
match for them and in their NBA stars, including
the 213cm-tall brothers Marc and Pau Gasol (the
latter arguably the best player on the pitch), they
had the players to make the so-called Dream Team
work very hard for their victory.
Alongside Bryant, the USAs Kevin Durant,
Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James starred as
the pre-tournament favourites nally overcame the
toughest of opponents. It was a tense but exciting
nale for Krzyzewski, who had won 61 games with
only one loss, to Greece in 2006. Stars and Stripes
ponchos uttered and wild celebrations erupted as
Bruce Springsteens hit Born in the USA blasted
from the giant speakers in the arena.
The bronze medal match saw a compelling
contest, with the Russian Federation beating
Argentina 8177. In the last minute Alexei Shved
managed both a crucial steal and a three-pointer
for the Russians to seal the match. The Great Britain
squad, playing in their rst Olympic Games,
nished ninth of the 12 teams with performances
that included a win against China 3924, their rst
Olympic victory in the event since London 1948,
and a narrow loss to Spain.
Left: Looking up. LeBron James

(back) and Kevin Love challenge
Spanish guard Rudy Fernandez
during the USA push for points
in their close encounter for the
Basketball gold medal at the North
Greenwich Arena.
This here tonight

is right up there at
the top of anything I
have ever achieved
in basketball.
Kobe Bryant, Basketball
gold medallist
USAs golden line-up

Tyson Chandler
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
Russell Westbrook
Deron Williams
Andre Iguodala
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Love
James Harden
Chris Paul
Anthony Davis
Carmelo Anthony
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USAs golden line-up

Lindsay Whalen
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Maya Moore
Angel McCoughtry
Asjha Jones
Tamika Catchings
Swin Cash
Diana Taurasi
Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles
Candace Parker
Airborne threat. Frances Edwige

Lawson-Wade takes aim, but there
was no way past Sue Bird and the
all-conquering USA, who went on to
win their fth consecutive Olympic
Basketball title.
The Basketball Arena

The bold Basketball Arena,
another of London 2012s
temporary venues, was
among the most striking
structures on the Olympic
Park. Sheathed in white
recyclable PVC stretched
over a modular steel
skeleton, the dynamic
facade combined curves and
hollows to echo the sporting
movement inside.
The facade was lit at night
during Games-time to create
a dramatic lighting show of
ever-changing colours. The
interior of the vast arena,
also used for Handball and
Wheelchair Rugby, features
a vivid black and orange
colour scheme depicting the
energy burst hallmarks of
LOCOGs design scheme.
The later stages of the
Basketball tournament were
held in the larger North
Greenwich Arena venue.
Womens events
Fifth straight Olympic Basketball
gold for USA
The rst half of the USA double came when the
womens team enjoyed a 8650 win over France.
In chalking up the countrys fth consecutive
Olympic gold medal, they also extended the
squads unbeaten run to 41 games, stretching back
to Barcelona 1992.
Candace Parkers 21 points and 11 rebounds
made her the stand-out player on this occasion.
On the way to collecting their third Olympic gold
medal Tamika Catchings, Diana Taurasi and Sue
Bird were also all given standing ovations when
coach Geno Auriemma took them out of the game
with two minutes remaining. All 12 USA players
made the scoresheet as the team established its
superiority in the second quarter and put the game
beyond doubt in the third, with Parkers run of 19

unanswered points securing the match.
France played their part as well. The team
established its own impressive seven-match
winning run during the tournament, with silver
becoming the rst Olympic medal for France in a
womens team sport.
Previously Celine Dumerc had led the French
brilliantly, but, confronting the best team in the
tournament, the point guard found herself too often
shackled by the attention of Taurasi. The French
also let too many rebound opportunities slip away
and, with every mistake, the USA pounced to pile
on the agony.
Australia beat The Russian Federation 8374 to
claim the bronze medal, and their fth consecutive
Olympic medal in womens Basketball.
Team GBs campaign did not go as well as they
would have liked, losing all ve of their matches to
nish bottom of Group B in the qualifying stages.
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Boxing
Left: Flat out. Cuban teenager
Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez hits the
canvas after exuberantly celebrating
his Fly Weight (52kg) gold medal.
Ramirez defeated Tugstsogt
Nyambayar of Mongolia to take
the title.
Far left: Tense and technical.

Irelands John Joe Nevin (left) was
an aggressive opponent but Team
GBs Luke Campbell (right) showed
wit and maturity to win the mens
Mens events
Luke Campbell battles to
Bantam Weight (56kg) gold
Luke Campbell of Team GB showed wit and maturity
to beat Irelands John Joe Nevin to win the gold
medal in the Bantam Weight (56kg) nal. He
became the rst British Bantam Weight Olympic
champion since the 1908 Games in London over a
century ago.
It proved a tense and technical bout. The start
was wary on both sides, with Campbell going on
to take the rst round 53 and Nevin, a strong and
smart boxer, ghting back to win the second 54.
Campbells swift countering saw his old friend and
rival on the canvas in the nal round, spurring the
Briton to a condent nish in which he landed a
hard left punch and put up a wily defence against
an aggressive Nevin.
Campbell, 24, described by Lennox Lewis as
a impressive classical ghter, was proclaimed
Olympic champion 14 11. He raised his arms
aloft and the tears of joy and relief owed from
the man who wanted to bring back a gold medal
for his young son. Im very emotional and this
is something Ive worked for all my life. It was a
difcult technical ght I was on my game

tonight, he observed. Declaring Muhammad Ali his
inspiration, he admitted that he could not believe
that he had emulated his hero to become Olympic
champion. He also acknowledged the support from
his home city and the St Pauls Amateur Boxing
Club. I am very proud to be from Hull I love you
all, he smiled.
Bantam Weight (56kg) division gold

medal.
Cuban teenager takes Fly Weight (52kg)

gold
Cuban teenager Robeisy Carrazana Ramirez gave
a fast and powerful display to win the gold medal
in the Fly Weight (52kg) nal, defeating Mongolias
Tugstsogt Nyambayar.
Both ghters showed class and style in a
tough match, but it was Ramirez, leading by one
point going in to the third and nal round, who
eventually prevailed 1714. The 18-year-olds
performance was notable for a strong left hook and
variety of hard punches.
In victory Ramirez twirled delightedly around
the ring and executed a series of push-ups on the
canvas.
Irelands Michael Conlan, from Belfast, and
the Russian Misha Aloian took the bronze medals
following their respective semi-nal defeats.
Its a day Ive

dreamed of for a
long, long time
Im lost for words. It
means everything.
Luke Campbell, Bantam
Weight gold medallist
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Great Briton. Team GBs latest

boxing hero, 22-year-old Anthony
Joshua, who won the Super Heavy
Weight (+91kg) title after defeating
Italys defending Olympic champion
Roberto Cammarelle. Joshua spoke
eloquently after the ght and has
the charisma to become a global
boxing star.
Today is a Sunday
a holy day
today I was
blessed.
Anthony Joshua, Super
Heavy Weight gold
medallist
The big champions

As Cassius Clay,
Muhammad Ali won gold as
a Light Heavy Weight (81kg)
boxer at Rome 1960. Many
of his rivals and successors
as world champion came
through the Olympic division
of mens Heavy Weight
(91kg), which changed
to Super Heavy Weight
(+91kg) after 1980.
Tokyo 1964: Joe Frazier
(USA)
Mexico City 1968: George
Foreman (USA)
Los Angeles 1984: Tyrell
Biggs (USA)
Seoul 1988: Lennox Lewis
(CAN)
Atlanta 1996: Wladimir
Klitschko (UKR)
Dramatic gold for Joshua in

Super Heavy Weight +91kg
Team GBs Anthony Joshua won a dramatic
countback against the defending gold medallist,
Italys Roberto Cammarelle, to take the mens +91kg
division title in a courageous and painful ght.
Joshua, 201cm tall and 114kg in weight, is
still a novice in international boxing, with only 43
amateur bouts to his name. He faced the 32-yearold reigning Super Heavy Weight +91kg gold
medallist and was trailing by three points heading
into the third and nal round, but he moved well
and unleashed a nal storm of punches, including
a hard, crunching right-hand shot which rocked
the Italian policeman and left him ailing until the
bell. Joshua remained calm to deliver a barrage of
blows in the last few minutes, nding himself level
at 1818 with the Italian at the conclusion of the
bout. Under Olympic Boxing rules, the decision
then goes to countback, which the 22-year-old north
Londoner was judged to have won by three points.
The Italians appealed, but it was turned down and
Joshua was declared champion. The result was
greeted by a deafening roar from the ExCeL crowd,
among them former Olympic Super Heavy Weight
+91kg champions Wladimir Klitschko, Audley
Harrison and Lennox Lewis, who compared himself

to Joshua. He has a lot of talent, great power and
a lot of potential, he wrote on the BBC website.
Joshua emerged into the media spotlight as a
mature young man, and an eloquent and intelligent
gold medallist. Questions on whether he would
move into professional boxing met with a thoughtful
response, as Joshua explained that he would like a
shot at the world amateur title.
Its never been about money to leave the
Great Britain set-up just for money would be a big
mistake I didnt grow up with loads of money. I
learned to cope. Im happy with life. My mums a
really grounded person, sos my dad It keeps my
feet on the ground. These memories are priceless,
declared the new Olympic champion, who now has
the opportunity to develop into an inspiring global
Boxing star.
Second gold for Lomachenko in

Light Weight (60kg)
Ukraines Vasyl Lomachenko beat Koreas Soonchul
Han 199 to win the Light Weight (60kg) title,
becoming the 12th man in 108 years of Olympic
Boxing to win two gold medals.
The 24-year-old world champion, held by some
to be the worlds best amateur, is coached by his
father, Anatoly Lomachenko one of Ukraines
most revered boxing trainers. The number one
seed in his division, he dominated with skilful
footwork and hand speed, winning the rst round
72. Han raised his game in the second, which he
took 43, but Lomachenko asserted himself again
in the nal round, winning 84. The Ukranians
victory established him as one of the greats of
Olympic amateur Boxing, following his earlier gold
medal at Beijing 2008 in the now discontinued
Feather Weight category. Ukraine are strong in
every division, and Lomachenko is the jewel in the
crown, observed Richie Woodall, Boxing bronze
medallist at Seoul 1988.
The bronze medals were won by Yasniel Toledo
Lopez of Cuba, and Evaldas Petrauskas of Lithuania.
the third. Sapiyev dominated

the match with a highly skilled
performance that Evans could
not disrupt, to be awarded
the gold with a nal score of
179. Kazakhstan have now
triumphed in this division for the
third Olympic Games in a row.
There was consolation for
Evans, however, described by
Athens 2004 silver medallist
Amir Khan as someone with
a very bright future in front of
him. His silver medal made him
Waless most successful boxer,
overtaking Ralph Evans who
won bronze at Munich 1972.
The bronze medals at London
2012 went to Taras Shelestyuk
of Ukraine and Andrey
Zamkovoy of the Russian
Federation.
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Under the spotlight. Team GBs

Freddie Evans heads into the ring to
face Serik Sapiyev of Kazakhstan
who won Welter Weight (69kg)
gold. Evans emerged to the sound
of The Clashs classic song, London
Calling.
I am still young at
21, so I have done
well and am over
the moon.
Fred Evans, mens 75kg
division silver medallist
Boxing gold medallists
Sapiyev outpoints tired Evans for Welter

Weight (69kg) gold
More gold for Zou as he retains Light Fly

Weight (49kg) title
Welshman Fred Evans enjoyed a sensational run

to the nal, winning four bouts and beating the
world number one, Taras Shelestyuk of Ukraine, in
the semi-nal. His encounter with the accomplished
Serik Sapiyev from Kazakhstan, however, proved a
ght too far.
Sapiyev is the 28-year-old two-time world
champion at Light Welter Weight. In the match he
was too quick and too accurate with his jabs for the
Team GBs unseeded 21-year-old, who was hoping
to be the rst Welshman to win an Olympic Boxing
gold medal. Against the background of the ExCeL
crowds enthusiastic support for Evans, the Kazakh
won the rst round 42 and the second 63 before
conrming his superiority with a urry of jabs in
Shiming Zou of China retained his Light Fly Weight

(49kg) title and took a third Olympic Boxing medal
after a tough and controversial nal bout against
Thailands Kaeo Pongprayoon.
Zou, Chinas rst Boxing gold medallist when
he won at Beijing 2008 and the rst Light Fly
Weight successfully to defend his title, was awarded
the ght 1310. The decision did not go down
well with Pongprayoon, who fell to his knees and
pounded the canvas in protest. The Thais cause had
not been helped by a two-point penalty awarded
against him with only nine seconds left on the clock.
Losing semi-nalists Paddy Barnes of Ireland and
Russian David Ayrapetyan took the bronze medals.
Light Fly Weight (49kg):

Shiming Zou (CHN)
Fly Weight (52kg): Robeisy
Ramirez Carrazana (CUB)
Bantam Weight (56kg): Luke
Campbell (GBR)
Light Weight (60kg): Vasyl
Lomachenko (UKR)
Light Welter Weight (64kg):
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo
(CUB)
Welter Weight (69kg): Serik
Sapiyev (KAZ)
Middle Weight (75kg):
Ryota Murata (JPN)
Light Heavy Weight (81kg):
Egor Mekhontcev (RUS)
Heavy Weight (91kg):
Oleksandr Usyk (UKR)
Super Heavy Weight
(+91kg): Anthony Joshua
(GBR)
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Usyk too strong in Heavy Weight (91kg)
Women in the ring

Although womens Boxing
was added to the Olympic
programme for the rst
time at London 2012, the
sport had appeared once
before at the Games. The
IOC Museum in Lausanne
contains a picture of a
womens bout at the 1904
St Louis Games, when even
mens Boxing enjoyed only
exhibition status. Reports
of rudimentary ghts
featuring women emerge
from 18th-century London,
but womens boxing only
became established in
the 1970s. The sport was
approved by the IOC for
inclusion in the Olympic
Games in 2001.
History in the making. Team GBs

Nicola Adams wins the Fly Weight
(51kg) gold medal bout against
Chinas Cancan Ren. Adams
became the rst womens Olympic
Boxing gold medallist.
In a tense match Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine turned

the tables on Clemente Russo to win the Olympic
Heavy Weight (91kg) title four years after the
Italian had put him out of the tournament in the
quarter-nals at Beijing 2008.
Russo had the consolation of the silver medal in
2008. He was forced to accept it again at ExCeL
where Usyk, the reigning world champion, came
from behind to triumph. In the second round it looked
as if Usyk had scored a knockdown and, while the
referee ruled that Russo had stumbled, the Ukrainian
still came out on top 75. The 25-year-old, who
enjoys writing poetry, was nally awarded the bout
1411; he promptly broke into a celebratory dance.
Tervel Pulev of Bulgaria and Teymur Mammadov of
Azerbaijan took the bronze medals.
The medal brought Ukraines London 2012
Boxing tally to a highly respectable four, the others
being a silver in Light Welter Weight (64kg) and
two bronzes in Welter Weight (69kg) and Light
Heavy Weight (81kg).
Womens events
Adams shufe wins historic Fly Weight
(51kg) gold
Team GBs Nicola Adams emulated her boxing
heroes Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard to
win the rst Olympic Boxing medal for women in
the womens Fly Weight (51kg) category.
Adams, 29, cruised to a 167 victory over
three-time world champion Cancan Ren of China.
She gave a masterful display of lightning-quick
boxing with sublime footwork and powerful leftright combinations. In the second round Ren was on
the canvas, but fought back with impressive hand
speed. Adams, though, was hungry for gold. She
retained her composure and discipline, leading
145 into the nal round. She dominated the rest
of the match to become the rst womens Olympic
champion, with the bronze medals going to Indias
Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte and Marien
Esparza of the USA.
The beaming boxer with a megawatt smile
began training in a Leeds boxing gym while
waiting for her mother to nish aerobics classes.
After her Olympic victory she was congratulated
ringside by Amir Khan, silver medallist at Athens
2004. An ExCeL crowd of over 10,000 went
into overdrive when Adams nished the closing
seconds of the ght with an Ali-like Adams shufe,
going on to bow and punch the air on each side
of the ring. I have wanted this all my life and I
have done it, she said. To be taking the gold
medal back to Leeds will be special. British
boxing has seen memorable nights before, but this
one was truly historic.
Watching the ght was Barbara Buttrick, the
Yorkshirewoman who founded the Womens
International Boxing Federation. She also fought
in the 1950s when she was known as The Mighty
Atom. She commented: I would never have
dreamed women boxers would ever get into the
Olympic Games, now theyve got that credibility.
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Rocky, the female

version, would be
quite cool.
Nicola Adams, womens
Fly Weight gold medallist
Irish eyes smile as Taylor boxes to Light

Weight (60kg) gold
A sea of green, white and gold and boisterous
cheering welcomed Irelands Katie Taylor into
the ring at ExCeL as she faced the Russian
Federations Sofya Ochigava in the ght for the
Light Weight (60kg) gold medal.
It was a tough and scrappy contest, with Taylor
appearing too eager in the opening urries of
the ght. Ochigava toyed with her opponent and
Taylor was a point behind at halfway. In the nal
round, the Irishwoman slipped and was down on
the canvas, but she kept her cool, landing some
powerful punches to become Olympic champion
108 at the bell.
Taylor, 26, fell to her knees and pointed
skywards as Irish fans sang a rousing chorus of
patriotic songs to celebrate their countrys rst
womens Boxing medal and its rst gold of
London 2012. Mavzuna Chorieva of Tajikistan and
Adriana Araujo of Brazil took bronze.
Earlier in the competition Taylor defeated Team
GBs Natasha Jonas, who had made history as the
rst woman to win an Olympic Boxing match with a
victory over the USAs Quanitta Underwood 21
13. The 28-year-old from Liverpool had won bronze
at the World Championships in China in May
2011, where she became the rst woman to qualify
for the Boxing team at London 2012. Taylor, who
holds four world championship and ve European

titles, admitted she had to work so hard to take the
match 2615.
Green, white and gold. Irelands

Katie Taylor (right) celebrates
winning the Olympic title in the Light
Weight (60kg) gold medal bout
against Russian Sofya Ochigava.
Shields blocks Torlopova for Middle Weight

(75kg) crown
The USAs Claressa Shields became the rst
womens Olympic Middle Weight (75kg) champion
after beating the Russian Nadezda Torlopova. It
was an impressive 1912 victory for the teenager
who, at 17, became the second-youngest boxer
ever to take Olympic gold.
Torlopova, 16 years older than her opponent,
began well and the rst round was drawn 33. She
faded over later rounds, however, allowing Shields
to double the USAs womens Boxing tally, their rst
medal being a Light Weight (60kg) bronze. Shields
story of Olympic success is one of triumph over
adversity. She comes from a tough neighbourhood
in Flint, Michigan, and spent her childhood moving
from home to home. Yet she is a dedicated student
in college and has taken an Olympic gold medal.
As the USA national anthem played, Shields
stood on the podium smiling with her hand on her
heart a tting nale to her Olympic journey, or a
Hollywood movie.
Bronze medals were awarded to Jinzi Li, of
China and Marina Volnova from Kazakhstan.
Taylors win was Irelands rst gold

medal of London 2012.
I wanted the good

life I didnt
want my sister or
my little brother to
go without a meal
again I am the
second oldest so I
had to step up.
Claressa Shields, womens
Middle Weight gold
medallist
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In the Olympics
people have just
a split second to
deliver and that
makes it all so
exciting. Ive seen so
many families and
little kids watching
sport ... boys and
girls with their
mums and dads ...
all coming to live
sport for the rst
time ... this will be
inspirational for the
next generation of
sports people.
Michael Vaughan, Former
England Cricket Captain
Anthony Joshua greets fans after

winning Great Britains third gold
medal in Olympic Boxing at
London 2012. Joshua won gold
in the Super Heavy Weight +91kg
division.
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Canoe Slalom
Splashing time. Tim Baillie (left)
and Etienne Stott on their way to a
surprise Canoe Slalom gold medal
for Great Britain at the Lee Valley
White Water Centre.
The Course
The Lee Valley White Water
Centre, 30 km north of the
Olympic Park and part of
the Lee Valley Regional Park,
was the rst of the brand new
venues to be completed. It has
a 300m Olympic-standard
competition course with a
5.5m descent, plus a 160m
intermediate/training course
with a 1.6m descent for use
in the venues legacy mode.
A system of pumps creates the
white water, generating 13,000
litres of water per second
to power down the course,
fed from a specially created
10,000-square-metre lake.
Olympic gold
medallists
Mens Kayak (K1):
Daniele Molmenti (ITA)
Mens Canoe Single (C1):
Tony Estanguet (FRA)
Mens Canoe Double (C2):
GBR (Tim Baillie,
Etienne Stott)
Womens Kayak (K1):
Emilie Fer (FRA)
Mens events
Canoe Double produces gold and silver
for Team GB
The British pair of Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott,
ranked six in the world, staged an upset in the
Canoe Double. Even they did not expect to win
this most challenging of events in the swirling
currents of the Lee Valley White Water Centre.
Stott even admitted leaving his Team GB medalwinners tracksuit in its packaging at the bottom of
his kitbag at the start as they set out for the event.
The slowest of the six crews to qualify from the
semi-nal, Baillie and Stott were the rst to paddle.
They produced the performance of their lives in
front of the noisy 12,000-strong crowd, with a time
through the 23 gates of 106.41 seconds proving
unbeatable. They were joined on the podium by
the British number one pair of David Florence and
Richard Hounslow who, as the last to go down
the 300m course, made the trip just 0.36 seconds
slower (106.77) to take silver. We attacked it hard
all the way and it was probably just about the sprint
to the nish, admitted Hounslow, heralding the
British gold and silver as fantastic.
Even more surprisingly, the Slovakian twins Peter
and Pavol Hochschorner the dominant force in

the sport, who had been looking for their fourth
consecutive Olympic title at London, took bronze.
They hit a pole at gate 17, incurring a two-second
penalty which gave them the third-placed time of
108.28 seconds.
It was an extraordinary day for Canoe Slalom
in Britain, which had never won this event before.
The moment was celebrated by raucous spectators,
placed as close to the action as possible by the
Centres design, with Team GBs double triumph
leading to a water-born celebration as both crews
jumped in. To win is just mad, said a delighted
Stott, who had recently had shoulder surgery. The
run we had, I was hoping it might be good enough
for a medal It is brilliant.
Womens events
Second French gold in Kayak Single
Following Tony Estanguets historic third win in the
mens Canoe Single event, it was the turn of Emilie
Fer to claim Frances second gold medal at the Lee
Valley White Water Centre. She won gold in the
womens Kayak Single with a faultless run.
Fer, a gold medal winner in the K-1 team event
at the 2006 ICF Canoe Slalom World
Championship in Prague, had only nished seventh
at Beijing 2008. She clocked 105.90 to take
gold ahead of Jessica Fox (106.51), world junior
champion from Australia and the daughter of
Richard Fox, Britains former world champion, and
Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, who also won bronze at
Atlanta 1996.
The world number two, Maialen Chourraut, took
the bronze medal (106.87), Spains rst Olympic
medal in Canoe Slalom.
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Canoe Sprint
won the bronze medal in
36.657.
McKeever set an Olympic
record in the heats, which
saw the surprise departure of
favourite Piotr Siemionowski
of Poland, but came behind
Craviotto and de Jong in the
semi-nals, where only 0.024
seconds separated the men.
A tough nal was in prospect,
but in the event the Britons
strength dominated, enabling
him to strike a relentlessly smooth
and fast rhythm and to draw
on the support of a 30,000
capacity crowd who roared
him home. I was really buzzing
and I wanted to do well, said
McKeever.
Your numbers up. Ed McKeever

swaps accountancy for kayak racing
to win gold for Great Britain in the
Canoe Sprint at Eton Dorney.
Olympic gold
medallists
Mens Kayak Single (K1)
200m: Ed McKeever (GBR)
Mens Kayak Single (K1)
1000m: Eirik Veras Larsen
(NOR)
Mens Kayak Double (K2)
1000m: HUN (Rudolf
Dombi, Roland Kokeny)
Mens Kayak Four (K4)
1000m: AUS (Jacob Clear,
Dave Smith, Tate Smith,
Murray Stewart)
Mens Canoe Single (C1)
1000m: Sebastian Brendel
(GER)
Mens Canoe Single (C1)
200m: Yuri Cheban (UKR)
Mens events
Womens events
Cleaver McKeever strikes gold in Kayak

Single (K1) 200m
Kiwi rst in Kayak Single (K1) 200m
Ed The Cleaver McKeever (GBR) became the

Usain Bolt of the Canoe Sprint when he blasted
to the mens Kayak Single 200m gold medal at
Eton Dorney, near Windsor.
The sprint champion of the water rocketed off
the start with his famously powerful rst stroke. He
led throughout the race, setting a ferocious pace to
become the rst Olympic medallist at this distance,
with a time of 36.246. Spains Saul Craviotto took
the silver (36.540) and Mark de Jong of Canada
New Zealands world champion Lisa Carrington

battled against a strong headwind to win the
womens Kayak Single 200m. The 23-year-old
politics student took her countrys rst womens
Canoeing medal in a time of 44.638. Carrington
said it had always been her dream to win Olympic
gold.
Ukraines Inna Osypenko-Radomska won the
silver medal (45.053) to add to the silver she
picked up in the 500m event. Hungarys Natasa
Douchev-Janics took the bronze medal (45.128).
Mens Canoe Double

(C2) 1000m: GER (Peter
Kretschmer, Kurt Kuschela)
Womens Kayak Single (K1)
200m: Lisa Carrington (NZL)
Womens Kayak Single (K1)
500m: Danuta Kozak (HUN)
Womens Kayak Double
(K2) 500m: GER (Franziska
Weber, Tina Dietze)
Womens Kayak Four (K4)
500m: HUN (Krisztina
Fazekas, Katalin Kovacs,
Danuta Kozak, Gabriella
Szabo)
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Cycling BMX
was a disappointed eighth in the nal after his foot
became unclipped from the pedal and he crashed
on the last bend.
His long-time rival Sam Willoughby took silver
for Australia. The bronze medal went to Carlos
Mario Oquendo Zabala of Colombia.
Left to right: Lativias Maris

Strombergs, Frances Joris Daudet,
Colombias Carlos Mario Oquendo
Zabala, Australias Sam Willoughby
and Switzerlands Roger
Rinderknecht take a jump during the
BMX Cycling mens semi-nals.
My whole life I
am trying to win
this. I want to win
it again. I want go
out the gate and
win it again. Its
unbelievable.
Mariana Pajon, womens
BMX gold medallist
The course
The mens track was 450m
long and the womens 440m
while the entire venue covered
a total area of 160m by 90m,
slightly larger than the size of a
football pitch. The 14,000 cubic
metres of soil used to build the
track were excavated during the
building of the Olympic Park,
part of a massive recycling
operation that followed the
clearance of the site. Comments
from riders and the sports
governing body following the
test event in 2011 led to several
modications to the rst straight
and some of the jumps.
Womens event
Pajon gold for Colombia in BMX thriller
Mens event
Strombergs takes all the honours in
BMX defence
Maris Strombergs is 25 years old and considers
himself a veteran after taking up BMX riding when
he was ve. He was still quick on the track, though,
keeping his Beijing 2008 title with 37.576.
In doing so, he became the rst Latvian to take
two gold medals at the Olympic Games, the winner
of his countrys rst gold medal at London 2012,
and the rst man to win an event in both of its
appearances at the Games.
It gets tougher against these young kids. I can
see myself in them. When you get older, you start
thinking more. During the races, the nerves got
the best of me but deep down I was still condent
and Im happy that I was able to put together one
good race.
The BMX Track played its part in making this
one of the most exciting sports on offer and the
6,000 sun-scorched fans squealed their approval
as riders soared through the air or clattered to the
ground in the competitive heats and semi-nals.
Britains great hope Liam Phillips was among those
who came a cropper on the tight bends and he
Colombia does not win many Olympic medals,

but on the nal day of BMX racing in London there
were two for the country to celebrate. Before the
bronze in the mens race, Mariana Pajon won
Colombias second-ever gold medal at the Olympic
Games after the 2011 world champion, who
carried the ag at the Opening Ceremony, had
enjoyed a near-awless competition.
She and silver medallist Sarah Walker of New
Zealand led from the dramatic start, hurtling out of
the gates at the top of an 8m ramp and were never
headed. Laura Smulders, the 18-year-old from the
Netherlands, tracked the pair of them to take the
bronze medal.
Pajon, who was badly injured in a car crash
earlier this year, said, Off the track Im all woman
but on the track I change completely and I become
aggressive and I race like a man. Then at the end of
the race I become a girl again and of course I cried.
I cried a lot of tears. This is a dream come true.
The capacity crowd, which included Prime
Minister David Cameron, was mainly there to
cheer on Britains Shanaze Reade, who was
hoping to win the gold medal she had missed so
spectacularly at Beijing 2008. Reade, a three-time
world champion, missed again, this time failing to
get a good enough start, and trailed in sixth.
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Cycling Mountain Bike

while Great Britains Liam Killeen, 30, crashed out of
the race on the boulders at Deanes Drop during the
second lap. Killeen injured his left ankle in the fall,
undergoing surgery to pin his tibia and bula.
Womens event
Brilliant Bresset wins
Mountain Bike gold
Mens event
Close nish to Mountain Bike ride
The most gruelling of the Olympic Cycling events
took place on the Mountain Bike track, perched
on a grassy hill in the Thames Estuary at Hadleigh
Farm in Essex.
After 90 minutes of dramatic and exciting
racing, the Olympic mens Mountain Bike title was
won by Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic.
He won after a huge last-gasp effort, beating
Switzerlands Nino Schurter by just one second.
The two racers were at the front from the start
at Hadleigh Farm, packed for the second day
running with 20,000 mountain bike fans who were
to witness an epic contest. With the nish just over
the brow of the nal hill Schurter was in front, still
battling to keep ahead. As the riders sped into the
last hairpin bend, Kulhavy stood up on his pedals
for one last push. He grabbed the vital inside line
and charged to victory by less than a bike length.
The bronze medal went to Italys Marco
Fontana, who lost his saddle on the nal descent of
the Rock Garden.
Not everyone completed the challenging ride.
French double Olympic champion Julien Absalon
limped out of the race with a puncture on the rst lap
For the womens event, 30 riders tackled the rocky

tracks and steep climbs in a race that was run over
six laps of the ve-kilometre course, constructed
from 500 tonnes of unforgiving rock and 3,500
tonnes of crushed stone.
Frenchwoman Julie Bresset, 23, dominated the
race, freewheeling over the nish line in a time of
1:30:52 to win the Olympic title. The 40-year-old
defending champion, Germanys Sabine Spitz,
raced to the silver medal with 1:31:54, while
Georgia Gould of the USA pedalled to bronze
with 1:32:00. Great Britains Annie Last, 21, who
trained for London 2012 in the tough terrain of the
Alps, nished in eighth place.
On a scorching summers day that was cooled
by a stiff Thames breeze, Bresset brilliantly
mastered the tricky and technical course. She
showed superhuman skill on her Olympic debut,
using power, speed, endurance and determination
to survive the stony tracks and the bone-shaking
vibration of her 10kg carbon-bre bike. The
punishing track included the rocky staircase known
as Triple Trouble, the death-defying Leap of Faith
sheer drop and the grinding Breathtaker and
Snake Hill climbs.
The sunshine and natural amphitheatre provided
a stunning venue that gave the enthusiastic crowd a
perfect view of the Olympic action.
Julie Bresset of France on her way

to the gold medal in the womens
Mountain Bike race. The course
included gruelling obstacles such as
Triple Trouble and the Leap of Faith.
I put everything
into this race, all
my energy. I am
amazed. This
race was really
important.
Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE),
Mountain Bike gold
medallist
Above left: The Czech Republics

Jaroslav Kulhavy who took gold
in the mens Mountain Bike
competition. He pulled away in the
nal climb, and won the gold with a
sprint nish.
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Cycling Road
Right: Great Britains Tour de France
winner, Bradley Wiggins, blasts
to gold in the Time Trial. He was
watched by 250,000 cycling fans
on the roads around Hampton Court
Palace and Bushey Park.
Far right: King of the Time Trial.

Bradley Wiggins takes to his throne
as Olympic Champion and the
most decorated British Olympian of
all time with seven medals, four of
them gold.
Mens events
King Wiggins storms to gold in
Time Trial
I dont think my
sporting career will
ever top this now.
Thats it. It will never,
ever get better than
that. Incredible.
Bradley Wiggins,
Time Trial gold medallist
Wiggomania erupted at Hampton Court Palace

when Britains Tour de France winner Bradley
Wiggins rocketed home to win gold in the Time
Trial and become the countrys most decorated
Olympian with seven medals.
A roaring and adoring crowd lined the 49km
route, thunderously banging on the hoardings
and willing Wiggins to victory. The quarter of a
million screaming and cheering fans, many sporting
the trademark Wiggo sideburns, witnessed a
spectacular time of 50:39.54. Germanys Tony
Martin won the silver medal with 51:21.54 and,
in a suitably fairytale nish for a royal Palace,
Britains Chris Froome, the runner-up on the Tour,
took bronze (51:47.87). Wiggins and Froome
had been the Hillary and Tenzing of the mountains

and roads of France; but in London they were the
Lion and the Unicorn of Hampton Court Palace,
proclaiming Britains dominance in world cycling.
Froome paid tribute to his teammates enormous
achievement, commenting, Brad has a huge
engine for time trials he can keep up the speed
and power.
Whippet-thin Wiggins, a London-raised boy,
was characteristically down to earth in victory. He
hugged his wife and two young children and then
stopped to salute the thousands of fans outside the
Palace gates before freewheeling to the purple
winners throne and his place on the podium.
Afterwards Wiggins laughed off talk of a
knighthood, preferring to speculate that his new
status as the king of cycling could encourage
more people to get on their bikes. I guess
someone will be inspired by this this is a
facility that costs nothing people can get out
on the same roads as the Olympic Time Trial and

pretend theyre us. That is the thing about cycling.
It is accessible to anybody.
The only hint of Wiggins ruthless competitive
streak came when he said, There was only one
colour for me today gold.
In the nal kilometres through Fulham and

Chelsea Vinokurov made his decisive move. Urn
Urn responded, but made the fatal error of
glancing over his left shoulder in The Mall, only to
see Vinokurov accelerate from his right and cross
the line, in a time of 5:45:57.
Vinokurov steals Road Race thunder
Womens events
Alexandr Vinokurov from Kazakhstan won gold

in a surprise victory, with Colombias Rigoberto
Urn Urn taking silver and Norways Alexander
Kristoff bronze.
Great Britains world champion Mark Cavendish
had been the pre-race favourite, but for the British
team it proved an unhappy outing on Box Hill; he
nished 29th. A staggering 1.5 million spectators
lined the 250km route that began in The Mall and
headed for the Surrey Hills, where riders completed
nine gruelling 15.9km loops.
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Gang of three in compelling climax to

Road Race battle
This was the event in which the Host Nation
opened its medal account with a magnicent silver
for Yorkshires Lizzie Armitstead although even
she could not stop the Dutch Marianne Vos, the
outstanding pre-race favourite.
The critical break for the eventual medallists
came as the race left the Box Hill circuit for the
Im just so happy
that I committed
to the breakaway
Im proud of
Team GB. We stuck
together, raced the
race and ultimately
it worked out.
Lizzie Armitstead,
Road Race silver medallist
Gold at last. Marianne Vos of the

Netherlands (left) crosses the line
ahead of Britains Lizzie Armitstead
to win the Road Race on The Mall.
Vos broke her run of ve consecutive
second places at the world
championships and her sixth place
nish at Beijing 2008 with the win.
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The Olympic Road

Race Course
Starting and nishing in The
Mall, riders travelled southwest
through the suburbs to Surrey,
with the men cycling 250km
and the women 140km. The
mens route included nine laps
of a 15.9km circuit of Box Hill
on Surreys North Downs, and
the womens two. Box Hill, a
magnet for hundreds of cyclists
every weekend, features Zig
Zag road, the Buttery Bend
and Dormouse Drive. It is also
an area of outstanding natural
beauty, supporting bats, moths,
butteries, orchids and the hills
namesake, the Box Tree.
Top of the world. Silver medallist

Elizabeth Armitstead of Great
Britain, gold medallist Marianne
Vos of the Netherlands, and bronze
medallist Olga Zabelinskaya of
the Russian Federation beat the
elements and the opposition to ll
the podium places in the womens
Road Race.
last time, with over 45km still to ride and the

peloton hard on their wheels. The leading group
of four riders was reduced to three 33km from the
nish line with the loss of Shelly Olds, but, riding
hell for leather, they continued to elude the chasing
pack. As at Beijing 2008, the climax to the Road
Race was a thrilling affair, fought out in torrential
lashing rain, as Vos, Armitstead and Russian Olga
Zabelinskaya their medals secured prepared
to launch their sprint to the line after having
established a 40-plus-second lead over the peloton.
Vos, who had claimed the Points Race title in
the Velodrome at Beijing 2008 and holds world
titles in road cycling, track and cyclo-cross, struck
rst with just 175m to go. Despite the roars of
the thousands of British fans along The Mall,
Armitsteads nal effort left her half a length short
at the line, for a well-deserved silver medal. She
and Vos achieved the same time of 3:35:29, with
Zabelinskaya posting 3:35:31.
Two months before the Games Vos had suffered
a broken collarbone in a race in the Netherlands,
and still rode on for 63km to nish second and
she was not going to be denied in London.

She explained, It was a hard race with the weather
conditions, but I felt good. We made it a hard race
with the Dutch squad making early attacks. That
was the plan during the race l thought that this
might be the day that it is all coming together.
Age does not weary Armstrong in Time

Trial win
Kristin Armstrong of the United States successfully
defended her Olympic womens Time Trial title at
the majestic Hampton Court Palace. The 38-yearolds time of 37:34.82 was the more impressive
after she broke her collarbone in a racing accident
in May. World Champion Judith Arndt from
Germany took the silver medal with 37:50.29,
and Russian Olga Zabelinskaya, who was third in
the womens Road Race, gained another bronze
with 37:57.35. Zabelinskaya, whose father won
Cycling gold at Moscow 1980, occupied the
purple throne hot seat for most of the race before
Armstrong and Arndt set a blistering pace to
reel in her lead. Britains Emma
Pooley, who had won silver at
Beijing 2008, came in sixth, on
a course that did not play to her
hill-climbing strengths. Im pretty
disappointed, said Pooley, but
if someone else is better than
you then they deserve to win.
Lizzie Armitstead, who admitted
to nding the Time Trial very hard
going, nished in 10th place.
Armstrong, who came out of
retirement to compete in London
and crashed out of the Road Race,
became the oldest gold medallist
in Olympic Road Cycling history.
The former triathlete stood on the
podium wearing a huge smile
and carrying her 23-month-old
son Lucas in her arms. I am now
ofcially retired, she declared.
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Cycling Track
Going for gold. Jason Kenny
celebrates TeamGBs Team Sprint
world record and mesmerising gold
medal performance.
Mens events
Rock star welcome for Team GBs
Sprint men
The Olympic Track Cycling events enjoyed an
explosive start in the electric atmosphere of a rock
concert. A capacity crowd of 6,000 took their
seats in the sleek, sexy and tightly engineered
Velodrome, one of the showpiece venues of the
Olympic Park.
Thin Lizzys hit The Boys Are Back In Town
pumped out of the speakers at maximum volume
as Great Britains defending Olympic champions
lined up for the Team Sprint nal, led by the
veteran knight of the track, Sir Chris Hoy. Hoy,
19-year-old new boy Philip Hindes and Jason
Kenny smashed the world record in a stunning
time of 42.747 on the way to the gold medal race
against ve-time world champions France, but
there were more heroics to follow.
On the big screen Dame Kelly Holmes, nger on

lips, shushed the crowd for the starting hooter. Then
a deafening wave of roaring followed the cyclists
around the track as Hindes set a blistering pace
on the rst lap. Jason Kenny powered around the
Siberian pine to hand over to Hoy, who produced
an unprecedented ride of strength and aggression to
claim gold and another world record (42.600).
The cheering and ag-waving home crowd went
wild in the pressure cooker of the Velodrome, where
temperature and air speed are perfectly controlled
for fast, world record-breaking performances.
France, who trailed Team GB by 0.413 seconds,
took the silver, as they did at Beijing 2008. In the
bronze medal heat Germany (43.209) triumphed
over Australia by 0.146.
The tears owed as the Velodrome rocked to
David Bowies Heroes and Team GB waved to
ecstatic fans on their victory lap. Hoy, 36, admitted
that he had struggled to control his emotion as he
received his fth Olympic gold medal, equalling the
record held by rower Sir Steve Redgrave.
The Sport
Changes to the Olympic
Games Cycling programme
after Beijing 2008 meant that
men and women were treated
equally in terms of number of
events. The seven mens events
and three womens events were
amended by the Union Cycliste
Internationale (UCI) to become
ve events for each.
As a result the mens and
womens Individual Pursuit and
Points Races and the mens
Madison were dropped from the
programme. The womens Team
Pursuit, Team Sprint and Keirin
were introduced as well as the
Omnium (cyclings version of
the Decathlon). The UCI also
decreed that each nation could
enter only one athlete or team in
each event.
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Above: Heads down, this could be

fast. Team GBs Edward Clancy,
Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and
Incredible Team GB smash

Pursuit world record
Peter Kennaugh retain the title they

won at Beijing 2008 and set a new
world record in mens Team Pursuit.
Above right: Jason Kenny (left),

boldly selected over Chris Hoy, wins
the second heat against Gregory
Bauge of France on his way to
taking gold in the mens Sprint.
It was amazing
how fast we were
going. I needed a
bigger gear, my legs
were almost going
too fast for me.
Ed Clancy, Team Pursuit
gold medallist
Team GB set a new world record (3:51.659)

to take gold in the mens Team Pursuit, beating
Australia by almost three seconds an enormous
gap in pursuit cycling.
The huge crowd, which included Tour de France
winner and Time Trial gold medallist Bradley
Wiggins, knew they were watching something
special when the British team ew round the early
stages at speeds of around 40 miles per hour. Such
momentum signalled that they were on schedule to
break their own world record.
Ed Clancy and Geraint Thomas, Team Pursuit
gold medallists at Beijing 2008, joined forces with
Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh to dominate
the race. They executed a series of changes
with power and precision, encouraged by an
exuberant crowd. It felt like everyone here was
cheering for us, Clancy said later. It was just
incredible. The Australians pushed hard, but the
big boys of British cycling cranked up the pressure
to beat their own world record, set at Beijing
2008, for the third time.
After the race Kennaugh, 23, said the British
quartet enjoyed a unique camaraderie. We

bounce off each other. Its much easier when youre
not stressing about the race, youre just laughing
and joking, he laughed.
In the race for the bronze medal, the Russians
paid the price for trying to contain New Zealand,
who won in an impressive 3:55.952.
Outstanding Kenny wins Sprint

Britains Jason Kenny became a double gold medalwinning Olympian on Day 11, stepping out of the
immense shadow of Sir Chris Hoy to win the mens
Sprint in scintillating style.
The quiet and modest 24-year-old from Bolton
was picked for the Sprint ahead of Britains
cycling hero. He justied his selection with vicious
velocity to beat Frenchman Gregory Bauge 20
in a best of three contest, with times of 10.232
and 10.308. Shane Perkins of Australia won
the bronze medal in two races against Nijsane
Nicholas Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago, the only
cyclist representing his country at the Velodrome.
Bauge was always the big threat and there
was history between the two riders. Kenny had
become world sprint champion in 2011, handed
the title after Bauge forfeited his crown for missing

a doping control test. At the world championships
in April 2012 Bauge beat Kenny, but that second
place galvanised the British rider into action. His
Olympic gold was a glorious victory, the perfect
reward for refocusing and training harder. He had
also made a personal sacrice, moving from his
beloved Bolton to be closer to the Team GB training
base at the Manchester Velodrome rst visited by
Kenny on a school trip aged 11.
In the Olympic nal Kenny treated the excited
crowd to one of the best exhibitions of Track
Cycling of the 2012 Games. He broke the world
record in qualifying and said that although he had
felt lonely competing individually rather than as a
team, he had not been intimidated by the imposing
gure of Bauge. Nor had he thought about Hoy
until the start of his winning second race.
I didnt think of it until the last ride. I knew
Chris would never lose the nal killer ride, laughed
Kenny, adding that the tremendous noise of the
cheering fans in the nal half lap had given him the
fractional advantage to win gold.
Danish delight in Omnium

It was a Cycling gold for Denmark as Lasse
Norman Hansen won the rst medal in the mens
Omnium, the multi-discipline event which is Track
Cyclings equivalent of the Heptathlon or Decathlon
in Athletics.
Over two days of intense competition in six
events, Hansen battled and prevailed. His 27
points gave him the edge over Frenchman Bryan
Coquard, who took silver with 29, and Britains
Ed Clancy, who won the bronze medal with 30.
I know I said I was off Twitter until after

tomorrow, but that was PHENOMENAL
by Jason Kenny. So happy and proud of
him, well deserved, mate.
Cycling icon Chris Hoy joins in praise of Jason Kenny
after his Sprint victory
Clancys scores in four out of the six elements

would have been enough for gold, but nishes of
11th and 10th in the 30km points race and 15km
scratch race respectively brought him to bronze
medal position. Hansen had his own troubles. He
survived a crash in the scratch race, but, battered
and bruised, caught the pack and then lapped the
other riders to put himself in the perfect position for
gold in the nal 1km time trial.
Cheers and tears as Keirin brings

Hoy sixth gold
Sir Chris Hoy ignited the rocket burners and
propelled himself into Olympic legend, winning an
astonishing sixth gold medal in the mens Keirin. In
so doing he overtook rower Sir Steve Redgraves
record of ve golds to join fellow cyclist Bradley
Wiggins as Britains most decorated Olympians
with a total of seven medals.
Hoy was like a shark waiting to attack in the
early circuits of the track, before striking with
killer instinct and injecting a burst of speed. With
two laps to go, there was a scare and the crowd
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Great Dane. Lasse Norman Hansen

celebrates winning the gold for
Denmark after the 1km time trial,
the nal element of the mens
Omnium.
Team GB Cycling
medals at recent
Olympic Games
Beijing 2008
8 gold
4 silver
2 bronze
Total: 14 medals (ranked 1st)
Athens 2004
2 gold
1 silver
1 bronze
Total: 4 medals (ranked 3rd)
Sydney 2000
1 gold
1 silver
2 bronze
Total: 4 medals (ranked 6th)
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Below: Applying the burners.

Cycling icon Chris Hoy crosses
the line rst in the Keirin on the
nal day of Track Cycling in the
Velodrome.
Below right: Welcome to the

Pleasuredome. Chris Hoy celebrates
an emotional victory in the Keirin
and his sixth gold medal at the
Olympic Games, a record for a
British athlete.
missed a collective heartbeat as Hoy seemed

momentarily to be under pressure. He never lost
control, however, skilfully judging power and
pace to edge away and take the Olympic title
with a remarkable time of 10.306. Maximilian
Levy of Germany won silver, and bronze medals
were awarded to both Dutch veteran Teun Mulder
and Simon Van Velthooven of New Zealand, who
nished equal third.
Then came the celebrations for the nice guy of
British sport, a consistently modest and admirable
ambassador for cycling. He rode off the Olympic
track for the nal time through a guard of honour
of his coaching staff as the worlds elite cyclists
applauded and cheered. The moment was shared
by Hoys mother, who had hidden her face in
her hands for most of the race, and father, who
unfurled the familiar family ag proclaiming Chris
Hoy The Real McHoy. Thousands of fans in the
Velodrome, as well as those watching on the big
screen in the Olympic Park and on television at
home, shared the emotion as Hoy shed tears during

the National Anthem.
Yet it was not the nal farewell to Hoy. The
36-year-old Scot thanked his wife and family,
backroom coaching staff and fans, conrming
that this was the nale to his Olympic career. He
would, however, aim to retire from competition
at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in two
years time.
Im in shock. This is surreal. It is what I

always wanted to win gold in front of
my home crowd. This is the perfect end to
my Olympic career.
Sir Chris Hoy, gold medallist in the Keirin and
Team Sprint
disqualied for an illegal changeover the

equivalent of dropping the baton in Athletics.
China qualied for the womens Team Sprint
by setting a new Olympic and world record, then
apparently going on to beat world champions
Germany in the gold medal race. Yet moments
after cycling a lap of honour carrying the Chinese
ag, Jinjie Gong and Shuang Guo were relegated
to the silver medal position for an illegal takeover.
The German duo Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel,
who nished in 32.798, were crowned Olympic
champions, and the bronze medal went to Australia,
who beat Ukraine in 32.727.
Womens events
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Left: In a busy and controversial

session Germanys Kristina Vogel
(right) and Miriam Welte were
crowned champions in the womens
Team Sprint. China was relegated
to silver medal position and Team
GBs Pendleton and Varnish were
disqualied earlier in the event.
Below: On the rebound. Victoria

Pendleton, seen ahead of Chinas
Shuang Guo, bounces back from
her disqualication in the Team
Sprint to take Keirin gold.
Keirin gold crowns Team GBs

Queen of the Track
Drama in the Team Sprint

The womens Team Sprint competition was full of
drama during a tense session in the Velodrome.
China won the gold, then lost it, while Britons
Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish, who
set the rst world record of the afternoon, were
The Queen of British cycling Victoria Pendleton

delighted home fans in the Velodrome with victory
in the Keirin, banishing the misery of her Team
Sprint disqualication the day before.
So, as Pendleton lined up for the Keirin an
event once described by BBC radio presenter Terry
I can barely believe

it right now
Thank you so much
to everyone whos
helped me get here.
The crowd have
been fantastic and
it really helped me
today.
Victoria Pendleton,
womens Keirin gold
medallist
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Britain tops Track

Cycling medals table
GBR
AUS
GER
DEN
FRA
CHN
USA
NZL
CAN
HKG
NED
G
7
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
S
1
1
1
0
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
B
1
3
1
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
1
9
5
3
1
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
Words cant
describe how I feel
When London
won the Olympic
Games I was not
even riding a bike
this journey has
been crazy for me.
Dani King, womens
Team Pursuit gold
medallist
A magnicent ride from Team GBs

King, Rowsell and Trott brings gold
medals and a new world record
on the fast and fercious track of
Siberian pine.
Wogan as like watching six crazy cyclists chasing

a pizza delivery boy fans were willing a gold
medal for their heroine in her swansong Olympic
Games. And this time it was to be tears of joy for
the 31-year-old poster girl of British cycling.
Australias Anna Meares, so often Pendletons
nemesis, was to make the rst move in the
Keirin, as the motorised durny bike peeled
away. Pendleton responded and jumped ahead,
raising a eeting concern she had moved too
soon. However, her lightning speed held off all
challengers in a masterclass of sprinting for gold,
which she took with a time of 10.965. Meares, the
pre-race favourite, nished fth.
Half a wheel behind Pendleton in the silver medal
position was Chinas Shuang Guo, who lost the gold
medal in the Team Sprint after being relegated. A
surprise bronze went to Wai Sze Lee, in a historic
rst Cycling medal for Hong Kong, China.
Fab Three conquer the world in

Team Pursuit
Pop music pounded out across the Velodrome and
Sir Paul McCartney waved his arms in the air as
Britains supreme Team Pursuit champions Laura
Trott, Joanna Rowsell and Dani King broke another
world record to take gold in the Team Pursuit. Their
time of 3:14.051 was a staggering sixth world
record in six competitive races.
The magnicent British trio produced a ride in
the nal, against the USA, that was nothing short
of phenomenal. They were ying so fast that they
were catching their quarry and could see the USA
team, who nished with 3:19.727, in front of them
on the nal lap. The contest for the bronze medal
was also close a Commonwealth clash in which
Canada beat the world silver medallists Australia
with a time of 3:17.915 (two seconds faster than
the USA in the gold medal race).

There were emotional scenes as the British team
hobbled up the steep bank of the track in cycling
shoes to greet friends and family. Its mad. This has
been my dream since I was eight, laughed Trott,
20, who beamed with joy on the podium wearing
her rst Olympic medal. Rowsell praised the
football match atmosphere inside the Velodrome,
I could tell we were winning by the sound of the
crowd, she laughed.
After the Victory Ceremony McCartney led the
British celebrations a Fab Four survivor leading a
chorus of Hey Jude in tribute to a Fab Three.
Aussie rules in Individual Sprint

Australias Anna Meares conquered her arch-rival
Victoria Pendleton of Team GB in the womens
Individual Sprint, denying the Briton a fairytale end
to her cycling career.
An air of drama settled over the track for
another chapter in the decade-long rivalry between
the two women. Tension mounted as Pendleton, the
defending champion, won the rst race of three by
1000th of a second: 11.218 to Meares 11.348.
Moments later she suffered her second infringement
of the Olympic Games when she was relegated to
second place for straying out of the sprinters lane
after a clash with Meares.
In race two Meares toyed with Pendleton,
creeping up to the top of the bank and cycling at

snails pace before blasting away to win the gold
medal 20. The old adversaries cycled around the
track holding hands before Meares punched the air
and threw her helmet into the air. The British crowd
cried, Vicky, Vicky, Vicky, and Pendleton, in oods
of tears, declared that she was relieved that it was
all over and could now move on.
The bronze medal was a ght between Chinas
Shuang Guo and Kristina Vogel from Germany,
with Guo winning the medal 20.
New star rises in the Omnium

As Victoria Pendleton bade farewell to cycling, a
new British superstar emerged from the Velodrome.
Twenty-year-old Laura Trott produced a gutsy
performance to take the gold medal in the multievent Omnium.
Two points behind the USAs Sarah Hammer
after the scratch race, she snatched victory with an
Olympic record in the 500m time trial in the nal
element of the competition. The dramatic close
(Trott won 1918) delighted the cheering crowd
and brought the British rider, from Hertfordshire,
her second gold medal following her Team Pursuit
success. Hammer won the silver, with Annette
Edmondson of Australia taking bronze with 24.
Trott, born with a collapsed lung, rst took up
cycling to help control her asthma, and a high
acid lining to her stomach often makes her sick
after racing. Yet she has proved herself to be an
inspirational cyclist at her rst Olympic Games.
On her celebratory lap of honour she beamed
and waved to the crowd carrying a Union ag
emblazoned with Go Trotty. With her blonde
plaits ying in the breeze, the fresh-faced, double
gold medallist looked like a 1950s sixth-former
cycling home from school.
She said her dad had given up cricket to ferry
her to cycling events and thanked her parents for
the sacrices they had made to help her become
an Olympic champion. I cant believe this has
happened to me, she said.
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The Velodrome
From the outside the Velodrome
is a stunning piece of
architecture with its iconic
curved roof, red cedar wood
cladding, glass wall and
natural ventilation. Economic
with materials and able to
harvest rainwater from its roof,
as well as ventilate without air
conditioning, it is one of the
most environmentally friendly of
the London 2012 venues. Form
and function are interlinked;
among those who played a part
in its design was Sir Chris Hoy,
while veteran track designer and
cyclist Ron Webb came out of
retirement to conceive the track.
Completed 18 months ahead of
the Games, the Velodrome will
in future form the centrepiece
of a VeloPark for use by the
local community, clubs and elite
athletes
I thought I was
going to be sick on
the start line, which
didnt help matters.
But I just got going
and the crowd just
drove me home.
I was so happy.
Laura Trott, womens
Omnium gold medallist
After her nal race before

retirement, silver medallist Victoria
Pendleton (left) congratulates the
new Olympic Sprint champion,
Anna Meares of Australia.
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It was inspiring to
be at the Olympic
Games and to
have a million
people lining the
route of the Road
Race ... thats a
record crowd for
an Olympic event.
People were talking
about cycling being
cool ... they wanted
to get their bikes
out of the shed.
Im condent there
will be a huge
legacy from these
Olympics.
Stewart Kellett, Director of
Recreation, British Cycling
The Cycling Road Race route

took cyclists past an estimated
one million spectators in central
London, and out into the beautiful
countryside of Surrey before
nishing back at The Mall, close to
Buckingham Palace.
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Equestrian Dressage
Great Britains Carl Hester
performs an immaculate routine
on his majestic horse Uthopia in
the Dressage Team Competition.
Team GBs gold medal ended the
seven-year German domination of
the sport.
Bechtolsheimer, Dujardin and Hester take

Team Competition gold for Team GB
The Sport
Dressage is a French term,
most commonly translated to
mean training. It tests the
communication between riders
and their horses, effectively
testing the horses ability to
perform a series of pre-dened
moves by responding to its
rider, who in turn must appear
calm and in control. The horses
are always beautifully turned
out and their riders adhere to
a strict dress code. Sometimes
referred to as horse ballet,
horse and rider demonstrate
their skill in front of judges who
score from zero to 10.
They looked beautiful and performed brilliantly. In

one of the great spectacles of London 2012, Team
GBs stylish horses and riders ended the seven-year
German domination of the sport by winning the
gold medal in the Dressage Team Competition at
Greenwich Park.
Charlotte Dujardin and her horse Valegro
(stable name Blueberry), who are said to have
a telepathic bond, broke the Olympic Dressage
record in qualifying, scoring 83.286 per cent.
They then produced an ice-cool performance in
the nale to help Great Britain to a nal score of
79.979 per cent. The Germans were runners-up
with 78.216 per cent to win the silver medal, and
the Netherlands won bronze with 77.124.
Dujardins mentor Carl Hester and his horse
Uthopia (nickname Uti) delighted the crowd with an

immaculate routine that scored 80.571 per cent. It
is a dream come true, he said. The third member
of the team, Laura Bechtolsheimer and Mistral
Hojris (Alf), posted 77.794 per cent.
It was a thrilling moment for the British equestrian
fans. They had provided a memorable atmosphere
at the magnicent Greenwich Park venue, with its
glorious views over London. Many young riders
went home dreaming of future Olympic Games,
noting that Dujardin had only begun competing
internationally 18 months before.
It is an incredible feeling for all three of

us and I think well all really proud of
each other and of our horses.
Laura Bechtolsheimer, Team Competition gold
medallist
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Left: Charlotte Dujardins uid

ight across the arena in the Team
Dressage event. The telepathic bond
between horse and rider produced
a masterclass in the art of Dressage.
Far left: Team GBs Charlotte

Dujardin riding to the gold medal in
the Individual Dressage Competition
on her beautiful horse Valegro.
Equestrian fans loved her patriotic
display, which included music from
the James Bond movie Live and Let
Die and the chimes of Big Ben.
I cant believe it. It was only last January

that we did our rst Grand Prix and now
we have two Olympic gold medals.
Charlotte Dujardin, two-time Dressage gold medallist
Dujardin and Valegro triumph with

Individual Dressage gold
Great Britains new Dressage darlings, Charlotte
Dujardin and her glossy-coated, chocolate brown
champion Valegro, produced an amazing routine
to win the gold medal in the Individual Dressage
Competition.
Dujardins delightful dance across the arena
offered a masterclass in the art of Dressage.
Valegro skimmed over the sand in extended trot
to the sound of 007s Live and Let Die, followed
moments later by half passes to The Great Escape.
Horse and rider then struck a patriotic note,
cantering to Land of Hope and Glory before
slowing to a walk as music from the hymn I Vow
To Thee My Country drifted over the arena. The
inspired and artistic display was rounded off
with double pirouettes to the chimes of Big Ben.
There was not a dry eye in Greenwich Park as

the crowd burst into rapturous applause and loud
cheering. The pair scored an incredible 90.089
per cent, an Olympic freestyle record.
Dujardin, from Eneld, grew up showing
ponies. The 27-year-old was given the chance to
work with her mentor, fellow Team GB competitor
Carl Hester, after meeting him at a talent-spotting
day. Dujardins mother asked if he would give her
daughter a lesson; Hester saw she was a special
horsewoman and invited her to work at his yard
in Gloucestershire where the heavenly partnership
with Blueberry was perfected. She becomes the
fourth British woman to win double gold at an
Olympic Games, and also emulates rider Richard
Mead who took two gold medals at Munich 1972.
The silver medal was won by Adelinde
Cornelissen from the Netherlands (88.196 per
cent), whose routine included music from The
Nutcracker Suite. Bronze went to Britains Laura
Bechtolsheimer (84.339 per cent), who rode Mistral
Hojris to music from the popular Lion King.
Greenwich Park
Greenwich Park, Londons
oldest Royal Park, dates back
to 1433. It is home to the
National Maritime Museum
and the Prime Meridian Line,
from where Greenwich Mean
Time is established. The main
arena featured an innovative
purpose-made platform made
of plywood, aluminium and
steel, and held above ground by
more than 2,000 pillars. Placed
on the axis with the Queens
House, it was designed in the
shape of a horseshoe to allow
glorious views of the Old Royal
Naval College and the city
skyline behind.
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Equestrian Eventing
Great Britians Zara Phillips (centre)
carries on the family tradition,
anked by members of the
Eventing team.
Team GBs
Eventing Team
Nicola Wilson and
Opposition Buzz
Mary King and Imperial
Cavalier
Zara Phillips and High
Kingdom
Tina Cook and Miners Frolic
William Fox-Pitt and
Lionheart
German gold in dominant Team

Eventing display
The Sport
The competition for the
Olympic Individual and Team
Eventing gold medal took place
over four days and included
Dressage, Cross-Country and
Jumping. The highlight was
the cross-country test over a
specially designed 5.7km
course, including 42 jumps,
that wound its way through
the beautiful Greenwich Park.
Scores are cumulative in this
ultimate test of horse and rider,
and while teams consist of up
to ve riders, only three results
count towards the nal score.
Germany retained their Team Eventing title at

the spectacular Greenwich Park with a powerful
display of horsemanship. They nished ahead of
Team GB, who won silver, and New Zealand, who
took the bronze.
London 2012 saw Equestrian events placed
at the heart of the Olympic Games for the rst
time. Riders competed in the World Heritage-listed
Greenwich Park, once a hunting and jousting
ground for King Henry VIII. Royal connections were
maintained by the Queens granddaughter Zara
Phillips, in her rst Olympic Games; her mother the
Princess Royal is also an Olympian and her father,
Captain Mark Phillips, won Team gold at Munich

1972. In an emotional ceremony before a cheering
British crowd, Phillips received her silver medal
from her mother.
Germany, who scored 133.70 to win gold,
demonstrated a consistent mastery of the three
disciplines of dressage, cross country and jumping.
Their dominance had secured the gold medal even
before their last rider, Ingrid Klimhe, completed
her round, but the battle for silver and bronze
was close and tense. Both Great Britain and New
Zealand, elding two riders in their fties, proved
that in equestrian sport experience counts. New
Zealander Mark Todd, riding in his eighth Olympic
Games, rst won gold at Los Angeles, while Team
GBs Mary King, who suffered a broken neck in a
fall in 2001, was competing in her sixth Games.

She produced a vital and impressive clear round
on Imperial Cavalier, matching that of Andrew
Nicholson for New Zealand. Finally Tina Cook,
daughter of the late Grand National-winning
trainer Josh Gifford, completed a cool, clear show
jumping round with just one time penalty to clinch
the silver for Team GB on 138.20; New Zealand
took bronze with 144.40. It was very much mind
over matter, she explained later. Her horse Miners
Frolic had survived a life-threatening disease only
12 months earlier.
Phillips said her parents were immensely proud.
Its an awesome experience. Weve had a great
time its been a great team effort, she smiled.
Individual Eventing sees Jungs dream

come true
Germanys Michael Jung became the rst rider to
hold the World, European and Olympic titles when
he won gold in the Individual Eventing Competition,
riding his horse Sam. The triple crown came on
Jungs 30th birthday. His Olympic Individual title
made this a double gold birthday present, as
earlier in the day he had helped Germany to take
gold in the Team Competition.
The nale to the competition took place in the
unique show jumping arena in front of the Queens
House, designed by Inigo Jones. The jump designs
reected a magnicent range of British history and
landmarks, including Stonehenge, Nelsons Column
and Trafalgar Square, red postboxes and Abbey
Road, The Beatles famous recording studio.
Only four penalty points separated the rst
four riders and the gold medal was not decided
until the nal moment of the competition. Jung
had jumped clear to put pressure on Swedens
Sara Algotsson Ostholt, riding Wega. Poised to
take gold, she clipped a pole on the last fence
in a heartbreaking moment, missing out on the
Olympic title to take silver.
The bronze medal was another triumph for
Germany as Sandra Auffarth and Opgun Louvo
completed the jumping phase without penalties.

British hopes had been with Zara Phillips, who
ended in eighth place, Tina Cook and Mary King
who, in an unhappy coincidence, both brought
down the rst and third fences. They nished sixth
and fth respectively.
After receiving his medal, Jung paid tribute to his
mount, Sam. Every competition with Sam is very
easy, he said. He makes everything easy for me.
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Germanys Michael Jung, and his

horse Sam, make a splash winning
Team and Individual Gold in
Eventing. Jung became the rst rider
to hold the European, World and
Olympic Eventing titles.
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Equestrian Jumping
Right: Nick Skelton and Big Star
Jumping for joy as Team GB win gold
leap to the gold medal in Team

Jumping after a thrilling jump-off
with the Netherlands who won the
silver medal.
Below: Great Britains Jumping Team

Competition gold medallists: Nick
Skelton and Big Star, Ben Maher
on Tripple X, Scott Brash riding
Hello Sanctos and Peter Charles
with Vindicat. It was Britains rst
Jumping Team Competition medal
for 60 years.
After a wait of 60 years, Team GBs gold medal

in the Jumping Team Competition was a tribute to
mature horsemanship and the skill of orthopaedic
surgeons. A litany of injuries, including broken
vertebrae, knee and hip operations and a
ruptured spleen, failed to hinder Britains veterans.
They showed exquisite horsemanship to win the
Olympic Team title in a thrilling jump-off against
the Netherlands.
Sporting survivors Nick Skelton, riding Big Star,
and Peter Charles on Vindicat, both in their 50s,
rode with Ben Maher (Tripple X) and Scott Brash
(Hello Sanctos) to give Britain their rst Olympic
Jumping title since Helsinki 1952. It was also the
rst Jumping medal of any colour for Great Britain

since Los Angeles 1984.
After the nal phase of action, both Team GB
and the Netherlands, including Gerco Schroder
riding a horse called London, had four faults.
The Sport
Known in the UK as Show
Jumping, the Olympic Individual
and Team competition took
place over ve rounds in the
main arena. Riders were timed
as they tackled jumps that
included parallel rails, triple
bars, water jumps and simulated
stone walls. A jump not cleared
correctly means penalty points,
with the individual gold medallist
being the rider who completes
the course in the fastest time and
with the fewest penalties.
Its been a long time coming. Ive been to a lot of Games and made a lot of mistakes,
but Ive nally got there The crowd was behind each one of us. Without them, this
would not have been possible.
Nick Skelton, Jumping gold medallist in his fth Olympic Games
The gold medal thus had to be decided in a jumpoff a nerve-wracking equivalent of footballs
penalty shoot-out. Skelton and Maher jumped
like lightning and were faster than the rst Dutch
riders, while Brashs one mistake was cancelled
out by errors from the next two Dutchmen. One
clear round would bring gold but Vindicat had
picked up penalties from three of the previous
rounds. In the temporary Greenwich Park arena
the 23,000-strong crowd held its breath, and then
roared with joy as Charles jumped clear to win
gold. I just had to focus on the arena, he said
later. I was very keen to get the job done and not
let the lads down.
Saudia Arabia, who had been the shock leaders
overnight, claimed bronze, the countrys rst
Olympic Team medal.
Sun shines on Swiss in Individual Jumping

Competition
In the sunshine, Switzerlands Steve Guerdat a
and his horse Nino des Buissonnets gave the
cheering crowd a fabulously faultless riding

lesson in Greenwich Parks magnicent arena.
They displayed great equestrian skill and equine
athleticism to take the gold medal.
The Olympic Jumping course, with its red
London bus, was quirky and tough for Equestrian
competitors. Team GBs veteran horseman Nick
Skelton described it as not crazily big, but with
tricky lines. Among the fences was a difcult triple
combination, including a water jump that sorted the
medallists from the also-rans.
Guerdat, whose hero is fellow countryman
Roger Federer, was the only rider to jump without
faults. Hollands Gerco Schroder won silver after a
jump-off against Irelands Cian OConnor, who was
awarded bronze.
British hopes rested on Skelton and Big Star,
but he knocked a rail down at Cutty Sark to nish
equal fth. It was the only mistake made by the
horse, whom Skelton had called perfect, in the
ve rounds of a tiring competition. Saudia Arabia
emerged as contenders for Olympic Equestrian
honours in the future, when Kamal Bahamdan, who
won a Team bronze, nished fourth.
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Jumping fences in
Greenwich Park
A range of beautifully designed
fences in Greenwich Park Arena
included the following themes:
Old Royal Naval College and
the Queens House
Naval Ship of the Line
Magna Carta and the Birth
of Justice
English Country Garden
Gazebo and Bridge
Lighthouse and Thames Barge
Greenwich Mean Time Clocks
1908 and 1948 Olympic
Fences
Royal Observatory of
Greenwich
Nelsons Column from Trafalgar
Square
Stonehenge
Tower Bridge
Royal Mail
Abbey Road
I am proud, but I
am more happy for
the people behind
me. They have
helped me so much
as a team and this
gold medal is theirs,
not mine.
Steve Guerdat, Individual
Jumping Competition gold
medallist
Tripple X and rider Ben Maher of

Great Britain y over Stonehenge.
The Olympic Equestrian events
included imaginative obstacles
which featured famous London
landmarks like Abbey Road,
Nelsons Column and Tower Bridge.
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The crowd just

carried you round in
a wave of screams
and roars ... it was
special ... Im sad
its over.
William Fox-Pitt, Team
GB Equestrian Eventing
Team Competition Silver
medallist
Greenwich Park, the London 2012

venue for Equestrian events and
elements of the Modern Pentathlon.
It afforded spectators a dazzling
view of London landmarks and
perfect sightlines of horses and
riders.
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Fencing
Italian fencers win Team Foil gold
No way through. Suguru Awaji (left)

was among the Japanese fencers
who pushed Andrea Cassara (right)
and the all-conquering Italians hard
in the Fencing mens Team Foil
Mens events
Italys prowess as a Fencing nation at these Games

was never better illustrated than in the Team Foil
event, in which Andrea Cassara, Andrea Baldini
and Giorgio Avola overcame a persistent Japan to
win gold 4539.
In a battle of attrition that took the Italians by
surprise, Japan pushed the top-seeded nation to
the limit, producing a dazzling display. It was not
until the last two bouts that the Italians managed to
gain ground on their plucky opponents. We didnt
expect such a tough nal, Avola admitted. They
fenced really well.
The bronze medal match saw Germany
decisively overpower the USA by 4527.
The result meant that Italy matched Frances
record of seven gold medals in this event overall.
New star from Egypt in

Individual Foil
Korea sweep to rst

Team Sabre gold
A piece of history was made at a packed ExCeL

with a rst-ever medal for an African fencer. It
followed an epic, 37-minute contest that brought the
crowd to its feet at the level of skill on show.
Alaaeldin Abdulelkassem of Egypt took the
silver medal, with Sheng Lei of China seizing his
countrys rst Individual Foil title 1513. In also
winning Egypts rst medal in London, the 21-yearold African champion had enjoyed a sensational
passage to the nal, overcoming Italys Andrea
Cassara who had come into the competition as
the world champion and hot favourite for the gold
medal. I really cant believe what Ive done,
he said. The bronze medal went to Byungchul Choi
of Korea who defeated Andrea Baldini of Italy
1514 in the bronze medal contest.
Korea secured its rst Olympic Fencing Team gold

in the mens Team Sabre event at ExCeL after a onesided match against Romania which ended 4526.
Koreans Junghwan Kim, Young Woo Won and
Bongil Gu dominated the Romanian trio of Rares
Dumitrescu, Tiberiu Dolniceanu and Florin Zalomir
and both teams brought on substitutes to make
sure they also received a medal. Italy maintained
its medal count in London, and in the wider
competition, by taking the bronze 4540 against
the Russians. Italy substituted the competitions
oldest man, Luigi Tarantino, 39, with Luigi Samele.
He proved a sparkling replacement, winning 19
hits to give Aldo Montano (ITA) a cushion of nine
hits for the nal bout.
nal. However, the Italians Fencing

prowess eventually won out.
Im the rst African

fencer who has
won an Olympic
medal and that
makes me proud,
especially because
this was also my
fathers dream.
Silver medallist Alaaeldin
Abdulelkassem pays
tribute to his father, who
died earlier in the year.
Womens events
Triple delight for Italy in Individual Foil
Italian domination of the event continued with a
clean sweep of the medals. It was not three-time
Olympic champion Valentina Vezzali who took
the gold, however, but her teammate, Elisa Di
Francisca. Separating the two in the medals was
Arianna Errigo, who beat Vezzali in their semi-nal.
The nal itself was fought to extra time after
Di Francesca had come from 118 down, with
45 seconds of normal time remaining, to snatch
the 1211 victory by a single point. This was the
rst time that Italy had won all the medals in a
womens event in any sport at the Olympic Games.
After claiming her eighth Olympic medal, Vezzali
signalled her intention to carry on to Rio 2016.
Now I have a big motivation to continue because
when there is a problem like losing, I want to
resolve it, she said.
Sit-in overshadows Ukrainian Individual

Epe win
The gold medal was won by Ukraines Yana
Shemyakina, but her dramatic 98 win in
extra time over 2008 Olympic champion
Britta Heidemann (GER) was overshadowed
by a controversial sit-in. The protest, staged by
beaten Korean semi-nalist A Lam Shin, held the
competition up for more than an hour.
Pandemonium erupted at the end of Shins
match against Heidemann, whose winning hit came
as the clock showed just a second left. Shin, who
had priority, believed that the time was up and the
hit should be disallowed. Korean ofcials called for
the Directoire Technique (the International Fencing
Federations ruling body) to question the length of
that nal, crucial second. When the ruling went
against Shin, she sat on the piste and refused to
leave, evoking memories of Korean boxers sit-in
protests at the 1964 and 1988 Olympic Games.
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The International Fencing Federation later went

some way to acknowledge that a mistake may
have been made, deciding to make a special
award to Shin for her aspiration to win and
respect for the rules.
Kim ends Zagunis reign in the

Individual Sabre
The surprise winner of the womens
Individual Sabre was Koreas Jiyeon
Kim, who beat Russian Federations
Sofya Velikaya in the nal 159. Yet it
was her victory against all the odds over
Mariel Zagunis, USA Flagbearer at the
Opening Ceremony, that caused the
biggest shock of the competition.
Zagunis had held the title from its
introduction to the Games at Athens
2004. She was on her way to a
comfortable win over Kim in their
semi-nal when the Korean launched
an astonishing comeback from 125
down. Kim scored the next 11 hits and
ended the match by winning 1513
against the sports poster girl. Zagunis
had little left for her bronze medal bout,
with the medal going 1510 to Olga
Kharlan of Ukraine.
Clean sweep. Elisa Di Francisca

and Arianna Errigo contest the nal
Broken teeth battle for Greeces lone fencer
of the womens Individual Foil event

as Italy takes the top three spots for
the rst time.
Vassiliki Vougiouka, Greeces only fencer, battled

hard in her Individual Sabre quarter-nal against
the eventual gold medallist Jiyeon Kim, despite
struggling with the pain of two broken teeth
after an accidental clash of masks in an earlier
match. Tired and in pain, wearing a temporary
guard on her teeth, she nally succumbed 1512.
Vougiouka came to London as a medal prospect
despite having to balance her Individual Sabre
training programme with nal-year university
studies in dentistry.
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Football
earlier foul on Sungryong Jung in the Korean goal,
enabling the bronze medallists to secure only their
second victory of the competition.
Hong Myung Bo, the Korean coach, hailed
this generation of players as a dream team
following in the footsteps of the squad that
reached the semi-nals of the World Cup in 2002,
when Bo was captain.
Among the teams beaten by Korea on the way
to their bronze medal was Team GB, making their
rst appearance in the tournament since 1960.
Their quarter-nal encounter nished 11 after
normal and extra time, and it was the Koreans who
won the ensuing penalty shoot-out 54.
The losers of the bronze medal match, Japan,
had previously claimed the mighty Spain among
their conquests. At the group stage, Japan defeated
the World Cup winners 1 0 in a shock result to
record their rst victory over Spain at any level.
Right: Golden generation. Koreas

gifted young players celebrate with
their coach Hong Myung Bo (top)
after beating Japan to the bronze
medal at the Millennium Stadium
in Cardiff.
Opposite: Too good. Brazils

goalkeeper Gabriel (right) dives
in vain as Oribe Peralta scores
Mexicos second goal in the mens
Football nal at Wembley Stadium.
Marvellous Mexico deny Brazil

in Football nal
Mens events
Korea beat Japan to Football bronze
Winning this gold

medal on the sacred
pitch of Wembley
makes it even more
special.
Luis Fernando Tena, the
Mexican coach
Korea claimed their rst-ever medal in the Olympic

Football tournament by defeating Japan 20 in
the bronze medal match at Cardiffs Millennium
Stadium.
The goals came either side of half-time from
Arsenals Chuyoung Park and Koreas captain
Jacheol Koo, but this was to prove a close-fought
contest as Japan pushed Korea hard. They thought
they had reduced the decit with three minutes to
go when Japanese captain Maya Yoshida headed
in from a corner. His effort was disallowed by
the referee, however, in response to the players
This was supposed to have been the match that saw

Brazil nally add the Olympic title to its ve World
Cups. Yet in the event it was Mexico who scored
early, stole the show and took the Football gold.
Some of the 86,162 spectators at Wembley
Stadium were still nding their seats when Mexico
pounced on some nervous defending by the Brazil
and Manchester United defender Rafael da Silva.
Their boldness enabled the unmarked Oribe Peralta
to re home the opener from the edge of the
penalty area after just 28 seconds.
Brazil were immediately forced to chase
the game. Coach Mano Menezes attempted to
inject some enterprise into his attacking options
by sending on Hulk for Alex Sandro in the 32nd
minute. Soon after the Porto strikers long range
shot did force a save from Jose Corona in the

Mexican goal. Despite their pressure, however,
the previously free-scoring Brazil, overwhelming
favourites for the competition, failed to make an
impact on the Mexico defence. The rst half ended
with no further goals.
Brazil began the second half brightly but Mexico
held rm, with Diego Reyes playing well and
Corona proving unbeatable. The goal that sealed
the gold medal came in the 75th minute. Peraltas
clever run evaded the Brazilian defence and he
headed home from a Marco Fabian free kick to
score his fourth goal of the Olympic competition.
Brazil had to press hard. Their frustration boiled
over when Juan Jesus argued with Rafael before
being substituted with ve minutes still left on the
clock. Brazils reward came when Hulk broke away
to score in the 91st minute. Moments later Oscar
might even have levelled the match, but his closerange header missed the target.
So a delighted Mexican team claimed its rst
gold medal at London 2012, and its rst medal
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Mexicos golden line-up

Israel Jimenez
Carlos Salcido
Hiram Mier
Darvin Chavez
Hector Herrera
Javier Cortes
Marco Fabian
Oribe Peralta
Giovani dos Santos
Javier Aquino
Raul Jimenez
Diego Reyes
Jorge Enriquez
Nestor Vidrio
Miguel Ponce
Nestor Araujo
Jose Rodriguez
Celebrating a shock victory. The

Mexico players celebrate after
pulling off a victory over the
competition favourites Brazil to win
gold in the mens Football nal.
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There were some

really fantastic
matches and it has
been a great advert
for the womens
game.
of any colour in the Football tournament. Brazil

once again missed out on the only title to elude
the country, despite acquiring three silver and two
bronze medals over the years.
Luis Fernando Tena, the Mexico coach,
described his squad as 18 warriors and added a
special dedication for his gold medal. I dedicate
this to my late father, he said. He is still kicking a
ball up in heaven.
His star striker, Peralta, the rst man to score
two goals in an Olympic nal for 20 years, said,
I dreamed about this moment. It is one of those
things you dont get to live every day. Brazil were
the favourites, but we knew that would put some
extra pressure on them.
That pressure will only intensify on the Brazilian
team that lines up at Rio 2016.
Megan Rapinoe, womens

Football gold medallist
Running into trouble. Mana

Iwabuchi of Japan comes up against
Christie Rampone of the USA in
their womens Football nal at
Wembley Stadium.
USAs golden line-up

Hope Solo
Heather Mitts
Christie Rampone
Becky Sauerbrunn
Kelley OHara
Amy le Peilbet
Shannon Boxx
Amy Rodriguez
Heather OReilly
Carli Lloyd
Sydney Leroux
Lauren Cheney
Alex Morgan
Abby Wambach
Megan Rapinoe
Rachel Buehler
Tobin Heah
Nicole Barnhart
Womens events
Three strikes and youre in
USA take Football gold
The USA maintained their dominance with a 21
victory over Japan to take their third consecutive
gold medal in womens Football. It was also their
fourth in the ve Olympic Games since the sport
was added to the programme in 1996.
Signicantly, the crowd for the nal at Wembley
was 80,203. The gure comfortably beat the
previous record for a womens Olympic Games
Football match of 76,481, dating from the last match
at Atlanta 1996 between the USA and China.

A brace of goals for Carli Lloyd the rst
coming as early as the eighth minute saw off
an impressive Japan. The action-packed match, a
brilliant advertisement for the womens game, was
played out in front of Sepp Blatter, President of the
world governing body FIFA.
Japan pulled a goal back through Yuki Ogimi
after 63 minutes, but could not nd an equaliser.
The thrilling game meant revenge of sorts for the

USA, who had lost to Japan on a penalty shoot-out
in the 2011 World Cup Final.
In the bronze medal match, held at the City
of Coventry Stadium, Canada beat France 10.
Midelder Diana Matheson headed home the only
goal just as the match seemed to be heading for
extra time.
The experienced Canadian team had also
ended Team GBs hopes in the quarter-nal after

the Host Nation had seemed in medal-winning
form during the group stage. Most notable was
a magnicent 10 victory over Brazil following a
strike by Steph Houghton in the second minute.
Over 70,000 excited supporters created an
electric atmosphere at Wembley Stadium as Team
GB held off the challenge from Brazil, ranked
fourth in the world.
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Record crowd. All talk of ticket sales

was forgotten as a record crowd
for womens Football of 80,203
lled Wembley Stadium to see the
USA beat Japan to win the womens
Football gold medal.
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Gymnastics Artistic
Team GB bronze medallists (left to

right) Daniel Purvis, Max Whitlock,
Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas and
Sam Oldham, who won Great
Britains rst Gymnastics Team
Mens events
Tense Team nale delights North
Greenwich Arena crowds
medal for 100 years.
Its a beautiful day

for the sport and
British Gymnastics.
Team GB captain Louis
Smith celebrates the
countrys rst Team medal
since Stockholm 1912.
London-born pop star Pixie Lott rocked the arena

ahead of the mens Team Competition, singing
Someone Like You but nobody guessed that by
the end of the evening that someone would be
Team GB. A dramatic turn of events at the North
Greenwich Arena saw the British team win bronze,
with China taking gold and Japan silver.
In an electric session Team GB originally nished
in second place, but the Japanese appealed their
star gymnast Kohei Uchimuras dismount score on
the pommel. For a nail-biting ve minutes the judges
reviewed video evidence and did their maths,
eventually awarding silver to Japan. Ukraine, who
had been in the bronze medal position, left London
empty-handed.
China produced a series of near-perfect routines
and led throughout the competition. Feng Zhe,

who had the highest parallel bar score, explained
how they maintained such dominance. We didnt
have any faults. Thats our secret. We conquered
ourselves, he laughed.
British fans, including the Duke of Cambridge
and Prince Harry, went wild when Kristian Thomas
executed a magnicent, straight-legged, backward
double somersault that scored 16.550 the highest
mark in the competition. Its the rst time Ive pulled
it off in competition. The blood, sweat and tears
paid off, said Thomas, who at 180cm is unusually
tall for a gymnast.
Team GB, who failed to qualify from the world
championships for London 2012, only winning
their place at the Visa International Gymnastics test
event 199 days before the Games, were ecstatic
with the countrys rst team medal for 100 years.
Sam Oldham described the result as, Madness ...
outrageous. Team captain Louis Smith, who had
won the Pommel Horse bronze at Beijing 2008,
said the team had responded to the support of the
home crowd. We set out to enjoy ourselves. It was
beautiful, he smiled.
Kohei Uchimura said he was sorry for
challenging his score but added, It is strange to
say that I feel sorry, but that is the scoring system.
Andre Gueisbuhler, Secretary General of the
International Gymnastics Federation, said the
judges reviewed Uchimuras dismount 10 times
before correcting his score. Britain is a country of
fair play, observed Gueisbuhler. Im sure nobody
would have wanted a medal given because of a
wrong score.
The USA, who started as favourites for the gold
medal, never recovered from a disastrous start
when John Orozco unceremoniously sat down
on the pommel horse. I blame myself and take
responsibility, said the young star from the Bronx.
Superstar Uchimura wins Individual

All-Around Competition
[Uchimura], he is the best gymnast that has lived so

far, Leyva said.
Japans 23-year-old Kohei Uchimura, known as

Super-Mura, combines the looks of a pop star
with the poise of a ballet dancer. In taking the
Individual All-Around title he conrmed his status
as the worlds greatest gymnast, ending Japans
28-year wait for the most highly regarded medal
of Olympic Artistic Gymnastics.
The impish three-time world champion and silver
medallist at Beijing 2008 nally tamed the pommel
horse, the apparatus that cost him gold in 2008
and the Team title in London 2012, to post an
unbeatable score of 92.690.
German soldier Marcel Nguyen won the silver
medal with 91.031 points and 20-year-old Cubanborn American Danell Leyva took the bronze on
90.698. If I spoke Japanese, I would tell him
Berki wins by a nose on Pommel Horse

There was more excitement in the North
Greenwich Arena as Hungarys Kristian Berki
and Great Britains Louis Smith completed the
competition with exactly the same score of 16.066
for their routines.
The judges awarded the gold medal to double
world champion Berki, whose stunningly smooth
execution gained fractionally higher marks than
that of Smith, bronze medallist at Beijing 2008. The
23-year-old reggae-loving Briton, once a contestant
on television talent show The X Factor, won
worldwide admiration for his mature and gracious
acceptance of his heartbreaking defeat in front of
the home crowd. The bronze medal was won by
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You have to look

at the positives. I
cant sit here with
my face screwed
up just because I
got a silver at the
Olympic Games.
Great Britain are
making history its
a fantastic day for
the sport.
Louis Smith, Pommel Horse
silver medallist
Support for Team GB

Ahead of London 2012
Britains gymnasts were
part of UK Sports no
compromise investment
strategy, receiving more
than 10 million of National
Lottery funding. Teenager
Sam Oldham acknowledged
that this had propelled them
on to the podium. I want to
thank the National Lottery
players, he said. They
fund our training costs, this
is their medal. The teams
success was orchestrated
by Yorkshireman Eddie Van
Hoof, the technical director
of British Gymnastics, who
put their stunning victory
down to plain hard work.
Star quality. Great Britains Louis

Smith performing on his way to
the silver medal on Pommel Horse.
Smith, 23, went one better than his
historic bronze medal at Beijing
2008.
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The bronze medalwinning Team GB

Louis Smith born
Peterborough, 22 April
1989
Sam Oldham born
Nottingham, 17 February
1993
Kristian Thomas born
Wolverhampton, 14
February 1989
Daniel Purvis born
Liverpool, 13 November
1990
Max Whitlock born Hemel
Hempstead, 13 January
1993
Olympic strongman. Brazils Arthur

Nabarrete Zanetti who came rst in
the Rings nal. He qualied fourth,
but pulled off an impressive routine
to take home gold.
Britains 19-year-old Max Whitlock with a score of

15.600. He took home two medals from his rst
Olympic Games after winning the bronze in the
Team event.
Sitting in a TV studio with the British gymnasts,
the legendary Olympic gold medal-winning Russian
gymnast Olga Korbut congratulated them on
their achievement. This is just the beginning, she
promised. This will see more boys in the gym.
Carnival for Brazil in the Rings Competition

There was a shock in the competition for the gold
medal on the Rings, the event for the strongmen of
the Olympic Games, when the title was awarded to
Brazils Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti.
The 22-year-old, participating in his rst Olympic
Games, was the last competitor to perform, scoring
15.900 with an impressive display of strength
and concentration. He beat the four-time world
champion, Chinas Chen Yibing, who nished
the competition with a total of 15.800. Matteo
Morandi, who serves in the Italian Air Force, took
the bronze medal with 15.733 points.
Zanetti, whose father makes his training
equipment to help save money, will be competing
on home soil at the next Olympic Games at Rio
2016. He explained that he had worked on his
mental strength and stayed calm to win Brazils rst
Olympic Gymnastics medal.
Womens events
Glittering USA take rst Team Competition
gold since Atlanta 1996
The Team USA gymnasts came to London 2012
and sparkled, winning their rst Team gold since
hosting the Olympic Games at Atlanta 1996. The
USA team of Gabby Douglas, Alexandra Raisman,
McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber
posted a nal score of 183.596 after dazzling the
crowd at the North Greenwich Arena.
The Russian challenge for the Olympic title
wobbled and died on the beam where Aliya
Mustana and Victoria Komova made costly
errors. The young Americans, by contrast,
executed their routines with near-perfect precision,
balancing smiling Stateside showmanship with
a gritty determination. The Russians nished
with a nal score of 178.530 to take the silver
medal, while Romania edged ahead of defending
Olympic champions China to win the bronze with
176.414 points.
Smooth win for Russian on Uneven Bars

Aliya Mustana of the Russian Federation returned
to stunning form with a challenging and smooth
routine to win gold in the Uneven Bars.
The gymnast spent a year out of competition
after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament in
an awkward landing on the vault in the 2011
European Championships. Her remarkable
score of 16.133 added the Olympic title to the
Team silver and Individual All-Around bronze
medals. Chinas Kexin He, the reigning Olympic
champion, pirouetted to the silver medal with a
fabulous twisting double back somersault dismount
which earned her a score of 15.933.
To the delight of the cheering British fans,
27-year-old Beth Tweddle, competing in her last
Olympic Games, performed a spectacular routine
to take the bronze medal with a score of 15.916.
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Britains most successful female gymnast, who

missed out on a medal at Beijing 2008 by just
0.025, underwent keyhole knee surgery only
weeks before the 2012 Games, sleeping hooked
up to an ice machine every night to ensure that
she could compete. Her Bars routine was the best
in qualifying, but she was still delighted to win
an Olympic medal at last. I know Ive done the
years of hard work, my coach has too, and shed
have been as gutted as me if wed come away
with nothing, she admitted. Tweddle, who won
Commonwealth, European and World titles in her
long career, is credited with spearheading the
resurgence of British gymnastics on the world stage.
Flying Squirrel captures Individual

All-Around Competition gold
Gabrielle Douglas, the USAs Flying Squirrel, took
the third consecutive Olympic gold for her country
in the Individual All-Around competition. Featured
on the front cover of Time Magazines Summer
Olympic Special ahead of London 2012 an
honour once bestowed on Nadia Comaneci, the
Romanian gymnast who scored a perfect 10 at
Montreal 1976 the 16-year-old captivated the
crowd at the North Greenwich Arena. A bright and
bubbly star, she is likely to inspire a new generation
of gymnasts.
As with most sports champions, there is a tale of
sacrice behind the Douglas dazzle.
She is coached by Liang Chow, the man who

guided USA gymnast Shawn Johnson to gold on
the beam at Beijing 2008, and who Douglas rst
saw on television. The determined young gymnast,
deciding he was the coach for her, went on to
move 1200 miles from Virginia to live with a host
family in Iowa, where Liang has his gym.
Douglas, the rst African American to win
Gymnastics gold, excelled with breathtaking
performances full of poise, grace and character
on the uneven bars, beam, vault and oor. She
displayed the perfect combination of athleticism
and artistry, mixed with a touch of charm and
cheek, to win the gold medal with a nal score
of 62.232. Her most spectacular move was a
death-defying arched leap on the beam when,
remarkably, Douglas touched the back of her head
with her pointed toes. The Russian Victoria Komova
ended a whisker behind Douglas in the silver medal
position, on 61.973 points, while her compatriot
Aliya Mustana took bronze with 59.566.
Above: The Flying Squirrel. USAs

Gabrielle Douglas, one of the star
gymnasts of London 2012. She
took home the rst Gymnastics gold
medal for an African American in
the Team Competition nal, before
following it up with Individual AllAround gold.
Left: One of the great pioneers of

British gymnastics. Beth Tweddle
performing to win the bronze medal
on the Uneven Bars. Tweddles
success in the past decade has
helped inspire a new generation
of British gymnasts to international
success.
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Gymnastics Rhythmic
Right: Golden Performance. The
Russian Federations Evgeniya
Kanaeva jumps through hoops,
stunning the crowd with her
elegance and artistry.
Far right: A riot of rainbow ribbon

as the Russian Federation perform
in the second rotation. They went
on to win gold in the Group AllAround Rhythmic Gymnastics nal
at Wembley Arena.
Gasps as Kanaeva takes gold in Individual

All-Around Competition
Gymnastics has
been part of my
life since I was six
years old. I have
practised every day,
eight hours a day,
and I am so happy
I have succeeded.
Evgeniya Kanaeva,
Russian gold medallist
Russian Rhythmic
Gymnastics AllAround Team Gold
Anastasia Bliznyuk
Uliana Donskova
Ksenia Dudkina
Alina Makarenko
Anastasia Nazarenko
Karolina Sevastyanova
The most elegant and artistic gold medal

performance of the 2012 Games came from the
Russian Evgeniya Kanaeva, who thrilled Wembley
Arena with a masterful display of her art.
The defending champion won gold for her
country with a nal score of 116.900. Her
stunning series of routines were both daring and
explosive, emotional and sensitive, while her
musical interpretation ranged from the classical to
the sassy. Kanaeva began, appropriately, with a
golden hoop, hurling it into the air to the music of
Stravinskys Rite of Spring and darting across the
oor in a sparkling royal-blue leotard.
The aim in Rhythmic Gymnastics is for the
apparatus to seem part of the performer. In the
ball routine the 22-year-old triple world champion
produced a silky, acrobatic routine that blended
high throws into the air, balletic twirls and snakelike wriggles across the mat.
Kanaeva, daughter of a rhythmic gymnast and
a Greco-Roman wrestler, raised the tempo in her
club routine with twirling and Latino rhythms. Then,
wafting her pink and green ribbon, she oated and
icked to the sound of Chopin.
The silver medal was won by Russian

Federations Daria Dmitrieva (114.500) and
the bronze medal went to Liubou Charkashyna
(111.700) of Belarus.
Rhythmic Russians relish fourth victory in

Group All-Around Competition
Russian Federation won their fourth consecutive
gold medal in the Group All-Around nal with an
impressive score of 57.000. Belarus took silver on
55.500 and Italy bronze with 55.450.
The nal took place in a carnival atmosphere
at Wembley Arena, where the rhythmic Russians
dominated the Olympic competition with their
compelling artistry and athletic poise.
In the Group All-Around nal the ve gymnasts
in each team perform two routines in unison, rst
using the balls and then the ribbons and hoops.
The Russians treated their spellbound audience to a
vintage performance featuring a ashing pink show
of synchronisation with the balls and pirouetting
even leaping across the mat and still catching
the apparatus from huge throws into the air. The
gymnasts ribbons zigzagged in a riot of rainbow
colours, threading though hoops and mirroring the
musical mood.
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Gymnastics Trampoline
Left: Rosannagh MacLennan
bouncing to the gold medal with
one of her spectacular routines.
Her grandfather had qualied for
the Olympic Games scheduled
to take place in Tokyo in 1940
before it was cancelled due to the
outbreak of the Second World War.
Far left: Flying to gold. Chinas Dong

Dong performs breathtaking twists
and somersaults to win the gold
medal. Dongs nal routine was a
crowd- and judge-pleaser, drawing
Mens event
Womens event
Dong strikes gold on Trampoline
Rosie springs a Trampoline surprise
Chinas Dong Dong bounced to victory in the mens

Trampoline competition, beating Russian Dimitry
Ushakov, who took silver, and defending champion
Chunlong Lu, who claimed bronze.
There were gasps of delight as Dong, a double
world champion, soared into the air and executed
some of the most difcult manoeuvres seen at the
North Greenwich Arena. The laser scoring system
detected that Dong spent a staggering 18 seconds
airborne in his nal routine. The huge height of his
bounces increased his ight-time, enabling Dong to
produce some breathtaking triple somersaults, back
ips and twists. His huge score of 62.990 gave him
a clear victory over Ushakov, with 61.769, and Lu,
who scored 61.319.
Dong, 23, who had taken bronze at Beijing
2008, sobbed in his coachs arms when the result
was announced. He explained that he had mentally
prepared for his testing and acrobatic routine by
writing a journal every day in the run-up to London
2012. When journalists asked what he would be
writing after winning gold, he laughed and said: I
will write ha ha!
Trampolining, with its fast-paced action and

dazzling displays of twists, somersaults and huge
bounces, proved a big hit with the crowds at
North Greenwich Arena. There was drama, too,
with the nal seconds of the womens Trampoline
competition producing a surprise error. Chinas
Wenna He, the world and Olympic champion and
the London 2012 favourite, made an error on her
landing and moved down from rst position into
third in the standings.
A shocked Rosannagh MacLennan of Canada
checked the scoreboard and burst into tears as she
realised she had won gold. She had leapt from
fth place in qualifying to claim Canadas rst
gold medal of London 2012. Chinas Shanshan
Huang won the silver medal and Wenna He the
bronze. I was very surprised. China is usually so
strong, they barely falter, said MacLennan, who
stunned the crowd with spectacular routines that
earned her the highest scores for difculty and
execution. Fellow Canadian Karen Cockburn,
attempting to win her fourth Olympic medal,
nished fourth.
cheers from the audience when he

left the trampoline exhausted.
I looked at my
family and I looked
around I knew
that there was
absolutely nothing
to lose, and I may
as well just give it
my all.
Rosannagh MacLennan
speaking about the
moment before her nal
routine
Im a very happy and

grateful man. London
promised an athletes
Games and thats
exactly what we got.
Jacques Rogge, IOC President
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Handball
We were superb.
The players were
outstanding, the fans
incredible. What a
magnicent game,
atmosphere and
occasion.
Claude Onesta, French
Handball coach
Hotshot Luc Abalo scores for France,

despite the best efforts of Swedens
goalkeeper Johan Sjostrand. France
won the mens Handball gold medal
in the Basketball Arena on the
Olympic Park.
Mens events
Croats cruise to Handball bronze
Croatia beat a tired Hungarian team 3326 to
become the bronze medallists in mens Handball.
The gold medal winners at Atlanta 1996 and
Athens 2004 swiftly charged to a half-time vegoal lead over the exhausted Hungarians, who had
failed to recover from a draining quarter nal 34
33 win over medal favourites Iceland in extra time.
Croatias fast winger, Ivan Cupic, swarmed
around the turquoise court and himself struck ve
times in the rst half. The Croats cruised to victory
in the second half with strong defending from
goalkeeper Mirko Alilovic and seven goals from
Blazenko Lackovic, six from Domagoj Duvnjak and

ve scored by Manual Strlek.
The Croatian team, who had been aiming for a
record third Handball gold medal at London 2012,
still joyfully celebrated their bronze.
Allez Les Bleus France snatches

Handball gold
There was an incredible atmosphere for the mens
Handball gold medal match on the nal day of
the Olympic Games, with France beating Sweden
2221 to become the rst team to retain the title.
Noisy, passionate French and Swedish fans
were joined at the Basketball Arena by hordes of
new home crowd Handball fans. Their enthusaism
created a degree of sporting fervour normally
seen on the football terraces at the FA Cup nal at
Wembley. They stamped their feet, loudly roaring
on the teams, with the French in ne Gallic voice
singing Allez Les Bleus.
The exciting and dramatic nal culminated in
a urry of goals during the dying seconds of the
game. Extra time loomed, as Sweden won a penalty
and moved to just one goal behind at 2120, with
70 seconds remaining. The powerful French hit back
in the last minute with a Luc Abalo goal, bringing
the nal score to 2220. The sound of the crowd
was deafening as the determined Swedes surged
on, scoring again (2221) and leaving France to
endure an agonising 18-second countdown before
securing their historic Olympic title.
It was the fourth time that Sweden had nished
in the silver medal position in Olympic Handball.
Niklas Ekberg was nonetheless proud to be the
tournaments golden arm, top scoring with 50
goals (one more than Ivan Cupic of Croatia).
Womens events
The gold is still ours. Norways

Camilla Herrem and Heidi Loke
show what it means to retain the
Viva Espana as youthful Spain takes

Handball bronze
Spain battled through two periods of extra time to
defeat Korea 3129 and win the bronze medal in
womens Handball.
It was a gutsy victory for the less experienced
Spanish team, with the Koreans, Olympic
champions at Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992,
missing six penalty shots. Spanish goalkeeper
Mihaela Ciobanu proved the heroine of the hour,
saving four out of ve of the penalties she faced.
In a roller-coaster match where nothing
separated the two teams, the scoreline went from
1313 at half-time to 2424 at full-time. It was the
rst time at London 2012 that a Handball game
would be decided in extra time and even the
additional 10 minutes failed to produce a result, all
square at 2828.
Jessica Alonso scored the games nal goal
late in the second spell of extra time to win the
bronze medal for Spain, making only their third
appearance at the Olympic Games.
Second gold for Norway Handball drama

Olympic Handball champions Norway kept their
title with a victory in the womens Handball. They
defeated the surprise nalists Montenegro, making
their Olympic debut, 2623. The silver was
Montenegros rst Olympic medal since the country
separated from Serbia-Montenegro in 2006.
The nal proved a thrilling encounter, roared on
by an enthusiastic crowd in the Basketball Arena,
where Norways Linn Jorum Sulland and Katarina
Bulatovic of Montenegro each scored 10 goals.
Bulatovic was the golden arm top scorer of the
womens London 2012 Handball tournament,
with a tally of 53 goals. The goal-scoring heroines
dominated the fast and furious rst half of the nal,
with Norway ahead 1310 at half-time.
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womens Olympic Handball title

after their defeat of Montenegro.
Montenegro kept pace in the second half,

blocking the Norwegian attack. In the nal minutes
there was a urry of goals, as both teams battled to
get their hands on the gold medal. With two minutes
to go Sulland scored her ninth goal to take the score
to 2422, and then her tenth to take it to 2523.
The Norwegians celebrated with a lap of
honour carrying their national ag while the
Montenegro team, delighted with their silver medal,
danced on court.
Handball, although not a mainstream sport in
the UK, proved a big hit with the British spectators
who embraced the exciting atmosphere and fastpaced play.
This gold feels very heavy and I love it

hanging around my neck. It is the biggest
achievement you can have in Handball.
Linn Jorum Sulland (NOR), Handball gold medallist
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Hockey
Mens events
Aussies rule in Hockey bronze
medal match
Chasing the bronze. Australias

Fergus Kavanagh chases Barry
Middleton of Great Britain as the
two sides battle for the bronze
medal. It would be Team GBs men
who would go home empty-handed.
Hanging onto the title. Maximilian

Mueller vies for the ball during
Germanys match with the
Netherlands for the Hockey gold
medal at the Riverside Arena.
Australia won the bronze medal match in the

mens Olympic Hockey tournament, beating Great
Britain 31.
Both teams came into the game smarting.
Australia had suffered a surprise semi-nal defeat
to Germany, while in the other semi-nal Team GB
endured a 92 thrashing by the Netherlands, the
countrys worst-ever defeat.
Australias Simon Orchard struck rst in the 17th
minute. Britain grabbed an equaliser in the 29th
from an impressive set-piece penalty corner, forced
by teenager Harry Martin, in which Ian Lewers
deected an Ashley Jackson pass.
Australia edged ahead in the second half when
Jamie Dwyer scored from a loose ball in the 48th
minute. The bronze medal was secured by Kieran
Govers goal from a rebound in the 57th minute.
Dramatic German triumph in tense

Hockey nal
In a thrilling climax to the mens Hockey
tournament Germany scored a late winning goal
to beat the Netherlands 21 and retain their
Olympic title.
Both teams had played exciting Hockey
throughout the Games, but the nal began with
10 minutes of skilful defensive play. In the 16th
minute Dutchman Billy Bakker created the rst
goal-scoring opportunity, with his reverse-stick
shot being kicked away by German goalkeeper
Max Weinhold.
Weinhold proved to be a tough obstacle in the
German goal. Moments later his nimble foot action
again denied Bakker; Germanys Benjamin Wess
defended the rebound. Jan Philipp Rabente made a
strong charge from the right, acrobatically scoring
as he skidded along the ground.
Relishing their 10 lead, the Germans made
a condent start to the second half. Christopher
Zeller whacked a shot against the post in the
46th minute before the Dutch turned up the heat
to equalise from a penalty corner. Mink Van Der
Weerden, the tournaments leading goal scorer,
powerfully icked the ball home to score his eighth
goal of London 2012.
The winning goal was scored with less than
ve minutes on the clock. The trigger was again
Rabente, who panicked the Dutch defence with an
attacking run. He scored after scurrying around
the back of the goalpost to tap in a deection from
Florian Fuchs.
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Womens events
Broken jaw bronze for Team GB
Team GBs womens Hockey captain Kate Walsh
showed true Olympic courage in one of the bravest
battles of the Games. She led her team to a 31
bronze medal victory against New Zealand,
despite playing with a broken jaw.
Walsh, 32, fractured her jaw in three places
when she was hit in the face with a stick during
her sides 40 defeat of Japan. She returned to
compete in the remaining Pool A games and
played the medal match wearing a plastic chin
brace following surgery to insert a metal plate in to
her jaw bone. Once Id got out of surgery, and the
surgeon was so condent, there was no stopping
me, she explained. I was going to get back out on
the pitch and in the team.
Great Britain, supported by an enthusiastic
crowd, played with focus and patience after their
semi-nal defeat by Argentina. All three goals,
scored from penalty corners by Alex Danson, Cristo
Cullen and Sarah Thomas, came in the second half,
with New Zealands Stacey Michelson grabbing a
late goal in the 68th minute.
Celebrations in the stands and on the pitch
greeted Great Britains victory. The team had
secured their rst womens Olympic Hockey medal
since Barcelona 1992, and only their second
Olympic bronze ever.
Dutch orange quashes Argentina to take

Hockey nal
There was a euphoric sea of orange at the
Riverbank Arena when the Netherlands took their
third Olympic gold medal in womens Hockey,
beating world champions Argentina 20.
The Dutch, who won gold at Beijing 2008 and
Los Angeles 1984, dominated the rst half with
superior possession and fast, stylish play. They

failed to score from two penalty corners, however,
while Noel Barrionuevo icked wide for Argentina
in the 10th minute.
After the break, the defending champions
stepped up the pressure. They went ahead in the
45th minute, when captain Maartje Paumens shot
was parried by the goalkeeper and the attacking
Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel pounced, sending
the ball rocketing into the net. The Netherlands fans,
including a noisy brass band, broke into exuberant
celebrations. Captain Paumen then took the score to
20 with a superb penalty corner drag ick which
ew into the net just below the crossbar. It made her
the leading goal scorer in womens Olympic Hockey
history, boasting a total of 14 goals.
It proved a heartbreaking nal for Argentina
captain Luciana Aymar. The seven-time world
player of the year, marking her 35th birthday,
failed to win Olympic gold for the fourth time.
Rallying call. Disappointed at

missing out on the gold medal, Great
Britains women were determined
to get something out of the Hockey
tournament. Alex Danson (right)
celebrates with teammates after
scoring during their bronze medal
match against New Zealand.
We vowed that we
werent going home
empty-handed
we just had to put it
all together.
Kate Walsh, womens
Hockey bronze medallist
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Judo
Olympic gold
medallists
Extra Lightweight (-60kg):
Arsen Galstyan (RUS)
Half-Lightweight (6066kg):
Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO)
Lightweight (6673kg):
Mansur Isaev (RUS)
Half-Middleweight (73
81kg): Jae-Bum Kim (KOR)
Middleweight (8190kg):
Dae-Nam Song (KOR)
Half-Heavyweight (90
100kg): Tagir Khaibulaev
(RUS)
Heavyweight (+100kg):
Teddy Riner (FRA)
Superstar of the mat. Frances

Teddy Riner (right) was always the
favourite to land the Heavyweight
Judo title in London. His legions of
fans were not disappointed.
Mens events
France powers to Heavyweight gold and
landmark 200th medal
ExCeL took on a distinctly Gallic feel on the nal
day of competition as a predominantly French
crowd gathered for the crowning of the charismatic
Teddy Riner (FRA) as Olympic champion. They
were not to be disappointed. The ve-time world
champion came through the day undefeated and
beat a frustrated Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) in
the nal of the +100kg category to claim Frances
200th gold medal at a summer Olympic Games.
Like so many of the other matches, Riners
victory was sealed with a decisive penalty yuko
as his opponent Mikhaylin was penalised with
shido, or warnings, for defensive postures.
At 207cm tall and 128kg, Riners natural

attributes are obvious. Born on the Caribbean
island of Guadeloupe during a family holiday,
he was raised in Paris and is easily the biggest
name in judo. His aim now is to defend the title
at Rio 2016.
Mikhaylins silver was the fth medal for the
Russian Federation at these Games. For Japan,
however, the Games proved a disaster, with no
gold medals for the mens team unprecedented at
the Olympic Games.
Earlier the competition had witnessed the
extraordinary appearance of Ricardo Blas Jr,
who at 219kg was more than 63.5kg heavier
than any other athlete at the Olympic Games.
He made it through to the last 16 before being
defeated by Oscar Brayson of Cuba.
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Womens events
Local heroine takes Half-Heavyweight silver
Swift Russian success in the Extra

Lightweight brings rst ExCeL gold
The gold medal on the rst day of competition at
ExCeL went to Russian Federations Arsen Galstyan
in double-quick time. In the division of up to 60kg
he threw Japans Hiroaki Hiraoka to the mat for an
ippon within 41 seconds.
Later in the week the fate of the bronze medal
hung around the neck of Brazils Felipe Kitadai
puzzled observers. Having joked that he would
take his bronze medal everywhere, Kitadai had
to confess that he had damaged it while having a
shower. A small dent was detected on the medal,
and there was also damage to the small ring
holding the ribbon. Kitadai told Globoesporte.
com, I even took it into the shower, but I was afraid
to get it wet so put it in my mouth while I soaped
myself. But it ended up slipping. The IOC was
forced to consider a request for a new medal from
the Brazilian Olympic Committee.
Gemma Gibbons (GBR), the new Olympic Games

Judo silver medallist in the 7078kg category,
became Britains rst judoka to make the podium
since 2000. The 25-year-old grew up and trained
in Greenwich, just across the river and two train
stops away from ExCeL, where she enjoyed a
sensational tournament. Coming in ranked 42nd,
Gibbons went on to defeat world champion Audrey
Tcheumeo (FRA) with a last-gasp ippon in her seminal.
As the 10,000-strong crowd roared its approval,
the Briton looked to the heavens and mouthed, I
love you, Mum, in tribute to the woman who had
scrimped and saved so that, from the age of six,
she could practise her judo at the local Metro Club
in Blackheath. Gibbons mother, Jeanette, died from
leukaemia in 2004. She was everything to me,
said Gibbons. We did not have a lot of money and
what she had went into my judo career.
Left: Throwing in an upset.

Arsen Galstyan of Russia (left)
caused an upset with his ippon
after only 41 seconds of his Extra
Lightweight nal against Japans
Hiroaki Hiraoka on the rst day of
competition at ExCeL.
Below: Against the odds. Britains

Karina Bryant (right) overcame Iryna
Kindzerska (UKR) to claim bronze
in the +78kg division to win her
rst medal in four Olympic Games
appearances despite the Ukrainians
25kg weight advantage.
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Olympic gold
medallists
Extra Lightweight (48kg):
Sarah Menezes (BRA)
Half-Lightweight (4852kg):
Kum Ae An (PRK)
Lightweight (5257kg):
Kaori Matsumoto (JPN)
Half-Middleweight (57
63kg): Urska Zolnir (SLO)
Middleweight (6370kg):
Lucie Decosse (FRA)
Half-Heavyweight (70
78kg): Kayla Harrison (USA)
Heavyweight (+78kg):
Idalys Ortiz (CUB)
Her talent and tenacity could not take her all the
way to the gold, though. Lying in wait for the Briton
was the formidable Kayla Harrison (USA), who had
her own point to prove.
With Prime Minister David Cameron and
President Putin in the crowd, it was Harrison who
held the upper hand throughout the nal. Yet with
seconds left on the clock only two yukos separated
the competitors. From the sidelines Jimmy Pedro,
Harrisons coach and the man to whom she
attributes her success, screamed, Youre the
Olympic champion if you ght smart. She did,
and she was.
Heavyweight medal doubles Britains Judo

success
Team GB waited 12 years for a Judo medal at the
Olympic Games, only to have two arrive at London
2012 within the space of 24 hours. Inspired in part
by Gemma Gibbons heroics in battling to her silver
medal in the Half-Heavyweight on the Thursday,

Karina Bryant clinched bronze in her fourth Olympic
Games in the +78kg division.
At 33, the 183cm-tall Bryant had enjoyed much
success in the sport without achieving her ultimate
goal of a podium place at the Olympic Games.
The chants of a 10,000 capacity crowd at ExCeL
provided her with overwhelming support. Ive
dreamt of getting a medal since I was a kid, said
Bryant. I couldnt have asked for a better stage
than this. The crowd was amazing, and Gemma
did so well in her rst Olympic Games. She was a
complete underdog. It made me so emotional. I was
denitely inspired.
The gold medal and Cubas rst in Judo
went to Idalys Ortiz. She was awarded a judges
decision over Mika Sugimoto of Japan, having
already handed a rst defeat in ve years to the
2008 Olympic Games champion, Wen Tong of
China, in the semi-nal.
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Left: The Half-Heavyweight Olympic

medallists share their success. (Left
to right) Silver medallist Gemma
Gibbons, gold medallist Kayla
Harrison, and bronze medallists
Mayra Aguiar and Audrey
Tcheumeo.
Opposite and below:

Points to prove. Kayla Harrison
of the USA (white) overcame
Britains Gemma Gibbons to win
the Half-Heavyweight event when
both women had very personal
reasons for wanting that precious
gold medal.
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143
Modern Pentathlon
Riding high. David Svoboda of the
Czech Republic on Fellow Van T
in the riding element of the mens
Modern Pentathlon. He nished
this section in rst place, before
eventually taking the gold medal.
Elements of the
Modern Pentathlon
Fencing
Swimming (200m Freestyle)
Riding (12 fences)
Combined event (running and
shooting)
Mens event
Czech gold for Svoboda in Modern
Pentathlon
David Svoboda, a military ofcer from the Czech
Republic, won the mens Modern Pentathlon gold
medal with a ne all-round performance.
Modern Pentathlon is the sport introduced to
the Olympic Games by Baron Pierre de Coubertin
in 1912. It is inspired by a 19th-century legend in
which a young French cavalry ofcer was sent on
horseback to deliver a message. To complete his
mission he has to swim, fence, shoot and run the
ve challenges that face competitors today.
The 27-year-old began the day well. Svoboda
won 26 of his fencing bouts to equal the Olympic
record of 1024 points. This feat meant that, despite
a disappointing swim, he was never out of the
top two. A good performance in the riding at

Greenwich Park the point at which Svobodas
Beijing 2008 campaign had come unstuck after his
horse fell on him set him rmly on course for the
gold medal.
The challenge for Modern Pentathletes is that
their rides are chosen at random, with horse and
rider having only 20 minutes to become acquainted
before the competition begins. Similar problems to
Svobodas at Beijing 2008 befell Chinas Wang
Guan, forced to withdraw after falling from his
horse, and Koreas Hwang Woojin, who was
thrown from the same horse and was lucky to avoid
a nasty injury.
The nal element, the new combined event of
shooting and running, saw Svoboda and Chinas
Zhongrong Cao vying for the gold medal. The
3,000m run is now interrupted at 1,000m intervals
by three sessions at the shooting range, from where
It sounds like a
clich, but that
is what it was, a
dream come true.
David Svoboda (CZE),
Modern Pentathlon gold
medallist
Opposite: Fans from all over

the world cheer madly for their
countrymen at the Modern
Pentathlon
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Pentathletes have to re a laser pistol at ve targets

within 70 seconds. Svoboda nished home and dry
and, after waving to the crowd, he was able to stroll
across the nish line. His 5928pts were an Olympic
Right: In the centenary year of the
record as Cao took silver with 5904 and Hungarys
Modern Pentathlon at the Olympic
Adam Marosi picked up the bronze with 5836.
Games, David Svoboda comes

home to take the gold medal in the
Britains Nick Woodbridge and Sam Weale
mens event. He had a one-second
nished in 10th and 13th place respectively.
advantage going into the combined
Woodbridge showed real promise in the swimming
event, but held on to take gold.
to come second in that element, while Weale

scored well to take seventh place in the riding.
Holding a pistol
when youve just run
2km, coordinating
your breathing,
youve got sweaty
palms, your hearts
racing its tough,
its a challenge. But
Ive pictured and
trained my mind for
that moment.
Samantha Murray (GBR),
Modern Pentathlon silver
medallist
Bottom right: Take three. Great

Britains Samantha Murray (left),
Brazils Yane Marques (centre) and
Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania
(right) shoot it out for the nal
medals of the Olympic Games as
the womens Modern Pentathlon
nears its climax.
Womens event
Asadauskaite triumphs in Modern
Pentathlon
The Modern Pentathlon, which featured the last
medals to be won at the London 2012 Olympic
Games, saw gold awarded to Lithuanias Laura
Asadauskaite, the world number one, with 5408
points. It was, she explained, the one Olympic
medal missing from the household since her husband
Andrejus Zadneprovskis, also a Modern Pentathlete,
had already won a bronze medal at Beijing
2008 and a silver at Athens 2004. This is the rst
Olympic gold medal in our family, said a delighted
Asadauskaite. I am immensely excited. I had a great
deal of support from the people of Lithuania. It is only
a small country. So this means the world to them.
Nor was the Host Nation to be denied on this
nal day. Since the womens Modern Pentathlon
was added to the Olympic programme at Sydney
2000, Great Britain has always been successful.
It won two medals on the sports rst appearance,
with Stephanie Cook taking gold and Kate Allenby
bronze at Sydney 2000. This was followed by
bronze for Georgina Harland at Athens 2004 and
silver for Heather Fell at Beijing 2008.
At London 2012 the honours belonged to

Samantha Murray from Preston, a French and
Politics student who trains with the British Modern
Pentathlon squad at the University of Bath. Murray
had not shone in the initial fencing round, losing
seven bouts in succession before she began to
improve, but an excellent 2,000m swim and a
good riding element on Glen Gold brought her
into medal contention. She entered the combined
event (a 3,000m cross country run interwoven
with three rounds of shooting from a 10m range)
in fourth place and at rst struggled with her
shooting, but remained calm. Finally the 22-yearold came through in the nal 1,000m of the run/
shoot phase to snatch the silver medal with 5356
points. She nished just ahead of Yane Marques
of Brazil, who had matched Asadauskaite
throughout the competition and nally took
bronze on 5340.
Large cheering crowds were there to greet
Murray as she ran the nal stage through

Greenwich Park and entered the arena for the last
time. It was a complete dream to have a home
crowd screaming for me, and I could have carried
on running for another 10 minutes because I was
just loving it so much, said Murray.
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Above: Early start. Great Britains

Samantha Murray celebrates a
victory in the womens Modern
Pentathlon fencing phase, which
began at 8am in the Copper Box on
the nal day of competition at the
Olympic Games.
Far left: One for the family

collection. Laura Asadauskaite of
Lithuania wins the last gold medal of
the Olympic Games as she crosses
the nish line in Greenwich Park
to become the womens Modern
Pentathlon Olympic champion.
Left: Rising to the challenge.

Samantha Murray of Team GB
started 2012 ranked 78th in the
world and began the Olympic
Modern Pentathlon at number
seven. Her silver medal meant
she ended the year ranked world
number three.
Overleaf: Competitors in the fencing

element of the Modern Pentathlon.
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Rowing
The German crew celebrates

Olympic gold in the mens Eight at
Eton Dorney.
Team members of
winning Eight
Filip Adamski
Andreas Kuffner
Eric Johannesen
Maximilian Reinelt
Richard Schmidt
Lukas Mueller
Florian Mennigen
Kristof Wilke
Martin Sauer (Cox)
Mens events
Undefeated German Eight continue
their reign
This was a thriller, and one that left the vast partisan
crowd at Eton Dorney almost as exhausted as the
eight men representing Team GB after their tussle
with a German crew undefeated in four years. In
the end the world champions Germany prevailed,
reaching 40 strokes a minute as they powered over
the nal 800m to see off a determined British effort
in 5:48.75. The Brits, who had come to the nal

through victory in the repechage, edged ahead
approaching the 1500m mark, but, spent by their
surge, faded to third (5:51.18), with Canada, the
champions at Beijing 2008, coming through for
the silver medal in 5:49.98. For the 40-year-old
Greg Searle in the British boat, it was the end of
a remarkable comeback, 20 years after he rowed
to gold in the Coxed Pair with his brother Jonny at
Barcelona 1992. I think my wife would say that I
am retired now, he observed.
South African strength for the

Lightweight Four
As the Host Nation claimed its third Rowing
medal in the Olympic regatta, for the Northern
Irish brothers Peter and Richard Chambers, Rob
Williams and Chris Bartley, it was South Africa who
made history. They took the countrys rst-ever gold
in an Olympic Rowing event, crossing the line in
6:02.84, while Sizwe Ndlovu at stroke became the
rst black African medal winner in the sport.
Defending champions Denmark opened the
race up by surging into what appeared to be
a commanding lead and hanging on to it until
1500m, when the real battle looked to be between
slow-starting Britain and Australia for the minor
medals. The old rivals battled it out, but, as
Australia faded, it was not Britain or Denmark who
thrived but the South Africans. Their boat managed
to cover the nal 500m faster than the rst, with
a surge that took them across the line just 0.25
ahead of Britain who took silver (6:03.09).
That was brutal, really, really brutal, Chambers
said. We were just ghting and ghting even to
get ourselves back in contention, and we did a
cracking job. To even get the silver was impressive

from where we came from. Bartley added, I dont
remember that much of the last 250m, to be honest.
The pain is so extreme and it took me a little while
to compose myself.
German triumph over Croatia for the

Quadruple Sculls crown
Germany continued their very good form in the
regatta with a dominating performance in the
Quadruple Sculls. They combatted breezy conditions
at Eton Dorney to nish with clear water ahead of
the much fancied Croatia crew in 5:42.48.
Even when the Croatians (5:44.78) and then the
Australians (5:45.22) looked like challenging, the
Germans found another gear in the nal 500m.
Phillipp Wende (GER) said, We are very proud
to be the rst German Olympic champions in this
event since 1996 but we dont think too much
about whether we can dominate the next ve or 10
years. We are just proud to be Olympic champions
and thats all.
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I dont think we
could have given
more. We said we
wanted to look in
the mirror and say
weve given it all,
and we did that.
Greg Searle, bronze
medallist in the mens Eight
Inspiring a generation. The hope is

that a rst Rowing gold for South
Africa can bring more people to
the sport at home. The crew (left to
right) James Thompson, Matthew
Brittain, John Smith and Sizwe
Ndlovu, came from behind to snatch
a sensational victory.
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New Zealands Double Sculls gold

medal team of Nathan Cohen and
Joseph Sullivan in perfect synch at
Eton Dorney.
New Zealand success in the Double Sculls
Dominant New Zealanders win the Pairs
When the experienced pair in the Slovenian boat

raced into an early lead, it looked as if Iztok Cop
and Luka Spik were going to pull off a remarkable
repeat of their victory at Sydney 2000. They
extended their lead to a length at 500m, but world
champions New Zealand and Italy chased hard. It
all came down to the nal 500m, when Cop and
Spik ran out of steam. New Zealand captured the
gold in 6:31.67, and Italy the silver (6:32.80),
but Cop and Spik emerged from their boat with
smiles on their faces after claiming bronze in
6:34.35. The plan was to win a medal, Cop
explained. We knew there were ne crews that
could beat us, and we did all we could.
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond nished seventh in

the Four at Beijing 2008, but came to London 2012
as the outstanding crew in the entire regatta. Their
gold medal performance (6:16.65) in the Pairs was
a magnicent demonstration of power into a stiff
headwind that no other crew could match.
Having clawed back Frances early lead, the
New Zealanders were ahead at halfway before
taking four lengths from the opposition in the next
500m. From then, the only contest left was for the
silver medal, with British pair George Nash and
William Satch nding themselves in a three-way
battle with France and Italy. France eventually took
the honours in 6:21.11, but the British bronze in
6:21.77 was a hint of future greatness from Nash
and Satch.
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Single Sculls luck for Drysdale

Mahe Drysdale (NZL) is no stranger to bad luck
before a major race. Four years ago he was
expected to win the Single Sculls at Beijing 2008,
but an untimely bout of food poisoning meant that
he struggled to nish third. Then before coming to
Eton Dorney, he was knocked off his bike while
training. There was no stopping him on the lake,
however. The 201cm-tall Drysdale won New
Zealands third gold of the Games in 6:57.82
ahead of Ondrej Synek (6:59.37), the Czech rower
who was also second at Beijing 2008. Behind them
Alan Campbell, from Coleraine in Northern Ireland,
like the Chambers brothers who won a medal in
the Lightweight Four, took Britains rst medal in
the event since 1928 and then crawled out of his
boat with exhaustion after a 7:03.28 row.
Notable among the single scullers who did

not win a medal was one Hamadou Djibo Issaka
of landlocked Nigeria. Despite being more than
a minute slower than the rest of the mens Single
Sculls eld, he was roared home by the crowd
every time he raced.
I think we turned it on in the second half,

kept it simple, raw, basic. It feels like a
dream has come true today.
William Satch, bronze medallist in the Pairs
Eton Dorney
Not many schools can boast
their own Olympic-standard
rowing course, but Eton College
has provided many of Britains
Olympic rowers. The Eton
Dorney Rowing Centre, with its
2000m, eight-lane course and
separate return lane sits in a
400-acre park near Windsor,
some 25 miles west of London.
The course, which also staged
the Canoe Sprint events, boasts
Windsor Castle as one of its
more illustrious neighbours.
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Four consecutive golds for Team GB Four

Billed as the showdown between Great Britain
and Australia, this nal did not disappoint as a
relentless battle between the two old rivals ensued
over the full 2000m course.
Within 500m they were both clear of the eld,
with the Team GB crew of Alex Gregory, Pete Reed,
Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge hanging on
to the slightest of leads. At halfway, the advantage
was just 0.6 seconds. As Australia pushed, so
Britain responded with the telling point coming in
the nal quarter as the crews came within earshot
of what became known over the week as the Wall
of Noise or even the Dorney Roar as 35,000 fans
screamed their support. Britain held on to win by a
quarter of a length in 6:03.97 and retain
the title won at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and
Beijing 2008, a record of four consecutive gold
medals only matched by East Germany from 1968
to 1980. The USA came through to take the bronze
(6:07.20). It was impeccable rowing, said Triggs
Hodge. It took four years to make that. It was a
masterpiece.
At the nish, Gregory described his emotion
as relief, just massive relief. He added, I was
so condent we could hold on. Everythings been
worthwhile. My little boy will take the medal to
school with him in a few years and tell about his
dad being an Olympic champion. Reed went
straight to the point, I was praying that the line
came before the Australians. The hours, the hours
we do, the pain its all worth it.
We had the very best race we could.

Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase, silver medallists in
the Lightweight Double Sculls
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Thrilling nale for Lightweight Double

Sculls
The Olympic regatta could not have chosen a more
epic and dramatic nale than that provided by the
British and Danish crews in the Lightweight Double
Sculls, when both crews rowed themselves to
exhaustion and a thrilling nish.
In a race that had to be restarted after Britains
Zac Purchases seat suffered a malfunction, he and
partner Mark Hunter established a one-second lead
from the Danes at 500m, effectively laying down a
marker as the defending champions. The lead was
maintained but without ever being convincing and
it was the Danes, who as favourites had lost out to
the Britons in the Beijing 2008 nal, who had most
left in the tank in the last quarter.
With the line rapidly approaching, the two
Britons could not hold on as the two-time former
world champions Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus
Quist surged across the line to win by 0.61
seconds (6:37.17). New Zealand completed their
impressive medal tally with another bronze in
6:40.86. The silver (6:37.78) meant that Great
Britain had nished the Rowing competition on top
of the medal table, with their four golds equalling a
British record set ttingly at London 1908.
Left: Oarsome foursome. Great

Britains (top to bottom) Alex
Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and
Andrew Triggs Hodge maintained
the countrys winning streak in the
Four, established by Cracknell,
Foster, Redgrave and Pinsent at
Sydney 2000.
Below: Near miss. Mark Hunter (left)

and Zac Purchase were devastated
to lose their Olympic title at Eton
Dorney. They were pipped on the
line by Denmark in the Lightweight
Double Sculls.
The famous Dorney Roar goes up as

30,000 spectators at Eton Dorney cheer
in loud support of the athletes. Team
GBs rowers formed Great Britains most
successful Rowing team to date, netting
an impressive nine medals overall.
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Womens events
Magnicent Pair bring Team GBs rst gold
A remarkable performance by Heather Stanning
(GBR) and Helen Glover (GBR) in the Pair thrilled
35,000 ecstatic fans at Eton Dorney and brought
Team GB its rst gold medal of London 2012.
Both women, products of the World Class Start
programme which found and developed athletes
with minimal rowing experience, appeared calm
and focused in their rst Olympic nal. Glover, a
25-year-old PE teacher from Penzance, has only
ve years experience in the sport, yet she and
27-year-old Stanning, a Royal Artillery Captain,
had been unbeaten all year and qualied for the
nal with a British record.
Im absolutely
shattered and
absolutely ecstatic,
all at the same
time I want to
collapse, but Im just
so overjoyed, I just
want to jump around
at the same time.
Heather Stanning, Double
Sculls gold medallist
First Ladies. Helen Glover and

Heather Stanning break new
ground as the rst women to win
an Olympic Rowing gold for Great
Britain. Little did they know that
others would very quickly follow.
Hopes, and tension, were riding high as a

magnicent start carried Glover and Stanning
quickly ahead of the German boat, a lead they
retained over the 2000m course. Three and a half
seconds clear at the halfway point, the British Pair
dominated from the front, relishing the Wall of
Noise from jubilant home supporters, including
Princes William and Harry, in the last 500m. They
crossed the line in 7:27.13, but their gold medal
had never been in doubt. Australia took silver
with 7:29.86 and New Zealand bronze with
7:30.19, but the race, and the day, belonged to
Glover and Stanning.
This was a particularly historic medal for British
rowing. Not only was this Team GBs rst gold
medal of the London 2012 Games it was also the
rst won by the countrys women rowers. On top
of that, it was Britains 25th gold medal in Rowing
at the Olympic Games, and marked the rst time
that the Host Nation had won this event. The result
sparked celebrations across the UK providing an
inspiration to the sporting world and beyond.
Ukraine strikes rst gold in

Quadruple Sculls
Ukraine won their rst Rowing Olympic gold medal
with an impressive display, leading from start to
nish to cross the line in 6:35.93 ahead of world
champions Germany (6:38.09) and the USA
(6:40.63). This was Ukraines 100th medal at the
Summer Olympic Games, but only the countrys
second in womens Rowing, following a silver in the
Quadruple Sculls at Atlanta 1996. For Team GB
it proved a disappointing follow-up to Glover and
Stannings Pair victory, as the British quartet were
never in the hunt and trailed in sixth.
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Left: Unbeatable. USAs womens

Eight celebrate a four-year unbeaten
run and retaining their Olympic title.
Team members of
winning Eight
Erin Cafaro
Zsuzsanna Francia
Esther Lofgren
Taylor Ritzel
Meghan Musnicki
Eleanor Logan
Caroline Lind
Caryn Davies
Mary Whipple (Cox)
USA unrivalled in dominant Eight

Defending champions the USA continued their
extraordinary domination of this event with another
resounding victory and another gold medal,
winning in 6:10.59. Unbeaten since 2006, they
led from the start and only Canada (6:12.06)
offered a serious challenge in the closing 500m
though even they had to fend off the Dutch crew
(6:13.12) for the silver medal. The strongest British
crew seen in the event for years were fth.
Mary Whipple, the USA cox with a voice that
encouraged them to victory, summed up what it
takes to be this good. I think it takes selessness
and the ability to come together as a group, she
said.
Grainger nally the bride in golden

Double Sculls
Katherine Graingers (GBR) elusive gold medal
came at Eton Dorney in the most one-sided race of
the entire regatta. The 36-year-old and her partner
Anna Watkins, 29, led from the start, pulling away
The real deal. Katherine Grainger
to a commanding lead that was never threatened.

They crossed the line in 6:55.82, well ahead of the
Australian silver medallists (6:58.55).
(right) kisses the gold medal she

craved as she and Anna Watkins
celebrate their emphatic win in the
Double Sculls nal at Eton Dorney.
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The best Olympic

regatta ever
The Rowing regatta at the
London 2012 Games was
praised by Denis Oswald,
president of the sports world
governing body FISA, as the
best Olympic regatta ever.
Crosswinds during
the event had required
some difcult decisions
on lane allocation, but
FISA Secretary General
Matt Smith acknowledged
that, we have to accept
the outdoor aspect of it.
We cannot expect perfect
conditions. The lake at Eton
Dorney won praise as the
best Olympic venue, with
97% satisfaction among
visitors.
Over 400,000 spectators
witnessed record-breaking
performances from Great
Britain, whose tally of nine
medals, including four golds,
was their most successful
ever. New Zealand came
second with three golds, and
South Africa took their rst
ever gold medal. Nigeria
were memorably represented
at the Games by Hamadou
Djibo Issaka, who was
warmly cheered home as
he nished his Single Sculls
race in last place.
Britains Katherine Copeland (left)

can barely contain herself after she
and Sophie Hosking take the gold
medal in the Lightweight Double
Sculls. After only rowing together
in three previous regattas, their
victory was unexpected.
We only wanted one medal. We had a great race. There is so much trust and
condence in each other We knew we would win from halfway.
Anna Watkins, Double Sculls gold medallist
Watkins and Grainger came into the race as double
world champions, unbeaten in 22 races since
coming together in 2010. Having had gold snatched
from her before, however, Grainger was not going
to let anything slip. Experience counted as the threetime silver medallist Grainger, and Watkins, bronze
medallist at Beijing 2008, quickly forged a lead
of almost a second over the rest in the rst 500m.
Rowing with grace and remarkable composure,
they increased the gap after 1000m, resisting
repeated pushes from the tenacious Australian boat.
The delighted crowd roared and chanted GB,

GB as Watkins and Grainger became only the
second female crew after Helen Glover and Heather
Stanning to win an Olympic Rowing title.
Afterwards, Grainger confessed that the joy of
victory was everything she had imagined it to be.
Blood, sweat and tears are behind it, but its all
been worth it, she said. I did seriously consider
my future after Beijing. If I was going to continue it
had to be for the right reasons. Once Id made the
decision though, there was never any doubt.
Gold medals and stamps for GBs

Lightweight Double Sculls
Katherine Copelands (GBR) wide-eyed, openmouthed expression at the end of the race spoke
volumes for the shock she was feeling at being
an Olympic champion, but even lip-readers could
not make out her comment to the stroke, Sophie
Hosking. Only later did she reveal that what she
actually said was, Were going to be a stamp.
And she was.
Such an accolade was thoroughly deserved for
this win, the least expected of the weeks Rowing
golds. The performance of Copeland and Hosking,
a team who had only rowed in three previous
regattas, was nothing less than sensational. In a
remarkable week for the sport in Great Britain, she
and Hosking had crewed the third womens goldmedal winning boat as the Host Nation dominated
the medals table at Eton Dorney.
Achieving the fastest qualifying time in the heats
gave the British crew the slightly more sheltered
lane six in the nal when crosswinds forced a
redraw. At halfway they shared the lead with the
early pace-setters Greece (7:12.09) and China
(7:11.93), before making their decisive move in
the middle 1000m. Then the Britons simply pulled
away from the rest, to nish in 7:09.30.
After the race Hosking revealed that she had
been inspired by her dad, a British rowing world
champion in the 1980s. My dad is an inspiration in
that he never gives less than 100 per cent, she said.
I cant believe this is real, that we just won

we just won the Olympic Games.
Katherine Copeland, Lightweight Double Sculls gold
medallist
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First Czech success in Single Sculls

Miroslava Knapkova secured an easy win and a
rst Olympic gold medal for the Czech Republic,
racing away from the rest of the eld to open up
an unassailable lead. The world champion was
never threatened and crossed the line in 7:54.37.
At one stage she held a seven-second advantage
as Fie Udby Erichsen of Denmark and Kim Crow
of the USA vied for the silver medal. Erichsen
eventually won Denmarks third Olympic medal in
the sport with the silver (7:57.72) while Crow took
bronze, Australias rst medal in womens single
sculls, with 7:58.04.
Too easy. The Czech Republics

Miroslava Knapkova acknowledges
the Eton Dorney crowd after her
runaway win in the Single Sculls.
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Sailing
Rule Britannia. Great Britains Ben
Ainslie on top of the podium for the
fourth Olympic Games in a row.
He came through a tough series of
races to win the Finn gold medal in
his boat, Rita.
Im not going to do
a Steve Redgrave,
but I cant see
myself in one of
these again. Its
killing my back.
Theres no better
way to bow out.
Ben Ainslie, gold medallist
in the Finn class
Mens events
Sailing at London 2012
Ten events were contested
at Weymouth and Portland:
six for men, four for women.
There were three disciplines
match racing, eet racing and
windsurng.
The events featured were:
the mens and womens Two
Person Dinghy (470); the mens
and womens Windsurfer (RS:X);
the mens Keelboat (Star); the
mens Skiff (49er); the mens
Heavyweight Dinghy (Finn);
the mens One Person Dinghy
(Laser); the womens One Person
Dinghy (Laser Radial) and
womens Match Racing in the
Elliott 6m.
Ainslie wins the Finn class for a record

fourth gold
The home waters off Weymouth and Portland
and the huge crowds packing the shoreline did
not make it any easier for Ben Ainslie, but he
came through a difcult week magnicently to
win a record fourth consecutive Olympic Sailing
gold medal. The 35-year-old was proclaimed the
greatest Sailing Olympian of all time for his tally of
ve medals at ve Olympic Games.
Success in Weymouth meant Ainslie overtook
the great Dane, Paul Elvstrm who won four
gold medals up to 1960 as the most decorated
sailor in Olympic history. His haul began at Atlanta
1996, aged 19, when he took the silver medal
in the Laser class. Three golds followed, at Sydney

2000 (Laser), Athens 2004 (Finn) and Beijing 2008
(Finn).
For Ainslie, who learned to sail in Restronguet
Creek on the River Fal in Cornwall as an 8-year-old
in a dufe coat and wellies, the six days battling the
elements and opposition for this historic gold medal
probably rated as the toughest of his life.
Nothing about it was plain sailing. For a start, he
had to ght for his place as the Finn representative
and had undergone surgery on his back at the
beginning of the year. In Weymouth he faced the
best sailors in the world, including Denmarks Jonas
Hgh-Christensen, who won their rst six races. It
was then that Ainslie, the oldest man in the eld,
clicked into gold medal-winning gear.
After those six races, I was very concerned and
had to make something happen, he explained.
The others teamed up on me and I was seriously

unhappy. But they also made a big mistake because
they made me angry, and you dont want to do
that. The ghtback was launched, with Ainslie
defeating Hgh-Christensen in the seventh race.
On the last day of eet racing he had impressively
slowed up whilst leading, to cast his wind shadow
over Hgh-Christensen, slowing him down just
enough to let Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) through to
second in order to reduce the gap in points to just
two. To win gold Ainslie had to nish ahead of
Hgh-Christensen in the nal race, and be in the
top six should Postma win the race.
In the event Ainslie, while covering HghChristensen further back in the eld, came close
to missing out on his historic gold. Postma, set in
a comfortable third, was threatening to move to
second and possibly go on to take the race. Then
he struck Dan Slaters boat, incurring a penalty
turn and dropping to fth and out of serious
contention. Ainslie ended the race ninth, ahead of
Hgh-Christensen who was tenth, while Frenchman
Jonathan Lobert won the race. The nal scores,
with Ainslie and Hgh-Christensen both on 46
points and Lobert on 49 to take bronze, with
Postma edged out of the medals in fourth place,
show how tight the event had been. Celebrating
with orange ares in his boat Rita for the cheering
hordes around the Nothe Fort, the champion
acknowledged that the Weymouth course had been
the hardest he had ever raced on. Its at times like
this you are supposed to come out with something
clever but I am speechless, he admitted. Its been
an amazing experience. This was the place to do it,
in front of a home crowd.
Swedish rst with Star gold

In a dramatic nal defending champions Iain
Percy and Andrew Simpson had to settle for silver
in the Star class. Swedens Fredrik Loof and Max
Salminen sprung a surprise by winning their
countrys rst gold medal in Sailing for 36 years.
Percy and Simpson, both 36, were in the lead
going into the nal, and appeared to be on course

to retain the title they won at Beijing 2008. They
held an eight-point lead over Brazil and a 12-point
lead over Sweden, needing only to nish higher
than sixth in the nal, double points-scoring medal
race. Conditions were against them, however.
Light winds favoured the Swedish crew who took
an early lead as the Britons tried desperately to
keep pace, cheered on by crowds gathered around
Weymouths Nothe Fort. A gust of wind at the end
sealed their fate. We tried our hardest, but it wasnt
to be, said Simpson after nishing the race in
eighth position. The Britons ended with 34 points,
with Sweden on 32.
The nal race also saw Brazils Robert Scheidt
and Bruno Prada nish seventh with 40 points,
slipping from silver to bronze. The consolation for
Scheidt was that he had secured his fth Sailing
medal, a successor to two previous golds and two
silvers. The 39-year-old, who has been known to
suffer from seasickness, has won a medal at the last
ve Olympic Games.
It feels cruel sometimes, admitted Percy,
who described the supporters watching on shore
as a highlight of his Games. It was ridiculous
conditions at the end, he added. We feel a little
robbed, but that is the way it goes.
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I learned to sail
for fun so its been
a long road, but I
have had a lot of
support over the
years and I am just
so glad to have
done it.
Ben Ainslie, gold medallist
in the Finn class
Blown away. Defending champions

Iain Percy (pictured) and Andrew
Simpson of Great Britain had to
settle for silver as the Swedish crew
of Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen
came through in the medal race to
snatch gold.
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Right: Tactical sailing. Australias

Tom Slingsby (left) secured the Laser
gold medal by keeping his closest
rival, Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus
(right), at bay in the nal medal
race.
Far right: Medallist on board. Great

Britains Nick Dempsey gets a little
help from his friends to celebrate his
silver medal in the RS:X competition.
It was the disciplines nal
appearance at the Olympic Games.
I still dont
understand how
huge an achievement
this is for my
country, the rst-ever
Olympic medal. I
guess when I have it
around my neck and
I get back home with
my compatriots I will
understand.
Pavlos Kontides (CYP),
Laser silver medallist
Slingsby caps return with Laser gold
Flying Dutchman wins RS:X
The Australian ve-time world champion, who quit

the sport after a disappointing regatta at Beijing
2008, returned to the top of the podium.
Tom Slingsby, 27, had gone to Beijing 2008
as the favourite, but nished in only 22nd
position. His return to the Laser class could not
have been more triumphant, as he mounted a
strong challenge in the opening 10 races. By the
nal medal race only Cypriot Pavlos Kontides
could deny the Australian the gold medal.
The race saw Slingsby stick close to his rival,
depriving him of wind. He nished ninth, Kontides
tenth, and the medals were settled. Briton Paul
Goodison nished seventh after an injury to
his back on the rst day put him out of medal
contention, but hinted at a possible return to
competing at Rio 2016. The Olympic Games is
so special Id love to do it again, he said.
For Kontides, the satisfaction lay in winning
his countrys rst Olympic medal in any sport. The
bronze medal went to Rasmus Myrgren of Sweden.
Dutchman Dorian Van Rijsselberge dominated the

mens RS:X event at Weymouth and Portland. It was
Windsurngs nal appearance in the Olympic
Games, with the event due to be replaced by
Kiteboarding at Rio 2016.
Van Rijsselberge took a commanding 22-point
lead into the medal race with Britains Nick
Dempsey needing only to nish sixth for the silver.
Polands Przemyslaw Miarczynski won bronze.
Dempsey, bronze medallist at Athens 2004,
had nished a frustrating fourth at the Beijing 2008
Games, but this time he was determined to win a
medal. The Briton, who lives in Weymouth, had
promised his son a medal at London 2012 and
after the Victory Ceremony he placed it around
the little boys neck. The silver medallist, who said
the huge crowd on the shoreline had lifted him on
to the podium, also paid tribute to his wife Sarah
Ayton, winner of Yingling gold with Sarah Webb
(now Gosling) and Pippa Wilson at Beijing 2008.
I couldnt have done it without her, he said.
Australia take control to win 49er

With Australia replacing Great Britain as the
top Sailing nation at the London 2012 Olympic
Games, Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen raced
to a comfortable victory in the 49er class.
The Australian pair could only nish fourth in
the medal race, but had already secured their
gold medal. New Zealand took the silver medal
and the only real race was for the bronze, with
Team GBs Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes
battling it out against Allan Norregaard and Peter
Lang of Denmark.
The British pair from Exmouth had been world
champions and favourites at Beijing 2008, where
they nished ninth. At London 2012 they could only
nish fth in a tense medal race with light wind,
while Denmark mounted the podium as bronze
medallists. In China we werent good enough,
whereas here I think we were, said a disappointed
Rhodes. Its done, its gutting, but weve got an
awful lot to be proud of.
Australian gold rush in 470 class

The offshore winds fell away for the 470 medal
race, forcing a days delay. Again the Australians
proved themselves masters of the conditions as the
crews took to the waters in the much lighter sixknot breezes for the windwardleeward course.
The highly respected Mathew Belcher and
Malcolm Page were too strong for the rest. They
nished ahead of Team GBs Luke Patience
and Stuart Bithell, sailing in their rst Olympic

Games, who pressed them hard through the
event. The British pair were assured of silver as
they entered the medal race, but needed to nish
with at least one boat between them and the
Australians to snatch gold. A compelling tactical
contest in the light wind ensued, eagerly followed
by the crowd in a packed spectator area. In the
event Sime Fantela and Igor Marenic of Croatia
won the medal race, but a second place for the
Australians landed the gold medal the countrys
third of the Olympic regatta. Patience and
Bithnell, who had started more strongly, nished
two places behind them in the race to secure
silver, while Argentina took the bronze.
The result saw Great Britain lose to Australia
its place at the top of the Sailing medals table,
achieved at Beijing 2008. They had, however,
returned medals in more than half of the ten classes,
exceeding the pre-Games target of four, and both
Patience and Bithnell, 26 and 25 respectively,
were condent of future success. Im sure that well
get a chance one day, and Im sure weve got the
faith and belief that on that day well be good
enough and prepared enough, Patience declared.
An exuberant celebration followed the nal race,
with both Australian and British crews intentionally
capsizing for victory swims.
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Left: Ruling the waves. Nathan

Outteridge and Iain Jensen (left)
made it gold for Australia in the
49er class ahead of the New
Zealanders Peter Burling and
Blair Tuke (centre). Britains Stevie
Morrison and Ben Rhodes (right)
were pushed into fth place.
Below: Mathew Belcher (right) and

Malcolm Page (left) of Australia
celebrate in the Olympic Rings after
winning gold in the mens 470
Sailing at the Weymouth & Portland
Venue.
Its amazing, weve

sailed brilliantly for
four years and this
week was one of our
best weeks so far.
Nathan Outteridge. Gold
medallist in the 49er class
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Womens events
Xu takes gold in Laser Radial
I am proud of the
gold, especially
as Im in Britain,
because British
and European
countries are good.
I want to take this
experience back
to China so more
can experience the
beauty of sailing.
Lijia Xu, Laser Radial gold
medallist
One in four. Chinas Lijia Xu won

the nal to secure the Laser Radial
gold medal in a competition in
which four women could have
triumphed. Xu established a decisive
lead from the start of the medal race
to secure only the second Olympic
Sailing title for China.
The nal race in the Laser Radial class was

intriguingly open, with four competitors having
a chance of taking the gold medal. Chinas Lijia
Xu, the Netherlands Marit Bouwmeester, Irelands
Annalise Murphy and Belgiums Evi Van Acker were
separated by only one point.
It was to be Xu, 27, bronze medallist at Beijing
2008, who took her Laser Radial over the line
in rst place in the double-points medal race,
despite incurring a penalty point. In so doing she
claimed only Chinas second Olympic Sailing title.
I just give it all for joy and I gave it my best for
Weymouth and the world and my country, China,
said the delighted Xu.
Second over the line in the medal race was
Bouwmeester, who took silver for the Netherlands,
with Van Acker securing bronze. A disappointed
Murphy nished fth in the medal race, placing
her fourth overall and out of the medals. Team
GBs Alison Young, competing in her rst Olympic
Games, nished fourth in the medal race, just
ahead of Murphy, to take fth place overall.
Spanish gold for Alabau Neira in RS:X

Marina Alabau Neira made winning her
Windsurng gold look easy. She led the rankings
throughout the rst 10 races with four wins and four
other top-three nishes. Then she crossed the line
rst in the medal race, 27 seconds ahead of the
rest. Finlands Tuuli Petaja took silver and Polands
Zoa Noceti-Llepacka the bronze.
Team GBs Briony Shaw, who nished fourth in
the nal, ended in seventh place overall, 12 points
behind the bronze medal position.
The 26-year-old Alabau Neira, who described
herself as super-happy super-excited after
her victory, became the last gold medallist in
Windsurng. The sport is scheduled to be replaced
by Kiteboarding at Rio 2016.
Gold for New Zealand crew in 470

Some skilful sailing by the New Zealand pair of Jo
Aleh and Olivia Powrie put them on top of the
podium in the womens 470 class, after a wind
shift in the medal race put paid to the hopes of the
British crew, Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark.
The two crews went into the nal race neck and
neck on 33 points. Each was guaranteed at least
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Ive got a silver, which is good, but its

an upgrade in Rio that I want.
Saskia Clark, womens 470 class silver medallist
a silver nishing rst of the two would determine
who took gold. The British boat started well, but
was caught by a sudden wind shift on the rst leg
and lost momentum. New Zealand tacked sharply
right and caught the new wind, giving Aleh and
Powrie an unbeatable lead. They eventually won
the race by 41 seconds from Italy. The British pair,
who had only sailed together since February 2011,
nished almost two and a half minutes behind.
The Netherlands Lisa Weterhof and Lobke
Berkhout nished sixth in the medal race to claim
the bronze medal.
Spain surprise to win Match Racing title

There was an upset for Australia at Weymouth and
Portland, and it came in the Match Racing, when
Spains Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez, Soa Toro
Prieto Puga and Angela Pumariega Menendez took
the gold medal, the last of the Olympic regatta.
The rst signs of problems for the Australian
crew came in the third match, with the score tied
at 11. Skipper Olivia Price was swept overboard
when the boat rolled on its side in Weymouth Bay,
making fellow crew members Lucinda Whitty and

Nina Curtis swing back to collect her. Spain won
that race by 1 min 1 sec, but the Australians came
back to level the series 22. They were penalised
in race ve, however, and nally succumbed to the
strong Spanish challenge to take silver. The bronze
medal was won by Finland.
We of course surprised ourselves, admitted
Puga after the race. We said before the Olympic
Games that we would try to pass the quarter-nals
and as each race went very well we said why not
go become Olympic champion? It is a dream.
Above: Viva Espana. Tamara

Echegoyen Dominguez, Soa Toro
Prieto Puga and Angela Pumariega
Menendez of Spain sprung a
surprise by winning gold in the
womens Match Racing. It was the
nal race of the Olympic Sailing
programme in Weymouth and
Portland.
Above left: Outmanoeuvred.
Hannah Mills (left) and Saskia Clark
(right) lost out to Australia for the
gold medal in the womens 470
class but the Britons have vowed to
come back for Rio 2016.
Overleaf: Olympic Sailing in the
mens Laser class in the waters of
Weymouth Bay.
There have been so

many people involved in
making these Games so
special ... thanks so much
to everyone involved ...
the volunteers and the
whole nation for getting
behind the team.
Ben Ainslie, Team GB
gold medallist
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Shooting
Peter Wilson, Team GBs Double
Trap gold medallist. The early bad
weather of the British summer had
hampered Wilsons training on the
range, but he hit his last two clays
to become Olympic Champion.
Olympic gold
medallists
Mens events
Thirty-six-year-old Wilson, a farmers son from

Sherborne in Dorset, was on target throughout,
but it was a close nish, with Wilson hitting the
last pair of clays to win gold. I just really focused
on my technique. I looked at the scoreboard and
knew I needed one to win, but I hadnt banked on
it being that close and wanted to hit both. It was
exciting and a dream come true, laughed Wilson,
who explained that Britains bad weather ahead
of the Games had kept him off the range and
hampered his training. Swedens Hakan Dahlby
won the silver medal and the bronze went to the
Russian Vasily Mosin.
Double Trap is more widely known in Britain
as clay pigeon shooting, and Wilson encouraged
people to visit their nearest range and try the sport.
I hope Ive spurred on a resurgence in competitive
shooting and I challenge anyone of any age to give
it a go, he urged.
10m Air Rie: Alin George

Moldoveanu (ROM)
Royal coaching for Double Trap champion
Immaculate for Skeet champion
50m Rie Prone:

Sergei Martynov (BLR)
Team GBs Peter Wilson was coached to the gold

medal by former Olympic champion Sheikh Ahmad
Al Maktoum, a member of the Dubai Royal family
who won gold in the Double Trap at Athens 2004.
Wilson, 201cm tall and a former pupil of
Britains leading sports school Milleld, lost his
funding for a year after failure at Beijing 2008
and worked as a waiter in a pub. However, the
Sheikh who had retired from competing, recognised
Wilsons talent and offered to train him for free.
Wilson revealed that the two marksmen had
become friends whilst competing at Athens 2004
after sharing tips about playing squash. I have the
greatest admiration for him. Hes one of the worlds
greatest shooters. He invited me to Dubai and we
had a handshake over coffee. He saw something in
me, he explained.
The USAs Vince Hancock retained his Olympic

Skeet title and became the rst shooter to win backto-back gold medals in the event. Denmarks Anders
Golding won silver and Nasser Al Attiya, from
Qatar, a former winner of the Dakar Rally, took the
bronze.
Hancock, 23, who serves in the US Marksmanship
Unit, hit all of his 25 targets in the six-man nal and
only missed two in the entire session. He nished
with a score of 148/150, which he said reected
his competitive spirit. Even playing tic tac toe with
my wife Im competitive, he admitted. Hancock
described the range at the Royal Artillery Barracks
as perfect. We had the best targets and the best
machines. Everything was immaculate.
50m Rie 3 Positions:

Niccolo Campriani (ITA)
50m Pistol: Jongoh Jin (KOR)
25m Rapid Fire Pistol:
Leuris Pupo (CUB)
10m Air Pistol:
Jongoh Jin (KOR)
Double Trap:
Peter Wilson (GBR)
Skeet: Vince Hancock (USA)
Trap: Giovanni Cernogoraz
(CRO)
Womens events
First gold of the Games in 10m Air Rie
Chinas Siling Yi, the world number one, took the
rst gold medal of London 2012 in front of IOC
President Jacques Rogge, with a victory in the 10m
Air Rie at The Royal Artillery Barracks. Polish
soldier Sylwia Bogacka took silver and Dan Yu,
also of China, won bronze.
Yi was the rst athlete to qualify for the London
2012 Games. She shed tears of relief after her
victory and declared that all the attention from the
media made her feel like a movie star.
Malaysias Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, who
competed while eight months pregnant, nished
34th in the competition.
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Jam, cars and Skeet gold for Rhode

The Skeet gold medallist, the USAs Kim Rhode
almost failed to make it to London; her ight was
cancelled twice and her dog ate her air ticket. The
gold in London was her fth successive Olympic
medal, and she became the most successful woman
shooter in Games history.
Rhode, 32, from Tucson, Arizona, who makes
jam and restores vintage cars in her spare time,
claimed victory ahead of Chinas Ning Wei who
won the silver medal and Danka Bartekova (SVK)
who took bronze. Despite it being a warm day, all
the competitors struggled in the breeze. The targets
were moving around with the wind, explained
Rhode. Its all about overcoming the bumps, the
stars aligning and walking away with the medal.
The Royal Artillery

Barracks
Like the Equestrian athletes at
Greenwich Park, the shooters
were put at the heart of the
action with an impressive,
historic backdrop, with the
event being staged at The Royal
Artillery Barracks in Woolwich,
south-east London. The heritage
of the site dates from 1716, and
for 200 years it was the centre of
the UK arms industry. Spectators
entered the site from Ha-Ha Road,
and the three rie ranges were
made from a simple steel frame,
covered by a stretched fabric,
with ventilation holes looking
like blocks of Swiss cheese. All
were designed as temporary
structures, to be removed after
the Games.
Olympic gold
medallists
10m Air Rie:
Siling Yi (CHN)
50m Rie 3 Positions:
Jamie Lynn Gray (USA)
25m Pistol: Jangmi Kim (KOR)
Skeet: Kim Rhode (USA)
Trap: Jessica Rossi (ITA)
Polands Sylwia Bogacka, eventual

silver medallist in the 10m Air Rie,
keeps a close eye on Chinas Siling
Yi. She went on to win the rst gold
medal of London 2012.
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Table Tennis
Right: Grand Slam. Chinas Jike
Zhang on his way to becoming the
youngest ever winner of the sports
grand slam. His gold medal at
London 2012 added to his World
Cup and World Championship titles.
Far right: Clean Sweep. Hao Wang

(right) and Jike Zhang combine
forces to ensure Chinas victory in
the mens Team nal. This victory
meant another clean sweep of
the gold medals for the worlds
powerhouse of table tennis.
Mens events
China gathers gold and silver in
Table Tennis
24 years of
Olympic success
Known as ping pang qiu
in China, table tennis was
famously the countrys
national sport under
Chairman Mao. Chinese
players have dominated the
medal table since it was
introduced to the Olympic
programme for the 1988
Games in Seoul, taking 24
of 28 gold medals. This
was never better illustrated
than at Beijing 2008, where
China won gold, silver
and bronze medals in both
mens and womens Singles
competitions and gold in
both Team events, the rst
time a country had won
every available medal.
Chinas Jike Zhang hurdled the barriers guarding

the court and kissed the gold medal step on the
podium after winning the mens Table Tennis title
against his countryman Hao Wang at ExCeL.
The unstoppable Zhang, 24, won 41 (18
16, 115, 116, 1012, 1311) to complete
the Table Tennis grand slam. His Olympic
success followed victories in the World Cup in
Paris in 2011 and the Rotterdam 2011 world
championship.
Zhang dominated the rst three games before
a ght back from Hao, the Olympic champion
at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, gave him the
fourth game. But Zhang, who rst started playing
table tennis at the age of ve, prevailed in the nal
close game to win gold. In the bronze medal match
Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany beat Chuang ChihYuan of Chinese Taipei 42 (1210, 911, 811,
1311, 115, 1412).
As his players took gold and silver medals the
Chinese coach, Guollang Liu, was moved to kiss
a plastic cup printed with pictures of his daughters

to show his appreciation of his family.
I didnt have them at the last Olympic
Games, he declared. I wanted to express that
they are the most important thing to me. I wanted
to make them proud, to give them something
precious to remember.
Clean sweep for China in Team event

China underlined their supremacy in this sport,
jokingly termed Chinaball, by taking home all
the available medals once the men had defended
their Olympic Team title, defeating Korea by an
impressive 3-0.
The most exciting tie saw Chinas world number
one player, Jike Zhang, take on Koreas Saehyuk
Joo. The Korean put up a brilliant defence to take
the second game and level the contest at 11
before Zhangs bullet-like forehand blasted him to a
31 victory.
Chinas Long Ma also beat Koreas Seungmin
Ryu, while in the doubles Hao Wang and Zhang
were 30 winners against Sangeun Oh and Ryu.
Germany won 31 against Hong Kong, China in
the bronze medal match.
Womens events
First medal to China in womens
Table Tennis
Chinas Xiaoxia Li won the womens Table Tennis
gold medal, beating a furious Ning Ding, also of
China, who berated the umpire for penalising her
serve during the match. Chinese players have now
won all seven of the womens Olympic Singles titles
since the sport was introduced to the Games at
Seoul 1988.
Although Li dominated the match winning
41 (118, 1412, 811, 116, 114), it was
a controversial contest. Ding was red-carded for
an illegal serve and for dawdling back to the
table following a break, with each card earning
Li an extra point. Dings serve was judged to
be failing to reach the required 16cm in height
and possibly moving backwards. After the match
Ding, who had been favourite to win the gold
medal, said she thought the umpire was being
too strict.
Li, so often the number two to Ding, played
with power and inspiration to win the Olympic
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Above left: Unstoppable. Xiaoxia
title. She controlled the enthralling match from the

start to join a long, proud line of Chinese Olympic
Table Tennis champions.
In the bronze medal match, Singapores Tianwei
Feng beat Kasumi Ishikawa, of Japan, 40 (119,
116, 116, 115)
Li went into her womens Singles

nal against compatriot Ning Ding
ranked number two in the world.
However, she prevailed to make her
childhood dream come true.
Above: Winning combination.

Finalists in the Singles, Xiaoxia
Chinese women power to Team success
Li (left) and Ning Ding combined

forces as China beat Japan in the
womens Team nal.
Chinas women reiterated their dominance in the

Team competition, with Japan also taking their
rst medal in the womens Table Tennis Team nal.
The defending Olympic champions only lost four
games before triumphing with the gold medal.
Chinas Xiaoxia Li set the tone by beating Japans
Ai Fukuhara in the rst Singles match. Japans new
star Kasumi Ishikawa was then despatched 30 by
Chinas Ning Ding, with her distinctive tomahawk
serve. Yue Guo and Li beat Sayaka Hirano and
Ishikawa 31 in the Doubles match. However,
Japans silver medal was an historic rst, achieved
after beating Singapore in the semi-nal.
In the third place playoff for the bronze medal,
the silver medallists from Beijing 2008, Singapore,
defeated Korea 30.
This has been my

dream since being a
little girl. I dreamed
of being an Olympic
champion. I want to
thank my parents;
they have sacriced
a lot to make my
dreams come true.
Xiaoxia Li, Table Tennis
gold medallist
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Taekwondo
competitor scored one point in the rst round.
Tazegul took a 53 lead in round two before
Bagheri Motamed, who had shown the best of
form going into the contest, scored and both men
received penalties.
Tazegul eventually justied his top ranking
by winning 65, with the bronze medals going
to Terrence Jennings of the USA and Rohullah
Nikpah of Afghanistan. The result meant that,
combined with his bronze medal at Beijing 2008,
Nikpah has won both his countrys two medals at
the Olympic Games.
Turkish delight. Servet Tazegul (blue)

served up Turkeys rst gold medal
of the London Olympic Games. He
justied his tag as the favourite by
beating Irans Mohammad Bagheri
Motamed in the nal of the 68kg
category.
The Sport
Taekwondo, which translates
into English as the way of
foot and st, is based on an
ancient Korean martial art.
The aim is to land kicks and
punches to four scoring zones
on an opponents body, with
each contest consisting of three
sets of two-minute rounds. Its
white uniforms are known as
doboks and competitors wear
coloured protective equipment;
the one in blue is referred to
as chung, while the competitor
in red is hong. Taekwondo
was introduced to the Olympic
Games as a demonstration
event in 1988 and as a full
medal event in 2000.
Lutalo justies selection with 80kg medal
Mens events
First gold for Turkey in 68kg
Olympic 58kg
category
Joel Gonzalez Bonilla of
Spain won the gold medal
match in the 58kg category.
The world champion
overcame Daehoon Lee of
the Republic of Korea 178
to take the gold medal. I
have been through so much
hard work to reach this gold,
so much support, but also so
much pain, but in the end
it all paid off, a delighted
Bonilla said.
Before Cakir Alptekins 1500m victory on the track,

Turkeys rst gold of London 2012 came at ExCeL,
where the favourite Servet Tazegul triumphed in the
68kg division.
Since winning the bronze medal at Beijing 2008,
the 23-year-old world champion has dominated
the division. He duly became only the second
taekwondoka to win two medals in this event at the
Olympic Games after Hadi Saei of Iran.
Another Iranian, Mohammad Bagheri Motamed,
faced Tazegul in the nal. It began slowly as each
At ExCeL, 21-year-old Lutalo Mohammad more

than justied the faith shown in him by the
selectors. His relief at winning a bronze medal
was evident in his joyous dancing with the Union
ag after defeating Armenias Arman Yeremyan.
Its not the colour of medal I wanted, but its
hard earned, said Mohammad as he celebrated
becoming the rst Briton ever to win a Taekwondo
medal. The other bronze went to Mauro
Sarmiento of Italy.
The competition provided a number of surprises,
most notably in its two nalists. In the event it was
Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich of Argentina who
beat Spains Nicolas Garcia Hemme 10 in a
close-fought contest to win the gold medal, a rst
in Taekwondo for Argentina. Other men expected
to feature, such as top seed Ramin Azizov of
Azerbaijan, the two-time Olympic champion Steven
Lopez and world 87kg champion Yousef Karami
of Iran, all lost early in the contest.
The signicance of his medal was not lost on
Crismanich. I would like to give all the people of
Argentina a piece of this medal, he said.
Obame makes history with silver in +80kg
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Flint edged. Jade Jones (blue), from

Flint in north Wales, produced a
A rst-ever Olympic medal in any sport for Gabon

meant that the Taekwondo programme closed on a
historic note at ExCeL.
The silver medal was awarded to Anthony
Obame on a judges decision following a dramatic
and nail-biting nal won by Italian police ofcer
Carlo Molfetta. It was Italys rst gold medal in the
sport, serving to underline Europes emergence
as a new Taekwondo powerhouse at the Olympic
Games, thereby ending Koreas dominance.
Molfetta levelled the contest at 99 with a
headshot just 15 seconds before the end, bringing
about extra time. No further points were scored
although Molfetta was the more active. The judges
decision went to Molfetta, who had overcome far
bigger opponents on his way to the nal, and he
duly acknowledged the part Obame had played in
a terric nale to the Olympic competition.
For Obame, a 23-year-old student living in
Paris, London 2012 is only the start. We have to
try to get more medals in the future, he said. For
now its just me, but I hope that other people from
Gabon will win medals at other Olympic Games
and have the same success as me.
The bronze medals went to Xiabo Liu of China
and Robelis Despaigne of Cuba.
The Olympic Games saw ve gold medals go to
European taekwondoka, who also collected 16 of
the 32 medals on offer. Since the sport was added
to the programme at Sydney 2000, only one
previous title had been won by a European.
Womens events
Jones the head hunter wins 57kg
Aged just 19 and participating in her rst Olympic
Games, Britains Jade Jones provided the Host
Nation with a fairytale gold medal one very much
hewn by the inhabitants of Flint in north Wales
(population 12,000).
sensational series of performances

including the nal against the more
experienced Yuzhuo Hou of China.
She won Britains rst Olympic
Taekwondo gold medal.
Locals there have funded Jones progress from

a talented youngster to Olympic champion by
dipping into their own pockets, and she repaid
their generosity with a sensational series of
performances at ExCeL. Many of her supporters
were there to witness Britains rst gold medal
in this sport, including her grandfather Martin
Foulkes who introduced Jones to taekwondo.
As she rose through the ranks to represent
her country, he drove her to and from GB
Taekwondos Performance Academy in Manchester
four times a week.
Those who could not make it to London were
gathered round televisions in pubs and clubs in the
small town that once raised more than 1,000 to
help Jones travel to the Youth Olympic Games in
Singapore, where she also won gold.
Joness progress to the nal was decisive. Once
there the one-time tomboy, nicknamed the head
hunter because of her penchant for head shots,
set about her task against the former double world
champion, Yuzhuo Hou of China.
Jones won 64 and celebrated in the packed
arena, launching her headgear into the air and
parading with the Union ag and the Red Dragon
ag.
The bronze medals went to Marlene Harnois of
France and Li-Cheng Tseng of Chinese Taipei.
Im from a little
town. I dont have
super amounts
of money and I
couldnt afford to
go to qualication
tournaments, but
everyone in Flint
has helped raise
funds for me to go
events like the Youth
Olympic Games.
Jade Jones, 57kg gold
medallist
Olympic gold
medallists
49kg: Jingyu Wu (CHN)
57kg: Jade Jones (GBR)
67kg: Kyung Seon Hwang
(KOR)
+67kg: Milica Mandic (SRB)
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Tennis
Turning the tables. Britains Andy
Murray races in to the net on his
way to overturning his Wimbledon
defeat to Switzerlands Roger
Federer. Murray took the gold
medal in their Olympic nal clash.
The atmosphere
was unbelievable.
I felt much more
comfortable on the
court the crowd
helped me get a
few extra miles
an hour in the last
couple of serves.
Andy Murray, Team GB
gold medallist
Mens events
Magnicent Murray wins Singles
Exactly four weeks previously, Britains Andy
Murray had been inconsolable after losing to Roger
Federer in the Wimbledon nal. Yet in the Olympic
Games Murray was to come out on top, winning in
straight sets 62, 61, 64.
In the sunshine of Wimbeldon, with Massive
Attack blasting out of the sound system and the All
England Club dressed in Olympic purple violet,
it was a fun-lled peoples nal noisy, raucous
and joyful. Andy ... Andy ... Andy, cried the
passionate and patriotic fans as a Mexican wave
rippled around Centre Court. Murray, embracing
the Olympic atmosphere, appeared determined
but relaxed as he managed to save two break
points in the opening game of the match. The
25-year-old Scot broke Federers serve in the sixth
game and took the set 62, assisted by a series of

scorching backhands that rufed and frustrated the
Wimbledon champion.
A long cat and mouse game at 20 in the
second set offered Federer six break points,
but Murray held on. He played with grit and
determination, using his racket like a cricket bat to
gain the advantage and making his own luck as
the ball stayed in or trickled over the net to take
yet another point. Federer, wearied by a marathon
four-and-a-half-hour semi-nal with Juan Martin
Del Potro (ARG) that ended 1917 in the third
set (the longest Tennis match in Olympic history),
tried to turn on the heat, but every time Murray
kept control. He ended the match with an ace to
notch his rst victory over the Swiss in a ve-set
match and to take Olympic gold. Federer swiftly
marched off court, leaving Murray to soak up
the adoration of fans who had witnessed the rst
British win in the Olympic mens Singles nal since
the London 1908 Olympic Games.
With the gold medal around his neck, Murray

had come of age a champion at last. He
said that he had been inspired to win the gold
medal by watching Britains Mo Farah triumph
in the 10,000m the previous evening. Jubilant
and smiling, he described winning the Olympic
competition as the greatest achievement of his
career. This is number one for me ... the biggest
win of my life. Its been a lot of fun, unbelievable.
I felt fresh and not nervous. It was the best way to
come back from Wimbledon. I will never forget it.
In the match for the bronze medal, Argentinas
Del Potro beat Serbias Novak Djokovic 75,
64. Del Potro described the medal, the rst for
Argentina at London 2012, as a gift for his nation.
Twin Slam for USA in mens Doubles

It was a Tennis golden slam for the USAs twin
brothers Mike and Bob Bryan, who defeated
second seeds Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga of France 64, 76. The brothers, bronze
medallists at Beijing 2008, said playing for their
country brought a fresh intensity to their game.
We play with a little extra re, magic, passion
when were playing for our country, explained

Bob Bryan. Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet
of France won the match for the bronze medal,
beating Spains David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez
76, 62.
Veteran Mirnyi goes for gold in

Mixed Doubles
Andy Murray returned to Centre Court with Laura
Robson and went down 62, 36, 810 to the
top seeds Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka of
Belarus, who took the Mixed Doubles gold medal.
Veteran Mirnyi, 35, became the oldest player to
win a medal since Tennis returned to the Olympic
Games in 1988. Murray and Robson were the
surprise duo in the Mixed Doubles, having only
got through to the competition on a wildcard
entry. Robson later revealed that because of their
other matches the couple had not had any time to
practise together as a duo ahead of the nal.
The bronze medal match was won by the USAs
Lisa Raymond and Mike Bryan. They defeated the
German pair Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas
63, 46, 104.
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It has been a dream

come true for me
to achieve gold
because I think every
athlete in the world is
dreaming about this
prize. You dont get
so many chances.
Victoria Azarenka, Mixed
Doubles gold medallist
Below left: Brothers Mike (left) and
Bob Bryan enjoy a team hug after
beating Frances Michael Llodra
and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the mens
Doubles gold medal match.
Below: Great Britains Laura Robson

(near right) and Andy Murray,
a new wildcard pairing for the
Olympic Mixed Doubles, win a
valuable point against Belarus
Victoria Azarenka (far right) and
Max Mirnyi. Murray and Robson
took the silver medal after losing
810 in the nal set.
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Golden moment. In this rare image

of a British Tennis player winning
at Wimbledon, Andy Murray jumps
for joy at beating Roger Federer,
possibly the greatest player the
world has ever seen.
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Power play. Serena Williams

demolished the Russian Federations
Maria Sharapova to emulate her
sister Venus in taking the Olympic
womens Tennis Singles gold medal.
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The crowd at
Wimbledon is so
quiet, you dont
hear much talking
but here you do. Its
exciting, you really
get to see the fans ...
its awesome.
Serena Williams, gold
medallist in womens
Singles and Doubles
Right: The fabulous Williams sisters

Serena (right) and Venus celebrate
their third Olympic Doubles
gold medal. They beat Andrea
Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of
the Czech Republic under the roof
at Wimbledon.
Womens events
Serena powers to Singles golden slam
The USAs Serena Williams, 30, became only the
second woman in history to grab Tenniss golden
slam when she outplayed the Russian Federations
Maria Sharapova to win the gold medal 60,
61. It was an emphatic victory for Williams, who
added the Olympic title to her wins in the four
majors Wimbledon, the Australian, French and
US Opens. Williams, who played with deadly
accuracy on court, celebrated her win by leaping
into the air and dancing a jig she later described
as West Coast on Centre Court.
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus beat Russian
Maria Kirilenko 63, 64 to win bronze, the rst
Olympic Games Tennis medal for her country.
Treble for Williams sisters in Doubles

Serena and Venus Williams cemented their
dominance of the Olympic Tennis Doubles court by
winning their third gold medal. The sisters defeated
Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka from
Czech Republic 64, 64.
The USA pair, who also took gold medals
at Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008, have won
every set they have played in Olympic Doubles.
At London 2012, when torrential summer rain
forced the closure of the Centre Court roof, they
became the rst indoor Olympic champions
since 1912. Olympic gold, golden slam,
Singles and Doubles. Thats awesome, mused a
delighted Serena.
The bronze medal was won by Russians Maria
Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova who defeated Liezel
Huber and Lisa Raymond of the USA 46, 64, 61.
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Triathlon
In at the deep end. Athletes dive
into the start of the mens Triathlon,
a 1500m swim in the Serpentine in
London. The Triathlon route took in
the surroundings of Hyde Park, a
royal park which has been open to
the public since 1637.
The Triathlon takes

centre stage
Mens event
Brilliant Brownlee brothers in the Triathlon
Britains Alistair Brownlee, who won the gold medal
in the mens Triathlon, prepared for London 2012
by digging a big hole in his front garden. He lled
it with a training pool complete with an underwater
treadmill, which he used to cure a torn Achilles
tendon. It gave a whole new meaning to the British
wartime phrase Dig for Victory, and the Olympic
title conrmed Brownlees status as the worlds
toughest triathlete.
After a 1.5km swim, a 43km cycle race and a
10km run, Brownlee coolly jogged down the blue
carpet and strolled across the nish line carrying
I woke up this morning and I was really

nervous. I was like a kid at Christmas,
looking forward to the race.
Alistair Brownlee, Triathlon gold medallist
a Union ag draped around his shoulders, in a
time of 1:46:25. Eleven seconds behind him was
Spains Javier Gomez who won the silver. There
was more metalwork for the Brownlee household
when the Olympic champions younger brother
Jonathan nished with a bronze, collapsing on
the line only 30 seconds behind his sibling. This
was despite serving a 15-second time penalty
for jumping on his bike too early in the transition
phase from swimming to cycling.
There is some evidence of a

triathlon-type event featuring
three sports staged in France
during the 1920s, but the rst
swim-bike-run version of the
modern event took place in
San Diego, California in 1974.
The triathlons rapid growth
in popularity and television
appeal saw it added to the
Olympic Games programme at
Sydney 2000, which adopted
the internationally accepted
distances of a 1500m swim,
a 40km bike ride and a 10km
run. The London 2012 event
was the most compact and
spectator-friendly so far, with all
three elements taking place in
and around Hyde Park.
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Right: The Triathlon course itself

proved to be one of the stars of
the Games, as fans packed the
dramatic route through central
London. Here Alistair Brownlee,
the rst Briton to win the Triathlon
since the sport entered the Olympic
programme in 2000, powers past
the Serpentine.
Below right: Brothers in arms.

Britains Alistair (right) and
Jonathan Brownlee celebrate
winning gold and bronze medals in
the Olympic Triathlon after training
for the race together around their
home in Yorkshire.
I saw the board and

I saw the number
31. I thought it
was Alistair and I
thought Alistair,
you idiot, youve got
a penalty. I looked
down at my arm
and I thought Oh
no, its me.
Jonathan Brownlee,
Triathlon bronze medallist
on his time penalty
Triathlon cyclists pass under

Wellington Arch, originally created
to commemorate the Duke of
Wellingtons victory at Waterloo.
Appropriately Britons took gold
and bronze in the event, with
Javier Gomez taking silver and two
Frenchmen, David Hauss and Laurent
Vidal, coming fourth and fth.
Hundreds of thousands of people lined the Triathlon

route which began in the Serpentine in Hyde
Park and snaked around Park Lane, Rotten Row
and Knightsbridge. Vincent Luis of France tried to
stay with the leaders, but only the Yorkshire-born
Brownlee brothers and Gomez, a legendary double
world champion, had the power and pace to get
on the podium. It was the rst time in Olympic
Triathlon history that Britain had won medals.
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Womens event
Triathlon dramatic dead heat nish
Londoners and tourists headed into Hyde Park in
their thousands to watch the womens Triathlon.
Like the mens, the central London route took in
famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace,
Hyde Park Corner and Constitution Hill. Spectators
witnessed a sensational conclusion when, after
1500m of swimming in the Serpentine, 43km on
the bike and 10km running on roads of the Royal
park, two athletes nished with exactly the same
time. In a dramatic photo nish, Switzerlands
Nicola Spirig was awarded the gold medal and
Lisa Norden of Sweden the consolation prize of
silver. Two seconds behind them came Australias
Erin Densham, who once underwent surgery to
correct an irregular heartbeat, to take bronze.
The day began overcast and drizzly, forcing the
athletes to wear wetsuits for the swim because the
water temperature had dipped below 20 degrees.
A wet and greasy road claimed its rst casualty
when Beijing 2008 bronze medallist and early
favourite, Emma Moffat from Australia, crashed out
in the cycle phase. On the nal lap of the run ve
athletes were in with a chance of medals, but it was
Spirig and Norden who lunged for the line. The
women simultaneously posted times of 1:59:48, but
the Olympic Triathlons rst photo nish captured
Spirig as just 15 centimetres in front.
Britains hopes for the Olympic Triathlon were
not fullled with Helen Jenkins, former world
champion and winner of the London 2012 test
event, nishing fth. She apologised for her
failure to take a much-desired medal in front of the
passionate home crowd, explaining that she had
struggled with a knee injury ahead of the Games.
Ive been training through a lot of pain. Weve had
a lot of tears, and unfortunately I wasnt 100 per
cent on the run today.
Above: Making a splash. The

lower water temperature meant that
wetsuits were obligatory for the rst
leg of the womens Triathlon in Hyde
Parks Serpentine.
Left: Photo nish. The dramatic

conclusion to the womens Triathlon
shows Nicola Spirig (right) and Lisa
Norden nish with exactly the same
time. Spirig was eventually awarded
the gold medal, with Australias Erin
Densham, shown behind, coming in
to take bronze.
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Volleyball
the Volleyball title from two sets down.
It was their fourth Olympic Volleyball title and
the rst gold since 1980. The bronze medal went
to Italy, who beat Bulgaria 31 to extend their
unbroken run of taking Olympic medals in the sport
to ve Games.
Dramatic victory at Earls Court. The

Russian Federation team celebrate
after stunning Brazil to win the gold
medal in mens Volleyball. They
completed a staggering comeback
to take the gold medal after being
two sets down.
Womens event
The Russian Federations
golden line-up
Brazil takes Volleyball gold
Nikolay Apalikov
Taras Khtey
Sergey Grankin
Sergey Tetyukhin
Alexander Sokolov
Yury Berezhko
Alexander Butko
Dmitriy Muserskiy
Dmitriy Ilinykh
Maxim Mikhaylov
Alexander Volkov
Alexey Obmochaev
The USA gave defending champions Brazil a scare

when they won the opening set of the nal 2511
within the rst 20 minutes, but the Brazilians fought
back to take the gold medal in the fourth set 31.
The USA, unbeaten in 21 matches running up
to the Olympic nal, were ranked number one in
the world and pre-event favourites at London 2012.
Their coach Hugh McCutcheon had been hoping to
enjoy the distinction of having coached both mens
and womens Volleyball teams to gold. He began
coaching the women after leading the USA men to
the Olympic title at Beijing 2008.
At Earls Court Brazil quickly regrouped, led
by their captain Fabiana Claudino. They began to
dominate at the net, taking the second and third
sets 2517 and 2520. Jacqueline Carvalho, top
scorer with 18 points, helped drive her side to the
gold medal as Brazil took the fourth set 2517. The
USA had to accept silver, as at Beijing 2008.
Earlier in the day Japan beat Korea 30 to win
bronze (2522, 2624 and 2521).
Brazils golden line-up

Fabiana Claudino
Danielle Lins
Paula Pequeno
Adenizia Silva
Thaisa Menezes
Jacqueline Carvalho
Fernanda Ferreira
Tandara Caixeta
Natalia Pereira
Sheilla Castro
Fabiana Oliveira
Fernanda Rodrigues
Mens event
Russian Federation ght back to seize
Volleyball gold
The Russian team staged a dramatic turnaround
from two sets down to snatch the mens Volleyball
title 32 against Brazil.
The South Americans dominated for most of the
match at Earls Court and appeared to be coasting
to victory. Determined to follow the womens team
to a gold medal, they were ruthless, taking the
rst two sets 2519 and 2520. At 2219 in the
third set they even brought on Giba, their injured
and retiring captain, to savour the medal-winning
moment. This move seemed to anger and re up
the Russian Federation team, and they stunned the
Brazilians by saving several match points to take the
third set 2927. Rejuvenated, the Russian Federation
dominated the fourth set, which they took 2522,
as the pre-match favourites became less agile and
condent around the court. They went on to win
the last set 159 and to take gold in an astonishing
turnaround, with Dmitry Muserskiy at the net scoring
an impressive 31 points. The Russian Federation had
become the rst team in Olympic history to secure
Soccer in Brazil is not a sport, it is a

religion, so volleyball is the rst sport
in Brazil.
Jos Guimares, Brazilian womens Volleyball coach
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Volleyball Beach
Far left: On the beach. With its
temporary venue in Horse Guards
Parade, Beach Volleyball had a
stunning backdrop illuminated by
oodlights. Players had the unique
opportunity to serve from the
Downing Street end.
Left: Triple crown. Kerri Walsh

Jennings (right) and Misty MayTreanor celebrate winning their
third consecutive Olympic title in the
Womens event
all-USA Womens Beach Volleyball

nal.
May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings enjoy

Beach Volleyball hat trick
Mens event
Breakthrough for Germany in Beach
Volleyball thriller
It was tting that the best in mens Beach Volleyball
was saved until the nal; the 15,000 enthusiastic
fans packed into the temporary venue in the
unlikely setting of Horse Guards Parade deserved
nothing less. On a sultry summer night, with the
match played under oodlights, Germany became
the rst nation other than the USA or Brazil to win
gold since the sport was added to the Olympic
programme for the Atlanta 1996 Games.
The German pair of Julius Brink and Jonas
Reckermann beat the Brazilians, Emanuel Rego
and Alison Cerutti, by 2321, 1621, 1614. The
match proved a thriller worthy of its setting, with
Brazil saving three match points to draw level in the
deciding set, only to fall to an initially controversial
line call. European teams also featured in the
bronze medal match as Latvia overcame the
Netherlands by 1921, 2119, 1511.
The Germans may have won the mens title but

there was no such upset on offer in the womens
tournament, where the spirit of the Copacabana
came to Londons heart of government. The USA
dominated and provided both teams for the nal.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
conrmed their status as the most successful
pairing in the sport. They took their third
consecutive Olympic title 2116, 2116 against
compatriots Jennifer Kessy and April Ross, with the
match held under oodlights on a glorious evening
at Horse Guards Parade. The bronze medal went
to the Brazilians, who came from behind to beat
China 1121, 2119, 1512.
There was only one blip on the champions
progress, which came in a pool match. Austrias
Doris and Stefanie Schwaiger became the rst
and only team to win a set against the USA in 12
years of Olympic competition.
For May-Treanor, 35, the gold medal brought
her glittering career to a close. Its hard to stay on
top Its time for me to be a wife and mom. Its
time for me now to help the next generation.
Horse Guards Parade

Among the most inspired of
the London 2012 venues, this
is the parade ground where
Trooping the Colour takes
place and which dates back to
1745. It was transformed for
the Games, with a lower seating
bowl running around four sides
while an upper tier in horseshoe
shape showed surrounding
architecture, including the
London Eye, to spectators.
Over 4115 tonnes of sand from
Surrey created the beach for
the 16m x 8m court, while the
temporary arena boasted a
capacity similar to that of Centre
Court at Wimbledon.
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Weightlifting
Games the country has entered since making its
Olympic debut in 1984.
The bronze medal, the rst ever in Weightlifting
for Azerbaijan, went to Valentin Hristov, who was
watched by the countrys president Ilhan Aliyev.
Surprise package. Only 19 years

old and 152cm tall, Yun Chol Om
of DPR Korea broke the Olympic
record. He took the gold medal from
Group B of the 56kg category.
Here, at the age

of 24, I gave
everything tonight,
everything for this
triumph. Its not just
a gold medal for
me, its a triumph.
Ilya Ilyin after retaining
his 94kg title
Lu dominates the 77kg
Mens events
Om sensation in 56kg
Olympic gold
medallists
56kg: Yun Chol Om (PRK)
62kg: Un Guk Kim (PRK)
69kg: Qingfeng Lin (CHN)
77kg: Xiaojun Lu (CHN)
85kg: Adrian Edward
Zielinksi (POL)
94kg: Ilya Ilyin (KAZ)
105kg: Oleksiy Torokhtiy
(UKR)
+105kg: Behdad
Salimikordasiabi (IRI)
History was made at ExCeL when the tiny Yun Chol

Om from DPR Korea became the rst weightlifter to
win the Olympic gold medal from the B Group of
lifters. More than that, he became only the fth lifter
to clean & jerk three times his own bodyweight as
he set an Olympic record of 168kg, also equalling
the world record held by the triple Olympic gold
medallist, Turkeys Halil Mutlu.
It was an extraordinary performance and one the
19-year-old attributed to the leaders in his country,
past and present.
It was DPR Koreas rst Olympic gold medal
in mens Weightlifting and the rst Olympic gold
medal in any sport since Kim Il won the 50kg
Wrestling title at Atlanta 1996. In a competition
that saw an unusually high number of failed
attempts in the clean & jerk, the silver medal went
to Jingbiao Wu. He continued Chinas run of
winning at least one medal in the event at every
Unusually exuberant celebrations on the stage

followed Xiaojun Lus gold medal and world recordbreaking nal lift as the Chinese lifter underlined his
grip on the 77kg category.
After success with a 175kg snatch at his second
attempt, Lu rushed to his coach Jie Yu. He lifted him
off the ground too, before waving to the crowd and
acknowledging the cheers inside ExCeL. It was Lus
second world record. Earlier, in the clean & jerk, he
took 204kg to set the new world record mark for
the total with 379kg.
His younger teammate Haojie Lu claimed the
silver medal. He had appeared threatening and in
contention for gold until he had to call a halt to his
competition after injuring his left arm in his attempt
at the 175kg snatch.
Ilyin retains title in 94kg

Kazakhstans Ilya Ilyin became the third man to win
the 94kg category twice, following in the iconic
footsteps of Arkady Vorobiev of the Soviet Union
(1956 and 1960) and Akakios Kakhiashvili of
Greece (1992 and 2000).
Contesting what was dubbed the group of
death because it was so competitive, Ilyin completed
six successful attempts. He twice broke the world
record total with 413kg and 418kg, and also set a
new clean & jerk world record of 233kg.
Russian Alexandr Ivanov secured the silver
medal, with the bronze going to Anatoli Ciricu of
Moldova. Ilyin, three-time world champion at the

age of 24, claimed his perfect diet consisted of
chicken and horsemeat. He added, The Olympic
Games are just so great. You have to take care
of yourself, and nd your inner balance. If you
choose a sport that is perfect for you early on, you
will be successful.
Barbell drama
Behdad Salimikordasiabi and Sajjad
Anoushiravani caught the spectators imagination
in taking gold and silver for Iran in the +105kg
division, but neither became the Games most
photographed lifter. That accolade went to
defending Olympic champion Matthias Steiner,
a competitor in the same category. Steiner was
sent to hospital for X-Rays after buckling under the
196kg bar during his snatch. The weight crashed
on to his head and neck, pinning the German
under the barbell. Remarkably, he managed to
walk away unhurt.
Womens events
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Zhou wins +75kg as China retains

top ranking
Lulu Zhou won her countrys third gold medal in the
womens Weightlifting at ExCeL. She set a world
record total of 333kg as China maintained its
authority over the sport at the Olympic Games.
This was a competition of multiple world
records. Zhou tried to bring the curtain down
with an attempt to take the clean & jerk record to
190kg, but she failed. The silver medal went to
Tatiana Kashirina of the Russian Federation, while
Armenias Hripsime Khurshudyan took the bronze.
Like most of the lifters Zhou has her own mantra,
shouted out before she makes her effort. The
enthusiastic crowd enjoyed returning the cry of
Fung Song without understanding what it meant.
It means relax, explained a bespectacled Zhou
after her victory. I tell myself to relax so that I can
lift weights relaxing.
Above: Sim Jong Rim celebrates her

gold medal in the 69kg category on
the podium. She noted that, Even
when the training was tough, I did
my best and trained harder.
Olympic gold
medallists
Rim wins 69kg for DPR Koreas third gold
48kg: Mingjuan Wang

(CHN)
A fabulous Weightlifting competition for DPR Korea

saw Jong Sim Rim win the countrys third gold
medal in the womens 69kg category at just 19
years old. She took the lead with her rst attempt of
142kg after most of the competitors had completed
the clean & jerk. The gold medal came with her
clean & jerk of 146kg and 115kg in the snatch,
giving her a combined total of 261kg.
Roxana Daniela Cocos of Romania offered a
challenge, but it was short-lived as she dropped
the barbell at 146kg. She did win the silver medal,
however, as Maryna Shkermankova of Bulgaria
took the bronze.
53kg: Zulya Chinshanlo

(KAZ)
58kg: Xueying Li (CHN)
63kg: Maiya Maneza (KAZ)
69kg: Sim Jong Rim (PRK)
75kg: Svetlana Podobedova
(KAZ)
+75kg: Lulu Zhou (CHN)
Left: Lulu Zhou lifts for gold in the

+75kg category at ExCeL. She was
selected back in primary school to
start weightlifting because of her
strong physical condition.
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Wrestling Freestyle
Olympic Wrestling at London 2012 by winning a
total of six medals, three of them gold. Both were
close matches, Makhovs taking three sets and
Ghasemi scoring a winning point nine seconds
from the end of the second set to secure victory.
Wrestling legend. Uzbekistans Artur

Taymazov (right) wrestles Georgias
Davit Modzmanashvili (left) in the
mens Freestyle Wrestling 120kg
gold medal bout.
The Sport
Often called catch as catch
can, Freestyle Wrestling
entered the Olympic Games in
1904. Competitors wear soft
leather boots and red or blue
wrestling leotards. There are
seven weight categories for
men and four for women, who
rst took part at Athens 2004.
The rules are similar for both
sexes, but double-headlocks are
banned in womens Wrestling.
Bouts are fought on a 12m
x 12m octagonal mat with a
combat circle 9m in diameter.
Olympic gold
medallists
Mens 55kg: Dzhamal
Otarsultanov (RUS)
Mens 60kg: Toghrul
Asgarov (AZE)
Mens 66kg: Tatsuhiro
Yonemitsu (JPN)
Mens 74kg: Jordan Ernest
Burroughs (USA)
Mens 84kg: Sharif Shaifov
(AZE)
Mens 96kg: Jacob Stephen
Varner (USA)
Mens 120kg: Artur
Taymazov (UZB)
Womens 48kg: Hitomi
Obara (JPN)
Womens 55kg: Saori
Yoshida (JPN)
Womens 63kg: Kaori Icho
(JPN)
Womens 72kg: Natalia
Vorobieva (RUS)
Womens event
Yoshida dominates to grasp 55kg Freestyle
Wrestling gold
Mens event
Taymazov takes triple gold in 120kg
Freestyle Wrestling
Artur Taymazov, Uzbekistans most decorated
Olympian, won his third successive gold medal
in the mens 120kg Freestyle Wrestling nal,
beating Georgias Davit Modzmanashvili in straight
periods.
Russian-born Taymazov, 33, equalled the
achievement of his boyhood heroes, the Russian
Federations legendary Greco-Roman wrestler
Alexander Karelin, and Aleksandr Medved, the
great Soviet wrestler. Medved had been the rst to
achieve the Olympic triple in Freestyle Wrestling.
Taymazov, who won silver at Sydney 2000 and
gold at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, did not
drop a point in the competition. In the nal, the
athletic super heavy weight prevailed 10 in a tight
rst round. In the second, even more closely fought,
Taymazov bulldozed his huge opponent off the mat
to retain the Olympic title.
The bronze medals were won by Bilyal Makhov
of the Russian Federation and Komeil Ghasemi
of Iran a country that made a real impact in
With ferocious strength and lightning footwork,

Japans Saori Yoshida won the gold medal in the
womens 55kg Wrestling competition. She defeated
Canadas Tonya Lynn Verbeek at ExCeL in a rerun
of the Athens 2004 nal.
The victory conrmed Yoshidas status as the
greatest female wrestler in the world. The 29-yearold, who began wrestling at the age of three, has
now won three consecutive Olympic gold medals
and nine world titles.
Before the Games, Yoshida had identied
Verbeek as her biggest rival, but in the event the
Canadian was overwhelmed by her opponents
speed and skill. The Japanese wrestler, who once
held a winning streak of 119 consecutive victories,
fought like the tiger printed on her bright blue
leotard. She nally secured the Olympic title when
she grabbed the Canadians leg and drove her off
the mat. Verbeek challenged the point, but she was
overruled, allowing Yoshida, who trains against
men, to retain her Olympic crown. In a remarkable
performance, Japan won three of the four womens
Wrestling gold medals at London 2012.
The bronze medallists were Colombias
Jackeline Renteria Castillo and Yuliya Ratkevich
of Azerbaijan, the latter coming through the
repechage to secure her medal.
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Wrestling Greco-Roman
Left: Cubas Mijain The Kid Lopez
Nunez (right) defeats Heiki Nabi of
Estonia (left) to win the gold medal
and the Olympic 120kg GrecoRoman Wrestling title. Nunez noted
he was tempted to continue to Rio
2016 if all goes well.
Far left: Irans Gholamreza Rezaei
savours his gold medal in the 96kg
Greco-Roman Wrestling. Iran took
three out of seven Olympic titles in
Greco-Roman Wrestling.
The Sport
Three for Iran as Rezaei claims 96kg

Greco-Roman Wrestling gold
Cubas Terrible Kid takes 120kg GrecoRoman Wrestling gold
Iran took their third gold medal in Greco-Roman

Wrestling at London 2012 when Ghasem
Gholamreza Rezaei won the mens 96kg nal
against the Russian Rustam Totrov.
It was a stunning victory for the strong and
athletic Rezaei, who had nished only 16th at
Beijing 2008 and taken bronze in the 2007 world
championships. The 26-year-old resisted Totrovs lift
and takedown attempts to lift the Russian clear of
the mat in the rst period and successfully defend
a par terre in the second. He won the match 20,
10, whereupon his coach celebrated by running
on to the mat, picking up his athlete and slamming
him down on his back.
London 2012 proved to be Irans most successful
Olympic Games for Greco-Roman Wrestling,
in which it had never before won gold. Hamid
Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour took the 55kg title
and Omid Haji Noroozi won the 60kg event.
The bronze medals were won by Armenias
Artur Aleksanyan and Jimmy Lidberg of Sweden.
Cubas Mijain The Kid Lopez Nunez retained his

120kg Greco-Roman Wrestling Olympic title by
defeating Heiki Nabi of Estonia at ExCeL.
The 29-year-old teacher, who had already
beaten reigning world champion Riza Kayaalp on
his way to the nal, cruised to victory over Nabi,
lifting him off the mat in the rst round. His greater
size and strength allowed him to take control,
nishing the rst period with a dramatic gut wrench
and defending tactically on the oor to take the
second. Lopez Nunez, also known as The Terrible
because of his erce ghting skill, is only the third
super heavy weight to win successive Olympic gold
medals. His medal gave Cuba its rst Wrestling
gold at London 2012.
Lopez Nunez, the Cuban Flagbearer at the
London 2012 Opening Ceremony, said that after
winning gold and retaining the Olympic crown he
was considering defending his title at Rio 2016.
The bronze medals were won by Turkeys Riza
Kayaalp and Johan Euren of Sweden.
Greco-Roman Wrestling
formed part of the rst ancient
Olympic Games in 708 BC and
appeared in the programme
of the Athens 1896 Games.
Competitors in Greco-Roman
Wrestling are only allowed
to use their upper bodies and
arms to attack, with the aim to
force the back of the opponents
shoulders on to the ground. The
suplex is the most dramatic throw
and bouts include arm locks and
bear hugs. Contests are fought
over three periods of two minutes
in duration. Ways to win include
showing technical superiority
or holding both the opponents
shoulders to the ground (a pin).
Olympic gold
medallists
55kg: Hamid Mohammad
Soryan Reihanpour (IRI)
60kg: Omid Haji Noroozi (IRI)
66kg: Hyeon-Woo Kim
(KOR)
74kg: Roman Vlasov (RUS)
84kg: Alan Khugaev (RUS)
96kg: Ghasem Gholamreza
Rezaei (IRI)
120kg: Mijain Lopez Nunez
(CUB)
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Olympic Games
Closing Ceremony
The curtain came down on the greatest show on
earth with a Closing Ceremony that was loud,
funny, clever, sentimental, occasionally daft and very
British. It was entirely tting that the country which
has given so much music, culture and modern art
to the world should close with a fantastic, brilliantly
choreographed end-of-show party.
The aim, according to director Kim Gavin,
was to celebrate the athletes, the volunteers,
London itself, the country and the world at
these extraordinary Games with a mashedup symphony of all that is good about Britain
spanning the last 50 years. And the result was
just that an extraordinary last night party with
a musical sweep that acknowledged classic hits
such as The Beatles Here Comes The Sun and

embraced the ephemeral pop of The Spice Girls.
The fabulous Olympic Stadium was lled at one
time or another, and sometimes all at once, with
108 vehicles, a volunteer cast of 3,500, including
380 children from 10 schools in the six east London
Host Boroughs, singers, dancers and acrobats. All
this was illuminated by the audience pixels, those
70,799 small panels of nine LED pixels mounted
between the seats.
Gavins party threw caution to the wind on
a set of London landmarks featured against the
backdrop of a Damien Hirst painting that evoked
an ever-changing Union ag. The unforgettable
show had Ray Davies stepping from a black cab
to sing Waterloo Sunset, Madness performing
Our House on the back of one of the 10 trucks
and Ed Sheeran, Nick Mason, Richard Jones
and Mike Rutherford playing Pink Floyds Wish
You Were Here. High above the

Olympic Stadium there was even
a tightrope-walking businessman
spontaneously bursting into ames
in a recreation of Pink Floyds
celebrated album cover.
Such ingenuity also signalled
the anything goes atmosphere
that pervaded the show. Eric Idle
sang Always Look on the Bright
Side of Life; there was a real-life
human cannonball.
Into the mix went the Mod
era of the early 1960s, owerpower, dancers and supermodels
celebrating British fashion,
George Michael, given centre
stage for two songs, and, via
the big screens, John Lennon
singing his immortal Imagine, over 30 years after
his death, accompanied in the Olympic Stadium
by the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir and
Liverpool Signing Choir. Throw in images of the
late Freddie Mercury, a avour of Queen, Tinie
Tempah, Jessie J and Taio Cruz, a 50m-diameter
inatable octopus and the London Symphony
Orchestra and the inspirational mashed-up
symphony was almost complete. Pele, the worlds
greatest footballer, played his part as Rio 2016
gave a taste of what lay ahead, but this in essence
was Londons show.
The rousing nale was provided by The Who
and their seminal track My Generation. The
Closing Ceremony was over, but the celebration
was set to continue all the way to the Paralympic
Games and beyond.
This was underlined by the formalities which
preceded The Who, when rst Lord Coe, Chair of
LOCOG, and then Jacques Rogge, the President
of the IOC, congratulated all those who had
contributed to London 2012. The biggest cheer
came for the 70,000 volunteers and Games
Makers, who, said Coe, had given their time, their
boundless enthusiasm and their goodwill and who

have the right to say I made London 2012. He
added, This may be the end of these two glorious
weeks in London. But what we have begun will not
stop now. The spirit of these Olympic Games will
inspire a generation On the rst day of these
Games I said we were determined to do it right. I
said that these Games would see the best of us. On
this last day I can nish with the words: When our
time came Britain, we did it right.
President Rogge, whose verdict on an Olympic
Games is always keenly anticipated, said that the
London Olympic Games had been happy and
glorious, and so they were. The measure of London
2012, as of any major tournament, was how
organisers dealt with any potential issues, and these
were all settled quickly and as fairly as possible.
This was a Games of outstanding achievements in
every part of every venue. If it was possible to raise
the bar from the friendliness of the Sydney 2000
Games and the sheer splendour of Beijing 2008,
London had done it. London had done it right.
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Above: The Cauldron opens

outwards to mark the end of the
Olympic Games, watched over by a
phoenix, symbol of rebirth through
re. The Cauldron will stay dark for
two weeks until it is relit with the
Paralympic Flame.
Top left: Sir Winston Churchill as

portrayed by actor Timothy Spall.
Left: London calling. Models of

the Royal Albert Hall, Big Ben,
the London Eye, 30 St Mary Axe
(The Gherkin) are wrapped in
newspaper as the set is revealed at
the start of the Closing Ceremony.
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Its not every day

you are asked to
get into Big Ben
and come out of
the top of it as
Churchill reciting
Shakespeare.
Timothy Spall, Closing
Ceremony performer
It continued where
the Opening
Ceremony left
off. It was kind of
surreal and bizarre
and crazy. Its got
humour all the
things the British are
good at.
Julian Lloyd Webber,
Closing Ceremony
performer
That mixture of
street culture, music,
fashion and sport
these are the ways
working-class kids
have come through
and become
something in the
world.
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Ceremony performer
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Paralympic Archery
wonderful to be the Paralympic champion, insisting
that facing a teammate in the gold medal match
had calmed his nerves. Its not the rst time that we
have competed against each other. Playing with a
teammate is actually more calming, he explained.
The 22-year-old Shestakov, who said the
silver medal was the best performance of his life,
agreed. We have faced each other in Russian
championships, but the responsibility is higher
in the Paralympic Games, he observed. I feel a
sense of duty in front of my fellow countrymen.
Finnish teenager wins gold in Individual

Compound Open
Matt Stutzman of the USA competes

in the Individual Compound Open
at The Royal Artillery Barracks where
he won the silver medal. Stutzman
was born without arms, learning to
Mens events
Russian 123 in Individual Recurve
Standing
use his feet for everything instead.
Classication
Standing
Athletes compete standing
Wheelchair 1 (W1)
Impairment of arms, legs
and trunk
Wheelchair 2 (W2)
Impairment of legs and trunk
Three Russian Federation archers were on target

in the mens Individual Recurve Standing,
dominating the event and taking all three medals at
The Royal Artillery Barracks.
The gold medallist was Timur Tuchinov, who
beat fellow countryman Oleg Shestakov 73 in
the nal. Russian Mikhail Oyun, 22, crushed USA
archer Eric Bennett 60 to take the bronze medal.
The Russian triple medal haul represented an
impressive recovery from Beijing 2008, when
the nation failed to win any Paralympic Archery
medals. Tuchinov, 25, who holds the title of
Honoured Master of Sport in Russia, said it felt
Jere Forsberg of Finland won the gold medal in

the mens Individual Compound Open when he
defeated Matt Stutzman of the USA. Both men were
competing at their rst Paralympic Games.
Forsberg, 18, was cheered on by the President
of Finland, Sauli Ninisto, as he took to the eld for
the nal against the phenomenal Stutzman, 29. The
Americans technique of controlling his bow with his
feet attracted a lot of media attention. Sitting on a
low stool, Stutzman holds the bow up by extending
his right foot. He then loads the arrows with his left
foot and pulls back the bow string with his teeth
before releasing it.
Forsbergs accurate shooting saw him race into
a 40 lead before Stutzman composed himself and
focused on the 10, bringing the score to 53. Both
archers scored perfect 30s in the nal set to take
the score to 64. The new champion, who said
winning was an incredible experience, described
his opponent as an amazing guy.
In the match for the bronze medal Dogan
Hanci of Turkey triumphed over Spains Guilermo
Rodriguez Gonzalez 62.
T H E L O N D O N 2 0 1 2 PA R A LY M P I C G A M E S
Womens events
Gold and silver for Britain in Individual
Compound Open
ParalympicsGBs Danielle Brown retained her
womens Individual Compound Open title in a
thrilling all-British nal, defeating teammate Mel
Clarke at The Royal Artillery Barracks.
Brown, a law graduate, was just 18 years old
when she won gold at Beijing 2008. She became
one of the star faces of London 2012, appearing
on billboards and in television advertisements.
The British athletes drew the rst two sets, with
Brown taking the third. Clarke, 30, responded to the
challenge, shooting two 10s and a nine to win the
fourth set. The teammates then entered a nail-biting
nal shoot-out, supported by a rapt home crowd.
First Clarke went ahead, hitting the inner gold for
10 to Browns nine. Then the defending champion
shot another nine, while Clarke wobbled with an
eight. Tension mounted, with the gold medal resting
on the nal arrows. Brown composed herself and
shot a ruthless nine, to which Clarke replied with
a seven, her lowest score of the day. A relieved
Brown, who trains at the National Sports Centre
in Shropshire, thus secured gold again with a nal
score of 64. She later admitted that her home
Paralympic Games had put her under extra strain.
The whole crowd was behind us and lifted us
tremendously, but I think we were both nervous at
times and red a few loose arrows, she revealed.
In the all-Russian battle for bronze, Stepanida
Artakhinova beat Marina Lyzhnikova 73.
Korea claim rst gold in Team

Recurve Open
Korea secured a historic victory in the womens
Team Recurve Open, beating China, the
defending Paralympic champions, 199193. Hee
Sook Ko, 45, Hwa Sook Lee, 46, and Ran Sook
Kim, 45, took the gold medal and secured their
nations rst team title in womens Paralympic

Archery.
The Koreans irted with danger by starting
slowly and using up precious minutes before ring
their arrows, but gradually their patience paid
off. Needing only to score four with their nal
shot, they nished with a ourish by scoring 10
to take the gold medal. Afterwards Ran Sook Kim
thanked her enthusiastic supporters. Her teammate
Hee Sook Ko, who won bronze at Sydney 2000,
shared her delight in the nations rst gold medal
in Team Archery. In 2000, I was the only female
archer ... a senior member of the Korean Archery
Federation promised me that they would organise
a female Archery team for future competitions, Ko
explained. This win reminds me of that moment.
The battle for the bronze medal saw Iran beat
Italy 188184, in a team which included womens
Individual Recurve W1/W2 gold medallist Zahra
Nemati. Great Britain went out of the competition
when they met Korea for a place in the semi-nals
and were defeated 183175.
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Before we came
to London we
promised ourselves
to make history and
we did it.
Ran Sook Kim, Korean
Team Recurve Open
gold medallist
Fangxia Gao (left) and Huilian Yan

(right) of China compete in the nal
of the womens Team Recurve
Open. They took the silver medal
after the defending Paralympic
champions were beaten by Korea
in the nal.
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Classication
Athletes are allocated a twodigit number. The rst digit
indicates the nature of their
impairment, the second its
impact on their event-specic
performance. The lower
the number, the greater the
impact of their impairment
on the eld of play. For
example, a runner in class
11 will have little or no sight
and will use a guide runner,
while a runner in class 13
will have limited sight and
cannot use a guide runner.
T before a number is for
Track,
F is for Field.
11-13 Visual impairment
20 Intellectual impairment
31-38 Cerebral palsy
athletes; 31-34 race in a
wheelchair, or eld athletes
who throw while seated
40-46 Athletes with an
impairment that affects their
arms or legs, including
amputees
51-58 Wheelchair racers
or eld athletes who throw
while seated
Athletes generally compete
against athletes with the
same sport class. But similar
classes are combined to
make certain classes more
competitive.
At London 2012, classes
F37 and F38 compete
together in the Long Jump.
T11-13 relay squads must
have at least one T11
athlete, one T12 and a
maximum of one T13;
T35-38 squads must have
a maximum of two T38
athletes and T42-46 squads
a maximum of two T46s;
T53-54 squads must have at
least one T53 athlete.
Mens track events

Peacock struts his stuff to win 100m
T44 gold
As the athletes lined up, the shouts of Peacock, Pea-cock by the 80,000-strong crowd
reverberated inside the Olympic Stadium and
Peacock had to ask for quiet, silencing the crowd
in an instant. After a faulty start when Brazils
Alan Oliveira stumbled on his carbon-bre blades,
hush descended until the race exploded into life
with Jonnie Peacock, the 19-year-old world record
holder from Great Britain, who lost his right leg
to meningococcal septicaemia when he was ve,
establishing an early lead.
This was supposed to have been a showdown
between Peacock, the young pretender, and
Oscar Pistorius, the Blade Runner and defending
champion from South Africa, but the duel never took
off. Instead, Peacock was out in front and heading
for gold before Pistorius could get into his running.

Peacock crossed the line in a crescendo of
noise, glancing at the trackside clock which had
stopped at 10.90, a Paralympic record. Richard
Browne (USA), the 21-year-old from Flowood,
Mississippi was the only one to get close to
Peacock and he was second in 11.03 while Arnu
Fourie proved himself South Africas top sprinter by
taking the bronze ahead of Pistorius in 11.08.
On a night when David Weir and Hannah
Cockcroft had also won gold for the Host Nation,
Peacock celebrated wildly on a lap of honour that
included a hug for his mother and an embrace
from Pistorius.
Peacock said: It was fantastic to go into that
stadium with 80,000 people cheering and it was
hard to keep relaxed. What happened though was
surreal. Im not sure I will ever get over it.
Shvetcov heads off Blake to win 400m T36

Evgenii Shvetcov of the Russian Federation enjoyed
a fabulous Paralympic Games, winning over
100m, 400m and 800m. The 400m T36 saw
the 24-year-old run a world record of 53.31 to
beat Great Britains Paul Blake, despite slowing
in the nal 10 metres. Roman Pavlyk, the former
world record holder from Ukraine was third in
55.18. Blake, who clocked 54.22, also picked up
a bronze medal in the 800m T36, where he and
Shvetcov were separated by the winners teammate,
Artem Arefyev.
Richard the Lionheart roars to gold in 200m

T42
World champion 200m T42 sprinter, Great
Britains Richard Whitehead broke his own
world record with a time of 24.38 to win gold at
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Left: Richard Whitehead crosses

the nish line rst after catching the
eld from behind to win gold in the
200m T42.
Opposite: Jonnie Peacock struts his

stuff across the line for gold in the
100m T44.
London 2012. He treated the cheering crowd to a

spectacular surge of speed in the nal 25 metres to
come from last place and beat the USAs Shaquille
Vance (25.55), who won silver, and bronze
medallist Heinrich Popow, of Germany (25.90).
Whitehead said that his race strategy was
inspired by Dame Kelly Holmes, who won double
gold at Athens 2004 by saving her best for the end
of her races.
The 32-year-old from Nottingham is a versatile
sportsman; he is the double leg amputee world
record holder in both the half marathon (1:14:59)
and marathon (2:42:52); and also represented
Great Britain in sledge hockey at the Turin
2006 Paralympic Games. The senior member
of the ParalympicsGB track squad, and the new
Paralympic champion, smiled and exed his biceps
as he crossed the line, saying that he hoped his
medal would produce a lasting legacy.
already won gold in the 4 x 100m Relay T42-46

but, by his own standards, Pistorius had not enjoyed
the best of Games going into the nal event after
defeats in the 100m T44 and 200m T44.
With Alan Oliveira (BRA), who had beaten
Pistorius in the 200m T44, not t enough to
challenge, Pistorius was given the freedom to turn
on the style and win comfortably in a Paralympic
record 46.68. Oliveiras challenge lasted only
until 200m when injury reduced him to little more
than a jog. Blake Leeper of the USA took the
silver medal in 50.14 and his teammate, David
Prince the bronze in 50.61.
It was very, very

special for me. I
was very nervous
and quite tired but
the crowd kept
me going and, for
once, I was thinking
about something
other than the race
coming round the
nal straight.
Oscar Pistorius,
400 T44 gold medallist
Pistorius wins his individual gold in the

400m T44
In a tting conclusion to the Athletics programme at
the Paralympic Games, Oscar Pistorius successfully
defended his title in the mens 400m T44.
The most famous Paralympian of them all had
Somebody special? Oscar Pistorius

throws a bouquet of owers on the
podium during the medal ceremony
for the 400m T44.
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Weir rocks the Stadium in the 5000m T54
It was a dream
come true tonight.
Its taken hard work
and dedication to
get here. I was in
great form coming
into this and
everything I have
done in the last year
has been for this.
David Weir,
ParalympicsGB four-time
gold medallist at London
2012
Wheelpower. In the 1500m

T54 nal, David Weir thrills the
crowd with his second gold-medal
performance.
Home-loving, patriotic Londoner David Weir won a

stunning gold medal in the mens 5000m T54 in
his own backyard, where his speed and experience
proved unbeatable against a top-class eld.
In the nal 800m of the race, there were
four contenders for the gold medal as Weir, Kurt
Fearnley of Australia, Switzerlands Marcel Hug
and Julien Casoli of France stalked each other,
waiting to make the decisive charge for the line.
As the home crowd roared on their hero, Weir
burst to the front with a phenomenal thrust of
wheelpower, coming off the nal bend with his
powerful arms propelling him to victory in a time of
11:07.65.
As he crossed the line, the 33-year-old father
of two raised his arms and blew kisses to the
crowd, savouring the Paralympic track title that
had eluded him for so long. This was the one I
wanted to win and it was special doing it in my
home town. The crowd gave me such a massive lift.
Its indescribable what it does for you, explained
Weir, who has to win in Japanese symbols
tattooed on his chest.
Fearnley took the silver medal, clocking
11:07.90, with Casoli winning the bronze medal in
a time of 11:08.07.
Double gold for Weir after winning 1500m

T54
Great Britains David Weir added the 1500m
T54 gold medal to the 5000m T54 title in another
thrilling track nal at the Olympic Stadium.
Roared on once again by the home crowd, Weir
punched the air as he crossed the line in 3:12.09,
with Prawat Wahoram of Thailand clocking
3:12.32 to win the silver medal and Gyu Dae Kim
of Korea, the bronze in 3:12.57.
Taking the inside line, Weir powered ahead
at the bell. His distinctive high-elbow action and
hands slamming into the wheel rims with relentless
pace saw him sprint clear to the line.
Fabulous fourth gold for Weir in Marathon

T54
If there was a single, outstanding athlete on show
at the Paralympic Games, it had to be David Weir,
who crowned 10 days of astonishing performances
on the track by outsprinting a world-class eld
in The Mall to win the Marathon T54. After a
campaign that began with the 5000m T54, took
in the 800m T54 and 1500m T54, the 33-yearold summoned up enough energy, guile and
determination to win a fourth gold medal in a race
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Left: The Weirwolf howls in victory

after crushing the competition in the
1500m T54 nal.
David Weir is the

greatest wheelchair
racer of all time.
Jeff Adams, Paralympic
gold medallist at Atlanta
1996 and Sydney 2000
Thousands of fans turn out to cheer

David Weir through the streets of
London to his fourth gold medal, in
the Marathon T54.
he described as the toughest of my life.

To spectators, Weir appeared always in control,
cruising around the city-centre course as part of
a leading group of six, but only he knew the real
story as the race developed in temperatures that
hit 30 degrees Celsius. In the rst ve miles I was
absolutely dying, he admitted. I didnt think I was
going to manage to cope. I felt like I had no energy
and thought, If they keep this speed up, I wont
last another mile.
After 26 miles, the gruelling race came down
to a sprint and, inevitably, it was Weir who led the
charge from the Queen Victoria Memorial in front
of Buckingham Palace. Just as he had on the track,
the Briton proved too good for the rest, crossing
the line in front of thousands of cheering fans in
1:30:20, just a second ahead of Marcel Hug of
Switzerland and Kurt Fearnley of Australia, rivals of
old who had done all they could during the race to
undermine Weirs explosive nish.
Blade Runner, Oscar

Pistorius strides to a
magnicent victory in the
400m T44, leaving the
eld trailing behind him
as the world watches,
riveted.
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Special delivery from the heart.

Aled Davies (GBR) hurls the discus
to win one of his two medals at the
Paralympic Games, his other being
in the Shot Put.
I hope my medal
will inspire more
young people to
try the shot. People
think its a sport for
old, hairy men but
its a cool sport.
Aled Davies,
ParalympicsGB bronze
medallist in Shot Put
F42/44
Mens !eld events

Davies puts more hustle in the muscle in
Discus Throw F42
The silver medal went to Irans Mehrdad Karam

Zadeh (44.62m) and Chinas Lezheng Wang was
the bronze medallist with a throw of 42.81m.
First for Fiji in High Jump F42
Aled Davies, ParalympicsGB gold

medallist in the Discus Throw F42,
waves from the Victory Podium.
Welshman Aled Davies continued his dream of

putting the hustle into the muscle by winning
the Discus Throw F42 with a huge nal throw
of 46.14m that broke the European record and
inspired wild jubilation in the Olympic Stadium.
Paralympic debutant Davies had at least one
hand on the gold medal from early on after a rst
throw of 45.31m. Davies lapped up the adoration
from the crowd and kissed members of his family.
Its nice to give something back to everyone. Im
just so happy I performed. Ive worked so hard to
deliver and to give something back on the biggest
stage, he smiled.
The High Jump F42 caused a sensation on Twitter

as Athletics fans were captivated at home and in
the Stadium watching three men hop, leap and op
to the same stunning height of 1.74m.
The gold medal was awarded to Iliesa Delana,
27, of Fiji after a countback of successful jumps
earlier in the competition. Fiji had previously
never won a Paralympic or Olympic medal and a
delighted Delana said he was looking forward to
taking his medal home. I just made history. This is
the rst one and it was a gold, he smiled.
Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda of India
won his countrys rst medal of the Paralympic

Games when he took the silver medal and the
bronze medal went to Lukasz Mamczarz of Poland.
Crowd roars Christiansen to gold in Shot

Put F42/44
The rst Athletics gold medal of the London 2012
Paralympic Games was won by Denmarks Jackie
Christiansen in the Shot Put F42/44 with a
Paralympic record throw of 18.16m scoring
1012 points for the world record holder.

With the sun shining and the Olympic Stadium
full, the atmosphere was unprecedented for a
Paralympic eld event with the crowd roaring every
throw. The 35-year-old Christiansen thanked the
Athletics fans for their enthusiasm: It was really
exciting out there. It was surely the biggest crowd
Ive seen in my lifetime. The crowd were great.
They were with us all the way.
Croatias Flagbearer, Darko Kralj won the
silver medal with a distance of 14.21m (987
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Above: Jackie Christiansen of

Denmark dominates the Shot Put
F42/44 to win the rst Athletics
gold of the Paralympic Games.
Above left: Giant leap for Poland.

Lukasz Mamczarz of Poland jumps
to the bronze medal in the mens
High Jump F42.
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Club Throw
Unique to the Paralympic
Games, this is for the most
severely impaired athletes and
takes place in the Shot Put
circle. Athletes throw a wooden
club, weighing 400 grams and
similar in shape to a rounders
bat or bowling pin. Throwing
technique varies with some
athletes launching the club
backwards, over their head.
Above all it was

fun. The heartfelt
welcome from the
crowd made all the
nerves disappear
very quickly. It felt
like the crowd was
empathising with us.
Markus Rehm, gold
medallist Long Jump
F42/44
Leap of faith. Germanys Markus

Rehm competes during the mens
Long Jump F42/44. He broke
the world record twice during the
competition to win the gold medal.
points), but the biggest cheer of the morning

came for ParalympicsGBs 21-year-old Aled
Davies who won the bronze medal with a
throw of 13.78m (961 points), securing Great
Britains rst Athletics medal of the London 2012
Paralympic Games.
World record for Dimitrijevic in Club Throw

F31/32/51
Serbias Zeljko Dimitrijevic produced a stunning
throw of 26.88m, setting a new world record and
scoring 1010 points to win gold in the Club Throw
F31/32/51. The 42-year-old set the record
with his rst throw of the day in a nal which saw
several athletes setting personal bests as they were
roared on by the cheering crowd.
There was just one point separating second and
third places, with the silver medal going to Radim
Beles from the Czech Republic at 26.67m (1004
points) and Algerias Lahouari Bahlaz at 36.31m
(1003 points) winning bronze.
Magic Markus world record in Long Jump

F42/44
Germanys Markus Rehm broke the Long Jump
F42/44 world record twice to win the gold medal
in an exciting competition which saw the athletes
buoyed up by a loud and enthusiastic Friday night
capacity crowd in the Olympic Stadium.
The fun-loving Rehm responded to the support of
the crowd and set an F44 world record of 7.14m
in the rst round, beating his own world record of
7.09m set at the Paralympic World Championships
in 2011. After the rst two jumps, all three German
athletes in the competition occupied the top three
slots and this, along with the incredible atmosphere,
spurred Rehm to a huge gold medal winning leap
of 7.35m (1093 points) in the third round.
His teammate Wojtek Czyz won the silver
medal with a jump of 6.33m (983 points), while
Denmarks Daniel Jorgensen overtook Germanys
Heinrich Popow to clinch the bronze medal with a
jump of 6.11m (959 points).
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Sprint double. Hannah Cockroft

of Great Britain crosses the line to
complete a sprint double with her
gold medal in the 200m T34
event. She had won the 100m
T34 nal earlier in the week.
Womens
track events
Hurricane Hannah wins gold in 100m T34
In an electrifying evening, Great Britains
Hurricane Hannah Cockcroft won the gold medal
in the womens 100m T34 with a new Paralympic
record of 18.06.
The execution of her race was Bolt-esque in
its domination of the rest of the eld. Cockcroft
pushed away to a superb start, powering ahead
to win by 10 metres and beating Dutch silver
medallist, Amy Siemons (19.49) by almost a
second and a half. Australias Rosemary Little won
bronze with a time of 19.95.
Cockcroft was always the favourite for gold
having broken the Paralympic record in qualifying
(18.24) earlier in the day but her victory in the nal
was stunning, propelling Cockcroft to star status.
Her sporting journey began with swimming and
discus throw but she turned to the track after having
a taste of track sprinting in Paralympic legend Tanni
Grey-Thompsons racing chair in 2007.
Her original target was Rio 2016 but Cockcroft
swiftly showed she had the speed and strength to be

ready to race at London 2012 by breaking national
records in 2010, becoming double sprint World
Champion in 2011 and setting the rst world record
in the Olympic Stadium in May 2012 when she set
a time of 18.56. Days later, she smashed that time,
posting 17.60 at the Swiss Championships.
Like fellow Yorkshirewoman and Olympic
Heptathlon champion, Jessica Ennis, Cockcroft has
the charisma to reach out to people beyond the
sports stadium and inspire the next generation.
Cockcroft completes the sprint double in

200m T34
Just as she had done in the 100m T34, Great
Britains Hannah Cockcroft dominated the longer
sprint, powering away from the start and opening
an unassailable gap before the athletes had
completed the turn.
With her head down and arms pumping,
Cockroft had only the clock to beat as she hoped
to improve her own world record on the way to
winning her second gold medal of these Paralympic
Games. She missed one of her targets by more
than half a second but 31.90 was still a Paralympic
record for her.
I didnt know
whether to cry or
laugh or what to
do. Its a little bit
surreal when youre
dreaming about it
for so long and then
it just happens in,
what, 18 seconds.
Hannah Cockcroft, 100m
T34 gold medallist
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The rest of the eld were a long way behind,

with Amy Siemons of the Netherlands picking
up the silver medal in 34.16 and her teammate
Desiree Vranken the bronze in 34.85.
Thats how its done. Hannah

Cockroft acknowledges the support
of the crowd after a dominant
performance in the 100m T34
nal. It was the rst of her two gold
medals at the Games.
I may look calm

but I am always
extremely nervous
before a race any
race and I worried
that the other
girls had saved
something up and
they were going to
going to get me in
the 200m.
Hannah Cockcroft, 200m
T34 gold medallist
Leader of the pack. Switzerlands

Edith Wolf (right) leads the 5000m
T54 athletes on her way to winning
the gold medal. She had Britains
Shelly Woods (left) for company
for much of the race, but Woods
nished out of the medals.
Wolf leads the pack in 5000m T54

The womens 5000m T54 was a thrilling
battle between the worlds top two long-distance
wheelchair racers, with Edith Wolf, of Switzerland,
winning the gold medal in 12:27.87.
The race was decided in an exciting sprint to
the line as Wolf, 40, the Beijing 2008 Marathon
champion, perfectly timed her powerful thrust for
victory to win her rst-ever track medal.
The Beijing 2008 bronze medallist, Great
Britains Shelly Woods, made a speedy start as
the 10-woman eld raced a zippy rst kilometre in
2:26.72. As Woods moved aside, the pace slowed
and with all the athletes reluctant to dictate the
pace, the lead changed several times in the next
two kilometres.
Three laps from home, Wolf steered clear of
the trafc and edged to the front, calculating her
moment to make the decisive move. With 500m
to go, she powered ahead, with Shirley Reilly of
the USA, chasing from the nal bend to set up
a dramatic race down the home straight. Reilly
was only half a wheel behind at the line, taking
the silver in 12:27.91. The bronze medallist
was Christie Dawes of Australia, who clocked
12:28.24.
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Marathon T54. Her perfectly timed sprint saw
Left: The USAs Tatyana McFadden
her cross the line in a thrilling nish in 1:46:33
savours the moment after winning
ahead of the fast-nishing Shelly Woods of Great
her second gold medal of the

Games. McFadden won the 800m
Britain in 1:46:34. Sandra Graf of Switzerland
T54 nal to add to her success in
was only another second behind as she and
the 400m T54.
fourth-placed Amanda McGrory of the USA were

given the same time.
Reilly, from Anchorage in Alaska, had already
won silver in the 5000m T54 and bronze in the
1500m T54.
The 27-year-old Reilly, who had won the Boston
Marathon in April, admitted it had been a tough
race. I kept motivating myself to keep going
because I was hanging on in there for a very long
time, she said. It was a very tactical race, with a lot
of twists and turns. It was tough. I thought that with half a
mile to go I could make a scrap of it and I was lucky that
McFadden makes it a double in the 800m

T54
it was me who nished rst.

The silver medal was just as important to Woods,
who had come into the Paralympic Games with high
On a chilly and breezy evening, Tatyana

McFadden (USA) made it double gold after an
emphatic victory in the 800m T54.
McFadden, 23, who had already won 400m
T54 gold, stormed to the line, her familiar white
sleeves ashing as she powered to the gold medal
in a time of 1:47.01, almost three seconds ahead
of veteran Edith Wolf of Switzerland, who clocked
1:49.87. The bronze medal was won by Lihong
Zou of China in 1:50.31.
McFadden said she was thrilled to have
emulated the former Paralympic champion
and world record holder, Chantal Petitclerc, of
Canada, commenting: Shes been my role model
since I started racing aged 15. The rst time I
saw her I was like Wow, whos that? She led
Paralympic sport and she is one of the people who
made it great.
Reilly takes gold in the Marathon T54

On the sun-soaked streets of central London, the
USAs Shirley Reilly won her third medal of her
third Paralympic Games with gold in the Womens
expectations. Im so proud of myself, she admitted. Ive
Below: Sprint nish. The USAs

Shirley Reilly (right) sprints to win the
gold medal in the womens Marathon
had such a tough week on the track but these Games
T54. At the races conclusion, she
have built my character. It was such a tough race with the
had (left to right) Sandra Graf of
toughest eld Ive ever faced. It was one of the hardest

marathons Ive ever done.
Switzerland, Amanda McGrory of

the USA and Great Britains Shelly
Woods for company.
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Airtime. Kelly Cartwright of

Australia jumps to the gold medal in
the womens Long Jump F42/44.
She set a new world record to beat
Great Britains Stef Reid into the
silver medal position.
I have worked
hard. I had to have
faith in myself
and keep cool. I
managed to do it
with my last throw.
Beverley Jones,
ParalympicsGB bronze
medallist in Discus Throw
F37
Womens
!eld events
Cartwright leaps to gold in Long Jump
F42/44
Australias Kelly Cartwright (F42) set a new world
record of 4.38m (1030 points) to win the gold
medal in the Long Jump F42/44.
ParalympicsGBs Stef Reid (F44) won the silver
medal in the F42/44 event and at the same time set
a new Paralympic record of 5.28m (1023 points)
in the F44 classication. The bronze medallist
was Marie-Amelie le Fur, of France, the F44 world
record holder, who was unable to close the gap
with her nal jump of 5.14m (1010 points).
Reid said she was pleased with the silver medal,
commenting: If someone had told me four years
ago, after Id endured the hardest four years of my
life, that Id get a silver it would have been worth it.

I have no regrets.
Marvellous Maroua wins Club Throw

F31/32/51
Tunisias Maroua Ibrahmi set a new world record
to win the gold medal in the womens Club Throw
F31/32/51 with a magnicent 23.43m throw
which scored 1064 points.
Silver medallist Mounia Gasmi from Algeria hit
22.51m, scoring 1052 points and Great Britains
Gemma Prescott won the bronze medal with a third
round throw of 20.50m (1015).
Prescott said of her bronze medal: When I
started (athletics), somebody invited me to have a
go. I will pretty much give anything a go bungee
jumping off a bridge or jumping out of a plane. I
am absolutely delighted with the bronze medal.
Its amazing.
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Far left: Up and away. Birgit Kober

breaks her own world record to win
the gold medal in the Javelin Throw
F52/53/33/34.
Left: Third time lucky. Great

Britains Josie Pearson competes
during the womens Discus Throw
F51/52/53 competition. She broke
the world record three times to take
home gold.
Crowd help javelin to y in Javelin Throw

F52/53/33/34
Germanys Birgit Kober broke her own world
record with her nal throw to win the gold medal in
the Javelin Throw F52/53/33/34.
Kober said the crowd had lifted her to a throw
of 27.03m (1230 points). The Stadium gets so
loud. When all the people clapped on my last
attempt, it was really great. They helped the javelin
to y, she laughed.
Kobers teammate, Marie Braemer-Skowronek
won the silver medal with a throw of 20.43m
(1018 points) and the bronze medal winner was
Finlands Marjaana Huovinen whose rst throw
measured 19.47m (971 points).
World record for Pearson in Discus Throw

F51/52/53
Great Britains Josie Pearson (F51) broke the world
record three times on her way to winning the
gold medal in the Discus Throw F51/52/53.
Her winning throw of 6.58m (1122 points) was
a huge 45cm longer than the existing world and

Paralympic record set by Catherine ONeill of
Ireland at Beijing 2008.
This time round, ONeill took the silver medal,
throwing 5.66m (880 points), with Zena Cole
(F51) of the USA winning bronze with a distance of
5.25m (771 points).
Pearson, 26, who played Wheelchair Rugby for
Great Britain at Beijing 2008, turned to Athletics
to give herself a new challenge. She said that
the atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium on a hot
and sunny Friday morning had inspired her to the
Paralympic gold. She commented: It was amazing
to perform in front of such a crowd, truly amazing.
The roar of the crowd is something else.
I have always been

very determined
and I knew I wanted
to be Paralympic
champion. When
you hear that the
Games are going
to be in your home
country thats such
an incentive to be
the best at what
you do.
Josie Pearson,
ParalympicsGB Discus
Throw F51/52/53
gold medallist
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A capacity crowd at the Olympic

Stadium cheers the mens 200m
T13 nalists to the nish line.
Irelands Jason Smyth (front) added
the title to his 100m T13 gold
medal.
I cant put into

words what the
crowd was like.
They have made
these Games. They
have set them alight.
If you want to know
who was the star of
these Paralympic
Games, take a
picture of the crowd.
Theres your star.
Jonnie Peacock,
Paralympic gold medallist
in the 100m T44
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Boccia
The Sport
Pronounced Bot-cha, the sport
designed for wheelchair athletes
was introduced to the Paralympic
programme at the New York/
Stoke Mandeville 1984 Games
and is most often likened to
bowls or petanque. The aim is
to get a leather ball close to the
white jack and competitors can
throw, kick or use a ramp to get
their ball onto the court. Points
are awarded for every ball that
is closer to the jack than their
opponents.
Risky manoeuvre. Yuansen Zheng

of China makes a high-risk shot as
he tries to overcome Dirceu Pinto of
Brazil in the Individual BC4 nal.
Classication
Athletes have a severe
impairment in all four limbs
and use a wheelchair.
BC1 Athletes with cerebral
palsy who use their hands
or feet to propel a ball. May
have a Sport Assistant.
BC2 Athletes with cerebral
palsy who use their hands
to propel a ball and have
greater functional ability
than BC1.
BC3 Athletes with any
impairment who cannot
independently kick or throw
the ball three metres, and
who therefore use a ramp.
BC4 Athletes with an
impairment other than
cerebral palsy who have a
similar functional ability to
BC1 and BC2 athletes.
Individual events
Brilliant Brazilian wins Individual BC4
The exciting Individual BC4 nal went down to
a tie-break after a gripping contest between the
accuracy of Dirceu Pinto, from Brazil and the power
of Yuansen Zheng, of China.
Zheng went 32 down in the third set when he
tried to dislodge the jack with a risky, bullet-like
shot but he clawed his way back in the fourth set to
force the tiebreak.
Zheng, 23, who trains ve hours a day, attacked
by dislodging the jack with his third ball but Pinto,
31, fought back with a glancing blow off Zhengs
ball to rest ush with the jack. Zhengs double lob
on the jack failed to move it and Pinto, who leads

projects to help disability athletes in his home town
of Mogi das Cruzes, was the Paralympic champion.
In the bronze medal match, Great Britains
Stephen McGuire was beaten 53 by Brazils Eliseu
dos Santos.
Terric Tadtong wins Individual BC1

Thailands Pattaya Tadtong added the Individual
BC1 gold medal to his Team gold when he beat
Great Britains David Smith 70 in the gold medal
match at ExCeL.
The 4,000 spectators created an electric
atmosphere and gave both players a lengthy
standing ovation at the close of play. Tadtong threw
himself from his wheelchair, rolling on the court

in celebration before his coach lifted him onto his
shoulders so that he could salute the crowd. A
smiling and laughing Smith acknowledged the fans
with a high-speed lap of honour.
The two players could not have had more
contrasting styles of play in the nal, Smith playing
aggressively at lightning speed and Tadtong, 33,
eking out every second on the clock.
Smith, 23, smiled in admiration as Tadtong
went 60 up in the third end after craftily clustering
around the jack and playing brilliantly accurate
shots each time the Great Britain player put him
under pressure.
Smith praised Tadtong, commenting: I gave it
my best shot but he was too classy for me on the
day. No regrets, Im happy. He was on re.
The bronze medal was won by Norways Roger
Aandalen, who was the 64 winner against Jose
Carlos Chagas de Oliveira of Brazil.
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Pairs event
Above: Nikolaos Pananos plays a
Greece get gold in Pairs BC3
shot during the Pairs BC3 gold

medal match as his teammate
Grigorious Polychronidis looks on.
Greece were the gold medal winners in the Pairs

BC3, beating Portugal 41 in the nal at ExCeL.
The Greek team of Maria-Eleni Kordali,
Nikolaos Pananos and Grigorious Polychronidis
played with accuracy and nerve and made a
ying start, winning the rst three ends before
Portugal took consolation from their win in the
fourth and nal end.
Georgian-born Polychronidis, 31, who began
playing Boccia at university, said he was thrilled
to win. He smiled: Its one of the best moments in
my life and I was really proud to hear the national
anthem. Ive really tried for this medal and I
couldnt be happier with this achievement.
The Greek team beat Portugal in the

nal to win the gold medal.
Above left: Thailands Pattaya

Tadtong is held aloft by his coach
as he celebrates winning the
Individual BC1 nal. Tadtongs
tactics and accuracy proved too
much for Great Britains David Smith
who won the silver medal.
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Paralympic Cycling
Road
Race and said that he found it tough to race in
the blustery breeze. It was windy out there, really
windy, he said. The temperatures good, but so, so
windy.
A need for speed. Cyclist and

former racing car driver Alessandro
Zanardi of Italy after winning the
mens Road Race H4.
Former F1 driver claims Time Trial H4 gold

The Course
In a change from the Olympic
Games, the start and nish of
the Paralympic Road Cycling
was at Brands Hatch. The racing
circuit near Sevenoaks in Kent,
more famous for four wheels
than two, is the site of Nigel
Mansells victory in the last F1
Grand Prix held there in 1986.
Famous racing drivers to have
competed there include Stirling
Moss, Jim Clark, Barry Sheene,
Jack Brabham, Ayrton Senna
and Jenson Button.
Classication
B Visually impaired athletes
who compete on a tandem
with a sighted pilot on the
front
C1-5 Athletes with an
legs, arms and/or trunk,
who compete on a bicycle
H1-4 Athletes with an
legs, who compete on a
handcycle
T1-2 Athletes with an
balance, who compete on a
tricycle
In C, H and T classes, the
lower the athletes class
number, the greater the
impact of their impairment
on their ability to cycle.
Mens events
Terric Teuber takes gold in Time Trial C1
Michael Teuber of Germany became a triple
Paralympic champion when he raced to victory in
the mens Time Trial C1 in 25:16.43, adding a
London 2012 gold medal to those of Athens 2004
and Beijing 2008. I focused on this race rather
than the track. I trained for it for a whole year. Im
very happy, declared Teuber, 44, adding that he
was looking forward to racing at Rio 2016.
Great Britains Mark Colbourne, more than 12
seconds behind Teuber, took the silver medal in
a time of 25:29.37. The bronze medal went to
Zhang Yu Li, of China, who completed the course in
26:23.11.
Colbourne, who won silver and gold on the
track, was competing in his rst Paralympic Road
Alessandro Zanardi of Italy, a former Formula 1

driver, returned to Brands Hatch to win a poignant
gold medal in the mens Time Trial H4. Zanardi,
45, riding a hand cycle at speeds averaging
38.6kph, clocked a time of 24:50.22 around the
16km course that included the famous Druids and
Paddock corners. He was nearly half a minute
quicker than Norbert Mosandl of Germany, who
took silver with 25:17.40, and more than 45
seconds ahead of Oscar Sanchez of the USA, who
won bronze with a time of 25:35.26.
Zanardi, who survived a horric F1 crash during
practice for the 1993 Belgian Grand Prix, had to
have his legs amputated above the knee after a
Championship Auto Racing Teams racing accident
in Germany in 2001. In 2004, he returned to motor
racing, competing in a specially adapted Touring
car, and began hand cycling in 2007. The smiling
Italian celebrated one of the most emotional gold
medal victories of the Games by sitting on the track
and holding his trike above his head. I am very
happy, said Zanardi, describing himself as thrilled
to be on top of the podium. I worked really hard for
the last two years.
Road Race H4 thriller brings Zanardi

second gold
An emotional day at Brands Hatch saw Italys Alex
Zanardi of Italy win the Road Race H4 to become
a double gold medal-winning Paralympian.
An exciting, classic Road Race saw the cyclists
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riding in close formation in the peloton. Zanardi

stayed calm and got the tactics right by resting on
the uphill sections of the 64km course, catching up
on the downhill slopes and conserving his power
for the sprint nish. I managed my energies well,
he remarked. He crossed the line in 2:00:32, just
0.001 ahead of the South African rider, Ernst van
Dyk, who won the silver medal. Wim Deleir of
Belgium clocked 2:00:35 to take bronze.
Italian gold in the Road Race C1/2/3

Italy clinched another Paralympic Cycling gold
medal when Roberto Bargna won the Road Race
C1/2/3 title. He powered ahead to beat the rest of
the peloton in an exciting sprint to the nish.
Bargna, 40, a keen amateur cyclist before he
lost the use of his left arm in a motorbike accident,
clocked 1:42:51. Both silver medallist Steffen
Warias of Germany and the winner of the bronze
medal, Australias David Nicholas, posted the same
time as Bargna, but the Italian just edged ahead.
He had previously enjoyed second and third places
in the world championships and was delighted with
the result. Its been a crescendo, he explained.
I started in 2007 and then I entered the national
team. After that, its been one event after the other,
one emotion after the other.
Womens events
Triple gold for Storey after winning Time
Trial C5
Great Britains super cyclist Sarah Storey won her
third gold medal of the Paralympic Games at the
historic Brands Hatch motor racing circuit. Her
scorching victory in the womens Time Trial C5
took her Paralympic gold medal tally to 10, ve in
Cycling and ve in Swimming.
More than 7,500 spectators gathered around
the fast, wide and smooth track on a glorious day
for road racing. Storey, 34, immediately looked
as dangerous on the road as she had on the track,

and by the halfway point in the 16km race she
was already 50 seconds ahead of the rest of the
eld. Powering up Gorse Hill and over Scratchers
Lane, she treated the crowd to a grandstand nish,
beating Anna Harkowska (24:14.94) of Poland
by more than a minute and a half, clocking a
time of 22:40.66 and reaching average speeds
of 42.3kph. Kelley Crowley of the USA won the
bronze medal in a time of 24:14.51.
Storey, inspired by Team GB in the Olympic
Games, said that she was determined to take gold
in the Time Trial. Having watched the success of
the Olympic team on the road, Bradley winning
the Time Trial and Chris Froome getting the bronze
medal, I just wanted to make sure I added my name
to that list of success, she revealed.
The home crowd was delighted when Storeys
husband Barney joined her on the podium to
celebrate. Hes worked so hard with me all summer
to make my power better. The power was there
today, she explained.
The cameras love her. Great

Britains great favourite Sarah Storey
after her win in the Time Trial - C5.
I have enjoyed
every morning of
training as much
as this moment
I really wish for
everyone in this
world to nd their
horizon to aim for
because when its
your passion youre
playing with every
day, results are
going to come.
Alex Zanardi, Time Trial
H4 gold medallist
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Its just amazing

with the crowds
around the course
and on the nish
straight every single
lap. I wanted to say
thank you, but I had
to keep my head
down and make
sure I made no
mistakes.
Sarah Storey, Road Race
C4/5 gold medallist
Storey gold in Road Race C4/5
Golden girl Davis wins Time Trial H1/2
Great Britains Sarah Storey became her countrys

most decorated female Paralympian when she won
her fourth gold of the Paralympic Games in the
womens Road Race C4/5. It brought the supercyclist her 11th Paralympic gold medal, in addition
to her eight silver and three bronze medals, and
beat the record set by wheelchair racer Baroness
Tanni Grey-Thompson of 11 golds, four silvers and
one bronze. To be even on the same page as
Tanni, to have won 11 and make it a clean sweep
for this week, is just a dream come true. I dont
know if itll ever sink in, Storey observed.
The top three slots went to the same athletes who
took the medals in the Time Trial. Storey nished the
64km race clocking 1:40:36 while Polands Anna
Harkowska nished over seven minutes behind to
win the silver medal in 1:27:58 and Kelly Crowley
of the USA won bronze in a time of 1:48:34.
The USAs Marianna Davis stormed to the

gold medal in the Time Trial H1/2 at Brands
Hatch, speeding to victory in 31:06.39 over the
undulating 8km course.
Davis, 39, a Paralympic Skiing medallist
who has climbed two mountains over 4,000m,
nished over two minutes ahead of Great Britains
Karen Darke (33:19.09), who took silver. Ursula
Schwaller of Switzerland won bronze with a time of
34:56.55.
Davis, who also won gold in the Road Race
H1/2, explained that she had started cycling to get
t after giving birth to her daughter. Its a dream
come true, she remarked. You work hard and
make a lot of sacrices, so to be able to get my
second Paralympic gold its awesome.
Mixed events
Rolling Stone takes Road Race T1/2 gold
Victorious and glorious. Sarah Storey

celebrates gold in the womens Road
Race C4/5.
Great Britains David Stone defended his mixed

Road Race T1/2 title by winning gold on the
nal day of the Paralympic Road Cycling event at
Brands Hatch. Stone, 31, who covered the 24km in
45:17, described it as the race of his life.
He broke away from the pack close to the nish to
take gold by an impressive seven seconds.
The silver medal was won in 45:24 by Giorgio
Farroni of Italy and the bronze by David Vondracek
from the Czech Republic, who posted 45:34.
London 2012 was Stones third Games and
he said would now target Rio 2016. It was the
best race of my life. It makes the win better as it
wasnt easy, he said. It shows how much stronger
the competition is compared to Beijing 2008. The
eld is so much harder now. Its good, it pushes
me, it makes it a much better sport. Stones medal
meant that ParalympicsGB nished at the top of the
Cycling medal table.
Paralympic Cycling
Track
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Great Britains Mark Colbourne

celebrates winning the mens
Pursuit C1. In his favoured event,
he broke the world record twice in
one day to add a gold medal to his
silver won in the 1km Time Trial
C1/2/3.
Mens events
Cool Colbourne wins gold in Pursuit C1
Great Britains Mark Colbourne set his second
world record of the day to take the gold medal in
the mens Pursuit C1.
The Welshman rst set a new world record in
qualifying (3:53.970) before winning the gold
medal race with 3:53.881. He beat Chinas Zhang
Yu Li (4:01.826) by almost eight seconds, with
Argentinas Rodrigo Fernando Lopez taking bronze
in 4:04.559.
Colbourne, 42, described himself as completely
euphoric. He declared that winning the Paralympic
title was a dream come true, and that he had
modelled his racing tactics on those of Bradley
Wiggins, the Olympic Time Trial Champion. I
follow the Bradley Wiggins philosophy of going
from A to B as consistently as possible and
obviously it works. I try to maintain a Bradley
Three years ago

I thought my life
was over. If you
face adversities in
a positive way you
never know what
you can achieve.
Wiggins pace start to nish. I carried it through
right to the end and didnt panic, he explained.
On the opening day of the Paralympic Track
Cycling events, Colbourne had claimed a silver
medal in the 1km Time Trial C1/2/3, this time
losing to Zhang Yu Li. The pair of medals was a
remarkable achievement for the extreme sports
enthusiast, who only took up Paralympic cycling 18
months ago following a paragliding accident.
Fiesta and reworks at 1km Time

Trial C4/5
Spanish teenager Alfonso Cabello won the
mens 1km Time Trial C4/5, clocking a time of
1:05.947 to set a new C5 world record in what
proved a dramatic event.
Cabellos record-breaking run put pressure on
the last competitor to ride in the competition, Great
Britains Jody Cundy. The defending Paralympic
champion stuttered out of the gate, however,
Mark Colbourne, Pursuit

C1 gold medallist
Classication
B Visually impaired athletes
who compete on a tandem
with a sighted pilot on the
front.
C1-5 Athletes with an
legs, arms and/or trunk
who compete on a bicycle.
The lower the number, the
greater the impact on the
ability to cycle.
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Hopefully tonight
the audience got a
glimpse of what was
in there in my legs
and enjoyed that.
Jody Cundy, Pursuit C4
bronze medallist
and had his appeal for a re-start refused. Cundy

later spoke to the crowd and received a standing
ovation after apologising for his angry reaction to
the situation.
Cabello, 18, had to wait patiently while the
matter was resolved. It was very difcult, he
observed. But I understood. If it had happened to
me, I would have reacted the same way.
The holder of the former world record
(1:07.212), Great Britains Jon-Allan Butterworth,
won the silver medal. The ex-RAF serviceman, who
lost his arm in a rocket attack on the Basra Air
Station in Iraq, broke his own record with a time of
1:05.985, but nished 0.038 behind Cabello.
The bronze medal was won by Xinyang Liu of
China, with a time of 1:07.638.
World champion Novak wins Pursuit C4

World champion Carol-Eduard Novak of Romania
set a new world record of 4:40.315 on his way
to winning the gold medal in the mens Pursuit
C4. In the nal Novak, a former champion speed
skater, won in 4:42.000, brilliantly holding off Jiri
Jezek of the Czech Republic, who took silver with
4:45.232.
Novak celebrated with his family and, in a
warm display of sportsmanship, Jezek dropped to
his knees to hail the new Paralympic champion.
Both men hugged on the track.
The bronze medal was won by Great Britains
Jody Cundy, 33, who took just 1500m to catch
Colombian Duenas Gomez.
Flying the ag. The world champion

Carol-Eduard Novak of Romania
set a new world record to win the
mens Pursuit C4 gold medal.
It was the rst-ever gold medal for
Womens events
Paralympic record for Johnson in 1km Time
Trial B
Romania at a Paralympic Games.
Australias Felicity Johnson set a new Paralympic

record to claim the gold medal in the womens 1km
Time Trial B, contested by eight tandem riders.
The world champion and world record holder,
piloted by Stephanie Morton, posted a time of

1:08.919. Great Britains Aileen McGlynn, the
defending champion, and her pilot Helen Scott
secured the silver medal in 1:09.469. The 39-yearold mathematics graduate and her pilot also raced
in an all-British bronze medal match in the womens
Pursuit B, narrowly beating Lora Turnham and
Fiona Duncan.
After the race Johnson admitted that she could
sense the British team trying to catch her. I could
feel them nipping at our heels, said the sports
coach who works with young people with sensory
disabilities. It was great motivation for us to try our
best, considering its their home turf and the track is
really fast, she added.
The bronze medal was won by New Zealands
Phillipa Gray and pilot Laura Thompson in a time of
1:11.245.
Storey strikes gold in Pursuit C5

Great Britains Sarah Storey powered to the gold
medal in the womens Pursuit C5 to claim an
astonishing eighth (at the time) Paralympic title. It
was ParalympicsGBs rst gold of London 2012.
Storey signalled she meant business when she
broke her world record in qualifying. Her time
of 3:32.170 was quicker than Joanna Rowsells
3:32.364 UCI Track Cycling World Cup win on
the Olympic Park track in February. In the gold
medal race she overwhelmed the silver medallist,
Polands Anna Harkowska (3:48.885), ruthlessly
reeling in the half-lap gap to catch her with half the
race still to run. The judges red the pistol to signal
the end of the race and the Velodrome erupted
in thunderous applause. New Zealands Fiona
Southorn beat Crystal Lane of Great Britain to to
take bronze with 3:52.695.
Storey, 34, is a Paralympian who has already
won gold, silver and bronze medals in Swimming
at Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000
and Athens 2004. An ear infection prompted her to
switch to Cycling at Beijing 2008, where she took
two gold medals. She then represented England at
The factoring process is used in Paralympic

events to take account of athletes with different
classications competing in the same event.
Earlier in the day Storeys husband Barney
took gold in the mens 1km Time Trial B, piloting
Britains Neil Fachie to a new world record of
1:01.351. This is the fastest time ever on a tandem,
Paralympic or non-disabled.
Mixed event
China race to world record in
Team Sprint C1-5
the 2010 Commonwealth Games, almost making

the Team GB squad for the London 2012 Olympic
Games.
As she cycled round the track, celebrating her
victory, Storey conducted the crowd in choruses of
cheering. It was like having an extra family. 6,000
people and theyve all come to sing with you when
you win, she laughed.
Second gold for Storey in 500m Time Trial

C4/5
Great Britains Sarah Storey won her second gold
medal of London 2012 in the womens 500m Time
Trial C4/5, smashing her personal best with a
time of 36.997.
Storey defeated USAs Jennifer Schuble, the
500m specialist, who took the silver medal with
37.941. Chinas Jianping Ruan set a new C4
world record in the event posting a time of 38.425,

factored at 38.194 to give her the bronze medal.
The nale to the brilliant summer of Track Cycling

at London 2012 saw intense competition in the
Paralympic Team Sprint C1-5, an event which
includes men and women and a combination of
classications. The gold medal race proved a
classic encounter between defending champions
Great Britain and China, the previous Paralympic
Games hosts.
China set a new world record time of 49.804
in qualifying, overtaking that set by Great Britain,
also in qualifying, of 49.808. A tense nal was
in prospect, with Chinas world champion trio
signalling that the four years since Beijing 2008
had made them hungry for gold. Crowd noise
reached a crescendo as Xiaofei Ji (C4), Time Trial
bronze medallist Xinyang Lui (C5) and Hao Xie
(C2) faced the ParalympicsGB squad of Jon-Allan
Butterworth (C5), Richard Waddon (C3) and
42-year-old Paralympic veteran Darren Kenny (C3),
who had also taken bronze in the mens Pursuit
C3. The close race saw Chinas sprinters clock
another dazzling world record time of 49.454,
with Great Britain nishing in 49.519 a heartstopping 0.065 behind.
In the bronze medal race the USA team of
Jennifer Schuble (C5), Sam Kavanagh (C4) and
Joseph Berenyi (C3) beat the Czech Republic squad
in a time of 52.749.
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Left: Gold medal two of four.

ParalympicsGBs Sarah Storey poses
on the podium with her 500m Time
Trial C4/5 gold medal. It was her
second gold medal in the London
2012 Velodrome before she turned
her attention to the Road Cycling
events.
I think its fantastic

that the Velodrome
is a sell-out
Paralympic sport
has certainly
evolved. Its come a
long way.
Felicity Johnson,
1km Time Trial B
gold medallist
(Front to back) Chinas Xiaofei Ji,

Xinyang Liu and Hao Xie on their
way to the gold medal and a world
record time in the Team Sprint C15. China beat the ParalympicsGB
team in the gold medal race
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Paralympic Equestrian
Dressage
Equestrian veteran. Great Britains

Lee Pearson on his horse Gentleman
during the Championship Test:
Individual Grade 1b nal. He has
won 12 Paralympic medals since his
debut at Sydney 2000, including
10 gold, but took the silver on this
occasion.
The Sport
The Equestrian competition
was a welcome addition to the
Paralympic Games at Atlanta
1996 and has won acclaim
with its innovative approach
to horsemanship. Open to
male and female athletes with
any type of physical or visual
impairment, the Dressage events
test the riders extraordinary
horsemanship skills with a
Freestyle section set to music.
Individual
Championships
Gold medal for debutant Baker in the
Championship Test: Individual Grade II
Classication
Grades Ia, Ib, II, III and IV.
The lower the impairment
number the greater the
impact on the ability to
ride, the higher the less. For
example, a Grade Ia rider
will have an impairment that
has more of an impact on
his/her ability to ride than a
Grade IV rider.
Taking part in her rst Paralympic Games, 22-yearold Natasha Baker fullled a childhood dream to
win Great Britains rst gold medal in the Greenwich
Park arena. Riding Cabral, the European champion
scored a Paralympic record for her Grade II class
of 76.857 per cent, ahead of German riders Britta
Napel (on Aquilina 3) and Angelika Trabert (on
Ariva-Avanti), who took silver and bronze.
Baker, from Uxbridge in Middlesex, was
inspired to ride at the Paralympic Games aged 10

after watching her current teammate Lee Pearson
win gold at Sydney 2000.
It means absolutely everything, said the
delighted champion. To come to my rst Games and
win a gold medal I just never expected that in a
million years. It is the most amazing feeling ever. My
heart was going at a thousand beats a minute.
Upset for Pearson as Formosa wins

Championship Test: Individual Grade 1b
In an historic upset Australian Joann Formosa, a
51-year-old artist from Victoria, rode her 19-yearold stallion, Worldwide PB, to victory with a score
of 75.826 per cent. She was one of the oldest
athletes in the Dressage competition, riding one of
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the oldest and smallest horses.

The result saw Lee Pearson of Great Britain,
38, suffer his rst defeat in a Paralympic Games
since his debut at Sydney 2000. The defending
champion, who had taken three gold medals
at each of the Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, admitted
that he had suffered an uncharacteristic bout of
nerves before his round with Gentleman, a horse
with whom he enjoys something of a love-hate
relationship. On this occasion Pearson said he
probably lost the title when Gentleman broke into
an unscripted jog. After going in third, however,
he led the competition with 75.391 per cent until
Formosa posted her score. Its been a tough
competition, a tough year and Gentleman is
a tough horse to keep on top of his game. Im
genuinely delighted with silver, said Pearson.
Austrias top-rated rider Pepo Puch won the
bronze medal on Feeling Fine with a score of
75.043 per cent.
George wins Championship Test: Individual

Grade IV
Michele George of Belgium set the bar high on
her own horse, Rainman, producing a brilliant ride
to score 77.065 points. The gure proved out of
reach for Great Britains Sophie Wells, who had
come into the competition as favourite at her rst
Paralympic Games.
Riding Pinocchio, Wells, 22, had won her
grade in the Team test, two days before, raising
hopes that she could win gold for the Host Nation,
but she acknowledged that following George into
the ring was a daunting prospect. I dont usually
hear the commentary as Im going into the ring,
but today I heard it and understood what a good
score Michele had got, explained Wells. I knew
then that Id have to be at my best and do the best
test Id ever done to beat her. She went on to score
76.323 points to claim silver, with New Zealands
Frank Hosmar, riding Alphaville, taking bronze on
73.097 points.
Individual Freestyle
Second gold for Baker in Freestyle Test:
Individual Grade II
Gold medal smile. Natasha Baker

of Great Britain poses with her
horse Cabral after winning gold
in the Freestyle Test: Individual
Grade II. She said that Cabral was
a star, adding that she couldnt
Natasha Bakers Paralympic Games could not have

gone any better after the 22-year-old Great British
debutante secured her second gold medal with a
Paralympic record in the Freestyle Test: Individual
Grade II competition.
Riding Cabral, an 11-year-old Polish-bred
gelding nicknamed JP after the late Pope John
Paul II, Baker dexterously managed a spot of
improvisation in her routine, set to music composed
specially for her by Ken Barnsley, the composer
and keen dressage rider who died last year. At
certain points I had to improvise, she revealed.
Everything was good until I got to the point where
I am supposed to canter and I forgot what to do
have asked for any more from him.
I love my horse
when Im riding,
Im free. Put me on
a horse and Im a
different person.
Joann Formosa,
Championship Test:
Individual Grade 1b
gold medallist
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Puch has the crowd chanting in Freestyle

Test: Individual Grade 1b
The crowd in Greenwich Park chanted Pepo-Pepo
as Austrias Pepo Puch emerged triumphant in
the Freestyle Test: Individual Grade 1b test. The
46-year-old, who competed at the Athens 2004
Olympic Games before breaking his neck in a fall
from his horse, responded in kind. The people are
so sporting, so its very special, he said.
Riding his mare Fine Feeling to the stirring
accompaniment of Strausss Radetzky March,
Puch scored 79.150 per cent to take the gold
ahead of Katja Karjalainen of Finland on Rosie
with 74.250 per cent. My horse was like a
ballerina. As soon as she heard the music, she
started to swing, said Puch.
There was further disappointment for Great
Britains Lee Pearson, however. After his silver
medal in the Individual Championships, Pearson
could place only third in the Freestyle test with 74.2
per cent, a score that surprised many within the
sport. The legendary rider thus completed his fourth
Paralympic Games with a full set of gold, silver and
bronze medals.
Puch told how his wife and trainer Michele
was his biggest support through the difcult years
after his accident. My ve-year-old daughter
Lou-Charlotte was one-and-a-half when I had my
accident, he explained. For the rst few months,
all I could do was move my neck from side to side,
but I knew I wanted to play with her, so never
wanted to give up.
Above: Pepo Puch of Austria
shows his delight after he and his
horse Fine Feeling competed in the
Freestyle Test: Individual Grade
1b to take the gold medal.
Opposite: The stunning Greenwich

Park arena, with Queens House and
the London skyline as a backdrop,
provided the perfect setting for the
Paralympic Equestrian events.
next, so I did a loop into a trot. Her performance

so impressed the judges that they awarded Baker
82.8 per cent, a score that wiped out the record
mark set at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games by
Irene Slaettengren of Sweden.
In a result that reected the order of the earlier
Individual Championship, the silver and bronze
medals went to Germanys Britta Napel on Aquilina
3 and Angelika Trabert on Ariva-Avanti.
Christiansen completes Home Nation success

in Freestyle Test: Individual Grade 1a
Sophie Christiansen completed Great Britains
astonishing run of success in the Equestrian
competition by winning gold in the Freestyle Test:
Individual Grade 1a. Riding Janeiro 6, known as
Rio, she performed a near faultless routine to music
by Pink Floyd and Muse, as well as the chimes of
Big Ben and the iconic Land of Hope and Glory.
At Beijing 2008, we won 10 medals with

seven riders. Here weve won 11 medals
with ve riders and exceeded our target.
Will Connell, British Equestrian Federation
Performance Director
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Great Britains Sophie Christiansen

and her horse Janeiro 6 maintain
absolute focus during the Freestyle
Test: Individual Grade 1a. Her
gold in this event took her London
2012 tally to three gold medals, on
each occasion scoring over 80.
Christiansen scored 84.75 per cent to become the

rst British athlete at the London 2012 Paralympic
Games to win three gold medals. Her closest
rival was Laurentia Tan of Singapore on Ruben
James 2 who, despite being profoundly deaf and
unable to hear the music, won the silver medal
with 79 per cent. Helen Kearney on Mister Cool
took the bronze with 78.45 per cent as Ireland
celebrated a very successful rst appearance in
the Paralympic Equestrian event.
The enthusiastic crowd in Greenwich Park
cheered wildly for Christiansen at the nale

of Great Britains most successful Paralympic
campaign. No previous team had won medals
in all ve grades in the Individual and Freestyle
competitions a magnicent result. Will Connell,
the Great Britain Performance Director, said: At
Beijing 2008, we won 10 medals with seven
riders. Here weve won 11 medals with ve riders
and exceeded our target. This is the rst time
anyone has won medals in all ve grades in the
Individual and Freestyle.
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A delighted ParalympicsGB quartet

of (left to right) Sophie Wells, Lee
Pearson, Deborah Criddle and
Sophie Christiansen celebrate
winning the Team Open gold
medal. Their strong individual
performances secured them rst
place and ensured that the team
exceeded their medal target.
I think this has

been our strongest
team, but it has
been the toughest
gold to gain.
Lee Pearson, member of
Great Britain team who
won Team Open gold
Team
Open event
Great Britain maintains 100 per cent
record with Team Open gold
Strong individual performances and medals
ensured that the Great Britain riders kept their
record of winning every Paralympic, world and
European team title since the sport joined the
Paralympic Games programme at Atlanta 1996.
Lee Pearson, the most decorated British rider,
did not take gold, but his second place in the
Championship Test: Individual Grade 1b event
secured him a 10th Paralympic gold medal.
Performing in front of sell-out crowds in
Greenwich Park, the Paralympic riders combined
score of 468.817 points after the Team and

Individual Tests came courtesy of a gold medal for
Sophie Christiansen on Janeiro 6, known as Rio,
in the Freestyle Test: Individual Grade 1a. Silver
medals for the 46-year-old Deborah Criddle, a
triple gold medallist at Athens 2004, on LJT Akilles
in the Freestyle Test: Individual Grade III and
Sophie Wells on Pinocchio in the Freestyle Test:
Individual Grade IV contributed to the impressive
total. The Team silver medal went to Germany
with 440.970 points while Ireland, in their rst
Paralympic Equestrian competition, claimed the
bronze with 428.313 points.
The gold is in memory of Jane Goldsmith, who
pioneered para-dressage in Britain, observed
Christiansens trainer Clive Milkins. She found Rio
for us without her inuence, we wouldnt be
where we are today.
medals table
GBR
GER
BEL
AUT
AUS
IRL
SIN
FIN
DEN
NED
G
5
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
S
5
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
B
2
2
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
2
11
7
2
2
1
3
2
1
2
2
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It was incredibly
uplifting and I felt
proud to be British.
I have never seen
the Paralympic
Games before and I
didnt see disability,
I just saw sport.
Ellise Cooley, Spectator
Football 7-a-side was one of the

biggest hits of the Games, attracting
huge, very vocal crowds.
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Football 5-a-side
Above: Brazils Jeferson da

Conceicao Goncalves (left) vies
for the ball with Frances Frederic
Brazil go to Rio 2016 as two-time

champions after Football 5-a-side triumph
Villeroux (centre) in the nal.
Classication
Exclusively for athletes with
a visual impairment. All
four outeld players must
wear eyeshades to ensure
fairness.
Right: Serverino Gabriel da Silva

of Brazil celebrates by showing
some gymnastic skill after defeating
France. The Brazilian team return
to Rio 2016 in ne form, as
Paralympic gold medallists.
All the magic of Brazil was on show at the

Riverbank Arena in the teams 5-a-side Football
triumph over France. The victory enabled the team,
also champions at Beijing 2008, to go to their
home Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as twotime defending champions. Brazil, undefeated since
the sport was added to the Paralympic Games
programme at Athens 2004, secured the London
2012 gold medal without conceding a goal.
After qualifying for London 2012 by winning
the world title in Hereford in 2010, the defending
champions played France earlier in the competition
without a goal being scored. All caution
disappeared with medals at stake, however, on
one of the warmest days of the summer. Strikers

Ricardo Alves and Jeferson Goncalves were in
superb form in front of a full house, leaving France,
the European champions, with no answer to their
exquisite dribbling skills. Some brilliant close
control by Alves earned Brazil a rst-half penalty,
scored by Gabriel Da Silva. In the second period
the 22-year-old Goncalves twisted and turned
in and out of the French defence until the ball
rebounded off Martin Baron for an own goal.
At the other end of the pitch Fabio De
Vasconcelos, Brazils sighted goalkeeper, was
equal to any of Frances attempts, including
eight-metre penalties from David Labarre and
Frederic Villeroux. It was tting, therefore, that the
goalkeepers were awarded medals for the rst time
at the Paralympic Games.
The bronze medal went to Spain, but only after
a dreaded penalty shoot-out decided their match
against Argentina. Following a goalless draw in
normal time, Antonio Martin Gaitan was the only
scorer of the six penalties taken as Spain avenged
their defeat at Beijing 2008.
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Football 7-a-side
Left: Eye on the prize. Ukraines
Ivan Dotsenko (left) vies for the ball
with the Russian Federations Ivan
Potekhin. One goal for the Russian
side decided the match.
Far left: Ivan Shkvarlo of Ukraine

(left) is challenged by Viacheslav
Larionov of the Russian Federation
during the Football 7-a-side nal.
Ukraine, winners at Athens 2004
and Beijing 2008, lost their crown
to the Russian side.
Ramonov goal seals Football 7-a-side

victory for the Russian Federation
Classication
A goal from Eduard Ramonov in the 43rd minute
clinched the gold medal for the Russian Federation,
but the Beijing 2008 silver medallists had to work
hard against Ukraine, the two-time defending
champions, in the nal at the Riverbank Arena.
Both teams had dominated the competition,
so the last medal to be decided at the London
2012 Paralympic Games was always going to
be a tough call. The deadlock was broken 13
minutes into the second half when Ramonov ran
on to Zaurbek Pagaevs header. Despite pressure
from Taras Dutko in pursuit, the striker hit the
ball beyond the Ukraine goalkeeper Kostyantyn
Symashko and into the net. The goal came as
Ukraine, winners of two gold medals and two
silvers from the last four Paralympic Games, had
looked the more likely to score. They had soaked
up a lot of the Russian Federation pressure in the
rst half, when keeper Symashko was especially
busy. His best save came when he had to stretch
to tip an Aleksandr Kuligin free kick over the bar.
At the other end, when Ukraine did venture from
their own half, they were consistently denied by

Vladislav Raretckii, the Russian Federation keeper.
There were chances for Ukraine to get back
into the game, but not even Anatolii Shevchyk,
the competitions top scorer with six goals, could
nd a way through. The Russian Federation
could well have doubled their lead had Kuligin
not lifted his shot over the bar after a pass from
Viacheslav Larionov.
There was a late urry from Ukraine, but it was the
Russian Federation who held rm until the nal whistle
to win their their fth consecutive Football 7-a-side
medal at the Paralympic Games and their rst gold
since Sydney 2000.
Interestingly, the top ve nishers at London 2012
were the same as they had been at Beijing 2008,
with the gold and silver medallists being reversed.
The Russian Federation, Ukraine, Iran and Brazil
remained the dominant nations in the tournament.
C5 Athletes whose
impairment causes the
greatest disadvantage on
the eld of play and has
a signicant impact when
walking and running.
C6 Athletes with an
arms and legs, especially
when running.
C7 Athletes with an
impairment that affects one
arm and one leg on the
same side of the body.
C8 Athletes whose
impairments cause the
least disadvantage on the
eld of play; they often
have involuntary muscle
contractions as well as a
tightness in their muscles.
Each team must have at least
one C5 or C6 classication
player and no more than
two C8 players are allowed
to play at the same time.
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Goalball
Finland celebrate winning the mens
Goalball nal against Brazil. They
completed a remarkable comeback
in the competition to take home the
gold medal.
Classication
Exclusively for athletes
with a visual impairment.
Athletes must wear blackout
eyeshades to ensure
fairness.
Mens event
Fabulous Finland defeat Brazil for Goalball
gold 81
For us this is a
special moment.
Second place is
special for Brazilian
Goalball for
players back
home and for our
supporters.
Diego Goncalves Colletes,
Brazilian Goalball coach
Finland had a remarkable road to the gold medal

in the mens Goalball tournament, securing a
victory that epitomised the inspirational spirit of
the Paralympic Games.
The European champions looked to be down
and out after they struggled in the early rounds,
suffering three defeats in succession. They never
gave up, however, battling on to just make the
knockout rounds in which they began to display
their true championship form.
Finland dominated the nal with an emphatic
victory over Brazil, who, having conceded only one
goal in the knockout stages, appeared overawed
by the occasion. Finlands goals came from Petri
Posio (4), Jarno Mattila (3) and Erkki Miinala (1),
with Brazils consolation goal, scored by 19-yearold Leoman Moreno da Silva, coming 85 seconds
from the nal whistle.
Mattila, 27, described his teams gold medal
as an incredible achievement. Its a great, great
feeling. We did a good job. It was a difcult start,
but we got stronger and stronger, he said. We
knew that we could beat Brazil.
In the bronze medal match Turkey beat world
champions Lithuania 41 to claim the nations
rst Paralympic Goalball medal. Turkeys Huseyin
Alkan became the crowds favourite after
mimicking their oohs and aahs and even singing
Beyonces All The Single Ladies.
The tournament captivated all those who
witnessed the sport for the rst time at these
Paralympic Games. It included early exits for the
defending champions, China, who lost to Lithuania
in the quarter-nals.
Womens event
Japan defeat China to claim Goalball gold
The spectacle of watching top-class sporting action
in total silence proved irresistible to the fans who
visited the Copper Box to watch the Goalball
tournament. In this sport unsighted players have to
sense the ball in defence, listening intently for the
sound of the bells inside the ball.
In the gold medal match Japan were the
10 victors over world champions China. They
displayed a mastery of the art of defence,
mounting an unbreakable barrier to protect their
rst-half lead when Adachi Akiko hit the back of
the net. Throughout the competition Japan had
been a difcult team to break down, and even

China, who had scored an impressive 37 goals
heading into the nal, could not penetrate their
stubborn defence.
The Japanese coach Eguro Naoki said that his
team had anticipated an encounter with China and
had trained specically to beat the Chinese. Our
dream came true and we got the gold medal, he
explained. Strong defence is our characteristic, so
we made sure to reduce our mistakes and then to
quickly go on the attack. In the all-Scandinavian
bronze medal match Sweden, who had defeated
ParalympicsGB with a golden goal in the quarternals, beat Finland 51 to clinch their rst Goalball
medal for 12 years. Soa Naesstrom marked her
retirement by scoring twice in the game.
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Below left: Rie Urata and Akiko

Adachi of Japan block the ball
during their Goalball gold medal
match against China. Japans strong
defensive strategy proved too much
for the Chinese side.
Below: The ecstatic Japanese team

enjoy their celebrations after they
beat China to win the womens
Goalball gold medal. Chinas
Ruixue Wang noted: Nothing really
went wrong. Japans defence was
just too good.
Olympic Stadium, Orbit,

Aquatics Centre and Water
Polo Arena at twilight.
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Paralympic Judo
Ramin Ibrahimov of Azerbaijan, the
gold medallist in the mens 60kg,
nal. Both men came through the repechage to

stand on the podium as bronze medallists.
Quilter revealed that he had suffered a serious
injury that put him on crutches for four weeks only
two months before the Paralympic Games. I also
ruptured a disc in my spine three months ago, he
said, so its been a hell of a journey to get here.
Together with Sam Ingrams silver medal in the
90kg category, this represented Great Britains
best haul in the sport since the Barcelona 1996
Games.
is triumphantly carried off the mat

by his coach. His amazing run
of winning all four of his bouts in
under three minutes took him to the
top of the Victory Podium.
The Sport
Judo for the visually impaired
was introduced to the
Paralympic Games at Seoul
1988. The main difference
between the sport in the
Olympic and Paralympic
Games is that the judokas are
allowed to have contact with
their opponents in Paralympic
Judo to orientate themselves
before each round begins. The
competition at London 2012
featured 13 medal events
in total across all the weight
categories, with 84 men and 48
women taking part.
Gold for Cuba in the 90kg
Mens events
Ibrahimov reigns supreme in 60kg
Classication
B1-3 Visual impairment.
B1 athletes are blind and
are identied by a red circle
on their sleeves and the
ofcials will not expect B1
athletes to be able to see
the edge of the contest area
compared to B2 and B3
athletes, who have limited
sight.
Ramin Ibrahimov of Azerbaijan won gold with

an exemplary record of wins in all four of his
bouts by ippon in double-quick time. None of his
bouts in the mens 60kg lasted longer than three
minutes, and in the nal he overcame Chinas
Xiaodong Li in just 1:52.
The defending champion, Mouloud Noura of
Algeria, ended British hopes of gold in the very
rst match when he handed a shock defeat to Ben
Quilter. Quilter, the world and European champion,
30, had been given a bye through to the quarter
Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis, a 29-year-old teacher

from Cuba, took the 90kg category gold medal on
the nal day of the Judo competition. He defeated
Sam Ingram of ParalympicsGB in a closely fought
nal before a boisterous home crowd at ExCeL
The match went the full ve minutes before
Marcillis produced a yuko to triumph by the
slimmest possible margin, leaving Ingram to take
silver. Marcillis had earned his place in the nal by
beating the defending champion, Oleg Kretsul of
the Russian Federation, in the semi-nal.
The bronze medals went to Jorge Lencina of
Argentina and Dartanyon Crockett of the USA,
who had defeated the world number one, Olivier
Cugnon de Sevricou of France, in the rst round.
For Ingram, after the bronze medal at Beijing
2008, the silver medal was an improvement, but
still disappointing for a man who had expected
more. To be honest, it doesnt feel too great, he
admitted. I came here to win and if youre
not rst when you intend to be rst, its a gutting
experience I didnt score and it doesnt matter
how small the score is: if you lost, you lost.
Sams older brother Joe enjoyed a good day at
ExCeL and it looked for a while as if both brothers

were going to be successful. Eventually Joe lost
to the world number one, Choi Gwang-Geun of
Korea, in the quarter-nal, and then to Oliver
Upmann of Germany in the repechage.
Choi takes 100kg gold as winning

streak ends
Gwang-Geun Choi beat Myles Porter of the USA to
win the gold medal for Korea putting an end to
a historic winning streak in the 100kg category.
Four-time Paralympic champion Antonio Tenorio of
Brazil had to settle for bronze along with Vladimir
Fedin of the Russian Federation. Choi, who was
shorter than most of the judokas in the weight
division, described the Paralympic Games as the
stage of dreams. On taking the title he added, Im
really thankful to the people who are supporting the
Paralympic Games and I hope Ive shown everyone
that disabled people can be athletes.
Womens events
Ramona wins 52kg gold to complete
Brussig double
The rst day of the Paralympic Judo competition at a
packed ExCeL saw twin sisters Ramona and Carmen
Brussig complete a golden double for Germany.
Ramona took under one minute to defeat Lijing
Wang of China by a choke technique, following
earlier victories over Gulhan Kilic of Turkey and
Alesai Stepaniuk of the Russian Federation. The
bronze medals went to Michele Ferreira of Brazil
and Nataliya Nikolaychyk of Ukraine, who both
came through the repechage after losing rstround matches.
Only 15 minutes before Ramonas victory her
sister Carmen overcame Kai-Lin Lee of Chinese
Taipei with a waza-ari in the second half of their
48kg category contest. It was a reverse of the
result of the 2011 World Games nal.
The twins, 35, took up judo at the same time

when they were only nine years old and trained
together in preparing for London 2012. At ExCeL
they also took advantage of the timing of their
nals to spend as much time as possible with
one another between bouts. We spent the time
together from the beginning of the day, explained
Carmen. Between the ghts, we motivated each
other. It was our perfect day.
Rodriguez Clark wins 63kg gold for Cuba

Gold medallist Dalidaivis Rodriguez Clark of
Cuba had the perfect start to her campaign when
she upset the form book to beat the defending
champion, Naomi Soazo of Venezuela, in the
rst round. Soazos difculties continued and she
eventually nished out of the medals in fth place,
while Rodriguez Clark produced the performances
of her life to battle through to the nal. This
included overcoming the two-time Paralympic silver
medallist, Marta Arce Payno of Spain.
In the gold medal match, the 29-year-old
Rodriguez Clark had to beat the world champion,
Tong Zhou of China. Arce Payno and Daniele
Bernardes Milan of Brazil were awarded the
bronze medals.
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From here it is a
new stage in my
life. Rio 2016 is in
my plans now I
have to start all my
preparations and
training from scratch
again.
Dalidaivis Rodriguez
Clark, 63kg Judo gold
medallist
Carmen Brussig of Germany

(white) wins her bout against Yuliya
Halinska of Ukraine with a drop
shoulder throw to take her through
to the womens 48kg nal. Brussig
noted after her gold medal bout, I
am very happy now, all the pressure
is gone.
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Powerlifting
The competition saw the retirement of Great
Britains Anthony Peddle after his seventh
Paralympic Games. The 41-year-old won gold and
set the world record at Sydney 2000. At London
2012 he nished eighth after lifting 140kg.
World record moment. Yakubu

Adesokan of Nigeria takes in the
cheers of the crowd after he broke
the world record during the mens
48kg competition. He broke the
record twice in the course of the
competition to take home the gold.
Rahmans record-breaking pace wins

+100kg gold
Classication
Athletes must meet minimum
criteria that show they have
an impairment in their legs
or hips.
Thank you very

much to the crowd
for their support. It
helped me no end.
Anthony Peddle,
ParalympicsGB athlete in
the 48kg category
Siamand Rahman of Iran celebrates

a successful lift during the mens
+100kg competition. On his
Paralympic debut, Rahman lifted
280kg for the gold medal, nearly
40kg more than his nearest rival.
Mens events
Adesokan takes 48kg gold with two
improved world records
Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria twice improved his
own world record to win the gold medal in the
mens 48kg category, on a day that saw one of
Great Britains star Paralympians bow out.
Adesokan, 33, came to the London 2012
Paralympic Games as the overwhelming favourite
after setting the world record at 177kg in Dubai
earlier in the year. He began by breaking his
compatriot Ruel Ishakus Paralympic record of
169kg, set at Beijing 2008, with his rst lift.
Roared on by a capacity crowd at ExCeL,
Adesokan broke his own world record with 178kg in
his second lift before improving it to 180kg to secure
the gold medal. I feel overjoyed, the new champion
said. I have been training for two months, there was
no way I was going to fail. I can denitely lift more.
A lift of 170kg, which also improved on the
previous Paralympic Games record, was enough
to give Vladimir Balynetc of the Russian Federation
the silver medal, while Taha Abdelmagid of Egypt
took bronze with 165kg.
When it came to the heavyweights, there was

no stopping the powerful 24-year-old Siamand
Rahman, making his Paralympic Games debut
for Iran. He broke the Paralympic record with his
rst lift of 270kg, delighting the cheering Iranian
supporters who packed the crowd. Already
the world record holder, Rahman improved his
Paralympic record to 280kg with his second lift,
but failed to go beyond the magical 300kg barrier
when he could not control the bar at 301kg.
His opponents were left to battle it out for silver
and bronze. Faris Al-Ajeeli of Iraq picked up the
silver medal with his second lift of 242kg, while
Keun Bae Chun of Korea took bronze with 232kg.
Womens events
Magnicent Muslu triumphs in 40kg
Nazmiye Muslu of Turkey took the gold medal with a
Paralympic record 106kg lift in her nal attempt. The
33-year-old then celebrated by going on to break
her own world record with a fourth lift of 109kg.
The competition was tense till the end, with Zhe
Cui attempting 104kg in her nal lift in a bid to put
pressure on Muslu. She did not succeed, however,
so took the silver medal.
Great Britain, who nished out of the medals at
Beijing 2008, celebrated a rst-day success with
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Home grown success. Zoe Newson

of Great Britain secures the bronze
medal in the womens 40kg
category with a 88kg lift. She
won the medal on the rst day of
Paralympic competition.
I would like to
thank not just the
Turkish fans but all
of the fans today
as they gave us the
best support. Ive
never seen anything
like it before.
Zoe Newson. She claimed the bronze medal with
a lift of 88kg in her nal attempt of the competition.
Already a world junior champion, the 20-year-old
from Colchester drew rapturous applause from the
enthusiastic crowd at ExCeL, touched by her smiles
on the oor and tears on the podium.
The delighted Newson acknowledged that she
came into the Paralympic Games thinking of a
fourth- and fth-place nish. I had to check with
my coach that I had actually won bronze, she
admitted. Im feeling quite emotional and cant
stop crying. Im usually really laid-back but this
means a lot. Ill keep the medal round my neck
always. Its absolutely amazing.
Dramatic nal lift wins 75kg gold for Fu

So intense was the rivalry for top honours in the
womens 75kg category that the lifters continued
beyond the ofcial end of the competition with
attempts on the world record. The gold medal
went to Taoying Fu of China for the fourth
successive Paralympic Games, but only after
a thrilling tussle with 27-year-old Folashade
Oluwafemiayo of Nigeria. She pushed the
eventual champion all the way with a Paralympic

then a world record lift of 146kg to close.
Not to be outdone Fu, 44, took to the platform
to match her rivals lift and then take the gold
medal on weight advantage from the Nigerian.
Both women then opted for extra lifts, beyond the
competition, to improve on the world record. Fu
took it to 147kg only for Oluwafemiayo to raise
it again to 148kg. Tzu-Hui Lin of Taipei took the
bronze medal with a 137kg lift.
Paralympic record for Ghazouani in 67.5kg

The world number one, Souhad Ghazouani of
France, broke the Paralympic record as she won
the gold medal in the womens 67.5kg category,
achieving 146kg in her opening lift. She attempted
to break the world record as well, but the 30-yearold failed at 148kg and 150kg. I hope to try
again at Rio 2016, she said.
Yuijao Tan of China tried to deprive Ghazouani
of gold with an attempt at 147kg but did not
succeed. She took the silver medal after her success
at 139kg, while Nigerias Victoria Nneji picked up
the bronze at 125kg.
Nazmiye Muslu, gold

medallist in the 40kg
category
Nigeria top
Powerlifting nation
NGR
EGY
IRI
CHN
TUR
MEX
FRA
RUS
IRQ
GBR
GRE
KOR
TPE
UKR
G
6
4
4
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
S
5
3
1
6
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
B
1
4
1
6
1
1
0
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12
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Paralympic Rowing
Classication
AS Impairments that mean
an athlete can use only
their arms and shoulders to
accelerate the boat.
TA Impairments that mean
an athlete can use their
shoulders, trunk and arms to
accelerate the boat.
LTA Athletes with an
ability to row but who are
able to use their legs, trunk
and arms to accelerate the
boat. No more than two
athletes in a crew may have
a visual impairment.
AS and TA rowers may
compete in LTA events, but
an LTA athlete may not
compete in AS or TA events.
Chinas Cheng Huang (centre)

enjoys his gold medal win in the
mens Single Sculls ASM1x.
Mens event
Upset for Aggar in the Single Sculls
ASM1x
The rising standard in arms-only single sculling was
perfectly illustrated by the London 2012 Single
Sculls ASM1x event. In a surprise result, Cheng
Huang of China raced to the gold medal and Tom
Aggar of Great Britain lost for the rst time since he
took up the sport in 2007.
Huang had given notice that he was a force
to be reckoned with by setting a world best time
in the heats. He took the lead in the nal after
250m and was never challenged, crossing the
nish line on the 1000m course at Eton Dorney
in 4:52.36. He was three seconds clear of Erik
Horrie of Australia, who came from the back of
the eld to squeeze past the bronze medallist,
Aleksey Chuvashev of the Russian Federation, by
just 0.06. I followed my coaches instructions,
explained Huang. The rst part, I went at normal

speed. From 250m, I started using all my energy
and I had good control.
Aggar, meanwhile, appeared handily placed
for the rst half of the race, but his customary fast
nish was not there when he needed it, leaving
him to nish in fourth place. Going in I was the
fastest on paper and my preparation was good, but
when I asked for more today it just wasnt there, he
explained. The standard has moved on massively
and I just wasnt myself today. I will be back
though. Im a ghter through and through.
Womens event
Lysenko adds Paralympic gold to her
collection in the Single Sculls ASW1x
Alla Lysenko of Ukraine, the world and European
champion, powered her way to victory in the
womens Single Sculls ASW1x nal to take the
gold medal in front of the renowned Dorney Roar.
The 2010 world champion, Nathalie Benoit
of France, made a strong start, but a race that
went to form saw Lysenko in command before
the scullers had passed 250m. She extended her
lead throughout to nish in 5:35.29. Benoit held
on for the silver medal in 5:43.56, while Liudmila
Vauchok of Belarus, silver medallist at Beijing
2008, took the bronze in 5:47.54.
I went into the race as the favourite, but felt
no pressure, Lysenko revealed. I like to keep
it simple and be calm. I just start and nish.
Now I am the world, European and Paralympic
champion. This is the ultimate, but you can never
have too many gold medals, so I will prepare for
Rio 2016.
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Mixed events
World champions triumph in the Double
Sculls TAMix2x
Tianming Fei and Xiaoxian Lou of China, the
world champions, led from 300m and went on to
win gold in the mixed Double Sculls TAMix2x.
Over the 1000m course at Eton Dorney they had
established their superiority with a world best time
in the heats.
The pair crossed the line in 3:57.63, almost
six seconds ahead of Perle Bouge and Stephane
Tardieu of France. The race was really open, but
my hands hurt a lot because we have trained every
morning and night to prepare, commented Fei.
Even if my body is exhausted, my mind is full of
energy and excitement.
The battle for the bronze medal resulted in
Oksana Masters and Rob Jones of the USA edging
out the fading British pair. It was a tight race,
which Nicholas Beighton, a Captain in the Royal
Engineers who was injured on duty in Afghanistan,
and Samantha Scowen lost by less than half a
second. Jones admitted that the effort that took
the Americans to the line in 4:05.56 had left
them drained. My body hurts. I couldnt really tell
where we were at the end. We just sprinted and
pulled out everything we had. I knew that was the
time to empty the bank account of all the work
we have been doing over the last year to get the
bronze. Thankfully, that was enough.
Home Nation gold in the Coxed Four

LTAMix4+
The golden glow returned to British Rowing at Eton
Dorney when the mixed Coxed Four LTAMix4+
triumphed in a pulsating race to close the
Paralympic Games Rowing programme. For Pamela
Relph, Naomi Riches, Dave Smith, James Roe and
cox Lily van den Broecke, it was gold at last on a
day when Great Britains big hope, Tom Aggar,
had surprisingly nished out of the medals. It was

also an improvement on the teams performance at
Beijing 2008, when they took bronze.
The British crew that won the 2011 world title
did not have the best of starts, however. In warmup they suffered what van den Broecke called an
equipment failure when their speed coach, which
shows the stroke rate, fell overboard. Added to
this, Germany began the race well to take an early
lead. Even after Great Britain had overtaken them
just after halfway, they continued to press hard.
Despite tiring in the nal 250m, the British boat
held on to cross the line in 3:19.38, encouraged by
the familiar Dorney Roar. Germany, the pre-race
favourites after their world best time in the heats,
took the silver medal with 3:21.44 and Ukraine
collected the bronze with 3:23.22, beating China
by just 0.2 seconds.
The Great Britain cox van den Broecke
explained that teamwork helped the crew overcome
their pre-race mishap. This is the result of two
years work and its incredible, she added. We
had a few interruptions on our way to the start, but
kept our focus, added her teammate Roe. We had
condence in what we could do.
Great Britains (left to right) Pamela

Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith
and James Roe celebrate winning
the Coxed Four LTAMix4+ gold
medal with their cox Lily van den
Broecke. The team reeled in an
early lead from the German team
to take to the front just before the
grandstands at Eton Dorney.
We choose to be
athletes, and now all
the moments of pain
and the hours of
training have been
worth it.
Naomi Riches, member
of ParalympicsGBs gold
medal-winning
Coxed Four LTAMix4x
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Paralympic Sailing
Classication
Single-Person Keelboat
(2.4mR)
The athlete must meet
the minimum eligibility
requirement the equivalent
of a seven in the ThreePerson Keelboat (Sonar).
Two-Person Keelboat
(SKUD18)
Athletes are assigned the
class TPA if they have an
impairment with a greater
impact on their ability to
sail; TPB athletes have an
impairment with a lesser
impact. A crew consists
of one TPA and one TPB
athlete.
Three-Person Keelboat
(Sonar)
Each athlete is assigned
a score between one and
seven based on the impact
of their impairment on their
ability to perform tasks in the
boat. The lower the number,
the greater the impact of
their impairment on their
ability to sail. The total of
all three athletes must not
exceed 14.
The Australian crew of Daniel

Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch sailing in
the Two-Person Keelboat (SKUD18)
at Weymouth and Portland. With
a lack of wind disrupting the nal
day of competition, they were
awarded the gold medal after 10
races rather than the scheduled 11.
Gold for Australian pair in Two-Person

Keelboat (SKUD18)
Just when the sailors needed a fair wind to
complete their Paralympic Games races, the
weather changed. The lack of wind in Britains
sudden Indian summer meant that the nal day
of competition had to be cancelled, with medals
decided after 10 races instead of 11.
Ten races were more than enough for Liesl
Tesch and Daniel Fitzgibbon of Australia, however.
Skippered by the 36-year-old Fitzgibbon, four
times voted Sailor of the Year with a Disability in
Australia, the eventual champions had already
moved out of their rivals reach following four
wins and ve second places in the Weymouth and
Portland waters. For Tesch, 43, the gold medal
fulllled an ambition she has held since Beijing
2008, when she switched from Wheelchair

Basketball to Sailing. She sought to win at London
2012 as a tribute to her mother, who died of
cancer on the opening weekend of the Paralympic
Games. I was able to channel all of that emotion
this week and we won the gold for Mum, the
Brisbane athlete explained.
Jen French and Jp Creignou of the USA took the
silver medal. World champions Alexandra Rickham
and Niki Birrell, denied the chance to push for
silver in the nal race by the lack of wind, had to
settle for bronze, two points behind the French pair.
They were still proud, however. Alex and I will
have medalled at every single Skud event on the
planet, Birrell observed. Theirs was among the
rst Paralympic Sailing medals awarded to Great
Britain since the event was added to the Paralympic
Games programme at Sydney 2000.
Lucas wins gold for Great Britain in the

Single-Person Keelboat (2.4mR)
ParalympicsGBs Helena Lucas, the only woman
in a competition of 15 men, had a nine-point lead
before the nal race was abandoned on the last
day of Sailing. Her lead was enough to see Great
Britain win its rst gold medal since the sport
entered the Paralympic Games programme.
Lucas, 37, who started sailing when she was
eight years old, has won three bronze medals in
the world championships and nished seventh at
Beijing 2008. At Weymouth and Portland she won
four of the 10 races completed in a week when
some of her opponents thought the generally light
winds might have favoured her. She denied this,
however. I was consistent, she explained. I had
really good speed in all the conditions, which we
have been working on really, really hard. I had
great starts, which enabled me to use my speed
and pull away from the competition.
Heiko Kroger won the silver medal for
Germany, with the bronze going to Thierry
Schmitter of the Netherlands.
Reunited Dutch crew take Three-Person

Keelboat (Sonar) gold
The Netherlands crew, reunited after taking silver at
the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, stepped up to
a gold medal at London 2012 after the nal day of
competition was abandoned due to lack of wind.
Having quit the sport after Athens 2004, the

Dutch crew, Udo Hessels, Marcel van de Veen and
Mischa Rossen decided to regroup in 2012 for the
world championships, held that year in Holland.
Their success in taking a world title there inspired
the trio to compete at London 2012, where they
made an indifferent start to the Paralympic regatta.
After taking the lead in the second days racing,
however, victory always seemed likely, despite
some close encounters in the Weymouth and
Portland waters. When the halt was called they
held a 20-point lead over Jens Kroker, Siegmund
Mainka and Robert Prem of Germany, so required
no nal race to secure the gold medal.
Aleksander Wang-Hansen, Marie Solberg
and Per Eugen Kristiansen of Norway also had
a sluggish start to the regatta, even surviving a
disqualication on the third days racing. They
did enough over the ensuing days to secure the
bronze medal, though, nishing just two points
behind Germany.
The ParalympicsGB crew of John Robertson,
Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas had been in
the bronze medal position. They were relegated to
fth place after receiving a four-point penalty for
unauthorised cleaning of their Sonars keel. The
boat had been taken out of the water for necessary
repairs after the penultimate days racing.
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Left: Going it alone. Helena Lucas,

the only woman in the Single-Person
Keelboat (2.4mR) competition, races
to a nine-point lead. She showed
the men how it was done, winning
Great Britains rst Paralympic
Sailing gold medal.
Its a sense of
relief, something
so, so special. It
will hit me when it
all settles down. My
dads cried more
than me.
Helena Lucas, SinglePerson Keelboat (2.4mR)
gold medallist
Below: The Japanese, French, Irish

and Dutch crews race it out in the
Three-Person Keelboat (Sonar). The
Dutch crew (right) of Udo Hessels,
Marcel van de Veen and Mischa
Rossen, held a 20-point lead before
the nal day of competition was
cancelled, taking home the
gold medal.
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Paralympic Shooting
Jakobsson nds his touch to win the
R750m Rie 3 Positions SH1
The sports most successful Paralympian, Jonas
Jakobsson of Sweden, had not enjoyed the best
of times going into his nal competition at London
2012. He recovered his form, however, to secure
his 17th gold medal from nine appearances at the
Paralympic Games.
After a sluggish start, he scored 10s from his
third shot to the end, taking the title with a total of
1,255.9 points.
Doron Shaziri of Israel reclaimed the silver
he won at Beijing 2008 and Atlanta 1996 with
1,252.4 points. Chao Dong of China won bronze
with 1,251.5, his second medal in London 2012.
Mens events
The Sport
Paralympic Shooting made
its debut at Toronto 1976. At
London 2012 the historic Royal
Artillery Barracks in Woolwich,
dating back to 1716, provided
a magnicent Paralympic venue
with its elegant architecture
and 300m Georgian faade,
the longest in the UK. Since
1980 Paralympic Shooting uses
functional classication rather
than disability classication, and
there are now 12 medal events.
Classication
SH1 Athletes who can
support their rearm without
assistance
SH2 Athletes who require a
stand to support their rearm
Dong keeps cool to win R110m Air Rie

Standing SH1
Chao Dong of China was the coolest man on the
Shooting range at The Royal Artillery Barracks, on
a day when more experienced athletes struggled
in the unseasonable cold. Dong, 26, nicknamed
the Hunter, opened up by marking a perfect
100 points in the third, fourth and fth series. He
qualied rst for the nal by equalling Swede Jonas
Jakobssons world and Paralympic record of 596
points, going on to take gold with 699.5 points.
Among those he beat was Jakobsson, the
47-year-old defending champion who was far from
his best. I would have had to have been at the top
of my game to be there with Dong, he admitted
after securing silver, his 29th Paralympic medal,
with 696.5 points.
Josef Neumaier of Germany won bronze after a
shoot-off with Seungchul Lee of Korea.
Womens event
Zhang wins rst gold of the Paralympic
Games in the R210m Air Rie
Standing SH1
The rst of the 503 gold medals awarded at the
Paralympic Games was claimed by Cuiping Zhang
of China, who provided a masterclass in 10m
Shooting. The 24-year-old missed the centre of the
target only four times during the competition and
her score of 500.9 points was a world record. She
had also set a Paralympic record in qualifying,
scoring 396 points. When I red the last shot and
it ashed up on the screen as a record, I didnt
want to put the gun down, she laughed. I just
wanted to enjoy the moment.
The silver medal was won by Manuela
Schmermund of Germany, who scored a total of
493.6 points, while the bronze went to Natalie
Smith of Australia on 492.4.
Mixed events
First title for Kovalchuk in the R510m Air
Rie Prone SH2
Vasyl Kovalchuk of Ukraine emerged as the
champion on his Paralympic debut. He proved the
calmest in the nal, securing the gold medal with
his nal shot after delaying to re-sight his aim. His
nal score was 106.4 for a total of 706.4 points, a
Paralympic record. Raphael Voltz (FRA), the world
number one, took silver after a shoot-off with Great
Britains James Bevis, who took bronze.
World record for Fevre wins the R310m

Air Rie Prone SH1
Great Britains Matthew Skelhon fought a close
contest with Cedric Fevre of France, who nally
claimed the gold medal with his last two shots.
Both men scored perfect rounds of 600 points in
qualifying, but it was Fevre, 28, who scored 10.7
and 10.6 to secure gold with a total of 706.7
points, setting a world and Paralympic record
at his rst Paralympic Games. Cuiping Zhang of
China nished in the bronze medal position on

705.8 points.
Skelhon, cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd
at The Royal Artillery Barracks, hit a perfect
10.9 on his eighth shot to take silver medal with
706.4 points. It was a hugely popular medal for
the defending champion, who made faces at the
television camera and encouraged the crowd
to give their support. My worst nightmare was
messing up the qualifying, said Skelhon. Ive
never seen eight guys shoot 600 before to get into
the nal.
Alaryani stages upset in R650m Rie

Prone SH1 nal
There was an upset in the R650m Rie Prone
SH1 nal when Abdulla Sultan Alaryani won
the United Arab Emirates rst gold medal in this
event. Swedens Jonas Jakobsson, the legendary
defending champion, nished fourth as Alaryani
scored 694.8 points. Spains Juan Antonio
Saavedra Reinaldo took the silver medal with
694.6 points, while Matthew Skelhon of Great
Britain snatched bronze from Jakobsson with
693.2 points.
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Opposite: Ice cool. Chao Dong of

China keeps his cool during the
mens R110m Air Rie Standing
SH1 competition. He went on to win
Chinas second Paralympic Shooting
gold medal of London 2012 after
qualifying for the nal with a world
and Paralympic record.
I had to sacrice
something
to become a
champion. This is
the result of what
we have persisted
in for the past four
years, and what we
aimed for.
Vasyl Kovalchuk (UKR),
R510m Air Rie Prone
SH2 gold medallist
Vasyl Kovalchuk of Ukraine shoots

for gold in the R510m Air Rie
Prone SH2. The silver and bronze
medals were decided with a shootoff between Frances Raphael Voltz
and Great Britains James Bevis, who
took silver and bronze respectively.
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You can hear the

crowd even from
under the water. Its
such an awesome
atmosphere.
Jonathan Fox, 100m
Backstroke S7 gold
medallist
The Aquatics Centre in Olympic Park

evokes a whale or stingray, with its
graceful, undulating shape.
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Sitting Volleyball
Far right: China attempt to return
a shot during the womens Sitting
Volleyball nal against the USA.
The gold medal match ended with
China taking their third Paralympic
womens Sitting Volleyball gold
medal in a row.
Right: Sadegh Bigdeli of Iran and

teammates Davood Alipourian and
Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei
block a ball during the mens Sitting
Volleyball gold medal match.
Bosnia and Herzegovina eventually
overhauled Iran to take the gold
medal.
The Sport
In Sitting Volleyball, a highenergy game of agility and
skill, players aim to land the
ball in their opponents half.
Three touches are permitted
before the ball must cross the
net and a part of the body
between shoulders and bottom
must be in contact with the
court when a player plays or
attempts to play the ball. The
six-a-side game, developed
by the Dutch in the 1950s, is
a cross between the German
game Sitzbal and Volleyball.
Classication
D Disabled
MD Minimally disabled
A squad of 11 is allowed
two MD players, but only
one may be on the court at
any one time.
Mens event
Womens event
Bosnia and Herzegovina beat old rivals to

take Sitting Volleyball gold
China completes gold medal hat-trick in

Sitting Volleyball
The giants of the sport who contested gold and

silver medals at Beijing 2008 were at it again at
ExCeL. Four years ago Iran were the champions,
but they had to give way to their old rivals as
Bosnia and Herzegovina edged home 1925,
2521, 2522, 2515.
Both teams had been impressive at London
2012. For Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mirzet Duran
and Safet Alibasic had scored freely, while Davood
Alipourian and Isa Zirahis spikes and blocks
assisted Iran. The rst set underlined how well the
nalists were matched, with only Irans accuracy
taking them to a narrow 2519 win.
From there, however, it was Bosnia and
Herzegovina who held sway, their spikes levelling
the match at 11. They took the third set and
dominated the fourth to secure gold. Nizam Cancar
and Zirahi nished the match as joint top scorers.
The bronze medal match, a ve-set thriller, saw
Germany, the number eight seeds, nally overhaul
the Russian Federation 2025, 2624, 2225,
2522, 1614.
Sell-out crowds enjoyed a thrilling climax to the

womens Sitting Volleyball competition at ExCeL.
China emerged as champions for the third
Paralympic Games in a row with a 2225, 1525,
3230, 2515 victory over the USA.
With Yu Hong Sheng, one of the sports best
players, serving well and dominating at the net,
China moved from a set down to take control.
Just as the USA looked to be at their best, leading
109 in the second, the match turned. China took
advantage as their opponents struggled.
At 11, the match moved into the longest set,
32 minutes. The two sides traded blows, with China
losing ve set points and the USA three. Having
nally edged home in the fourth set 3230, China
won the nal set in just 20 minutes. Ukraine took
the bronze medal, defeating the Netherlands 30.
The Great Britain squad, making their rst
appearance at a Paralympic Games, were formed
less than three years ago. They nished eighth
without winning a set, but with performances that
augured well for Rio 2016.
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Paralympic Swimming
Classication
1-10 Athletes with physical
impairments. Class 1
impairment has the greatest
impact on the ability to
perform strokes; class 10
has the least
11-13 Athletes with visual
impairments. Class 11 have
little or no sight; class 13
have limited sight
14 Athletes with intellectual
impairments
S before the number
represents the classication
for Freestyle, Backstroke and
Buttery;
SB Breaststroke;
SM Individual Medley
Relays: contested by
swimmers with classications
between S1 and S10.
When the numbers of their
classications are added the
total must not exceed 34.
Mens events
Zheng takes sensational gold in 100m
Backstroke S6
Tao Zheng (CHN) became the rst Paralympic
Swimming champion at London 2012 when he
won the 100m Backstroke S6 in world record
time. Zheng, with a technique that brought
rapturous applause from the capacity crowd in the
Aquatics Centre, pulled away in the last 25m to
touch in 1:13.56. His teammate, Hongguang Jia
(CHN) took the silver medal while the fast-nishing
Sebastian Iwanow of Germany snatched the bronze.
Fox opens Britains medal account with

gold in 100m Backstroke S7
Powerhouse. Great Britains
A world record of 1:09.86 in the heats served

notice that Great Britains Jonathan Fox was ready
to improve on the silver medal he won at Beijing
2008 and the 21-year-old did not disappoint. Fox,
from Newquay, was slower in the nal but still
too good for the rest, taking the gold medal with
1:10.46. The silver medallist, Yevheniy Bohodayko
of Ukraine was more than half a second behind,
while Mihovil Spanja of Croatia came third in
1:12.53.
Fox said, My plan was to go for the world
Jonathan Fox swims in a 100m

Freestyle S7 heat. He went onto
win gold in the 100m Backstroke
S7.
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record in the nal but its all about trying to get that
gold medal around your neck so Im happy. I didnt
know that it was Great Britains rst [Paralympic]
gold medal in the Aquatics Centre. I am so focused
on my own swim that I never know whats going on
in the outside world.
Wang denies the Hynd brothers to win the

400m Freestyle S8
Yinan Wang (CHN) celebrates

winning gold in the mens 400m
Freestyle - S8.
Sharkmans in the water. (Left

to right) David Levecq of Spain,
Dmitry Grigorev (RUS) and Achmat
Hassiem (RSA) in the mens 100m
Buttery S10.
It happened at the Olympic Games and it

happened again at the Paralympic Games: a
young swimmer from China sprang a surprise in the
Aquatics Centre.
On this occasion, it was the 22-year-old Yinan
Wang who set a fast pace from the blocks that no
one else was able to match. It meant that the Hynd
brothers from Great Britain had to be content with
silver and bronze medals.
Sam Hynd (GBR), the defending champion and
world record holder, was the fastest qualier from
the mornings heats and the favourite for gold, while
his younger brother, Oliver Hynd (GBR), went into
the nal as the Home Nations hope for the silver.
Sam Hynd had the best start but it was Wang

who assumed the lead just after the halfway
point. Oliver had his time in the lead but Wang
proved himself strongest of the three and pipped
the Briton to the wall in 4:27.11. Oliver Hynd
was second in 4:27.88 while his brother Sam
took the bronze, his third Paralympic medal, in
4:32.93.
Sharkman wins bronze medal in 100m

Buttery S10
Achmat Hassiem (RSA) was encouraged by
South Africas top swimmer, Natalie du Toit, to
try Paralympic Swimming after he lost his right
foot in a shark attack while lifeguard training. He
nished ninth in the 100m Buttery S10 at Beijing
2008 but in the Aquatics Centre, the 30-year-old
Hassiem, known as Sharkman, won the bronze
medal in 57.76. Gold went to Andre Brasil of
Brazil in a Paralympic record of 56.35 while the
Russian Federations Dmitry Grigorev touched the
wall second in 56.89.
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World record for Dias in 100m

Breaststroke SB4
Amazing and amazed. Gold
medallist Josef Craig of Great
Daniel Dias of Brazil broke the world record twice

in a day as he powered to his third of six gold
medals at London 2012, this time in the mens
100m Breaststroke SB4, clocking 1:32.27. In
the morning heats, the 24-year-old, who won nine
medals at Beijing 2008, broke the record set by
Ricardo Ten of Spain for the rst time.
The nal saw Dias establish an unbeatable lead
on his way to breaking the world record for the
second time, and it was left to the 37-year-old Ten
and Moises Fuentes Garcia (COL) to ght it out for
the silver medal. That battle was won by Fuentes
Garcia, who touched in 1:36.92 while Ten won
bronze in 1:37.23.
Britain poses on the podium during

the Victory Ceremony.
Craig shocks even himself with gold in the

400m Freestyle S7
Great Britain discovered a new superstar in the
pool when 15-year-old Josef Craig twice broke the
world record on his way to winning gold in the
mens 400m Freestyle S7. Tipped as a swimmer
with enormous potential, not even Craig expected
to reach such dizzy heights in his rst Paralympic
Games. He set a world record in the heats and
then came from the middle of the pack to win the
nal in 4:42.81. Behind him in the silver medal
position was Shiyun Pan (CHN) at 4:46.22. Bronze
went to another 15-year-old, Andrey Gladkov of
the Russian Federation in 4:46.76. Jonathan Fox
(GBR), the 100m Backstroke champion and former
world record holder, nished fourth.
Xu produces his best to win the 50m

Buttery S6
Qing Xu produced another astonishing
performance to win his third gold medal of the
London 2012 Paralympic Games in a world
record of 29.90. Still only 19, the swimmer, who
won three gold medals at Beijing 2008, lost both
forearms in a car accident in 1998. Xu, who won

four gold medals at London 2012, said, This was
the most important race because the 50m Buttery
is very challenging. New, good swimmers are
coming up every year ... I know Im good, but I am
surprised. My training over the past four years has
not been wasted.
Womens events
Du Toit resumes winning ways in the 100m
Buttery S9
Natalie du Toit of South Africa conrmed that these
would be her last Paralympic Games after winning
the rst of the three gold medals she would collect
at the Aquatics Centre. The 28-year-old from Cape
Town, who made history by competing in the 10km
Marathon Swim at the Beijing 2008 Olympic
Games, secured the win in the 100m Buttery S9
Its very good to

break records,
but its even better
when youre not
expecting it.
Daniel Dias (BRA), 100m
Breaststroke SB4 gold
medallist
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competing against myself and setting new goals for

everyone. Records are made to be broken.
Simmonds shows perfect timing in 400m

Freestyle S6
Retiring champion Natalie du Toit

(RSA) tears up the pool in the
womens 200m Individual Medley
SM9 heat.
Im done its very

ofcial. Its sad, but I
walk away knowing
I gave it everything.
Natalie du Toit (RSA)
on her retirement from
swimming
Right: Crowd favourite. An

emotional Ellie Simmonds of Great
Britain waves to spectators after
winning gold in the womens
400m Freestyle S6.
in 1:09.30, ahead of Sarai Gascon of Spain and

Elizabeth Stone of the USA.
Du Toit, who won ve gold medals at the
Beijing 2008 and Athens 2004 Paralympic Games,
went on to add two silver medals to her amazing
collection.
Long dominates to win the 400m

Freestyle S8
Jessica Long (USA) is no stranger to winning gold
medals and this, her ninth, came after what must
rate as her most emphatic victory. The 20-yearold, who was born in Siberia and adopted from
a Russian orphanage at 13 months, had already
notched up one gold medal at London 2012, in the
100m Buttery S8, and won her second title at
these Paralympic Games, breaking her own world
record with 4:42.28. Long led from the start and
nished more than 18 seconds ahead of the silver
medallist, Heather Frederiksen of Great Britain.
Maddison Elliott (AUS) took the bronze medal in
5:09.36.
It was a dominant performance by the swimmer
who won three gold medals at Athens 2004 when
she was just 12 years old. Long said, I swam my
heart out and I gave it everything I had. That was
the goal, to go in and break the world record. I set
my goals very, very high and I feel like Im always
Ellie Simmonds (GBR) made her name by winning

two gold medals in the pool at Beijing 2008 at just
13 years of age. At London 2012, she became an
international heroine.
For 350m, Simmonds trailed her great rival,
Victoria Arlen (USA), who had broken Simmonds
world record earlier in 2012. But the gap was
never more than a few strokes and, at the nal
turn, the pair were level. Over the closing 50m,
Simmonds superior stamina helped her pull away
to set a new world record of 5:19.17. Arlen
clocked 5:20.18, which was inside her previous
world record. Lingling Song claimed the bronze
medal in 5:33.73 for China.
An exhausted Simmonds slapped the water
in triumph when she turned and saw the winning
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Versatile Ellie Simmonds shows a

champions form in the womens
200m Individual Medley SM6
nal.
That atmosphere,
its just unbelievable.
Im on a high all the
time. I dont want it
to end at all.
Ellie Simmonds, double
gold medallist
time. She grinned as she lapped up the rapturous

applause from the capacity crowd in the Aquatics
Centre. I cant believe I did it. It was so tough. I
could see Arlen on the last 100m and I thought,
Ive just got to put my head down and do it for
all the people who have supported me. I knew
Victoria was going to be on her game tonight. I
just put my head down and went for it. I did it for
myself. I did it for my family.
Simmonds swims for gold in the 200m

Individual Medley SM6
Ellie Simmonds won her second gold medal at
London 2012 and threw in a couple of world
records just for good measure as the British success
in the pool continued. She trailed during the
buttery, backstroke and breaststroke legs before
launching her attack on the freestyle 50m. After a
surprise world record in the heats, she improved her
time to 3:05.39. Verena Schott of Germany was a
long way back in second at 3:14.28 and Natalie
Jones (GBR) earned the bronze in 3:14.29.
Frederikson retains her title in 100m

Backstroke S8
Five days after losing to Jessica Long (USA) in
the 400m Freestyle S8, Great Britains Heather
Frederiksen turned the tables on her rival by
winning gold and retaining her title in the 100m
Backstroke S8. Her performance was all the
more astonishing because illness at the start of the
year had reduced Frederiksens serious training for
the Paralympic Games to just six weeks. That race
meant absolutely everything to me, she revealed.
Yesterday, I was really, really nervous and I was
nervous again tonight but I was determined I was
going to ght and I was going to win it. And ght
and win it I did.
Olesya Vladykina (RUS) led from the start but
Frederiksen began to assert her dominance at
50m. Frederiksen powered clear down the nal
50m and won by a body length in 1:17.00,
ahead of Long, who touched in 1:18.67 and
Vladykina at 1:20.20.
History
Swimming has featured at
every Paralympic Games
since Rome 1960. Until
1990, swimmers with the
same impairment competed
against each other but
in 1991 a sophisticated
classication system
was developed to allow
swimmers to race one
another regardless of their
impairment.
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A champion prepares. Ellie Cole of

Australia makes nal adjustments
before going for gold in the 100m
Backstroke S9.
Gold for Cole and silver lining for Millward

in 100m Backstroke S9
Its a great
achievement My
dad, grandparents,
mum and sister
are all here and
they couldnt be
prouder. It denitely
makes a difference
having them here
and having my dad
as coach. All his
energies have gone
into me.
Jacqueline Freney (AUS),
SM7 gold medallist
Opposite: Crystal blue persuasion.

For a few moments, the Paralympic
Swimming competitors cant hear
the encouraging roar of spectators
in the Aquatics Centre.
Ellie Cole (AUS) won the gold medal in the

womens 100m Backstroke S9 and the race was
also a triumph for the silver medallist, Stephanie
Millward (GBR).
Millward, 30, was on the verge of international
recognition as a non-disabled swimmer when she
contracted multiple sclerosis at the age of 15.
Her rst of ve medals at London 2012 came as
the Swansea-based swimmer clocked 1:11.07
behind Coles 1:09.42. The bronze medal went to
Elizabeth Stone (USA) in 1:12.28.
World record victory for Freney in 200m

Individual Medley SM7
There was no stopping Australias Jacqueline Freney
in the Aquatics Centre. The 20-year-old student from
New South Wales left London 2012 with a 100 per
cent record, winning all six of her individual nals.
She also took two gold medals as a member of
Australias 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 Points and
4 x 100 Medley Relay 34 Points teams.
In the 200m Individual Medley SM7, the
three-time bronze medallist at Beijing 2008 led
after the buttery lap and increased her lead over
the ensuing lengths. On the freestyle leg, she was
15m clear and going away, eventually touching
for her third gold in 2:54.42 to break the world
record. Brianna Nelson (CAN) won the silver medal
in 3:04.60. Min Huang (CHN) took the bronze in
3:07.51.
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Paralympic Table Tennis

world. His silver was Great Britains rst in the
mens Paralympic Table Tennis Singles competition
since Neil Robinsons at Atlanta 1996, and the
rst medal of any colour since Athens 2004.
He apologised for not winning the gold medal,
conceding I think I was too pumped up and maybe
I wanted it a bit too much. The atmosphere was
amazing maybe I just went after it a bit too
much. Jochen was very cool and calm.
Mykhaylo Popov of the Ukraine took the
bronze medal in a 32 win against compatriot
Maxym Nikolenko.
Eye on the ball. ParalympicsGBs

Will Bayley serves during his mens
Singles Class 7 gold medal match
against Germanys Jochen Wollmert.
Classication
1-5 Athletes with a physical
impairment that affects
their legs who compete in
wheelchairs. The lower the
impact the impairment has
on an athletes ability to
compete.
6-10 Athletes with a physical
impairment competing
standing up. The lower the
impact the impairment has
on an athletes ability to
compete.
11 Athletes with an
intellectual impairment.
Opposite: Great British success.

Great Britains Sara Head (left) and
Jane Campbell celebrate winning a
bronze medal in the womens Team
Class 13 competition.
Nikelis triumphs in quick-re

Singles Class 1 nal
Mens events
Wonderful Wollmert wins gold in
Singles Class 7
Germanys Jochen Wollmert won the gold medal in
the mens Singles Class 7 in an emotional contest
that saw him defeat Great Britains Will Bayley 31.
At the end of the action-packed match
Bayley, 24, lay on the oor in tears. He seemed
inconsolable in defeat until, in a fatherly gesture,
47-year-old Wollmert walked around the table,
lifted the young player to his feet and raised his
arm in salute to the cheering crowd. The German,
whose lethal top-spin had bamboozled Bayley,
had been expecting the silver medal after losing
nine out of 10 encounters with the young British
player. It was a big game and a fantastic crowd.
My dream was to make the nal against the local
matador, Will, he revealed.
Bayley gained hordes of new fans when
images of him leaping into his coachs arms after
the semi-nal were shown on television across the
Germanys Holger Nikelis defeated Jean-Francois

Ducay of France 31 in a quick-re nal to win the
gold medal in the Singles Class 1.
The match for the bronze medal saw an upset
when ParalympicsGBs Paul Davies beat world
number four Chang Ho Lee of Korea, a player four
places above him in the world rankings.
The Welshman, 45, came from 21 down to level
the fourth game, then surrendered two match points
in the fth game before securing victory. Ive been
playing for 21 years and now Im a Paralympic
bronze medallist, said the delighted champion
after the match.
Womens events
Powerful Partyka wins gold in
Singles Class 10
The gold medal in the womens Singles Class
10 was won by the amazing Natalia Partyka of
Poland, 23, who has never lost a match in 12 years
to complete a remarkable recovery by becoming

Paralympic champion. Yuliya Klymenko, also of the
Ukraine, beat Germanys Stephanie Grebe 31 to
take the bronze.
Classy China retain title in Team

Class 13
of Paralympic competition. Like Oscar Pistorious,

she also participated in the London 2012 Olympic
Games, where she nished in the last 32 of the
Table Tennis competition.
Her 16-year-old opponent in the Paralympic
event, Qian Yang of China, exploited Partykas
nerves as the burden of expectation weighed
heavily on the champion, testing her skill and
composure. But Partykas powerfully strong play,
mental toughness and light-footed action around
the table ensured that she prevailed 32 over the
teenager to claim her third consecutive gold medal.
Im very happy that I won, said the relieved
Partyka. Its not easy to play when everyone wants
to beat you. Thats pressure.
Yang said that playing at London 2012 had
improved her condence. I feel really excited
because this is my rst international competition
and also my rst Paralympic Games. Experience
is really important for me, especially as I am so
young, she explained. The bronze medal match
saw Lei Fan of China beat Melissa Tapper of
Australia 32.
Chebanika powers to gold in

Singles Class 6
Raisa Chebanika of the Russian Federation took
the gold medal in the womens Singles Class 6
less than a year after undergoing complex brain
surgery. The 48-year-old defeated her tough
Ukrainian opponent, Antonina Khodzynsk, 30
China defended their Team Class 13 Paralympic

title, winning gold by defeating Korea 30.
The win meant double gold for Jing Liu, the
Singles Class 12 champion, who won a thrilling
ve-set rst match, while her teammate Qian Li won
both her matches.
ParalympicsGBs Sara Head and Jane Campbell
won the bronze medal, beating Italy 32 after a
dramatic ght back from two sets down. Head
said the home crowd had spurred the squad to
play their best. The roar of the crowd, it was just
phenomenal, she revealed. To have everybody
waving and cheering, what more can you ask for?
They were helping me get the ball over. It was
unbelievable. Great Britain, who had failed to win
any medals at Beijing 2008, took one silver and
three bronze medals from the London 2102 Table
Tennis tournament.
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For two weeks I

was lying between
life and death,
unconscious.
There were doubts
about me playing
here. I prayed to
God to win and
he answered my
prayers.
Raisa Chebanika, the
Russian Federations
womens Singles Class 6
gold medallist
Above left: Table Tennis star.

Polands Natalia Partyka serves
during the womens Singles
Class 10 gold medal match. She
continued her amazing run of
never losing a match in 12 years of
Paralympic competition with her win
over Qian Yang of China.
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Wheelchair Basketball
Two against one. Tige Simmons
of Australia is challenged by
Patrick Anderson and Joey
Johnson of Canada during the
mens Wheelchair Basketball
nal. Andersons performance led
Canada to victory, as the team
improved on their Beijing 2008
silver medal.
Classication
Each player is assigned
a value based on his/her
physical function, from 1.0
for a player with the least
physical function to 4.5 for
those with the most.
The total value of a teams
players on the court must not
exceed 14.
Mens event
Superstar Anderson leads Canada to
victory in Wheelchair Basketball
Canadas golden
line-up
Dave Durepos
Yvon Rouillard
Bo Hedges
Richard Peter
Joey Johnson
Adam Lancia
Abdi Dini
Chad Jassman
Patrick Anderson
Brandon Wagner
Tyler Miller
David Eng
Patrick Anderson, who has been called the greatest

player ever to grace a Wheelchair Basketball
court, put on a superlative display to lead Canada
back to the top of the podium after taking the silver
medal at Beijing 2008.
The 33-year-old from Ontario returned to the
sport last year after taking three years away to
pursue a career in music. In the nal he scored
34 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and made eight
assists to inspire Canada to a 6458 victory over
Australia, the defending champions.
A crowd of 12,000 inside the North Greenwich
Arena were treated to the very best the sport
can provide. Both teams turned on the style in a
fascinating nale to a London 2012 tournament

that had captured the publics imagination and
commanded a growing legion of fans watching the
matches on television.
Australia led 2726 at half-time, but Anderson
scored next for Canada, who were never behind
again. With the teams level at 4848 in the fourth
quarter, Anderson scored 11 points as Canada
opened up a winning lead with the clock ticking
down.
Unbeaten throughout the competition, the
Canada bench began the celebrations by waving
ags as the last few seconds ebbed away. It feels
like I have never won anything in my life. I feel like
a little kid, said Anderson, the tournaments highest
scorer with 200 points. Australia are a fantastic
team and they make you scrap for 40 minutes. It
was a great nal.
The bronze medal match was won by the USA,
with Great Britain unable to hold on to the bronze

medal they won at Beijing 2008. A repeat of the
third-place match from four years ago saw the USA
triumph 6146, in a match described as one of
the hardest games Ive played in by Great Britains
Terry Bywater. They were scared of us before the
game for sure because its been a long, long time
since they beat us, he added. That must have
played on their minds and thats why they came out
with their A game, especially in the second half.
Top scorers Inge Huitzing (26 points) and Mariska

Beijer (27 points) helped the Netherlands romp to
a 7147 win. I have never played before such a
big crowd and to beat the gold medal winners from
Beijing 2008 is just amazing, said Beijer.
Great Britain nished in seventh position, beating
Mexico 5937 in their nal classication match.
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Gold is
unbelievable. I just
cant believe it
We worked so hard
for this.
Marina Mohnen
(GER), member of the
gold medal-winning
team
Womens event
Germany win every game to claim
Wheelchair Basketball gold
Top left: Germanys Annika Zeyan

passes the ball during the womens
Wheelchair Basketball nal. They
won every game in the competition
The day before the mens team lost their nal,

Australias women had once again to settle for the
silver medal after failing to halt Germanys winning
run in their competition.
Germany proved too strong in their eighth
match of these Paralympic Games, winning the
gold medal 5844 in front of another capacity
crowd at North Greenwich Arena. Mareike
Adermann was the top scorer for Germany with 19
points as the eventual champions came back from
a 104 decit in the opening quarter to score freely
and surge ahead. Along with Adermann, Annika
Zeyen and Marina Mohnen, the captain, scored
eight points each. Australia managed to shoot only
31 per cent in the rst half, leaving themselves too
much to do as Germany established a 2619 lead
at the break.
Australia, bronze medallists at Beijing 2008,
did rally in the third quarter to reduce the decit
to 3228. A resolute Germany always did
enough to maintain their lead, however, and
ensure an improvement on their silver medal from
four years ago.
The competition also contained a shock
for the USA in their bronze medal match. The
defending champions were denied even a place
on the podium by a rampant Netherlands squad.
to take a superb gold medal against

Australia.
Below left: Shelley Chaplin of

Australia looks on as the ball
leaves her grasp. The Australian
women were defeated by Germany
in the nal, giving Australia two
Wheelchair Basketball silver medals
in as many days.
Germanys golden
line-up
Mareike Adermann
Johanna Welin
Britt Dillmann
Edina Mueller
Annika Zeyen
Maria Kuehn
Gesche Schuenemann
Maya Lindholm
Annabel Breuer
Annegret Briessmann
Marina Mohnen
Heike Friedrich
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Wheelchair Fencing
Above: Yijun Chen of China (left)

and Ludovic Lemoine of France
(right) compete in the Team Open
nal at ExCeL. China, the world
Mens event
China on top in the Team Open
champions, added Olympic gold to

their collection.
Classication
A Athletes with full trunk
movement and good
balance.
B Athletes with an
impairment that affects either
their trunk or fencing arm.
China went into these Paralympic Games as the

world champions and their line-up included two
gold medallists from the individual Foil categories
at London 2012. Therefore, it was no surprise
that the China equipe of Yijun Chen, Ruyi Ye and
Daoliang Hu made it through to the nal. The
surprise lay in the fact that their opponents were not
Hong Kong, China, as expected, but France.
In the nal, China went into a 101 lead
thanks to victories by Chen and Ye, but France
responded well with wins for Damien Tokatlian and

Ludovic Lemoine, who both beat Hu, a player from
Category B, for those fencers with an impairment
that affects either their trunk or fencing arm.
Chinas lead was thereby reduced to 2523.
Chen then won all three of his bouts and Hu
beat Alim Latreche, Frances Category B fencer.
A drawn ninth and nal bout between Ye and
Lemoine assured China of a 4532 victory and the
gold medal. It was Chinas sixth Fencing gold and
tenth Fencing medal of these Paralympic Games.
Hong Kong, China won the bronze medal after
they beat Italy in a close 4542 match.
Womens events
China overcome determined Hungary to

win Team Open gold
Yu beats Wu for gold in the Foil

Category A
Hungarys clever fencers offered stiff resistance,

but it was China who took the gold medal in this
absorbing nal of the womens Team Open
4538.
After Veronika Juhasz opened Hungarys
account with a defensive display that gave China a
10 lead, Zsuszanna Krajnyak took full advantage
of being the Category A fencer by opening up a
102 lead in the second bout against her Category
B opponent, Fang Yao.
The advantage was quickly wiped out, however,
when the roles were reversed and Baili Wu claimed
a 133 victory over Gyongyi Dani.
From then on, China scored consistently to win
three of the remaining rounds, draw two of them and
lose one by a single point, securing the gold medal.
The bronze medal match saw Hong Kong,
China beat Poland 4526.
The 28-year-old Chui Yee Yu of Hong Kong, China

became a three-time Paralympic gold medallist after
successfully defending the Foil Category A title
she won at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.
During the Paralympic Games, she was also
successful in retaining her seat on the IPCs
athletes council and will be one of six athletes
who will act for her fellow Paralympians in the runup to Rio 2016.
In the nal, she beat Baili Wu of China 1513.
Both women defeated Hungarians in their seminals, and in the bronze medal match, it was the
world number one, Zsuzsanna Krajnyak, who
prevailed over Veronika Juhasz.
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Opposite: The champion. Yijun

Chen celebrates winning the gold
medal in the Sabre Category
A nal. China won a total of 10
medals during the Wheelchair
Fencing competition, six gold.
The Sport
Swashbuckling sword ghting is
an ancient art but Wheelchair
Fencing was developed in the
1940s at the Stoke Mandeville
Hospital, the birthplace of the
Paralympic Games. Fencers
use three weapons the epe,
which is the heaviest, the lighter
foil and the sabre, which is
based on the cavalry sword.
The sabre can only hit above
the waist and the rule has its
origins in the days when it was
considered discourteous to hit a
mans horse.
Left: Chui Yee Yu of Hong Kong,

China is ecstatic after her win
against Baili Wu of China. Yu
defended her Foil Category A title
won at Athens 2004 and Beijing
2008.
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Wheelchair Rugby
Catch me if you can. Australias
Wheelchair Rugby star Ryley Batt
dodges the advancing Canadian
side during their gold medal match.
Batt was named Man of the Match
at the end of the nal.
Classication
Every player is assigned
a point value there are
seven classes, from 0.5
to 3.5 based on their
physical function. The lower
the number, the more severe
the impairment. The total for
the four players on the court
at any time must not exceed
8; for each female player
a team elds on court, the
points maximum increases
by 0.5.
This has been a

huge competition
for Wheelchair
Rugby. I played
at Sydney 2000
and it has become
hugely popular
since. It has possibly
even bypassed
Wheelchair
Basketball now.
Brad Dubberley, Coach of
the gold medal-winning
Australian Wheelchair
Rugby team
Batt stars as Australia take

Wheelchair Rugby gold
The eagerly anticipated Wheelchair Rugby nal saw
an impressive performance by Ryley Batt secure the
gold medal for Australia, who defeated Canada 66
51. The 23-year-old, named Man of the Match after
the nal on the last day of the Paralympic Games,
ended the competition having scored a remarkable
161 points in the ve matches he played.
The sport, originally called murderball and well
known for its crashes and spills, did not disappoint
at London 2012, attracting sell-out crowds to
the Basketball Arena. However, the Paralympic
Games matches proved that there was more to the
game than that, with the crowds also coming to
appreciate the level of skill involved.
Batt, from Port Macquarie in New South Wales,

opened the scoring after only 30 seconds. He
led from the front as Australia scored freely and
displayed a defensive capability that stopped
Canada doing the same. Numerous times Batt
made his presence felt with defensive blocks and
interceptions, as well as feeding telling passes to
teammates Chris Bond and Naz Erdem. His speed
on the court was often dazzling, as was his ability
to spin on a sixpence to avoid trouble and so
thwart Canadas attempts to nd a way through.
Australia piled on the points through the second
quarter as Canada, bronze medallists at Beijing
2008 and the team responsible for putting the USA,
the defending champions, out of the nal, found
Batt too hot to handle.
By half-time the Australia lead was 3421, and

the result was rarely in doubt.
Ben Newton did score for Canada at the
resumption of play, but, while both teams matched
each others efforts, Australias lead was never
reduced.
There were no complaints from Canada after the
match. Its disappointing to not win, but the better
team won on the day, coach Kevin Orr observed.
As for Batt, he looked forward to celebrating
with a beer and a meal after winning gold at his
third Paralympic Games. Third time lucky, he
laughed. You can only go one better than silver
and thats a gold I know Ive trained so hard
over the last four years and so has the team to get
to this point and its nally paid off.
The USA, who were beaten 5049 by Canada,
took the bronze medal after comfortably winning
their play-off with Japan 5343. The Great Britain
team matched their world ranking by securing
fth place after defeating Sweden, the European
champions, 5947.
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Above: Garett Hickling of Canada

(centre) retains possession of the
ball as the Australian team move to
block him. However, the Canadian
team could not reduce the lead that
Australia held throughout.
Left: Third time lucky. Ryley Batt

clashes with the Canadian team as
Australia take control to win the gold
medal. It was Batts third Paralympic
Games, and his rst gold.
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Wheelchair Tennis
from the Netherlands, was far closer. Ronald Vink
eventually defeated Maikel Scheffers 46, 76,
64.
Sweden serve up Doubles surprise

Stefan Olsson and Peter Vikstrom came into the
Paralympic Games seeded sixth, but deed the
rankings to win gold in just over an hour.
The Beijing 2008 silver medallists beat both
number three seeds from the Netherlands, Tom
Egberink and Maikel Scheffers, in the quarter-nals
and defending champions Stephane Houdet and
Michael Jeremiasz of France in the semi-nals. In
the nal they defeated Frances Frederic Cattaneo
and Nicolas Peifer, seeded four, 61, 62.
The bronze medal match saw Houdet and
Jeremiasz beat Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink
of the Netherlands 60, 60.
Shingo Kunieda of Japan grimaces
with exertion in the Wheelchair
Tennis nal against Stephane
Houdet of France.
Classication
Open Athletes with an
impairment of one or both
legs that does not affect their
arms or hands.
Quad Athletes with an
arms and legs, which limits
their ability to handle the
racket and to move their
wheelchair compared with
Open athletes.
Mens events
Kunieda wins Singles under golden sunset
Playing under a glorious sky illuminated by Eton
Manors oodlights, Japans Shingo Kunieda
became the rst man to retain the mens Singles
gold medal when he beat the top seed, Stephane
Houdet of France, 64, 62.
Kunieda, 28, was at his tenacious best,
chasing down Houdets groundstrokes and
easing ahead after converting his second set
point. The high-quality match, played before
a capacity 5,000-strong crowd, saw both
players wheeling to all four corners of the court
to retrieve seemingly lost causes and produce
winners. In the end Kunieda, a Doubles gold
medallist at Athens 2004, proved the stronger.
The bronze medal match, between two players
Womens events
Invincible Vergeer extends unbeaten run to
another Singles gold
Esther Vergeer from the Netherlands won her 470th
consecutive match in womens Wheelchair Tennis
to take her fourth Paralympic Games gold medal.
The 31-year-old was never in trouble in her 60,
63 defeat of compatriot Aniek van Koot, the only
player to have tested her in recent years.
Blessed with warm sunshine, the crowd saw
Vergeer at her best, spraying shots around the court
and wrapping up the rst set against a nervous van
Koot in 23 minutes.
Jiske Grifoen completed a clean sweep of the
medals for the Netherlands by beating Sabine
Ellerbrock of Germany to claim bronze.
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Vergeer adds Doubles gold in

all-Netherlands nal
The Netherlands domination of the Paralympic
Games Tennis tournament continued in the womens
Doubles nal, where the all-conquering Esther
Vergeer teamed up with Marjolein Buis to beat
compatriots Jiske Grifoen and Aniek van Koot,
61, 63.
The womens competition also saw the Great
British pairing of Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley
become the rst British women to win a Wheelchair
Tennis medal at the Paralympic Games. In an
epic, three-set, three-hour match, supported by the
crowd, they defeated the battling but tiring Sakhorn
Khanthasit and Ratana Techameneewat of Thailand
67, 76, 63 to secure bronze.
Mixed events
Gershony wins Israels rst gold in the
Quad Singles
A changing of the guard in the Quad Singles saw
Great Britains two-time defending champion Peter
Norfolk go out in the quarter-nals, while a former
helicopter pilot, Noam Gershony, won the title for
Israel in his rst Paralympic Games.
In less than an hour Gershony, 29, who only
took up the sport seriously in 2008, beat the
top seed, David Wagner of the USA, 63, 61.
Wagners Quad Doubles partner, Nick Taylor of
the USA, took the Quad Singles bronze medal. The
only player to use a power chair, Taylor threw the
ball up with his feet and served underarm to defeat
Shraga Weinberg of Israel 16, 63, 64.
USA hat-trick in Quad Doubles

A hat-trick of gold medals for the USA pair of
David Wagner and Nick Taylor meant heartache
for Great Britains Peter Norfolk and Andy
Lapthorne after an emotional Quad Doubles nal.
The USA pairings hard-fought 62, 57, 62

victory marked the rst time a Wheelchair Doubles
pair had won three consecutive Paralympic gold
medals since the sport joined the programme at
Athens 2004.
It was also the last Paralympic Games match
for Norfolk, 51. Quad Singles champion at
Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, he had also won
silver and bronze medals in the Doubles at both
previous Games.
Above: Marjolein Buis (right)

and Esther Vergeer (left) of the
Netherlands celebrate winning the
gold medal in their Doubles match
against Jiske Grifoen and Aniek
Van Koot, also of the Netherlands.
Below: Nicholas Taylor (USA) and

his partner David Wagner take on
Britains Andy Lapthorne and Peter
Norfolk in the Quad Doubles at
Eton Manor.
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Paralympic Games
Closing Ceremony
At the Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony, Lord
Coe found the perfect phrase to sum up London
2012: There are some famous words you can
nd stamped on the bottom of a product, he told
the 80,000 people in the Olympic Stadium and
the millions watching on television. Words that,
when you read them, you know mean high quality,
mean skill, mean creativity. We have stamped those
words on the Olympic and Paralympic Games of
London 2012. London 2012. Made in Britain.
Entitled The Festival of the Flame, the
Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony summoned
the re and energy that were present at every
venue, at every event, in the heart of everyone
there, by stoking the spirit of the Games. Director
Kim Gavin chose the ame motif to mark the
Above: Head for heights. Captain

Luke Sinnott climbs to hang the Union
ag over the Olympic Stadium. He
was chosen as part of a tribute to the
armed forces and the work of forces
charity Help for Heroes.
ParalympicsGB stars. Great

Britains Ellie Simmonds and
Jonnie Peacock light their Torches
from the Paralympic Flame. They
extinguished the Flame to signal the
end of London 2012.
passing of the seasons, and re a universal

symbol of beginnings and endings was the
dominant theme throughout.
To start the proceedings, Flagbearers of the
164 participating nations including Great
Britains Sarah Storey and David Weir gathered
in the middle of the ineld to create a heart
shape around the central Sundial Stage. Captain
Luke Sinnott, who lost both legs while serving in
Afghanistan, climbed to the top of the ag pole to
hang the Union ag. Lissa Hermans, who is blind
and autistic, performed a moving rendition of the
National Anthem.
The stars, how they shine for you
Central to the celebrations were Coldplay who
were, in their own words, honoured to be a part
of the Paralympic Closing Ceremony. It was their
rousing anthems, so suited to stadium concerts
around the world, that lled the air as a cast of
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Above: Prince Edward, Earl of

Wessex (left) and Sir Philip Craven,
President of the International
Paralympic Committee, arrive at the
Olympic Stadium. Their carriage
was made out of second-hand cars.
Left: The Sun King burns

spectacularly during the Paralympic
Closing Ceremony. He symbolised
death and rebirth, along with his
counterpart, the Snow Queen.
1,336 volunteers, 120 children and more than

200 professional dancers, actors and acrobats
performed around them.
The band performed many of their greatest
hits, including Us Against the World, Paradise,
Clocks and Up in Flames but it was their classic
Yellow that allowed the real star of the show to
shine. The array of lights in the Olympic Stadium
bathed everything in yellow, and the pixels
dazzling LEDs attached to the back of the seats
illuminated the crowd. Adding to the warm
glow inside the Olympic Stadium was a huge,
aming Sun King that rose from centre-stage as
the 12 members of Candoco, a contemporary
dance company for non-disabled and disabled
performers, created the ame dance.
Fantastical trucks like the Clamposaurus, the
Hellcopter and the Beast from the East pieces
of Soviet MiG21 ghter planes rescued from
East Berlin welded onto the chassis of an East
German all-terrain army vehicle, roared around

the Olympic Stadium, surrounded by reies,
ying motorbikes and crows on stilts. Mat Fraser,
who was born with phocomelia, was on stage
drumming with Coldplay. There were rousing
tributes to the 70,000 volunteers and Games
Makers, and it was only tting that Jonnie Peacock
and Ellie Simmonds, two home-grown Paralympic
champions, took centre-stage to douse the
Cauldron that had been lit from ames created on
Britains highest peaks.
Sir Phillip Craven, the President of the
International Paralympic Committee, called the
Paralympic Games an event absolutely no one
wants to end.
The nal word, however, should lie with
Lord Coe, Chair of LOCOG. In this country, we
will never think of sport the same way and we
will never think of disability the same way. The
Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation.
Overleaf: Bidding farewell. Athletes

and spectators look on as the
London 2012 Paralympic Games
are brought to an impressive close
with The Festival of the Flame.
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The London 2012 Festival
Were trying to
put art back into
the heart of the
Games Pierre de
Coubertin wanted
art, education and
sport to be the three
pillars of the Games
I hope that our
artistic commissions
will rest in peoples
hearts and souls, as
well as remaining
as a physical
legacy.
Ruth Mackenzie, Director
of the Cultural Olympiad
and London 2012 Festival
LOCOG were determined to rejuvenate the

original concept of sport, art and education
forming the three pillars at the heart of the
Games. They succeeded in a spectacular way, with
the sporting festival inspiring the biggest explosion
of cultural creativity in Britain since the 1960s.
The London 2012 Festival ran for the four years
leading up to the Games, offering thousands of
performers and artists a focal point to display their
skills and culminating in a blaze of artistic activity
held over 12 weeks during the summer of 2012.
Now regarded as the nest Cultural Olympiad of
the modern era, its aim throughout was to attract
new people, especially young people, into culture
for the rst time, all over the UK. Thousands of
large and small events were staged across Britain
during the four years, from festive trailblazers
to the grand nale of the London 2012 Festival,
which ran from 21 June to 9 September 2012.
Even as the Olympiad inspired some of the
brightest lights from the arts, it also encouraged
individuals to enjoy new opportunities on offer.
LOCOG launched its programme with an Open
Weekend in 2008 that drew out talent and
creativity from hundreds of local events, from
Cornwall to Inverness. Museums and galleries
opened up their vaults to reveal hidden treasures;
theatres and opera houses threw wide their doors
to allow enthusiasts to take the stage; crowds of
strangers came together to dance, sing, paint and
retell age-old stories in famous venues. The event
proved so successful that it was replicated for
the next three summers, with participant numbers
increasing every year. Over one million people
ocked to the 2011 Open Weekend that marked
one year to go. Weve always been clear that
London 2012 is about more than just sport,
commented Lord Coe, Chair of LOCOG. We

created Open Weekend as part of the Cultural
Olympiad, to enable people to share in the
countdown celebrations towards London 2012,
but also be inspired by the Games to discover new
interests and develop their talents.
At the heart of every event was the desire to
inspire the next generation, with many projects
offering young people their rst taste of singing,
animation, lm-making and writing. One London
2012 Festival project set a Guinness World
Record for the most individual contributions to an
animated lm, The Itch of the Golden Nit. More
than 35,000 children contributed to the art, script,
musical score and production of this remarkable
lm, organised by the Tate Movie Project. It
drew upon material from over 250 workshops
across the UK, transferred in tens of thousands of
uploads to an online movie studio. The engaging
plot tells the story of 11-year-old Beanie, who
undertakes a mission to save his parents from Evil
Stella and return the Golden Nit, the battery that
powers the sun, to its rightful place in the solar
core and so save the universe from collapse.
Sir Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate and Design
Champion for the Olympic Delivery Authority
(ODA) and LOCOG, praised the achievements of
those who took part, noting that This project has
provoked some astonishing work by children of all
backgrounds, some of whom may well be the artists
and creatives of the future.
In another London 2012 Festival activity, the
National Portrait Gallery in London launched the BP
Portrait Award: Next Generation an extension of
its annual Portrait Award and exhibition. Hundreds
of teenagers nationwide, many of whom had never
set foot in an art gallery before, joined in a series
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Compagnie Carabosse light up the

World Heritage site of Stonehenge
with a re garden as part of the
London 2012 Festival.
of free workshops that encouraged them to paint or

draw portraits. They were guided by past winners
of the Award. Londoner Bryan Lanas, aged 19,
was one of those who participated. It was great
being surrounded by like-minded young people
and seeing the differences in style that each one
of us had, he said. It was a massive learning
experience. I learned how to explore line shape
and tone differently, and how to loosen up and
be more expressive. Lanas is now considering
entering for next years Award, and is looking at
a career in the creative industry. I would denitely
encourage young people to apply for a spot, he
added. It changes the way you think and may even
change your life.
The London 2012 Festival team also encouraged
artists and performers to adopt Olympian
aspirations on the eld of play, urging participants
to immerse themselves in their personal and artistic
Olympic goals. Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the
Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival,
described how her team approached potential
artists, amateur and professional, to participate
in this unique event. We encouraged ordinary
community members, children and adults, to go

beyond their personal best to learn a new creative
skill. We commissioned great artists from around
the world and we asked those great artists to try
something new, dangerous, risky, extraordinary, to
go beyond their personal best in Olympic terms, to
come up with a once on a lifetime commission that
would stand up to the once in a lifetime opportunity
of the Games in this country in 2012. It was a
compelling invitation that struck a rich creative vein.
An innovative commission in the south east
was the Boat Project, based upon an idea by
artists Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan. The
Made weak by
time and fate but
strong in will
To strive, to seek,
to nd, and not to
yield.
The nal lines of Alfred
Lord Tennysons poem
Ulysses, engraved in
stone in the Olympic Park
Collective Spirit. The result of the

Boat Project which combined 1,200
pieces of wooden material donated
by the public, takes to the water for
the rst time.
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It put us on our toes

and taught us new
tricks from cultures
abroad and their
different takes on
Shakespeare.
Michael Boyd applauds
the Shakespeare Festivals
impact on actors,
directors and audiences
Above and right: Actors from the

Iraqi Theatre Company rehearse
a scene from Romeo and Juliet in
Baghdad. Drawing on the countrys
rich traditions of music, poetry and
ritual, the work was performed at
the Swan Theatre in Stratford as
part of the World Shakespeare
Festival.
Boat, created by Olympic silver medallist Mark

Covell and Simon Rogers, an international yacht
designer, was built at Thornham Marina in West
Sussex, in a process that took over a year. It was
constructed from 1,200 pieces of wooden material
donated by the public, full of personal associations
and memories, which were then woven into the
hull of the 9m yacht to create a living archive.
They included pieces of wood from the Tudor
warship Mary Rose, a fragment of Jimi Hendrixs
guitar, a Victorian police truncheon, a plank from
the London 2012 Velodrome and a section of
Brightons West Pier. The callout was for objects
which had a signicance and a story, explained
Winters, and we were given some lovely, lovely
things, personal and emotional items. The yacht,
appropriately named Collective Spirit, took to
the water on 7 May 2012. In July it sailed along
the south coast to the Sailing venue in Weymouth
and Portland, Dorset, where it proved a popular
attraction for visitors during the Games.
All the worlds a stage

One of the cornerstones of the London 2012
Festival was the World Shakespeare Festival.
The biggest celebration of the Bards work ever
staged saw 70 productions performed at the
home of the Royal Shakespeare Company in
Stratford-upon-Avon and across the UK. The Globe
Theatre, reconstructed on its original site by the
Thames in London, held performances of all 37 of
Shakespeares plays in 37 languages. The Iraqi
Theatre Company left the audience at Stratfords
Swan Theatre spellbound by its emotionally
charged production of Romeo and Juliet, set in
present-day Baghdad.
The London 2012 Festival also brought new
performers to Shakespeare, such as actress Meera
Syal. She made her Shakespearean debut as
Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, directed by
Iqbal Khan and set in modern India. Syal observed
that many of Shakespeares plots could have come
from a Bollywood lm, and she believed many
performers took the opportunity offered by the
Olympiad to push their own artistic boundaries.
I feel like Im taking part in something historic, she

explained. I think people have used the Olympic
and Paralympic Games to push the barriers. We
want to show the world that we have artistic riches
and a spirit of innovation. Were not just doing the
safe stuff. Were doing the stuff that makes people
go wow, Britain is still cool.
Michael Boyd, the outgoing Artistic Director of
the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), described
his involvement with the London 2012 Festival as,
heartbreakingly wonderful. He believed that it had
been the most stimulating experience of his career,
teaching him something new about Shakespeare.
As with sport, you get better because of
competitors, and there was a competitive element
to this because theres the best work from all over
the world and weve got to make sure that were
right up there.
Commercially as well as creatively, the World
Shakespeare Festival was an overwhelming
success. Advance ticket sales from the Festival
were larger than for the RSCs version of Matilda,
the companys most popular musical production.
Encouragingly 45 per cent of ticket buyers were
new customers to the RSC, fullling one of the
London 2012 Festivals core aims.
A musical celebration
London 2012 also produced a new wave of Cool
Britannia that reected the celebratory mood. BT
London Live mixed pop, rock and sport, with gold
medal winners such as Bradley Wiggins, Jessica
Ennis, Sir Chris Hoy and Laura Trott appearing on
stage at live music gigs in central London during the
Olympic Games. Bands performing there included
Blur, Duran Duran, New Order, The Specials and
the Noisettes, whose lead singer Shingai Shoniwa
described the allure. Its part of history and its
fantastic to be doing something creative. Cheering
people on is fantastic. Its a chance of a life time
and its amazing to be involved, added the bands
guitarist Daniel Smith. All of our relations will be
saying one day that their grandparents played at
the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The BBC, the ofcial London 2012 Olympic

Games broadcaster, planned a series of special
programmes, documentaries and events to
complement the London 2012 Festival. Among
them were its most ambitious outside event, Radio
1s Hackney Weekend a free two-day music
festival attended by 100,000 people and featuring
headline artists such as Jay-Z and Rihanna. We
wanted to make sure that we marked this in a tting
way, and in one that would give young people from
London and beyond, who might not necessarily be
engaged with the Games, a chance to celebrate,
explained Ben Cooper, controller of Radio 1 and
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Above: Umbrella song. A girl

brandishes a Union ag umbrella
at the BT London Live Celebration
concert in Hyde Park. Blur, Duran
Duran, New Order, The Specials
and the Noisettes were among the
bands taking part.
Below: Midsummer magic. Rihanna

brings the BBC Radio 1 Hackney
Weekend to a close with her global
number one hit, We Found Love.
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Above: On the Africa stage at the

BT River of Music, the music of
French-speaking African countries
comes to life. Muntu Valdo (left) and
Mounira Mitchala (right) from Chad
performed at the London 2012
Pleasure Gardens.
Above right: At the opening event
of the London 2012 Festival,
children from the Raploch Estate
Big Noise orchestra play at The Big
Concert on 21 June 2012. They
performed outside Stirling Castle
with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra
from Venezuela and their conductor
Gustavo Dudamel.
1Xtra. Hackney is the perfect t for us: an Olympic

borough with a vibrant music scene and a large
young population, many of whom can often be
overlooked and disengaged, so exactly the people
that we wanted to reach and inspire.
Even Londons River Thames became a
venue, hosting the BT River of Music a global
festival that reected and embraced the huge
diversity of countries participating at the Olympic
and Paralympic Games. The festival included
performances from a wide variety of international
artists: Baaba Maal from Senegal; Benins
Angelique Kidjo; Zakir Hussain from India; and the
inspirational Staff Benda Bilili from the Democratic
Republic of Congo.
Eurostar presented a showcase of European
talent at Granary Square, close to the companys
transport hub at St Pancras Station. The
extravaganza called Traction was produced by
BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Gilles Peterson. Its a
dream. If I could do anything else, I would be in
sport and to be living here during the Olympic and
Paralympic Games is exciting, he revealed. I feel
that Im on a mission to show off my city.
The London 2012 Festival ended in a crescendo
of music that reverberated around the UK in the

Bandstand Marathon. The event saw more than
500 bandstands and open spaces welcome
performing musicians and bands in a unique and
tuneful climax to the Games.
The impossible comes alive
The London 2012 Festival was overseen by the
Cultural Olympiad Board and chaired by Tony
Hall, chief executive of the Royal Opera House and
former director of news and current affairs at the
BBC. For Hall, London 2012 represented a golden
opportunity for imaginative teamwork that made
the apparently impossible come to life. He was
convinced that experience of working at London
2012 would foster a collective legacy and a
knowledge bank for the arts in Britain in the future.
Hall passionately believes that the London
2012 Festival will inspire the next generation.
He eloquently described his personal hope that
the synthesis of sport and culture could spark
peoples creative awareness and imagination. I
hope the Festival will have an impact on peoples
lives in many different ways that people see
something that inspires them to go and do the same
thing to make it their passion in life opera,

painting, Morris dancing. It was the enormous
variety and nationwide accessibility that made the
London 2012 Festival so great a hit. It managed a
remarkable, and essentially British, juxtaposition of
the professional beside the amateur; the amalgam
of high art with a sense of fun and celebration,
which combined to create an unforgettable summer
of entertainment.
Children played a key role in many of the
events. On the opening night of the London 2012
Festival an inspiring performance was held at
Stirling Castle. It featured young people from the
Raploch estate and Gustavo Dudamels Simon
Bolivar Orchestra, whose musicians come from
shanty towns in Venezuela. This set the tone for the
Festival. It was to be an inclusive arts event with an
unpretentious, come and have a look attitude.
One particularly moving evening of music
took place at Coventry Cathedral when more
than 200 young people and children from local
schools, some as young as six, joined the City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The celebratory
concert marked the golden jubilee of the
consecration of the Cathedral, rebuilt after being
destroyed in the devastating bombing of the city
during the Second World War.
The performance included the world premiere
of composer James MacMillans new setting of the
Gloria, an ancient hymn of praise to the Trinity
used since the second century. It proved a brilliant
and beautiful piece by MacMillan, Britains leading
composer of religious music. Also an avid sports
fan, he was thrilled to be involved with the London
2012 Festival. Im a Celtic fan, so its marvellous
to see how the Olympic and Paralympic Games are
making a connection between sport and culture,
he observed, adding A lot of sports people are
inspired by the spiritual. The Gloria is a great
hymn of joy, and that makes it appropriate for the
Olympic Games.
Theatre also played a key role in the London
2012 Festival, embracing a wide variety of forms.
Stephen Beresfords powerful new play The Last of
the Haussmans saw actress Julie Walters return to

the National Theatre for the rst time in more than
a decade. She played a 1960s hippy chick in the
work, which she described as a funny, touching,
uncomfortable, brilliant look at a dysfunctional
family. Walters declared that the London 2012
Festival was her own personal Olympic Games.
Its team stuff, that competitive thing I hope we
can inspire people to be more interested in the arts
in the same way that the Olympic and Paralympic
Games will inspire sport, she explained. Its
terribly moving to see people working so hard and
its not just about sport, its also about celebrating
the culture here.
Comedy was represented with Tall Tales
from the Riverbank, a comedy relay presented
from a narrowboat by the Pleasance Theatre,
Islington. Through the summer of 2012 the boat
travelled from London to Edinburgh via Oxford,
Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow. Britishbased Australian comedian Tim Minchin appeared
at the Eden Project in Cornwall, supported by
young, up and coming artists from the south west.
Singer-songwriter George Montague, who comes
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I hope that all

sorts of people can
say later on that
they had their rst
idea of what they
wanted to be in life
at the London 2012
Festival.
Tony Hall, Chair of the
Cultural Olympiad Board
Tim Fitzhigham (left) and Andre

Vincent (right) stand on the
narrowboat during the launch
of Tall Tales from the Riverbank.
Fitzhigham was well qualied for
the role of Master of Ceremonies
during the trip, having once crossed
the English Channel in a bathtub.
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Top: Visitors enjoy Jeremy Dellers
Top right: Pupils from Burdett Coutts
Sacrilege installation on the
Primary School in south west London
Greenwich Peninsula with the North
join in the Big Dance world record
Greenwich Arena beyond. The
attempt with over half a million
inatable version of Stonehenge
children in 53 countries. It was one
toured the capital and the UK as
of the many events that inspired Big
part of the London 2012 Festival.
Street Dance Day.
Above: Damon Albarns opera Dr
Right: Dont look down. A dancer
Dee is performed by The English
from Elizabeth Strebs Extreme
National Opera at the London
Action dance group walks down
Coliseum. Albarn combined pop
City Hall. The group performed at
vocals with orchestral music played
iconic venues throughout the day
on 16th-century instruments.
with a nale on the London Eye.
from Gloucestershire, was delighted to contribute

to the show. It was a great honour to be asked
to perform my own music at the amazing Eden
Project, as part of the London 2012 Festival, let
alone playing on the same bill as the legend that
is Mr Minchin: a truly memorable, uplifting and
inspiring day.
A ick through the London 2012 Festival
programme reveals an eclectic mix of
entertainment. The English National Opera offered
Damon Albarns fantastical opera Dr Dee, telling
the story of Elizabethan alchemist Dr John Dee, who
bestrode the worlds of science and magic. Claire
Cunninghams striking dance piece, Menage a
Trois, was staged at the South Bank Centre. Turner
Prize winner Jeremy Deller undertook a nomadic
tour of 25 locations across the country, inviting
people to bounce on his Sacrilege installation, a
life-sized blow-up replica of Stonehenge. Bouncers
were invited to download Druid beards from
the Sacrilege website. This is a way to get reacquainted with ancient Britain with your shoes off,
Deller laughed.
Activities for all
The London 2012 Festival was not all about huge
productions and famous artists. Some of the most
successful initiatives were small-scale events in
local communities or at local libraries. Storylab,
for example, drew children to attend their library
and take part in educational activities linked to
the Olympic Games, while adults and teenagers
in the south west were offered a summer Reading
Passport to encourage readers to discover
world literature. As Mark Hawthorne, leader of
Gloucestershire County Council, explained, As the
world came to Britain, it was a great opportunity
to nd out more about the world. The Reading
Passport was an incentive to read more and to try
something different.
Dancing has enjoyed a renaissance as a
way to keep t, fostered by the popularity of the
BBC programme Strictly Come Dancing and the
regular appearance of dancers on television talent
shows. The Festival included a large element

of dance-related activity, both on stage and in
the street. Dancers at Cardiff Mela performed a
world record breaking Bollywood dance, while
a series of nationwide dance events aimed to get
ve million people up on their feet. Following the
success of these initiatives 14 July was declared
Big Street Dance Day, on which world famous
choreographer Wayne McGregor marshalled
1,000 dancers from 35 dance groups to join in
one huge performance in Trafalgar Square.
There was also an element of surprise and
delight to the artistic endeavour at the London
2012 Festival. Spontaneity was encouraged, with
pop-up performances and weird and wonderful
happenings taking place across the UK. One of the
most extraordinary sights in the summer of 2012
was acrobat Elizabeth Streb and her trapeze artists
abseiling down the London Eye and City Hall. At
Bexhill-on-Sea, Kent, Richard Wilsons full-scale
replica of a coach dangling off the edge of a cliff,
his homage to the classic scene from the lm The
Italian Job, appeared in glorious suspension on the
roof of the De La Warr Pavilion. BMW cars with
bodywork by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and
Jeff Koons raced around a car park in Shoreditch,
and Berlin-based Argentinian dancer Constanza
Macras performed in the woods of Wepre Park in
Connahs Quay in North Wales.
The nationwide reach of the London 2012
Festival was embraced by enthusiastic audiences
the length and breath of Britain. The events
provoked debate about art and culture and evoked
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Below and below left: Arthurs

Seat in Edinburgh was one of the
numerous British landmarks to take
centre stage during the London
2012 Festival. Endurance runners
and walkers using uorescent lights
created a choreographed public
art piece to launch The Edinburgh
International Festival with Speed
of Light.
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French pyrotechnic act Les

Commandos Percu perform at
Bowness-on-Windermere as part
of Lakes Alive. The performance,
coinciding with the opening night
of the London 2012 Festival,
helped to welcome the Olympic
Flame to Windermere.
The London 2012

Festival in numbers
19.5 million people joined
the UK wide London
2012 Festival
16.5 million free
opportunities draw new
audiences
9 out of 10 people
attending events agree
London was right to make
culture a key part of the
Games.
a sense of pride in the landmarks of Britain used

to stage exciting and imaginative work. Runners in
light suits raced around Arthurs Seat in Edinburgh,
while Lake Windermere hosted reworks, music
and dance with Les Commandos Percu. Hans Peter
Kuhn raised uttering ags on the stunning Giants
Causeway in Antrim, and Zachary Lieberman
projected messages on to Hadrians Wall, viewed
digitally all over the world. Bristol hosted Europes
biggest urban arts festival and Newport staged
the Busk on the Usk free festival. There was also
activity in Ironbridge, Shropshire, birthplace of the
Industrial Revolution that featured so prominently
in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Artist Kurt Hentschlgers CORE presented a
series of mesmerising digital projections exploring
weightlessness in one of the engine sheds at the
Ironbridge Gorge Museum.
Art in the Park
Art was also brought to the heart of the sporting
action with a stunning display of sculpture,
architecture and street art in the Olympic Park itself.
The most dramatic piece is the 115-metre high,
bright red, spiralling Orbit, designed by Anish

Kapoor and Cecil Balmond. This helter-skelter
style structure sitting beside the Olympic Stadium
comprises the largest piece of public art in Britain,
offering stunning views of the Park and the London
skyline from its viewing platform.
Elsewhere in the Park Keith Wilsons huge boat
moorings leap out of the River Lee like giant-sized
coloured crayons. Monica Bonvicinis wonderful
mirrored RUN sculpture urges people into action
and provided sports fans with a fabulous photo
opportunity outside the Copper Box. Waterfalls
cascaded words from the night sky and clouds
drifted along bridges; even the ngerprints of local
people dotted the surface of a wall. Among the
most simple and appealing of all the Art in the Park
installations were the scores of pictures painted
and drawn by local schoolchildren. They proudly
decorated the walls of the Main Press Centre and
welcomed the world to London.
In the end, the statistics were staggering.
They showed that more than 19.5 million people
attended the London 2012 Festival, with around
16.5 million people visiting free events. It was
estimated that 3 million people visited paid-for
events, for example the delightful Wallace and
Grommit BBC Prom, My concerto in Ee, Lad, and
art exhibitions such as David Hockneys A Bigger
Picture at the Royal Academy.
The London 2012 Festival deed the doubters
and the cynics to initiate the largest display of
art and culture seen in the United Kingdom since
the Festival of Britain that inspired the post-war
generation in 1951. It proved so successful,
and was so well received by the British public,
that shortly after the Olympic Games ended the
then Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced
the commissioning of a survey to explore the
feasibility of staging a biennial culture festival.
The London 2012 Festival illustrated that the British
people have, as with sport, a huge thirst for art
and culture, and the hope is that it will go on to
inspire the post-Olympic generation.
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Above: Monica Bonvicinis mirrored

glass sculpture RUN comes alive at
night with its built-in LED lighting.
During the day it acts as a mirror to
visitors and their surroundings in its
position outside the Copper Box.
Above left: One of three poems by

Lemn Sissay that helped to bring
poetry to the Olympic Park. This
untitled work was etched into a
wooden transformer enclosure to
bring art to unexpected places.
Left: The massive and beautiful

sculptured steel Orbit, a permanent
installation in east London. Lit by 250
LED lights, it glows in the night sky,
with the Olympic Stadium visible in
the background.
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Olympic Games Medal Results by Country

Gold
Silver
Gold
Silver
Bronze
TOTAL
United States of America (USA)
46
29
29
104
42
Serbia (SRB)
Peoples Republic of China (CHN)
38
27
23
88
45
Tunisia (TUN)
Great Britain (GBR)
29
17
19
65
46
Dominican Republic (DOM)
Russian Federation (RUS)
24
26
32
82
47
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Republic of Korea (KOR)
13
28
47
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Germany (GER)
11
19
14
44
49
Latvia (LAT)
France (FRA)
11
11
12
34
50
Algeria (ALG)
Italy (ITA)
11
28
Bahamas (BAH)
Hungary (HUN)
17
50
16
12
35
Grenada (GRN)
10
Australia (AUS)
50
11
Japan (JPN)
14
17
38
50
Uganda (UGA)
12
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
13
50
Venezuela (VEN)
55
India (IND)
Rank
Country
Bronze
TOTAL
Rank
Country
13
Netherlands (NED)
20
14
Ukraine (UKR)
20
56
Mongolia (MGL)
15
New Zealand (NZL)
13
57
Thailand (THA)
Egypt (EGY)
16
Cuba (CUB)
14
58
17
Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)
12
59
Slovakia (SVK)
18
Jamaica (JAM)
12
60
Armenia (ARM)
19
Czech Republic (CZE)
10
60
Belgium (BEL)
20
Democratic Peoples Republic of

Korea (PRK)
60
Finland (FIN)
63
Bulgaria (BUL)
63
Estonia (EST)
63
Indonesia (INA)
63
Malaysia (MAS)
63
Puerto Rico (PUR)
63
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
69
Botswana (BOT)
69
Cyprus (CYP)
69
Gabon (GAB)
69
Guatemala (GUA)
69
Montenegro (MNE)
69
Portugal (POR)
75
Greece (GRE)
75
Republic of Moldova (MDA)
75
Qatar (QAT)
75
Singapore (SIN)
79
Afghanistan (AFG)
79
Bahrain (BRN)
79
Hong Kong, China (HGK)
79
Saudi Arabia (KSA)
79
Kuwait (KUW)
79
Morocco (MAR)
79
Tajikistan (TJK)
21
Spain (ESP)
10
17
22
Brazil (BRA)
17
23
South Africa (RSA)
24
Ethiopia (ETH)
25
Croatia (CRO)
26
Belarus (BLR)
12
27
Romania (ROU)
28
Kenya (KEN)
11
29
Denmark (DEN)
30
Azerbaijan (AZE)
10
30
Poland (POL)
10
32
Turkey (TUR)
33
Switzerland (SUI)
34
Lithuania (LTU)
35
Norway (NOR)
36
Canada (CAN)
12
18
37
Sweden (SWE)
38
Colombia (COL)
39
Georgia (GEO)
39
Mexico (MEX)
41
Ireland (IRL)
42
Argentina (ARG)
42
Slovenia (SLO)
L O N D O N 2 0 1 2 S TAT S
Paralympic Games Medal Results by Country

Rank
Gold
Silver
Gold
Silver
Peoples Republic of China (CHN)
95
71
65
231
39
Serbia (SRB)
Russian Federation (RUS)
36
38
28
102
40
Kenya (KEN)
Great Britain (GBR)
34
43
43
120
41
Slovakia (SVK)
Country
Bronze
TOTAL
Rank
Country
Bronze
TOTAL
Ukraine (UKR)
32
24
28
84
42
Czech Republic (CZE)
11
Australia (AUS)
32
23
30
85
43
Turkey (TUR)
10
United States of America (USA)
31
29
38
98
44
Greece (GRE)
12
Brazil (BRA)
21
14
43
45
Israel (ISR)
Germany (GER)
18
26
22
66
46
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Poland (POL)
14
13
36
47
Latvia (LAT)
10
Netherlands (NED)
10
10
19
39
47
Namibia (NAM)
11
Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)
10
24
47
Romania (ROU)
12
Republic of Korea (KOR)
27
50
Denmark (DEN)
13
Italy (ITA)
11
28
51
Angola (ANG)
14
Tunisia (TUN)
19
52
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
15
Cuba (CUB)
17
52
Chile (CHI)
16
France (FRA)
19
18
45
52
Fiji (FIJ)
17
Spain (ESP)
18
16
42
52
Iceland (ISL)
18
South Africa (RSA)
12
29
52
Jamaica (JAM)
19
Ireland (IRL)
16
52
20
Canada (CAN)
15
31
Former Yugoslav Republic

of Macedonia (MKD)
21
New Zealand (NZL)
17
58
22
Nigeria (NGR)
13
23
Mexico (MEX)
11
21
24
Japan (JPN)
16
25
Belarus (BLR)
10
26
Algeria (ALG)
19
27
Azerbaijan (AZE)
12
28
Egypt (EGY)
15
29
Sweden (SWE)
12
30
Austria (AUT)
13
31
Thailand (THA)
32
Finland (FIN)
33
34
35
Switzerland (SUI)
Hong Kong, China (HKG)
Norway (NOR)
3
3
3
6
3
2
4
6
3
13
12
8
36
Belgium (BEL)
37
Morocco (MAR)
38
Hungary (HUN)
14
Croatia (CRO)
59
Bulgaria (BUL)
59
Iraq (IRQ)
61
Colombia (COL)
62
Argentina (ARG)
63
Portugal (POR)
63
Taipei (Chinese Taipei)
65
Malaysia (MAS)
65
Singapore (SIN)
67
Cyprus (CYP)
67
Ethiopia (ETH)
67
India (IND)
67
Saudi Arabia (KSA)
67
Slovenia (SLO)
67
Uzbekistan (UZB)
73
Venezuela (VEN)
74
Indonesia (INA)
Sri Lanka (SRI)
74
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Events Medal Listings

Olympic Games
2. James Magnussen (AUS) 47.53

3. Brent Hayden (CAN) 47.80
200M FREESTYLE
MEN
1. Yannick Agnel (FRA) 1:43.14

=2. Taehwan Park (KOR) 1:44.93
=2. Yang Sun (CHN) 1:44.93
3M SPRINGBOARD
400M FREESTYLE
1. Ilya Zakharov (RUS) 555.90 points

2. Kai Qin (CHN) 541.75 points
3. Chong He (CHN) 524.15 points
1. Yang Sun (CHN) 3:40.14 OR

2. Taehwan Park (KOR) 3:42.06
3. Peter Vanderkaay (USA) 3:44.69
10M PLATFORM
1500M FREESTYLE
1. David Boudia (USA) 568.65 points

2. Bo Qiu (CHN) 566.85 points
3. Thomas Daley (GBR) 556.95 points
1. Yang San (CHN) 14:31.02 WR

2. Ryan Cochrane (CAN) 14:39.63
3. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 14:40.31
SYNCHRONISED 3M SPRINGBOARD
200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
1. CHN (Yutong Luo, Kai Qin) 477.00 points

2. RUS (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Zakharov)
459.63 points
3. USA (Troy Dumais, Kristian Ipsen) 446.70 points
1. Michael Phelps (USA) 1:54.27

2. Ryan Lochte (USA) 1:54.90
3. Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 1:56.22
SYNCHRONISED 10M PLATFORM

2. Thiago Pereira (BRA) 4:08.86
3. Kosuke Hagino (JPN) 4:08.94
AQU AT IC S DIVING
1. CHN (Yuan Cao, Yanquan Zhang)

486.78 points
2. MEX (Ivan Garcia Navarro, German Sanchez
Sanchez) 468.90 points
3. USA (David Boudia, Nicholas McCrory) 463.47
points
4 X 100M FREESTYLE RELAY
1. Minxia Wu (CHN) 414.00 points

2. Zi He (CHN) 379.20 points
3. Laura Sanchez Soto (MEX) 362.40 points
1. FRA (Amaury Leveaux, Fabien Gilot, Clement Lefert,

Yannick Agnel, Alain Bernard, Jeremy Stravius)
3:09.93
2. USA (Nathan Adrian, Michael Phelps, Cullen Jones,
Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Matthew Grevers, Ricky
Berens, Jason Lezak) 3:10.38
3. RUS (Andrey Grechin, Niki Lobintsev, Vladim
Morozov, Danila Izotov, Evgeny Lagunove, Sergei
Fesikov) 3:11.41
10M PLATFORM
1. Ruolin Chen (CHN) 422.30 points

2. Brittany Broben (AUS) 366.50 points
3. Pandelela Rinong Pamg (MAS) 359.20 points
1. USA (Ryan, Lochte, Conor Dwyer, Ricky Berens,

Michael Phelps) 6:59.70
2. FRA (Amaury Leveaux, Gregory Mallet, Clement
Lefert, Yannick Agnel) 7:02.77
3. CHN (Yun Hao, Yunqi Li, Haiqi Jiang, Yang Sun)
7:06.30
WOMEN
3M SPRINGBOARD
SYNCHRONISED 3M SPRINGBOARD
1. CHN (Zi He, Minxia Wu) 346.20 points

2. USA (Kelci Bryant, Abigail Johnston)
321.90 points
3. CAN (Jennifer Abel, Emilie Heymans)
316.80 points
SYNCHRONISED 10M PLATFORM
1. CHN (Ruolin Chen, Hao Wang) 368.40 points

2. MEX (Paola Espinosa Sanchez, Alejandra Orozco
Loza) 343.32 points
3. CAN (Meaghan Benfeito, Roseline Filion) 337.62
points
AQU AT IC S SW IM MI NG
4 X 100M MEDLEY RELAY
1. USA (Matthew Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael

Phelps, Nathan Adrian) 3:29.35
2. JPN (Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima, Takeshi Matsuda,
Takuro Fujii) 3:31.26
3. AUS (Hayden Stoeckel, Christian Sprenger, Matt
Targett, James Magnussen) 3:31.58
10KM MARATHON SWIM
1. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 1:49:55.1

2. Thomas Lurz (GER) 1:49:58.5
3. Richard Weinberger (CAN) 1:50:00.3
MEN
100M BACKSTROKE
1. Matthew Grevers (USA) 52.16 OR

2. Nick Thoman (USA) 52.92
3. Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 52.97
200M BACKSTROKE
1. Tyler Clary (USA) 1:53.41 OR

2. Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:53.78
100M BREASTSTROKE
1. Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) 58.46 WR

2. Christian Sprenger (AUS) 58.93
3. Brendan Hansen (USA) 59.49
200M BREASTSTROKE
1. Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 2:07.28 WR

2. Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2:07.43
3. Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 2:08.29
100M BUTTERFLY
1. Michael Phelps (USA) 51.21

=2. Chad le Clos (RSA) 51.44
=2. Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) 51.44
200M BUTTERFLY
1. Chad le Clos (RSA) 1:52.96

2. Michael Phelps (USA) 1:53.01
3. Takeshi Matsuda (JPN) 1:53.21
50M FREESTYLE
1. Florent Manaudou (FRA) 21.34

2. Cullen Jones (USA) 21.54
3. Cesar Cielo (BRA) 21.59
100M FREESTYLE
1. Nathan Adrian (USA) 47.52
WOMEN
100M BACKSTROKE
1. Missy Franklin (USA) 58.33

2. Emily Seebohm (AUS) 58.68
3. Aya Terakawa (JPN) 58.83
200M BACKSTROKE
1. Missy Franklin (USA) 2:04.06 WR

2. Anastasia Zueva (RUS) 2:05.92
3. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 2:06.55
100M BREASTSTROKE
1. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) 1:05.47

2. Rebecca Soni (USA) 1:05.55
3. Satomi Suzuki (JPN) 1:06.46
200M BREASTSTROKE
1. Rebecca Soni (USA) 2:19.59 WR

2. Satomi Suzuki (JPN) 2:20.72
3. Iuliia Emova (RUS) 2:20.92
100M BUTTERFLY
1. Dana Vollmer (USA) 55.98 WR

2. Ying Lu (CHN) 56.87
3. Alicia Coutts (AUS) 56.94
100M FREESTYLE
1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 53.00 OR

2. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) 53.38
3. Yi Tang (CHN) 53.44
200M FREESTYLE
1. Allison Schmitt (USA) 1:53.61 OR

2. Camille Muffat (FRA) 1.55.58
3. Bronte Barratt (AUS) 1:55.81
400M FREESTYLE
1. Camille Muffat (FRA) 4:01.45 OR

2. Allison Schmitt (USA) 4:01.77
3. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 4:03.01
WOMEN
800M FREESTYLE
8-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:14.63

2. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 8:18.76
3. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:20.32
1. USA (Betsey Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa

Seidemann, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Maggie
Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie
Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig,
Tumua Anae)
2. ESP (Laura Ester Ramos, Pascual Bach, Anni Espar
Llaquet, Roser Tarrago Aymeri, Matilde Ortiz Reyes,
Jennifer Pareja, Lorena Miranda Dorado, Pilar Pena
Carrasco, Andrea Blas Martinez, Ona Meseguer
Flaque, Maica Garcia, Laura Lopez Ventosa, Ana
Copado Amoros)
3. AUS (Victoria Brown, Gemma Beadsworth, Sophie
Smith, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Jane Moran, Bronwen
Knox, Rowie Webster, Kate Gynther, Glencora
Ralph, Ash Southern, Mel rippon, Nicola Zagame,
Alicia McCormack)
1. Shiwen Ye (CHN) 4:28.43 WR

2. Alicia Coutts (AUS) 2:08.15
3. Caitlin Leverenz (USA) 2:08.95
1. Shiwen Ye (CHN) 4:28.43 WR

2. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 4:31.27
3. Xuanxu Li (CHN) 4:32.91
1. AUS (Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie,

Melanie Schlanger) 3:31.15 OR
2. NED (Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis, Femke
Heemskerk, Ranomi Kromowidjojo) 3:33.79
3. USA (Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, Allison
Schmitt) 3:34.24
4 X 100M MEDLEY RELAY
1. USA (Missy Franklin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer,

Allison Schmitt) 3:52.05 WR
2. AUS (Emily Seebohn, Leisel Jones, Alicia Coutts,
Melanie Schlanger) 3:54.02
3. JPN (Aya Terakawa, Satomi Suzuki, Yuka Kato
Haruka Ueda) 3:55.73
1. USA (Missy Franklin, Dana Vollmer, Shannon

Vreeland, Allison Schmitt) 7:42.92 OR
2. AUS (Bronte Barratt, Melanie Schlanger, Kylie
Palmer, Alicia Coutts) 7:44.41
3. FRA (Camille Muffat, Charlotte Bonnet, OphelieCyrielle Etienne, Coralie Balmy) 7:47.49
ARCH E RY
MEN
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
1. Jin Hyek Oh (KOR) 115 points

2. Takaharu Furukawa (JPN) 108 points
3. Xiaoxiang Dai (CHN) 136 points
TEAM COMPETITION
1. ITA (Michele Frangilli, Marco Galiazzo, Mauro

Nespoli) 219 points
2. USA (Brady Ellison, Jake Kaminski, Jacob Wukie)
218 points
3. KOR (Bubmin Kim, Donghyun Im, Jin Hyek Oh) 224
points
WOMEN
10KM MARATHON SWIM
1. Eva Risztov (HUN) 1:57:38.6

2. Haley Anderson (USA) 1:57:38.6
3. Martina Grimaldi (ITA) 1:57:41.8
1. Bo Bae Ki (KOR) 135 points

2. Aida Roman (MEX) 129 points
3. Mariana Avitia (MEX) 104 points
TEAM COMPETITION
A Q UAT IC S SY N C H R O N ISED
SW IMMIN G
WOMEN
DUETS
1. RUS ( Natalia Ishchenko, Svetlana Romashina)

197.100 points
2. ESP (Ona Carbonell Ballestero, Andrea Fuentes
Fache) 192.900 points
3. CHN (Xuechen Huang, Ou Liu) 192.870 points
TEAMS
1. RUS (Anastasia Davydova, Maria Gromova, Natalia

Ishchenko, Elvira Khasyanova, Daria Korobova,
Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina,
Anzhelika Timanina, Alla Shishkina) 197.030 points
2. CHN (Si Chang, Xiaojun Chen, Xuechen Huang,
Tingting Jiang, Wenwen Jiang, Ou Liu, Xi Luo, Yiwen
Wu, Wenyan Sun) 194.010 points
3. ESP (Clara Basiana Canellas, Alba Cabello Rodilla,
Ona Carbonella Ballestero, Margalida Crespi Jaume,
Andrea Fuentes Fache, Thais Henriquez Torres, Paula
Klamburg Roque, Irene Montrucchio Beaus, Laia Pons
Arenas) 193.120 points
200M BUTTERFLY
1. Liuyang Jiao (CHN) 2:04.06 OR

2. Mireia Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 2:05.25
3. Natsumi Hoshi (JPN) 2:05.48
A Q UAT IC S WAT ER PO LO
50M FREESTYLE
1. CRO (Josip Pavic, Damir Buric, Miho Boskovic, Niksa

Doloud, Maro Jokovic, Ivan Buljubasic, Petar Muslim,
Andro Buslje, Sandro Sukno, Samir Barac, Igor
Hinic, Paulo Obradovic, Frano Vican)
1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) 24.05 OR

2. Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) 53.38
3. Marleen Veldhuis (NED) 24.39
2. ITA (Srefano Tempesti, Amaurys Perez, Niccolo

Gitto, Pietro Figlioli, Alex Giorgetti, Maurizio Felugo,
Massimo Giacoppo, Valentino Gallo, Christian
Presciutti, Deni Fiorentini, Matteo Aicardi, Danijel
Premus, Giacomo Pastorino)
3. SRB (Slobodan Soro, Aleksa Saponjic, Zivko Gocic,
Vanja Udovicic, Dusan Mandic, Dusco Pijetlovic,
Slobodan Nikic, Milan Aleksic, Nikola raden, Filip
Filipovic, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Gojko
Pijetlovic)
MEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. KOR (Hyeonju Choi, Bo Bae Ki, Sung Jin Lee) 210

points
2. CHN (Ming Cheng, Yuting Fang, Jing Xu) 209 points
3. JPN (Ren Hayakawa, Miki Kanie, Kaori Kawanaka)
209 points
AT H L E T I CS
MEN
100M
1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 OR

2. Yohan Blake (JAM) 9.75
3. Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.79
200M
1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.32

2. Yohan Blake (JAM) 19.44
3. Warren Weir (JAM) 19.84
400M
1. Kirani James (GRN) 43.94

2. Lugelin Santos (DOM) 44.46
3. Lalonde Gordon (TRI) 44.52
800M
1. David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 WR

2. Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73
3. Timothy Kitum (KEN) 1:42.53
1500M
1. Taouk Makhlou (ALG) 3:34.08

2. Leonel Manzano (USA) 3:34.79
3. Abdalaati Iguider (MAR) 3:35.13
5000M
3. Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 10.81
HEPTATHLON
BANTAM WEIGHT (UP TO 56KG)
1. Mohamed Farah (GBR) 13:41.66

2. Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) 13:41.98
3. Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (KEN) 13:42.36
200M
1. Jessica Ennis (GBR) 6955 points

2. Lilli Schwarzkopf (GER) 6649 points
3. Tatyana Chernova (RUS) 6628 points
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
10,000M
1. Mohamed Farah (GBR) 27:30.42

2. Galen Rupp (USA) 27:30.90
3. Tariku Bekele (ETH) 27:31.43
110M HURDLES
1. Aries Merritt (USA) 12.92

2. Jason Richardson (USA) 13.04
3. Hansle Parchment (JAM) 13.12
400M HURDLES
1. Felix Sanchez (DOM) 47.63

2. Michael Tinsley (USA) 47.91
3. Javier Culson (PUR) 48.10
3000M STEEPLECHASE
1. Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:18.56

2. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:19.08
3. Abel Kiprop Kipruto (KEN) 8:19.73
4 X 100M RELAY
1. JAM (Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake,

Usain Bolt, Kemar Bailey-Cole) 36.84 WR
2. USA (Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay,Ryan
Bailey, Jeffery, Demps, Darvis Patton) 37.04
3. TRI (Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel
Callender, Richard Thompson) 38.12
4 X 400M RELAY
1. BAH (Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael

Mathieu, Ramon Miller) 2:56.72
2. USA (Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony
McQuay, Angelo Taylor, Manteo Mitchell) 2:57.05
3. TRI (Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Ade AlleyneForte, Deon Lendore) 2:59.40
DISCUS THROW
1. Robert Harting (GER) 68.27m

2. Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) 68.18m
3. Gerd Kanter (EST) 68.03m
HAMMER THROW
1. Krisztian Pars (HUN) 80.59m

2. Primoz Kozmus (SLO) 79.36m
3. Koji Murofushi (JPN) 78.71m
HIGH JUMP
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
=3.
Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.38m

Erik Kynard (USA) 2.33m
Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.29m
Derek Drouin (CAN) 2.29m
Robert Grabarz (GBR) 2.29m
1. Allyson Felix (USA) 21.88

2. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 22.09
3. Carmelita Jeter (USA) 22.14
400M
1. Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) 39.55

2. Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) 49.70
3. DeeDee Trotter (USA) 49.72
MA R AT H O N
1. Mariya Savinova (RUS) 1:56.19

2. Caster Semenya (RSA) 1:57.23
3. Ekaterina Poistogova (RUS) 1:57.53
1. Tiki Gelana (ETH) 2:23.07 OR

2. Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) 2:23.12
3. Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova (RUS) 2:23.29
1500M
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo (CUB)

Denys Berinchyk (UKR)
Vincenzo Mangiacapre (ITA)
Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg (MGL)
DOUBLES
MIDDLE WEIGHT (UP TO 75KG)
1. CHN (Yun Cai, Haifeng Fu)

2. DEN (Mathias Boe, Carsten Morgensen)
3. KOR (Jae Sung Chung, Yong Dae Lee)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
WOMEN
LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT (UP TO 81KG)
1. Meseret Defar (ETH) 15:04.25

2. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (KEN) 15:04.73
3. Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 15:05.15
10,000M
1. Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 30:20.75

2. Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (KEN) 30:26.37
3. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (KEN) 30:30.44
100M HURDLES
1. Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.35 OR

2. Dawn Harper (USA) 12.37
3. Kellie Wells (USA) 12.48
400M HURDLES
1. Natalya Antyukh (RUS) 52.70

2. Lashinda Demus (USA) 52.77
3. Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) 53.38
3000M STEEPLECHASE
1. Yuliya Zaripova (RUS) 9:06.72

2. Habiba Ghribi (TUN) 9:08.37
3. Soa Assefa (ETH) 9:09.84
4 X 100M RELAY
1. USA (Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight,

Carmelita Jeter, Jeneba Tarmoh, Lauryn Williams)
40.82 WR
2. JAM (Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson,
Veronica Campbell-Brown, Kerron Stewart, Calvert
Schillonie, Samantha Henry-Robinson) 41.41
3. UKR (Oleysa Povh, Hrystyna Stuy, Mariya Ryemyen,
Elyzaveta Bryzgina) 42.04
4 X 400M RELAY
SHOT PUT
HAMMER THROW
1. Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.89m

2. David Storl (GER) 21.86m
3. Reese Hoffa (USA) 21.23m
1. Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 78.18m OR

2. Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) 77.60m
3. Betty Heidler (GER) 77.12m
TRIPLE JUMP
HIGH JUMP
1. Christian Taylor (USA) 17.81m

2. Will Claye (USA) 17.62m
3. Fabrizio Donato (ITA) 17.48m
1. Anna Chicherova (RUS) 2.05m

2. Brigetta Barrett (USA) 2.03m
3. Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) 2.03m
JAVELIN THROW
1. Ashton Eaton (USA) 8869 points

2. Trey Hardee (USA) 8671 points
3. Leonel Suarez (CUB) 8523 points
1. Barbora Spotakova (CZE) 69.55m

2. Christina Obergfoll (GER) 65.16m
3. Linda Stahl (GER) 64.91m
20KM RACE WALK
LONG JUMP
1. Ding Chen (CHN) 1:18.46 OR

2. Erick Barrondo (GUA) 1:18.57
3. Zhen Wang (CHN) 1.19.25
1. Brittney Reese (USA) 7.12m

2. Elena Sokolova (RUS) 7.07m
3. Janay Deloach (USA) 6.89m
50KM RACE WALK
POLE VAULT
1. Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 3:35.59 OR

2. Jared Tallent (AUS) 3:36.53
3. Tianfeng Si (CHN) 3:37.16
1. Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.75m

2. Yatisley Silva (CUB) 4.75m
3. Elena Isinbaeva (RUS) 4.70m
MARATHON
SHOT PUT
1. Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 2:08.01

2. Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08.27
3. Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 2:09.37
1. Valerie Adams (NZL) 20.70m

2. Evgeniia Kolodko (RUS) 20.48m
3. Lijiao Gong (CHN) 20.22m
TRIPLE JUMP
1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 10.75

2. Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.78
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
1. Sandra Perkovic (CRO) 69.11m

2. Darya Pishchalnikova (RUS) 67.56m
3. Yanfeng Li (CHN) 67.22m
100M
LIGHT WELTER WEIGHT (UP TO 64KG)
1. Dan Lin (CHN)

2. Chong Wei Lee (MAS)
3. Long Chen (CHN)
DISCUS THROW
WOMEN
Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)

Soonchul Han (KOR)
Yasniel Toledo Lopez (CUB)
Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)
5000M
1. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.97m OR

2. Bjorn Otto (GER) 5.91m
3. Raphael Holzdeppe (GER) 5.91m
DECATHLON
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
BA D MIN T O N
POLE VAULT
LONG JUMP
LIGHT WEIGHT (UP TO 60KG)
1. Asli Cakir Alptekin (TUR) 4:10.23

2. Gamze Bulut (TUR) 4:10.40
3. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) 4:10.74
1. Greg Rutherford (GBR) 8.31m

2. Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.16m
3. Will Claye (USA) 8.12m
1. Keshorn Walcott (TRI) 84.58m

2. Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (UKR) 84.51m
3. Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 84.12m
1. Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 1:25.02 WR/OR

2. Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 1:25.09
3. Shenjie Qieyang (CHN) 1:25.16
800M
1. USA (DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena

McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keshia Baker,
Diamond Dixon) 3:16.87
2. RUS (Yulia Gushchina, Antonina Krivoshapka,
Tatyana Firova, Natalya Antyyukh, Anastasiya
Kapachinskaya, Natalya Nazarova) 3:20.23
3. JAM (Christine Day, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka
Williams, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shereefa Lloyd)
3:20.95
JAVELIN THROW
20KM RACE WALK
Luke Campbell (GBR)

Joe John Nevin (IRL)
Satoshi Shimizu (JPN)
Lazaro Alvarez-Estrada (CUB)
1. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.98m

2. Caterine Ibarguen (COL) 14.80m
3. Olha Saladuha (UKR) 14.79m
MEN
SINGLES
WELTER WEIGHT (UP TO 69KG)
Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)

Freddie Evans (GBR)
Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)
Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)
Ryota Murata (JPN)
Esquiva Falcao Florentino (BRA)
Abbos Atoev (UZB)
Anthony Ogogo (GBR)
1. Xuerui Li (CHN)
2. Yihan Wang (CHN)
3. Saina Nehwal (IND)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
DOUBLES
HEAVY WEIGHT (UP TO 91KG)
1. CHN (Yunlei Zhao, Qing Tian)

2. JPN (Mizuki Fujii, Reika Kakiwa)
3. RUS (Nina Vislova, Valeria Sorokina)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
MIXED
SUPER HEAVY WEIGHT (+91KG)
SINGLES
Egor Mekhontcev (RUS)

Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)
Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino (BRA)
Oleksandr Gvozdyk (UKR)
Oleksandr Usyk (UKR)
Clemente Russo (ITA)
Tervel Pulev (BUL)
Teymur Mammadov (AZE)
1. CHN (Nan Zhang, Yunlei Zhao)

2. CHN (Jin Ma, Chen Xu)
3. DEN (Joachim Fischer, Christinna Pedersen)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
BA SK ET BA LL
WOMEN
DOUBLES
MEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. USA (Tyson Chandler, Kevin Durant, Lebron James,

Russell Westbrook, Deron Williams, Andrew
Iguodala, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Love, James Harden,
Chris Paul, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony)
2. ESP (Pau Gasol, Rudy Fernandez, Sergio Rodriguez,
Juan-Carlos Navarro, Jose Calderon, Felipe Reyes,
Victor Claver, Fernando san Emeterio, Sergio Llull,
Marc Gasol, Serge Ibaka, Victor Sada)
3. RUS (Alexey Shved, Timofey Mozgov, Sergey
Karasev, Vitaliy Fridzon, Sasha Kaun, Evgeny
Voronov, Victor Khryapa, Semen Antonov, Sergey
Monya, Dmitry Khvostov, Anton Ponkrashav, Andrei
Kirilenko)
WOMEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. USA (Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird,

Maya Moore, Angel McCoughtry, Asjha Jones,
Tamika Catchings, Swin Cash, Diana Taurasi, Sylvia
Fowles, Tina Charles, Candace Parker)
2. FRA (Isabelle Yacoubou, Endene Miyem, Clemence
Beikes, Sandrine Gruda, Edwige Lawson-Wade,
Celine Dumerc, Florence Lepron, Emilie Gomis,
Marion Laborde, Elodie Godwin, Emmeline
Ndongue, Jennifer Digbeu)
3. AUS (Jenna OHea, Samantha Richards, Jennifer
Screen, Abby Bishop, Suzy Batkovic, Kathleen
Macloed, Kristi Harrower, Laura Hodges, Belinda
Snell, Rachel Jarry, Elizabeth Cambage, Lauren
Jackson)
BO X IN G
MEN
LIGHT FLY WEIGHT (46-49KG)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Shiming Zou (CHN)

Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)
Paddy Barnes (IRL)
David Ayrapetyan (RUS)
Anthony Joshua (GBR)

Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
Ivan Dychko (KAZ)
Mago Medrasul Medzhidov (AZE)
FLY WEIGHT (48-51KG)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Nicola Adams (GBR)

Cancan Ren (CHN)
Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte (IND)
Marlen Esparza (USA)
LIGHT WEIGHT (57-60KG)
1. Katie Taylor (IRL)

2. Sofya Ochigava (RUS)
=3 Mavzuna Chorieva (TJK)
=3. Adriana Araujo (BRA)
MIDDLE WEIGHT (69-75KG)
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Claressa Shields (USA)

Nadezda Torlopova (RUS)
Marina Volnova (KAZ)
Jinzi Li (CHN)
C A N O E CAN O E S L AL O M
MEN
CANOE SINGLE (C1)
1. Tony Estanguet (FRA) 97.06

2. Sideris Tasiadis (GER) 98.09
3. Michal Martikan (SVK) 98.31
CANOE DOUBLE (C2)
1. GBR (Tim Baillie, Etienne Stott) 106.41

2. GBR (David Florence, Richard Hounslow) 106.77
3. SVK (Pavol Hochschorner, Peter Hochschorner)
108.28
KAYAK SINGLE (K1)
1. Daniele Molmenti (ITA) 93.43

2. Vavrinec Hradilek (CZE) 94.78
3. Hannes Aigner (GER) 94.92
WOMEN
KAYAK SINGLE (K1)
1. Emilie Fer (FRA) 105.90

2. Jessica Fox (AUS) 106.51
3. Maialen Chourraut (ESP) 106.87
C A N O E CAN O E S P RI N T
MEN
FLY WEIGHT (UP TO 52KG)
CANOE SINGLE (C1) 200M
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
1. Yuri Cheban (UKR) 42.291

2. Jevgenij Shuklin (LTU) 42.792
3. Ivan Shtyl (RUS) 42.853
Robeisy Ramirez Carrazona (CUB)

Tugstsogt Nyambayar (MGL)
Michael Conlan (IRL)
Misha Aloian (RUS)
285
286
CANOE SINGLE (C1) 1000M
2. Tony Martin (GER) 51:21.54

3. Christopher Froome (GBR) 51:47.87
1. Sebastian Brendel (GER) 3:47.176

2. David Cal Figueroa (ESP) 3:48.053
3. Mark Oldershaw (CAN) 3:48.502
WOMEN
CANOE DOUBLE (C2) 1000M
ROAD RACE (MASS START)
1. GER (Peter Kretschmer, Kurt Kuschela) 3:33.804

2. BLR (Andrei Bahdanovich, Aliaksandr Bahdanovich)
3:35.206
3. RUS (Alexey Korovashkov, Ilya Pervukhin) 3:36.414
1. Marianne Vos (NED) 3:35:29

2. Elizabeth Armitstead (GBR) 3:35:29
3. Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) 3:35:31
KAYAK SINGLE (K1) 200M
1. Kristin Armstrong (USA) 37:34.82

2. Judith Arndt (GER) 37:50.29
3. Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS) 37:57.35
1. Ed McKeever (GBR) 36.246

2. Saul Craviotto Rivero (ESP) 36.540
3. Mark de Jonge (CAN) 36.657
1. Eirik Larsen (NOR) 3:26.462

2. Adam van Koeverden (CAN) 3:27.170
3. Max Hoff (GER) 3:27.759
KAYAK DOUBLE (K2) 200M
1. RUS (Yury Postrigay, Alexander Dyachenko) 33.507

2. BLR (Raman Piatrushenka, Vadzim Makhneu) 34.266
3. GBR (Liam Heath, Jon Schoeld) 34.421
1. HUN (Rudolf Dombi, Roland Kokeny) 3:09.646

2. POR (Fernando Pimenta, Emanuel Silva) 3:09.699
3. GER (Martin Hollstein, Andreas Ihle) 3:10.117
KAYAK FOUR (K4) 1000M
1. AUS (Tate Smith, Dave Smith, Murray Stewart, Jacob

Clear) 2:55.085
2. HUN (Zoltan Kammerer, David Toth, Tamas Kulifai,
Daniel Pauman) 2:55.699
3. CZE (Daniel Havel, Lukas Trel, Josef Dostal, Jan
Sterba) 2:55.850
WOMEN
1. Lisa Carrington (NZL) 44.638

2. Inna Osypenko-Radomska (UKR) 45.043
3. Natasa Douchev-Janics (HUN) 45.128
1. Danuta Kozak (HUN) 1:51.456

2. Inna Osypenko-Radomska (UKR) 1:52.685
3. Bridgitte Hartley (RSA) 1:52.923
1. GER (Franziska Weber, Tina Dietze) 1:42.213

2. HUN (Katalin Kovacs, Natasha Douchev-Janics)
1:43.278
3. POL (Karolina Naja, Beata Mikolajczyk) 1:44.000
TIME TRIAL
CYCLING TRACK CYCLING

MEN
3. Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo (GER) 44.80

penalties
F O O T B AL L
TEAM COMPETITION
16-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. GER (Peter Thomsen on Barny, Dirk Schrade on King

Artus, Sandra Auffarth on Opgun Louvo, Michael
Jung on Sam, Ingrid Klimke on Butts Abraxxas)
133.70
2. GBR (William Fox-Pitt on Lionheart, Nicola Wilson
on Opposition Buzz, Zara Phillips on High Kingdom,
Mary King on Imperial Cavalier, Kristina Cook on
Miners Frolic) 138.20
3. NZL (Jonelle Richards on Flintstar, Caroline Powell
on Lenamore, Jonathan Paget on Clifton Promise,
Andrew Nicholson on Nereo, Mark Todd on
Campino) 144.40
1. MEX (Jose Corona, Israel Jimenez, Carlos Salcido,

Hiram Mier, Darvin Chavez, Hector Herrera, Javier
Cortes, Marco Fabian, Oribe Peralta, Giovani do
Santos, Javier Aquino, Raul Jimenez, Diego Reyes,
Jorge Enriquez, Nestor Vidrio, Miguel Ponce, Nestor
Araujo Jose Rodriguez)
2. BRA (Gabriel, Rafael, Thiago Silva, Juan Jesus,
Sandro, Marcelo, Lucas, Romulo, Leandro Damiao,
Oscar, Neymar, Hulk, Bruno Uvini, Danilo, Alex
Sandro, Ganso, Alexandre Pato, Neto)
3. KOR (Sungryong Jung, Jaesuk Oh, Sukyoung
Yun, Younggwon Kim, Keehee Kim, Sungyeung
Ki, Bokyung Kim, Sungdong Baek, Dongwon Ji,
Chuyoung Park, Taehee Nam, Seokho Hwang,
Jacheol Koo, Changsoo Kim, Jongwoo Park,
Wooyoung Jung, Hyansung Kim, Bumyoung Lee)
KEIRIN
1. Chris Hoy (GBR) 10.306

2. Maximilian Levy (GER) NM
=3. Simon van Velthooven (NZL) NM
=3.Teun Mulder (NED) NM
OMNIUM
1. Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) 27 points

2. Bryan Coquard (FRA) 29 points
3. Edward Clancy (GBR) 30 points
SPRINT
1. Jason Kenny (GBR) NM

2. Gregory Bauge (FRA) NM
3. Shane Perkins (AUS) NM
TEAM PURSUIT
1. GBR (Steven Burke, Edward Clancy, Peter Kennaugh,

Geraint Thomas) 3:51.659
2. AUS (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael
Hepburn, Glenn OShea) 3:54.581
3. NZL (Sam Bewley, Aaron Gate, Marc Ryan, Jesse
Sergent) 3:55.952
TEAM SPRINT
1. GBR (Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny) 42.600

2. FRA (Gregory Bauge, Michael DAlmeida, Kevin
Sireau) 43.013
3. GER (Rene Enders, Robert Forstemann, Maximilian
Levy) 43.209
WOMEN
KEIRIN
1. Victoria Pendleton (GBR) 10.965

2. Shuang Guo (CHN) NM
3. Wai Sze Lee (HKG) NM
EQ UEST R IA N JUMPIN G
1. Steve Guerdat on Nino des Buissonnets (SUI) NM

2. Gerco Schroder on London (NED) NM
3. Cian OConnor on Blue Loyd 12 (IRL) NM
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. GBR (Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Scott Brash, Peter

Charles) NM
2. NED (Jur Vrieling, Maikel van der Vleuten) Marc
Houtzager, Gerco Schroder) NM
3. KSA (Prince Abdullah al Saud HRH, Kamal
Bahamdan, Ramzy al Duhami, Abdullah Waleed
Sharbatly) NM
1. USA (Hope Solo, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone,

Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley OHara, Amy le Peilbet,
Shannon Boxx, Amy Rodriguez, Heather OReilly,
Carli Llyod, Sydney Leroux, Lauren Cheney, Alex
Morgan, Abby Wambach, Megan Rapinoe, Rachel
Buehler, Tobin Heath, Nicole Barnhart)
2. JPN (Miho Fukumoto, Yukari Kinga, Azusa
Iwashimizu, Saki Kumagai, Aya Sameshima, Mizuho
Sakaguchi, Kozue Ando, Aya Miyama, Nahomi
Kawasumi, Homare Sawa, Shinobu Ohno, Kyoko
Yano, Karina Maruyama, Asuna tanaka, Megumi
Takase, Mana Iwabuchi, Yuki Ogimi, Ayumi Kaihori)
3. CAN (Karina Leblanc, Emily Zurrer, Chelsea
Stewart, Carmelina Moscato, Robyn Gayle, Kaylyn
Kyle, Rhian Wilkinson, Diana Matheson, Candace
Chapman, Lauren Sesselmann, Desiree Scott,
Christine Sinclair, Sophie Schmidt, Melissa Tancredi,
Kelly Parker, Jonelle Filigno, Brittany Timko, Erin
McLeod, Melanie Booth, Marie-Eve Nault)
FEN C IN G
MEN
INDIVIDUAL EPE
1. Gascon Ruben Limardo (VEN)

2. Bartosz Piasecki (NOR)
3. Jinsun Jung (KOR)
INDIVIDUAL FOIL
1. Sheng Lei (CHN)

2. Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)
3. Byungchul Choi (KOR)
INDIVIDUAL SABRE
1. Aron Szilagyi (HUN)

2. Diego Occhiuzzi (ITA)
3. Nikolay Kovalev (RUS)
G Y M N AS T I CS ART I S T I C
TEAM FOIL
FLOOR COMPETITION
1. Kai Zou (CHN) 15.933 points

2. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 15.800 points
3. Denis Ablyazin (RUS) 15.800 points
KAYAK FOUR (K4) 500M
OMNIUM
1. HUN (Gabriella Szabo, Danuta Kozak, Katalin

Kovacs, Krisztina Fazekas) 1:30.827
2. GER (Carolin Leonhardt, Franziska Weber, Katrin
Wagner-Augustin, Tina Dietze) 1:31.298
3. BLR (Iryna Pamialova, Nadzeya Papok, Volha
Khudzenka, Maryna Pautaran) 1:31.400
1. Laura Trott (GBR) 18 points

2. Sarah Hammer (USA) 19 points
3. Annette Edmondson (AUS) 24 points
SPRINT
TEAM SABRE
1. Anna Meares (AUS) NM

2. Victoria Pendleton (GBR) NM
3. Shuang Guo (CHN) NM
CYC LING B M X R ACI NG
TEAM PURSUIT
1. KOR (Junghwan Kim, Woo Young Won, Bongil Gu,

Eunseok Oh)
2. ROM (Tiberiu Dolniceanu, Rares Dumitrescu,
Alexandru Siriteanu, Florin Zalomir)
3. ITA (Aldo Montano, Diego Occhiuzzi, Luigi
Tarantino, Luigi Samele)
1. Maris Strombergs (LAT)

2. Sam Willoughby (AUS)
3. Carlos Mario Oquendo Zabala (COL)
WOMEN
1. Mariana Pajon (COL)

2. Sarah Walker (NZL)
3. Laura Smulders (NED)
1. GBR (Dani King, Joanna Rowsell, Laura Trott)

3:14.051 WR
2. USA (Dotsie Bausch, Sarah Hammer, Lauren
Tamayo, Jennie Reed) 3:19.727
3. CAN (Gillian Carleton, Jasmin Glaesser, Tara
Whitten) 3:17.915
TEAM SPRINT
1. GER (Kristina Vogel, Miriam Welte) 32.798

2. CHN (Jinjie Gong, Shuang Guo) REL
3. AUS (Kaarle McCulloch, Anna Meares) 32.727
CYC LING M OU NTAI N BI KE

MEN
EQUESTRI AN D R ESSA GE
CROSS-COUNTRY
1. Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE)

2. Nino Schurter (SUI)
3. Marco Fontana (ITA)
WOMEN
1. Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro (GBR) 90.089 points

2. Adelinde Conrelissen on Parzival (NED) 88.196
points
3. Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris (GBR)
84.339 points
CROSS-COUNTRY
TEAM COMPETITION
1. Julie Bresset (FRA)

2. Sabine Sptiz (GER)
3. Georgia Gould (USA)
1. GBR (Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolshheimer, Charlotte

Dujardin) 79.979 points
2. GER (Dorothee Schneider, Kristina Sprehe, Helen
Langehanenberg) 78.216 points
3. Ned (Anky van Grunsven, Edward Gal, Adelinde
Cornelissen) 77.124 points
CYC LING R OAD CYCLI NG

MEN
ROAD RACE (MASS START)
1. Alexandr Vinokurov (KAZ) 5:45:57

2. Rigoberto Uran Uran (COL) 5:45:57
3. Alexander Kristoff (NOR) 5:46:57
TIME TRIAL
1. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 50:39.54
EQUESTRI AN EV EN T IN G
1. Michael Jung on Sam (GER) 40.60 penalties

2. Sara Ostholt Algotsson on Wega (SWE) 43.30
penalties
WOMEN
TEAM COMPETITION
1. ITA (Valerio Aspromonte, Andrea Baldini, Andrea

Cassara, Giorgio Avola)
2. JPN (Kenta Chida, Ryo Miyaka, Yuki Ota, Suguru
Awaji)
3. GER (Sebastian Bachmann, Peter Joppich, Benjamin
Kleibrink, Andre Wessels)
MEN
MEN
MEN
HORIZONTAL BARS COMPETITION
1. Epke Zonderland (NED) 15.533 points

2. Fabian Hambuchen (GER) 16.400 points
3. Kai Zou (CHN) 16.366 points
INDIVIDUAL ALL-AROUND COMPETITION
1. Kohei Uchimura (JPN) 92.690 points

2. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 91.031 points
3. Danell Leyva (USA) 90.698 points
PARALLEL BARS COMPETITION
WOMEN
1. Zhe Feng (CHN) 15.966 points

2. Marcel Nguyen (GER) 15.800 points
3. Hamilton Sabot (FRA) 15.566 points
INDIVIDUAL EPE
POMMEL HORSE COMPETITION
1. Yana Shemyakina (UKR)

2. Britta Heidemann (GER)
3. Yujie Sun (CHN)
1. Krisztian Berki (HUN) 16.066 points

2. Louis Smith (GBR) 16.066 points
3. Max Whitlock (GBR) 15.600 points
INDIVIDUAL FOIL
RINGS COMPETITION
1. Elisa Di Francisca (ITA)

2. Arianna Errigo (ITA)
3. Valentina Vezzali (ITA)
1. Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (BRA) 15.900 points

2. Yibing Chen (CHN) 15.800 points
3. Matteo Morandi (ITA) 15.733
INDIVIDUAL SABRE
1. Jiyeon Kim (KOR)

2. Sofya Velikaya (RUS)
3. Olga Kharlan (UKR)
TEAM EPE
1. CHN (Na Li, Xiaojuan Luo, Yujie Sun, Anqi Xu)

2. KOR (Injeong Choi, Hyojung Jung, A Lam Shin,
Eunsook Choi)
3. USA (Courtney Hurley, Maya Lawrence, Susie
Scanlan, Kelley Hurley)
TEAM FOIL
1. ITA (Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, Ilaria

Salvatori, Valentina Vezzali)
2. RUS (Inna Deriglazova, Larisa Korobeynikova, Aida
Shanaeva)
3. KOR (Hyun Hee Nam, Gil Ok Jung, Hee Sook Jeon,
Ha Na Oh)
TEAM COMPETITION
1. CHN (Yibing Chen, Zhe Feng, Weiyang Guo,

Chenglong Zhang, Kai Zou) 275.997 points
2. JPN (Ryohei Kato, Kazuhito Tanaka, Yusuke Tanaka,
Kohei Uchimura, Koji Yamamuro) 271.952 points
3. GBR (Sam Oldham, Daniel Pruvis, Louis Smith,
Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock) 271.711 points
VAULT COMPETITION
1. Hak Seon Yang (KOR) 16.533 points

2. Denis Ablyazin (RUS) 16.399 points
3. Igor Radivlov (UKR) 16.316 points
WOMEN
BALANCE BEAM COMPETITION
1. Linlin Deng (CHN) 15.600 points

2. Lu Sui (CHN) 15.500 points
3. Alexandra Raisman (USA) 15.066 points
FLOOR COMPETITION
1. Alexandra Raisman (USA) 15.600 points

2. Catalina Ponor (ROU) 15.200 points
3. Aliya Mustana (RUS) 14.900 points
1. Gabrielle Douglas (USA) 62.232 points

2. Victoria Komova (RUS) 61.973 points
TEAM COMPETITION
1. USA (Gabrielle Douglas, Mc Kayla Maroney,

Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross, Jordyn Wieber)
183.596 points
2. RUS (Kseniia Afanaseva, Anastasia Grishina,
Victoria Komova, Aliya Mustana, Maria Paseka)
178.530 points
3. ROU (Diana Laura Bulimar, Diana Maria Chelaru,
Larisa Andreea Iordache, Sandra Raluca Izbasa,
Catalina Ponor) 176.414 points
UNEVEN BARS COMPETITION

2. Kexin He (CHN) 15.933 points
3. Elizabeth Tweddle (GBR) 15.916 points
VAULT COMPETITION
1. Sandra Raluca Izbasa (ROU) 15.191 points

2. Mc Kayla Maroney (USA) 15.083 points
3. Maria Paseka (RUS) 15.050 points
G Y MNA S T IC S R H Y T HMI C
WOMEN
GROUP COMPETITION
1. RUS (Anastasia Bliznyuk, Uliana Donskova, Ksenia

Dudkina, Alina Makarenko, Anastasia Nazarenko,
Karolina Sevastyanova) 57.000 points
2. BLR (Maryna Hancharova, Anastasiya Ivankova,
Nataliya Leshchyk, Aliaksandra Narkevich, Kseniya
Sankovich, Alina Tumilovich) 55.500 points
3. ITA (Elisa Blanchi, Romina Laurito, Marta Pagnini,
Elisa Santoni, Anzhelika Savrayuk, Andreea
Stefanescu) 55.450 points
1. Evgeniya Kanaeva (RUS) 116.900 points

2. Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) 114.500 points
3. Liubou Charkashyna (BLR) 111.700 points
G Y MNA S T IC S T R AM POLI NE
MEN
1. Dong Dong (CHN) 62.990 points

2. Dmitry Ushakov (RUS) 61.769 points
3. Chunlong Lu (CHN) 61.319 points
WOMEN
1. Rosannagh Maclennan (CAN) 57.305 points

2. Shanshan Huang (CHN) 56.730 points
3. Wenna He (CHN) 55.950 points
H A NDB ALL
MEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. FRA (Jerome Fernandez, Didier Dinart, Xavier

Barachet, Guillaume Gille, Bertrand Gille, Daniel
Narcisse, Guillaume Joli, Samuel Hornubia, Daouda
Karaboue, Nikola Karabatic, Thierry Omeyer,
William Accambray, Luc Abalo, Cedric Sorhaindo,
Michael Guigou)
2. SWE (Mattias Andersson, Mattias Gustafsson,
Kim Andersson, Jonas Kallman, Magnus Jernemyr,
Niclas Ekberg, Dalibor Doder, Jonas Larholm, Tobias
Karlsson, Johan Jakobsson, Johan Sjostrand, Fredrik
Petersen, Kim Ekdahl du Rietz, Mattias Zakrisson,
Andreas Nilsson)
3. CRO (Venio Losert, Ivano Balic, Domagoj Duvnjak,
Blazenko Lackovic, Marko Kopljar, Igor Vori,
Jakov Gojun, Zlatko Horvat, Drago Vukovic, Damir
Bicanic, Denis Buntic, Mirko Alilovic, Manuel Strlek,
Ivan Cupic, Ivan Nincevic)
WOMEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. NOR (Kari Grimsbo, Ida Alstad, Heidi Loke, Tonje

Nostvold, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Kristine LundeBorgersen, Kari Johansen, Marit Malm Frafjord, Linn
Sulland, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Linn-Kristin Koren,
Goril Snorroeggen, Amanda Kurtovix, Camilla
Herrem)
2. MNE (Marina Vukcevic, Radmila Miljanic, Jovanka

Radicevic, Ana Dokic, Amrija Jovanovic, Ana
Radovic, Andela Bulatovic, Sonja Barjaktarovic,
Maja Savic, Bojana Popovic, Suzana Lazovic,
Katarina Bulatovic, Majda Mehmedovic, Milena
Knezevic)
3. ESP (Marta Lopez Herrero, Andrea Barno San
Martin, Nely Alberto Francisca, Beatriz Fernandez
Ibanez, Veronica Cuadrado Dehesa, Marta Mangue
Gonzalez, Macarena Aguilar Diaz, Silvia Navarro
Jimenez, Jessica Alonso Bernardo, Elisabeth Pinedo
Saenz, Begona Fernandez Molinos, Vanessa
Amoros Quiles, Patricia Elorza Equiara, Mihaela
Ciobanu Ciobanu)
HOCKEY
MEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. GER (Maxmillian Mueller, Martin Haener, Oskar

Deecke, Christopher Wesley, Moritz Fuerste, Tobias
Hauke, Jan Philipp Rabente, Benjamin Wess,
Timo Wess, Oliver Korn, Christopher Zeller, Max
Weinhold, Matthia Witthaus, Florian Fuchs,Philipp
Zeller, Thilo Stralkowski)
2. NED (Jaap Stockmann, Tim Jenniskens, Klaas
Vermeulen, Marcel Balkestein, Wouter Jolie, Billy
Bakker, Roderick Weusthof, Robbert Kemperman,
Sander Baart, Teun de Nooijer, Floris Evers, Bob de
Voogd, Sander de Wijn, Rogier Hofman, Robert van
der Horst, Valentin Verga, Mink van der Weerde)
3. AUS (Jamie Dwyer, Liam De Young, Simon Orchard,
Glenn Turner, Christopher Giriello, Matthew
Butturini, Mark Knowles, Russell Ford, Edward
Ockenden, Joel Carroll, Matt Gohdes, Timothy
Deavin, Matthew Swann, Nathan Burgers, Kieran
Govers, Fergus Kavanagh)
WOMEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. NED (Joyce Sombroek, Kitty van Male, Carlien

Dirkse van den Heuvel, Kelly Jonker, Maartje
Goderie, Lidewij Welten, Caia van Maasakker,
Maartje Paumen, Naomi van AS, Ellen Hoog,
Sophie Polkamp, Kim Lammers, Eva de Goede,
Marilyn Agliotti, Merel de Blaeij, Margot van
Geffen)
2. ARG (Laura del Colle, Rosario Luchetti, Macarena
Rodriquez Perez, Martina Cavallero, Luciano Aymar,
Carla Rebecchi, Delna Merino, Florencia Habif,
Rocio Sanchez Mocchia, Daniela Sruoga, Soa
Maccari, Mariella Scarone, Silvina Delia, Noel
Barrionuevo, Josena Sruoga, Florencia Mutio)
3. GBR (Elizabeth Storry, Emily Maguire, Laura
Unsworth, Crista Cullen, Hannah Macleod, Anne
Panter, Helen Richardson, Kate Walsh, Chloe
Rogers, Laura Bartlett, Alex Danson, Georgie Twigg,
Ashleigh Ball, Sally Walton, Nicola White, Sarah
Thomas)
2. Tuvshinbayer Naidan (MGL)

3. Henk Grol (NED)
3. Dimitri Peters (GER)
HEAVYWEIGHT (OVER 100KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Teddy Riner (FRA)

Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS)
Rafael Silva (BRA)
Andreas Toelzer (GER)
WOMEN
EXTRA LIGHTWEIGHT (UP TO 48KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Sarah Menezes (BRA)

Alina Dumitru (ROU)
Eva Csernoviczki (HUN)
Charline van Snick (BEL)
HALF-LIGHTWEIGHT (48C52KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Kum Ae An (PRK)
Yanet Bermoy Acosta (CUB)
Rosalba Forciniti (ITA)
Priscilla Gneto (FRA)
LIGHTWEIGHT (5257KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Kaori Matsumoto (JPN)

Corina Caprioriu (ROU)
Marti Malloy (USA)
Automne Pavia (FRA)
MIDDLEWEIGHT (6370KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Lucie Decosse (FRA)

Kerstin Thiele (GER)
Yuri Alvear (COL)
Edith Bosch (NED)
HALF-HEAVYWEIGHT (7078KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Kayla Harrison (USA)

Gemma Gibbons (GBR)
Mayra Aguiar (BRA)
Audrey Tcheumeo (FRA)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Idalys Ortiz (CUB)

Mika Sugimoto (JPN)
Karina Bryant (GBR)
Wen Tong (CHN)
MODERN PENTATHLON
MEN
1. David Svobada (CZE) 5928 points MPOR

2. Zhongrong Cao (CHN) 5904 points
3. Adam Marosi (HUN) 5836 points
WOMEN
1. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 5408 points MPOR

2. Samantha Murray (GBR) 5356 points
3. Yane Marques (BRA) 5340 points
MEN
SINGLE SCULLS (1X)
1.
2.
3.
3.
1. Mahe Drysdale (NZL) 6:57.82

2. Ondrej Synek (CZE) 6:59.37
3. Alan Campbell (GBR) 7:03.28
1.
2.
3.
3.
Mansur Isaev (RUS)

Riki Nakaya (JPN)
Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal (MGL)
Ugo Legrand (FRA)
HALF-MIDDLEWEIGHT (7381KG)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Jae-Bum Kim (KOR)

Ole Bischof (GER)
Ivan Nifontov (RUS)
Antoine Valois-Fortier (CAN)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Dae-Nam Song (KOR)

Asley Gonzalez (CUB)
Ilias Iliadis (GRE)
Masashi Nishiyama (JPN)
1. Tagir Khaibulaev (RUS)
1. GER (Filip Adamski, Andreas Kuffner, Eric

Johannesen, Maximilian Reinelt, Richard Schmidt,
Lukas Mueller, Florian Mennigen, Kristof Wilke,
Martin Sauer) 5:48.75
2. CAN (Gabriel Bergen, Douglas Csima, Rob Gibson,
Conlin McCabe, Malcolm Howard, Andrew Byrnes,
Jeremiah Brown, Will Crothers, Brian Price) 5:49.98
3. GBR (Alex Partridge, James Foad, Tom Ransley,
Richard Egington, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle,
Matthew Langridge, Constantine Louloudis, Phelan
Hill) 5:51.18
WOMEN
1. Miroslava Knapkova (CZE) 7:54.37

2. Fie Erichsen (DEN) 7:57.72
3. Kim Crow (AUS) 7:58.04
Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO)

Miklos Ungvari (HUN)
Masashi Ebinuma (JPN)
Jun-Ho Cho (KOR)
EIGHT (8+)
SINGLE SCULLS (1X)
Urska Zolnir (SLO)

Lili Xu (CHN)
Gevrise Emane (FRA)
Yoshie Ueno (JAP)
R O W IN G
1.
2.
3.
3.
1. GER (Karl Schulze, Phillipp Wende, Lauritz Schoof,

Tim Grohmann) 5:42.48
2. CRO (Daivd Sain, Martin Sinkovic, Damir Martin,
Valent Sinkovic) 5:44.78
3. AUS (Christopher Morgan, Karsten Forsterling,
James McRae, Daniel Noonan) 5:45.22
1.
2.
3.
3.
MEN
HALF-LIGHTWEIGHT (6066KG)
QUADRUPLE SCULLS (4X)
JUDO
Arsen Galstyan (RUS)

Hiroaki Hiraoka (JPN)
Felipe Kitadai (BRA)
Rishod Sobirov (UZB)
2. GBR (Peter Chambers, Rob Williams, Richard

Chambers, Chris Bartley) 6:03.09
3. DEN (Kasper Winther, Morten Jorgensen, Jacob
Barsoe, Eskild Ebbesen) 6:03.16
PAIR (2-)
1. NZL (Eric Murray, Hamish Bond) 6:16.65

2. FRA (Germain Chardin, Dorian Mortelette) 6:21.11
3. GBR (George Nash, William Satch) 6:21.77
DOUBLE SCULLS (2X)
1. NZL (Nathan Cohen, Joseph Sullivan) 6:31.67

2. ITA (Alessio Sartori, Romano Battisti) 6:32.80
3. SLO (Luka Spik, Iztok Cop) 6:34.35
LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS (2X)
1. DEN (Mads Rasmussen, Rasmus Quist) 6:37.17

2. GBR (Zac Purchase, Mark Hunter) 6:37.78
3. NZL (Storm Uru, Peter Taylor) 6:40.86
FOUR (4-)
1. GBR (Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James, Andrew

Triggs Hodge) 6:03.97
2. AUS (William Lockwood, James Chapman, Drew
Ginn, Joshua Dunkley-Smith) 6:05.19
3. USA (Glenn Ochal, Henrik Rummel, Charles Cole,
Scott Gault) 6:07.20
LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR (4-)
1. RSA (James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, John Smith,

Sizwe Ndlovu) 6:02.84
PAIR (2-)
1. GBR (Helen Glover, Heather Stanning) 7:27.13

2. AUS (Kate Hornsey, Sarah Tait) 7:29.86
3. NZL (Juliette Haigh, Rebecca Scown) 7:30.19
DOUBLE SCULLS (2X)
1. GBR (Anna Watkins, Katherine Grainger) 6:55.82

2. AUS (Kim Crow, Brooke Pratley) 6:58.55
3. POL (Magdalena Fularczyk, Julia Michalska)
7:07.92
LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS (2X)
1. GBR (Katherine Copeland, Sophie Hosking) 7:09.30

2. CHN (Dongxiang Xu, Wenyi Huang) 7:11.93
3. GRE (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou)
7:12.09
QUADRUPLE SCULLS (4X)
1. UKR (Kateryna Tarasenko, Nataliya Dovgodko,

Anastasiia Kozhenkova, Yana Dementieva) 6:35.93
2. GER (Annekatrin Thiele, Carina Baer, Julia Richter,
Britta Oppelt) 6:38.09
3. USA (Natalie Dell, Kara Kohler, Megan Kalmoe,
Adrienne Martelli) 6:40.63
EIGHT (8+)
1. USA (Erin Cafaro, Zsuzsanna Francia, Esther

Lofgren, Taylor Ritzel, Meghan Musnicki, Eleanor
Logan, Caroline Lind, Caryn Davies, Mary Whipple)
6:10.59
2. CAN (Janine Hanson, Rachelle Vinberg, Krista
Guloien, Lauren Wilkinson, Natalie Mastracci,
Ashley Brzozowicz, Darcy Marquardt, Andreanne
Morin, Lesley Thompson-Willie) 6:12.06
3. Ned (Jacobine Veenhoven, Nienke Kingma, Chantal
Achterberg, Sytske de Groot, Roline Repelaer van
Driel, Claudia Belderbos, Carline Bouw, Annemiek
de Haan, Anne Schellekens) 6:13.12
SA I L I N G
MEN
WINDSURFER (RS-X)
1. Dorian van Rijsselberge (NED) 15 points

2. Nick Dempsey (GBR) 41 points
3. Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) 60 points
ONE-PERSON DINGHY (LASER)
1. Tom Slingsby (AUS) 43 points

2. Pavlos Kontides (CYP) 59 points
3. Rasmus Myrgren (SWE) 72 points
ONE-PERSON DINGHY (HEAVYWEIGHT) (FINN)
1. Ben Ainslie (GBR) 46 points

2. Jonas Hgh-Christensen (DEN) 46 points
3. Jonathan Lobert (FRA) 49 points
TWO-PERSON DINGHY (470)
1. AUS (Mathew Belcher, Malcolm Page) 22 points

2. GBR (Luke Patience, Stuart Bithell) 30 points
3. ARG (Lucas Calabrese, Juan de la Fuente) 63 points
SKIFF (49ER)
1. AUS (Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen) 56 points

2. NZL (Peter Burling, Blair Tuke) 80 points
3. DEN (Allan Norregaard, Peter Lang) 114 points
287
288
KEELBOAT (STAR)
1. SWE (Fredrik Loof, Max Salminen) 32 points

2. GBR (Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson) 34 points
3. BRA (Robert Scheidt, Bruno Prada) 40 points
3. Delphine Reau (FRA) 93 points
DOUBLES
77KG
TABLE TENN IS
1. USA (Serena Williams, Venus Williams)

2. CZE (Andrea Hlavackova, Lucie Hradecka)
3. RUS (Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova)
1. Xiaojun Lu (CHN) 379kg WR

2. Haojie Lu (CHN) 360kg
3. Ivan Cambar Rodriguez (CUB) 349kg
MEN
SINGLES
WOMEN
WINDSURFER (RS-X)
1. Marina Alabau Neira (ESP) 26 points

2. Tuuli Petaja (FIN) 46 points
3. Zoa Noceti-Klepacka (POL) 47 points
ONE-PERSON DINGHY (LASER RADIAL)
1. Lijia Xu (CHN) 35 points

2. Marit Bouwmeester (NED) 37 points
3. Evi Van Acker (BEL) 40 points
1. Jike Zhang (CHN)

2. Hao Wang (CHN)
3. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
TEAM
1. CHN (Long Ma, Hao Wang, Jike Chang)

2. KOR (Saehyuk Joo, Sangeun Oh, Seungmin Ryu)
3. Ger (Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Bastian Steger)
85KG
MIXED
DOUBLES
1. BLR (Victoria Azarenka, Max Mirnyi)

2. GBR (Laura Robson, Andy Murray)
3. USA (Lisa Raymond, Mike Bryan)
T R IAT H LO N
MEN
WOMEN
TWO-PERSON DINGHY (470)
SINGLES
1. NZL (Jo Aleh, Olivia Powrie) 35 points

2. GBR (Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark) 51 points
3. NED (Lisa Westerhof, Lobke Berkhout) 64 points
1. Xiaoxia Li (CHN)
2. Ning Ding (CHN)
3. Tianwei Feng (SIN)
MATCH RACING (ELLIOTT 6M)
TEAM
1. ESP (Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez, Soa Toro

Prieto Puga, Angela Pumariega Menendez)
2. AUS (Olivia Price, Nina Curtis, Lucinda Whitty )
3. FIN (Silja Lehtinen, Silja Kanerva, Mikaela Wulff)
1. CHN (Ning Ding, Yue Guo, Xiaoxia Li)

2. JPN (Ai Fukuhara, Sayaka Hirano, Kasumi
Ishikawa)
3. SIN (tianwei Feng, Jiawei Li, Yuegu Wang)
S H OOT ING
INDIVIDUAL
1. Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:46.25

2. Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:46.36
3. Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 1:46.56
WOMEN
INDIVIDUAL
1. Adrian Edward Zielinski (POL) 385kg

2. Apti Aukhadov (RUS) 385kg
3. Kianoush Rostami (IRI) 380kg
94KG
1. Ilya Ilyin (KAZ) 418kg WR

2. Alexander Ivanov (RUS) 409kg
3. Anatoli Ciricu (MDA) 407kg
105KG
1. Oleksiy Torokhtiy (UKR) 412kg

2. Navab Nasirshelal (IRI) 411kg
3. Bartlomiej Wojciech Bonk (POL) 410kg
OVER 105KG
1. Behdad Salimikordasiabi (IRI) 455kg

2. Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad (IRI) 449kg
3. Ruslan Albegov (RUS) 448kg
1. Nicola Spirig (SUI) 1:59.48

2. Lisa Norden (SWE) 1:59.48
3. Erin Densham (AUS) 1:59.50
WOMEN
TAEKWOND O
VOLLEYBALL
MEN
MEN
MEN
1. Mingjuan Wang (CHN) 205kg

2. Hiromi Miyake (JPN) 197kg
3. Chun Hwa Ryang (PRK) 192kg
10M AIR RIFLE
UNDER 58KG
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
53KG
1. Alin George Moldoveanu (ROU) 702.1 points

2. Niccolo Campriani (ITA) 701.5 points
3. Gagan Narang (IND) 701.1 points
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
1. RUS (Nikolay Apalikov, Taras Khtey, Sergey

Grankin, Sergey Tetyukhin, Alexander Sokolov,
Yury Berezhko, Alexander Butko, Dmitriy Muserskiy,
Dmitriy Ilinykh, Maxim Mikhhaylov, Alexander
Volkov, Alexey Obmochaev)
2. BRA (Bruno Rezende, Wallace de Souza, Sidnei
dos Santos Junior, Leandro Vissotto Neves, Gilberto
Godoy Filho, Murilo Endres, Sergio Santos, Thiago
Alves, Rodrigo Santana, Lucas Saatkamp, Ricardo
Garcia, Dante Amaral)
3. ITA (Luigi Mastrangelo, Simone Parodi, Samuele
Papi, Michal Lasko, Ivan Zaytsev, Dante Boninfante,
Cristian Savani, Dragan Travica, Alessandro Fei,
Emanuele Birarelli, Andrea Bari, Andrea Giovi)
1. Zulya Chinshanlo (KAZ) 226 OR

2. Shu-Ching Hsu (TPE) 219kg
3. Cristina Iovu (MDA) 219kg
WOMEN
75KG
50M RIFLE PRONE
1. Sergei Martynov (BLR) 705.5 points FWR

2. Lionel Cox (BEL) 701.2 points
3. Rajmond Debevec (SLO) 701.0 points
50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS
1. Niccolo Campriani (ITA) 1278.5 points FOR

2. Jonghyun Kim (KOR) 1272.5 points
3. Matthew Emmons (USA) 1271.3 points
10M AIR PISTOL
1. Jongoh Jin (KOR) 688.2 points

2. Luca Tesconi (ITA) 685.8 points
3. Andrija Zlatic (SRB) 685.2 points
25M RAPID FIRE PISTOL
1. Leuris Pupo (CUB) 34 points

2. Vinay Kumar (IND) 30 points
3. Feng Ding (CHN) 27 points
Joel Gonzalez Bonilla (ESP)

Daehoon Lee (KOR)
Alexey Denisenko (RUS)
Oscar Munoz Oviedo (COL)
UNDER 68KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Servet Tazegul (TUR)

Mohammed Bagheri Motamed (IRI)
Terrence Jennings (USA)
Rohullah Nikpah (AFG)
UNDER 80KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Sebastian Eduardo Crismanich (ARG)

Nicolas Garcia Hemme (ESP)
Lutalo Muhammad (GBR)
Mauro Sarmiento (ITA)
OVER 80KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Carlo Molfetta (ITA)

Anthony Obame (GAB)
Robelis Despaigne (CUB)
Xiaobo Liu (CHN)
50M PISTOL
1. Jongoh Jin (KOR) 662.0 points

2. Young Rae Choi (KOR) 661.5 points
3. Zhiwei Wang (CHN) 658.6 points
SKEET
1. Vincent Hancock (USA) 148 points FOR

2. Anders Golding (DEN) 146 points
3. Nasser Al-Attiya (QAT) 144 points
WOMEN
UNDER 49KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Jingyu Wu (CHN)
Brigitte Yague Enrique (ESP)
Chanatip Sonkham (THA)
Lucija Zaninovic (CRO)
UNDER 57KG
1. Giovanni Cernogoraz (CRO) 146 points

2. Massimo Fabbrizi (ITA) 146 points
3. Fehaid Aldeehani (KUW) 145 points
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
DOUBLE TRAP
UNDER 67KG
1. Peter Robert Russell Wilson (GBR) 188 points

2. Hakan Dahlby (SWE) 186 points
3. Vasily Mosin (RUS) 185 points
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
WOMEN
OVER 67KG
TRAP
10M AIR RIFLE
1. Siling Yi (CHN) 502.9 points

2. Sylwia Bogacka (POL) 502.2 points
3. Dan Yu (CHN) 501.5 points
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Jade Jones (GBR)

Yuzhuo Hou (CHN)
Marlene Harnois (FRA)
Li-Cheng Tseng (TPE)
Kyung Seon Hwang (KOR)
Nur Tatar (TUR)
Paige McPherson (USA)
Helena Fromm (GER)
Milica Mandic (SRB)
Anne-Caroline Graffe (FRA)
Anastasia Baryshnikova (RUS)
Maria del Rosario Espinoza (MEX)
50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS
1. Jamie Lynn Gray (USA) 691.9 points FOR

2. Ivana Maksimovic (SRB) 687.5 points
3. Adela Sykorova (CZE) 683.0 points
TENNI S
10M AIR PISTOL
1. Andy Murray (GBR)

2. Roger Federer (SUI)
3. Juan Martin del Potro (ARG)
1. Wenjun Guo (CHN) 488.1 points

2. Celine Goberville (FRA) 486.6 points
3. Olena Kostevych (UKR) 486.6 points
MEN
1. Xueying Li (CHN) 246kg OR

2. Pimsiri Sirikaew (THA) 236kg
3. Yuliya Kalina (UKR) 235kg
63KG
1. Maiya Maneza (KAZ) 245kg OR

2. Svetlana Tsarukaeva (RUS) 237kg
3. Christine Girard (CAN) 236kg
69KG
1. Jong Sim Rim (PRK) 261kg

2. Roxana Daniela Cocos (ROU) 256kg
3. Maryna Shkermankova (BLR) 256kg
1. Svetlana Podobedova (KAZ) 291kg
2. Natalya Zablotnaya (RUS) 291kg OR
3. Iryna Kulesha (BLR) 269kg
OVER 75KG
1. Lulu Zhou (CHN) 333kg WR

2. Tatiana Kashirina (RUS) 332kg
3. Hripsime Khurshudyan (ARM) 294kg
WR E ST L ING FR E E ST Y L E
MEN
UP TO 55KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS)

Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO)
Kyong Il Yang (PRK)
Shinichi Yumoto (JPN)
5560KG
V O LLEY BA LL BEA C H V O LLEY BA LL

MEN
24-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. GER (Julius Brink, Jonas Reckermann)

2. BRA (Alsion Cerutti, Emanuel Rego)
3. LAT (Martins Plavins, Janis Smedins)
WOMEN
24-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. USA (Kerri Walsh Jennings, Misty May-Treanor)

2. USA (April Ross, Jennifer Kessy)
3. BRA (Juliana Silva, Larissa Franca)
W EIGH T LIFT IN G
MEN
1. Toghrul Asgarov (AZE)

2. Besik Kudukhov (RUS)
=3. Coleman Scott (USA)
=3.Yogeshwar Dutt (IND)
6066KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (JPN)

Sushil Kumar (IND)
Akzhurek Tanatarov (KAZ)
Livan Lopez Azcuy (CUB)
6674KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Jordan Ernest Burroughs (USA)

Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi (IRI)
Soslan Tigiev (UZB)
Denis Tsargush (RUS)
7484KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
62KG
8496KG
WOMEN
1. Un Guk Kim (PRK) 327kg WR

2. Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera (COL) 317kg
3. Irawan Eko Yuli (INA) 317kg
SINGLES
69KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
1. Serena Williams (USA)

2. Maria Sharapova (RUS)
3. Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
1. Qingfeng Lin (CHN) 344kg

2. Triyatno Triyatno (INA) 333kg
3. Razvan Constantin Martin (ROU) 332kg
DOUBLES
1. USA (Mike Bryan, Bob Bryan)

2. FRA (Michael Llodra, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
3. FRA (Julien Benneteau, Richard Gasquet)
SKEET
1. Jessica Rossi (ITA) 99 points FWR

2. Zuzana Stefecekova (SVK) 93 points
58KG
1. Yun Chol Om (PRK) 293kg

2. Jingbiao Wu (CHN) 289kg
3. Valentin Hristov (AZE) 286kg
1. Jangmi Kim (KOR) 792.4 points

2. Ying Chen (CHN) 791.4 points
3. Olena Kostevych (UKR) 788.6 points
TRAP
1. BRA (Fabiana Claudino, Danielle Lins, Paula

Pequeno, Adenizia Silva, Thaisa Menezes,
Jaqueline Carvalho, Fernanda Ferreira, Tandara
Caixeta, Natalia Pereira, Sheilla Castro, Fabiana
Oliveira, Fernanda Rodrigues)
2. USA (Danielle Scott-Arruda, Tayyiba Haneef-Park,
Lindsey Berg, Tamari Miyashiro, Nicole Davis,
Jordan Larson, Megan Hodge, Christa Harmotto,
Logan Tom, Foluke Akinradewo, Courtney
Thompson, Destinee Hooker)
3. JPN (Hitomi Nakamichi, Yoshie Takeshita, Mai
Yamaguchi, Erika Araki, Kaori Inoue, Maiko
Kano, Yuko Sano, Ai Otomo, Risa Shinnabe, Saori
Sakoda, Yukiko Ebata, Saori Kimura)
SINGLES
25M PISTOL
1. Kimberly Rhode (USA) 99 points

2. Ning Wei (CHN) 91 points
3. Danka Bartekova (SVK) 90 points
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
48KG
56KG
Sharif Sharifov (AZE)

Jaime Espinal (PUR)
Dato Marsagishvili (GEO)
Ehsan Naser Lashgari (IRI)
Jacob Varner (USA)
Valerii Adriitsev (UKR)
George Goshelldze (GEO)
Khetag Gazyumov (AZE)
96120KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Artur Taymazov (UZB)

Davit Modzmanashivil (GEO)
Komeil Ghasemi (IRI)
Bilyal Makhov (RUS)
WOMEN
UP TO 48KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Hitomi Obara (JPN)

Mariya Stadnyk (AZE)
Carol Huynh (CAN)
Clarissa Chun (USA)
4855KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Saori Yoshida (JPN)

Tonya Verbeek (CAN)
Jackeline Renteria Castillo (COL)
Yuliya Ratkevich (AZE)
5563KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Kaori Icho (JPN)

Ruixue Jing (CHN)
Battsetseg Soronzonbold (MGL)
Lubov Volosolva (RUS)
2. Hasihin Sanawi (MAS) 5 points

3. Lung Hui Tseng (TPE) 7 points
TEAM RECURVE OPEN
1. RUS (Mikhail Oyun, Oleg Shestakov, Timur

Tuchinov) 206 points
2. KOR (Young Joo Jung, Suk Ho Kim, Myeong-Gu
Lee) 200 points
3. CHN (Changjie Cheng, Zhi Dong, Zongshan Li)
206 points
WOMEN
INDIVIDUAL COMPOUND OPEN
1. Danielle Brown (GBR) 6 points

2. Mel Clarke (GBR) 4 points
3. Stepanida Artakhinova (RUS) 7 points
INDIVIDUAL RECURVE STANDING
1. Huilian Yan (CHN) 6 points

2. Hwa Sook Lee (KOR) 4 points
3. Milena Olszewska (POL) 6 points
INDIVIDUAL RECURVE W1/W2
1. Zahra Nemati (IRI) 7 points

2. Elisabetta Mijno (ITA) 3 points
3. Jinzhi Li (CHN) 6 points
6372KG
TEAM RECURVE OPEN
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
1. KOR (Ran Sook Kim, Hee Sook Ko, Hwa Sook Lee)
199 points
2. CHN (Fangxia Gao, Yanhong Xiao, Huilian Yan)
193 points
3. IRI (Zahra Javanmard, Zahra Nemati, Razieh Shir
Mohammadi) 188 points
Natalia Vorobleva (RUS)

Stanka Zlateva Hristova (BUL)
Guzel Manyurova (KAZ)
Maider Unda (ESP)
WRESTLING GRECO-ROM AN
MEN
UP TO 55KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reihanpour (IR)

Rovshan Bayramov (AZE)
Peter Modos (HUN)
Mingiyan Semenov (RUS)
5560KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Omid Noroozi (IRI)

Revaz Lashkhi (GEO)
Zaur Kuramagomedov (RUS)
Ryutaro Matsumoto (JPN)
6066KG
1. Hyeonwoo Kim (KOR)

2. Tamas Lorincz (HUN)
=3. Manuchar Tskhadaia (GEO)
=3.Steeve Guenot (FRA)
6674KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Roman Vlasov (RUS)

Arsen Julfalakyan (ARM)
Aleksandr Kazakevic (LUT)
Emin Ahmadov (AZE)
ATHLETI CS
MEN
100M T11
1. Lei Xue (CHN), Lin Wang (Guide) 11.17

2. Lucas Prado (BRA), Justino Barbosa dos Santos
(Guide) 11.25
3. Felipe Gomes (BRA), Leonardo Souza Lopes
(Guide) 11.27
100M T12
1. Fedor Trikolich (RUS) 10.81

2. Mateusz Michalski (POL) 10.88
3. Yansong Li (CHN) 10.91
100M T13
1. Jason Smyth (IRL) 10.46 WR

2. Luis Felipe Gutierrez (CUB) 11.02
3. Jonathan Ntutu (RSA) 11.03
100M T34
1. Walid Ktila (TUN) 15.91 PR

2. Rheed McCracken (AUS) 16.30
3. Mohammed Hammadi (UAE) 16.41
7484KG
100M T35
1. Alan Khugaev (RUS)

2. Karam Ebrahim (EGY)
=3. Danyal Gajiyev (KAZ)
=3.Damian Janikowski (POL)
1. Iurii Tsaruk (UKR) 12.62

2. Teboho Mokgalagadi (RSA) 13.10
3. Xinhan Fu (CHN) 13.12
8496KG
1. Evgenii Shvetcov (RUS) 12.08 PR

2. Graeme Ballard (GBR) 12.24
3. Roman Pavlyk (UKR) 12.26
1. Ghasem Rezaei (IRI)

2. Rustam Totrov (RUS)
=3. Artur Aleksanyan (ARM)
=3.Jimmy Lidberg (SWE)
96120KG
1.
2.
=3.
=3.
Mijain Lopez Nunez (CUB)

Heiki Nabi (EST)
Riza Kayaalp (TUR)
Johan Euren (SWE)
100M T36
100M T37
1. Fanie van der Merwe (RSA) 11.51 WR

2. Yongbin Liang (CHN) 11.51 WR
3. Roman Kapranov (RUS) 11.56
100M T38
1. Evan OHanlon (AUS) 10.79 WR

2. Dyan Buis (RSA) 11.11
3. Wenjun Zhou (CHN) 11.22
A R C H E RY
MEN
INDIVIDUAL COMPOUND OPEN
1. Jere Forsberg (FIN) 6 points

2. Matt Stutzman (USA) 4 points
3. Dogan Hanci (TUR) 6 points
INDIVIDUAL COMPOUND W1
1. Jeff Fabry (USA) 6 points

2. David Drahoninsky (CZE) 2 points
3. Norbet Murphy (CAN) 7 points
INDIVIDUAL RECURVE STANDING
1. Timur Tuchinov (RUS) 7 points

2. Oleg Shestakov (RUS) 3 points
3. Mikhail Oyun (RUS) 6 points
INDIVIDUAL RECURVE W1/W2
1. Oscar de Pellegrin (ITA) 6 points
400M T44
1. Mickey Bushell (GBR) 14.75 PR

2. Yufei Zhao (CHN) 15.09
3. Shiran Yu (CHN) 15.20
1. Oscar Pistorius (RSA) 46.68 PR

2. Blake Leeper (USA) 50.14
3. David Prince (USA) 50.61
100M T54
400M T46
1. Leo Pekka Tahti (FIN) 13.79

2. Yang Liu (CHN) 13.92
3. Saichon Konjen (THA) 14.10
1. Gunther Matzinger (AUT) 48.45

2. Yohansson Nascimento (BRA) 49.21 WR
3. Pradeep Sanjaya Uggl Dena Pathirannehelag (SRI)
49.28
200M T11
1. Felipe Gomes (BRA), Leonardo Souza Lopes

(Guide) 22.97
2. Daniel Silva (BRA), Heitor de Oliveira Sales (Guide)
22.99
3. Jose Sayovo Armando (ANG), Nicolau Palanca
(Guide) 23.10
200M T12
1. Mateusz Michalski (POL) 21.56 WR

2. Fedor Trikolich (RUS) 21.81
3. Yansong Li (CHN) 22.04
200M T13
1. Jason Smyth (IRL) 21.05 WR

2. Alexey Labzin (RUS) 21.95
3. Artem Loginov (RUS) 22.03
200M T34
1. Walid Ktila (TUN) 27.98 WR

2. Mohamed Hammadi (UAE) 28.95
3. Rheed McCracken (AUS) 29.08
200M T35
1. Iurii Tsaruk (UKR) 25.86 WR

2. Xinhan Fu (CHN) 26.21
3. Hernan Barreto (ARG) 26.59
200M T36

2. Wa Wai So (HKG) 24.77
3. Ben Rushgrove (GBR) 24.83
200M T37
1. Roman Kapranov (RUS) 23.10 =WR

2. Guangxu Shang (CHN) 23.15
3. Omar Monterola (VEN) 23.34
200M T38
1. Evan OHanlon (AUS) 21.82 WR

2. Dyan Buis (RSA) 22.51
200M T42
1. Richard Whitehead (GBR) 24.38 WR

2. Shaquille Vance (USA) 25.55
3. Heinrich Popow (GER) 25.90
200M T44
1. Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira (BRA) 21.45

2. Oscar Pistorius (RSA) 21.52
3. Blake Leeper (USA) 22.46
200M T46
1. Yohansson Nascimento (BRA) 22.05 WR

2. Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria (CUB) 22.15
3. Simon Patmore (AUS) 22.36
200M T52
1. Raymond Martin (USA) 30.25 PR

2. Tomoya Ito (JPN) 31.60
3. Salvador Hernandez Mondragon (MEX) 31.81
200M T53
1. Huzhao Li (CHN) 25.61 PR

2. Brent Lakatos (CAN) 25.85
3. Yufei Zhao (CHN) 26.00
400M T11
1. Heinrich Popow (GER) 12.40

2. Scott Reardon (AUS) 12.43
3. Wojtek Czyz (GER) 12.52
1. Jose Sayovo Armando (ANG), Nicolau Palanca

(Guide) 50.75
2. Lucas Prado (BRA), Laercio Alves Martins (Guide)
51.44
3. Gauthier Tresor Makunda (FRA), Antoine Laneyrie
(Guide) 52.45
100M T44
400M T12
1. Jonnie Peacock (GBR) 10.90 PR

2. Richard Browne (USA) 11.03
3. Arnu Fourie (RSA) 11.08
1. Mahmoud Khaldi (TUN) 48.52 WR

2. Hilton Langenhoven (RSA) 49.04
3. Jorge Benjamin Gonzalez Sauceda (MEX) 50.41
100M T46
400M T13
1. Xu Zhao (CHN) 11.05

2. Raciel Gonzalez Isidoria (CUB) 11.08
3. Ola Abidogun (GBR) 11.23
1. Alexey Labzin (RUS) 48.59 PR

2. Alexander Zverev (RUS) 48.83
3. Mohamed Amguoun (MAR) 49.45
100M T51
400M T36
1. Toni Piispanen (FIN) 21.72 PR

2. Alvise de Vidi (ITA) 22.60
3. Mohamed Berrahal (ALG) 22.97
1. Evengii Shvetcov (RUS) 53.31 WR

2. Paul Blake (GBR) 54.22
100M T52
400M T38
1. Raymond Martin (USA) 17.02

2. Salvador Hernandez Mondragon (MEX) 17.64
3. Paul Nitz (USA) 17.99
1. Mohamed Farhat Chida (TUN) 50.43

3. Union Sekailwe (RSA) 51.97
100M T42
Paralympic Games
100M T53
400M T52
1. Raymond Martin (USA) 58.54

2. Tomoya Ito (JPN) 1:00.40
3. Thomas Geierspichler (AUT) 1:04.64
400M T53
1. Huzhao Li (CHN) 49.70

2. Brent Lakatos (CAN) 50.17
3. Richard Colman (AUS) 50.24
400M T54
1. Lixin Zhang (CHN) 46.88

2. Kenny van Weeghel (NED) 47.12
3. Chengming Liu (CHN) 47.36
800M T12
1. Abderrahim Zhiou (TUN) 1:56.42

2. Egor Sharov (RUS) 1:56.65
3. David Devine (GBR) 1:58.72
800M T13
1. Abdellatif Baka (ALG) 1:50.31 PR

2. David Korir (KEN) 1:53.16
3. Abdelillah Mame (MAR) 1:53.40
800M T36
1. Evengii Shvetcov (RUS) 2:05.32 PR

2. Artem Arefyev (RUS) 2:06.13
3. Paul Blake (GBR) 2:08.24
800M T37
1. Michael McKillop (IRL) 1:57.22 WR

2. Mohamed Charmi (TUN) 2:01.45
3. Brad Scott (AUS) 2:02.04
800M T46
1. Gunther Matzinger (AUT) 1:51.82 WR

2. Samir Nouioua (ALG) 1:52.33
3. Abraham Tarbei (KEN) 1:53.03
800M T52
1. Raymond Martin (USA) 2:00.34

2. Tomoya Ito (JPN) 2:00.62
3. Leonardo De Jesus Perez Juarez (MEX) 2:01.18
800M T53
1. Richard Colman (AUS) 1:41.13

2. Brent Lakatos (CAN) 1:41.24
3. Joshua George (USA) 1:41.50
800M T54
1. David Weir (GBR) 1:37.63

2. Marcel Hug (SUI) 1:37.84
3. Saichon Konjen (THA) 1:38.51
1500M T11
1. Samwel Mushai Kimani (KEN), James Boit (Guide)

3:58.37 WR
2. Odair Santos (BRA), Carlos Antonio dos Santos
(Guide) 4:03.66
3. Jason Joseph Dunkerley (CAN), Josh Karanja
(Guide) 4:07.56
1500M T13
1. Abderrahim Zhiou (TUN) 3:48.31 WR

2. David Korir (KEN) 3:48.84 WR
3. David Devine (GBR) 3:49.79
1500M T20
1. Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani (IRI) 3:58.49

2. Daniel Pek (POL) 3:59.45
3. Rafal Korc (POL) 3:59.53
1500M T37
1. Michael McKillop (IRL) 4:08.11 PR

2. Brad Scott (AUS) 4:14.47
3. Mohamed Charmi (TUN) 4:14.90
1500M T46
1. Abraham Tarbei (KEN) 3:50.15 WR

2. Wondiye Fikre Indelbu (ETH) 3:50.87
3. Samir Nouioua (ALG) 3:51.80
1500M T54

2. Prawat Wahoram (THA) 3:12.32
3. Gyu Dae Kim (KOR) 3:12.57
5000M T11
1. Cristian Valenzuela (CHI), Cristopher Guajardo

(Guide) 15:26.26
2. Jason Joseph Dunkerley (CAN), Josh Karanja
(Guide) 15:34.07
3. Shinya Wada (JPN), Jun Shida (Guide), Takashi
Nakata (Guide) 15:55.26
289
290
5000M T12
JAVELIN THROW F33/34
3. Tomasz Rebisz (POL) 15.01m
100M T52
1. Amin Chentouf Ei (MAR) 13:53.76 WR

2. Abderrahim Zhiou (TUN) 14:19.97
3. Henry Kirwa (KEN) 14:20.76
1. Mohsen Kaedi (IRI) 38.30m WR

2. Yanzhang Wang (CHN) 38.23m
3. Kamel Kardjena (ALG) 36.40m WR
SHOT PUT F52/53
1. Marieke Vervoort (BEL) 19.69 PR

2. Michelle Stilwell (CAN) 19.80
3. Kerry Morgan (USA) 20.68
5000M T54
JAVELIN THROW F40

2. Kurt Fearnley (AUS) 11:07.90
3. Julien Casoli (FRA) 11:08.07
1. Zhiming Wang (CHN) 47.95m WR

2. Ahmed Naas (IRQ) 43.27m
3. Wildan Nukhailawi (IRQ) 42.31m
4 X 100M RELAY T11-13
JAVELIN THROW F42
1. RUS (Evgeny Kegelev, Alexey Labzin, Fedor

Trikolich, Andrey Koptev, Sergey Petrichenko Guide) 42.66 PR
2. CHN (Lei Xue, Yizhi Yuan, Yuqing Yang, Yangsong
Li, Lin Wang - Guide) 42.68
3. AZE (Elchin Muradov, Rza Osmanov, Oleg Panyutin,
Vladimir Zayets, Pavel Setin - Guide) 43.92
1. Yanlong Fu (CHN) 52.79m WR

2. Kamran Steinstad (IRI) 52.06m
3. Runar Steinstad (NOR) 48.90m
4 X 100M RELAY T42-46
1. RSA (Samkelo Radebe, Zivan Smith, Arnu Fourie,

Oscar Pistorius) 41.78 WR
2. CHN (Zhiming Liu, Fuliang Liu, Hexing Xie, Xu
Zhao) 42.98
3. GER (Markus Rehm, Heinrich Popow, David Behre,
Wojtek Czyz) 45.23
1. Alphanso Cunningham (JAM) 21.84m

2. Abdolreza Jokar (IRI) 20.72m
3. Mauro Maximo de Jesus (MEX) 20.14m
4 X 400M RELAY T53/54
1. CHN (Yang Liu, Chengming Liu, Huzhao Li, Lixin

Zhang) 3:05.46 WR
2. THA (Supachai Koysub, Saichon Konjen, Sopa
Intasen, Prawat Wahoram) 3:13.28
3. AUS (Richard Nicholson, Natheniel Arkley,
Matthew Cameron, Richard Colman) 3:13.42
CLUB THROW F31/32/51
1. Zeljko Dimitrijevic (SRB) 26.88m WR

2. Radim Beles (CZE) 26.67m
3. Lahouari Bahlaz (ALG) 36.31m PR
DISCUS THROW F11
1. David Casino (ESP) 38.41m

2. Vasyl Lishchynskyi (UKR) 35.66m
3. Bil Marinkovic (AUT) 34.59m
DISCUS THROW F32/33/34
1. Yanzhang Wang (CHN) 49.03m WR

2. Hani Alnakhli (KSA) 34.65m WR
3. Lahouari Bahlaz (ALG) 22.30m WR
DISCUS THROW F35/36
1. Sebastian Ernst Klaus Dietz (GER) 38.54m

2. Oleksii Pashkov (UKR) 37.89m
3. Wenbo Wang (CHN) 37.87m
DISCUS THROW F37/38
1. Javad Hardani (IRI) 52.91m WR

2. Dong Xia (CHN) 55.81m WR
3. Tomasz Blatkiewicz (POL) 54.02m
DISCUS THROW F40

2. Paschalis Stathelakos (GRE) 44.11m
3. Jonathan De Souza Santos (Brazil) 40.49m
DISCUS THROW F42
1. Aled Davies (GBR) 46.14m

2. Mehrdad Karam Zadeh (IRI) 44.62m
3. Lezheng Wang (CHN) 42.81m
DISCUS THROW F44
1. Jeremy Campbell (USA) 60.05m PR

2. Dan Greaves (GBR) 59.01m
3. Farzad Sepahvand (IRI) 58.39m
1. Mohamed Berrahal (ALG) 12.37m WR

2. Aigars Apinis (LAT) 21.00m
3. Mohamed Zemzemi (TUN) 11.34m
1. Leonardo Diaz (CUB) 44.63m WR

2. Drazenko Mitrovic (SRB) 32.97m WR
3. Ali Mohammad Yari (IRI) 41.98m
DISCUS THROW F57/58
1. Alexey Ashapatov (RUS) 60.72m WR

2. Rostislav (CZE) 46.89m
3. Metawa Abouelkhir (EGY) 64.19m
HIGH JUMP F42
1. Iliesa Delana (FIJ) 1.74m

2. Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda (IND) 1.74m
3. Lukasz Mamczarz (POL) 1.74m
HIGH JUMP F46
1. Maciej Lepiato (POL) 2.12m WR

2. Jeff Skiba (USA) 2.04m
3. Hongjie Chen (CHN) 2.01m PR
1. Pengkai Zhu (CHN) 64.38m WR

2. Sajad Nikparast (IRI) 63.15m
3. Branimir Budetic (CRO) 56.78m
JAVELIN THROW F44
1. Mingjie Gao (CHN) 58.53m PR

2. Tony Falelavaki (FRA) 58.21m
3. Ronald Hertog (NED) 55.83m
JAVELIN THROW F54/55/56
1. Luis Alberto Zepeda Felix (MEX) 28.07m

2. Alexey Kuznetsov (RUS) 27.87m
3. Manolis Stefanoudakis (GRE) 27.37m
1. Mohammad Khalvandi (IRI) 50.98m WR

2. Claudiney Batista dos Santos (BRA) 45.38m WR
3. Raed Salem (EGY) 47.90m
LONG JUMP F11
1. Ruslan Katyshev (UKR) 6.46m

2. Elexis Gillette (USA) 6.34m
3. Duan Li (CHN) 6.31m
LONG JUMP F13
1. Luis Felipe Gutierrez (CUB) 7.54m PR

2. Angel Jimenez Cabeza (CUB) 7.14m
3. Radoslav Zlatanov (BUL) 6.81m
LONG JUMP F20
1. Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro (ESP) 7.25m PR

2. Zoran Talic (CRO) 7.09m
3. Lenine Cunha (POR) 6.95m
LONG JUMP F36
1. Roman Pavlyk (UKR) 5.23m

2. Mariusz Sobczak (POL) 5.14m
3. Vladimir Sviridov (RUS) 5.08m
LONG JUMP F37/38
1. Gocha Khugaev (RUS) 6.31m WR

2. Yuxi Ma (CHN) 6.26m
3. Dyan Buis (RSA) 6.48m
LONG JUMP F42/44
1. Markus Rehm (GER) 7.35m WR

2. Wojtek Czyz (GER) 6.33m
3. Daniel Jorgensen (DEN) 6.11m
LONG JUMP F46
1. Fuliang Liu (CHN) 7.15m

2. Arnaud Assoumani (FRA) 7.13m
3. Huseyn Hasanov (AZE) 6.53m
SHOT PUT F11/12
1. Andrii Holivets (UKR) 16.25m

2. Vladimir Andryushchenko (RUS) 15.21m
3. Russell Short (AUS) 14.73m
SHOT PUT F20
1. Todd Hodgetts (AUS) 16.29m WR

2. Jeffrey Ige (SWE) 15.50m
3. Muhammad Ziyad Zolkei (MAS) 15.21m
SHOT PUT F32/33
1. Kamel Kardjena (ALG) 12.41m PR

2. Karim Betina (ALG) 10.37m
3. Mounir Bakiri (ALG) 9.49m
SHOT PUT F34
1. Azeddine Nouiri (MAR) 13.10m WR

2. Mohsen Kaedi (IRI) 12.94m
3. Thierry Cibone (FRA) 12.86m
SHOT PUT F37/38
1. Dong Xia (CHN) 17.52m WR

2. Ibrahim Ahmed Abdelwareth (EGY) 15.53m PR
3. Javad Hardani (IRI) 15.43m
SHOT PUT F40

2. Hocine Gherzouli (ALG) 12.91m
3. Paschalis Stathelakos (GRE) 12.78m
SHOT PUT F42/44
1. Jackie Christiansen (DEN) 18.16m PR

2. Darko Kralj (CRO) 14.21m
3. Aled Davies (GBR) 13.78m
SHOT PUT F46
1. Nikita Prokhorov (RUS) 15.68m WR

2. Zhanbio Hou (CHN) 15.57m
1. Aigars Apinis (LAT) 10.23m WR

2. Mauro Maximo de Jesus (MEX) 8.68m
3. Scot Severn (USA) 8.26m
SHOT PUT F54/55/56
1. Jalil Bagheri Jeddi (IRI) 11.63m PR

2. Karol Kozun (POL) 11.36m
3. Robin Womack (GBR) 11.34m
SHOT PUT F57/58
1. Alexey Ashapatov (RUS) 16.20m PR

2. Janusz Rokicki (POL) 15.68m
3. Michael Louwrens (RSA) 13.64m
TRIPLE JUMP F11
1. Denis Gulin (RUS) 12.91m

2. Duan Li (CHN) 12.75m
3. Ruslan Katyshev (UKR) 12.50m
TRIPLE JUMP F12
1. Oleg Panyutin (AZE) 15.02m

2. Vladimir Zayets (AZE) 15.01m
3. Hewei Dong (CHN) 14.20m
TRIPLE JUMP F46
1. Fuliang Liu (CHN) 15.20m WR

2. Arnuad Assoumani (FRA) 14.28m
3. Aliaksandr Subota (BLR) 14.00m
MARATHON T12
1. Alberto Suarez Laso (ESP) 2:24:50 WR

2. Elkin Alonso Serna Moreno (COL), German
Naranjo Jaramillo (Guide) 2:26:39
3. Abderrahim Zhiou (TUN) 2:26:56
MARATHON T46
1. Tito Sena (BRA) 2:30:40

2. Abderrahman Ait Khamouch (ESP) 2:31:04
3. Frederic van den Heede (BEL) 2:31:38
MARATHON T54
1. David Weir (GBR) 1:30:20

2. Marcel Hug (SUI) 1:30:21
3. Kurt Fearnley (AUS) 1:30:21
100M T53
1. Lisha Huang (CHN) 16.42

2. Hongzhuan Zhou (CHN) 16.90
3. Angela Ballard (AUS) 17.14
100M T54
1. Wenjun Liu (CHN) 15.82 WR

2. Hongjiao Dong (CHN) 15.86
3. Tatyana McFadden (USA) 16.15
200M T11
1. Terezinha Guilhermina (BRA) Guilherme Soares de

Santana (Guide) 24.82 PR
2. Jerusa Geber Santos (BRA) Luiz Henrique Barboza
Da Silva (Guide) 26.32
3. Juntingxian Jia (CHN) Donglin Xu (Guide) 26.33
200M T12
1. Assia El Hannouni (FRA) Gautier Simounet (Guide)

24.46 WR
2. Guohua Zhou (CHN) Jie Li (Guide) 24.66
3. Daqing Zhu (CHN) Hui Zhang (Guide) 24.88
200M T34
1. Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 31.90 PR

2. Amy Siemons (NED) 34.16
3. Desiree Vranken (NED) 34.85
200M T35
1. Ping Liu (CHN) 32.72

2. Oxana Corso (ITA) 33.68
3. Virginia McLachlan (CAN) 34.31
200M T36
1. Elena Ivanova (RUS) 30.25

2. Min Jae Jeon (KOR) 31.08
3. Claudia Nicoleitzik (GER) 32.08
200M T37
WOMEN
1. Johanna Benson (NAM) 29.26

2. Bethany Woodward (GBR) 29.65
3. Maria Seifert (GER) 29.86
100M T11
200M T38
1. Terezinha Guilhermina (BRA) Guilherme Soares de

Santana (Guide) 12.01 WR
2. Jerusa Geber Santos (BRA) Luiz Henrique Barboza
da Silva (Guide) 12.75
3. Jhulia Santos (BRA) Fabio Dias de Oliveira Silva
(Guide) 12.76
1. Junfei Chen (CHN) 27.39 WR

2. Margarita Goncharova (RUS) 27.82
3. Inna Stryzhak (UKR) 28.18
100M T12
1. Guohua Zhou (CHN) Jie Li (Guide) 12.05

2. Libby Clegg (GBR) Mikail Huggins (Guide) 12.13
3. Oxana Boturchuk (UKR) 12.18
100M T13
1. Omara Durand (CUB) 12.00 PR

2. Ilse Hayes (RSA) 12.41
3. Nantenin Keita (FRA) 12.47
100M T34
1. Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 18.06 PR

2. Amy Siemons (NED) 19.49
3. Rosemary Little (AUS) 19.95
100M T35
1. Ping Liu (CHN) 15.44 WR

2. Oxana Corso (ITA) 15.94
3. Virginia McLachlan (CAN) 16.42
100M T36
1. Elena Ivanova (RUS) 14.44

2. Min Jae Jeon (KOR) 14.70
3. Claudia Nicoleitzik (GER) 14.88
100M T37
1. Mandy Francois-Elie (FRA) 14.08

2. Johanna Benson (NAM) 14.23
3. Neda Bahi (TUN) 14.36
100M T38
1. Margarita Goncharova (RUS) 13.45

2. Junfei Chen (CHN) 13.53
3. Inna Stryzhak (UKR) 13.64
100M T42
1. Martina Caironi (ITA) 15.87 WR

2. Kelly Cartwright (AUS) 16.14
3. Jana Schmidt (GER) 16.19
100M T44
1. Marie-Amelie le Fur (FRA) 13.26

2. Marlou van Rhijn (NED) 13.32
3. April Holmes (USA) 13.33
100M T46
1. Yunidis Castillo (CUB) 12.01

2. Nikol Rodomakina (RUS) 12.49
3. Yanping Wang (CHN) 12.89
200M T44
1. Marlou van Rhijn (NED) 26.18 WR

2. Marie-Amelie le Fur (FRA) 26.76 WR
3. Katrin Green (GER) 27.53
200M T46
1. Yunidis Castillo (CUB) 24.45 WR

2. Alicja Fiodorow (POL) 25.49
3. Anrune Liebenberg (RSA) 25.55
200M T52
1. Michelle Stilwell (CAN) 33.80 PR

2. Marieke Vervoort (BEL) 34.83
3. Kerry Morgan (USA) 36.49
200M T53

400M T12
1. Assia El Hannouni (FRA) 55.39

2. Oxana Boturchuk (UKR) 55.69
3. Daniela E Velasco Maldonado (MEX) Jose
Guadalupe Fuentes Ortiz (Guide) 58.51
400M T13
1. Omara Durand (CUB) 55.12 PR

2. Somaya Bousaid (TUN) 56.83
3. Alexandra Dimoglou (GRE) 56.91
400M T37
1. Neda Bahi (TUN) 1:05.86

2. Viktoriya Kravchenko (UKR) 1:07.32
3. Evgeniya Trushnikova (RUS) 1:07.35
400M T46
1. Yunidis Castillo (CUB) 55.72 WR

2. Anrune Liebenberg (RSA) 56.65
3. Alicja Fiodorow (POL) 58.48
400M T53

400M T54
1. Tatyana McFadden (USA) 52.97

2. Hongjiao Dong (CHN) 55.43
3. Edith Wolf (SUI) 56.25
800M T53
3. Anna Kaniuk (BLR) 5.83m
1. Hongzhuan Zhou (CHN) 1:52.85 PR

2. Lisha Huang (CHN) 1:53.10
3. Jessica Galli (CHN) 1:53.12
LONG JUMP F13
800M T54
1. Tatyana McFadden (USA) 1:47.01

2. Edith Wolf (SUI) 1:49.87
3. Lihong Zou (CHN) 1:50.31
1500M T12
1. Ilse Hayes (RSA) 5.70m

2. Lynda Hamri (ALG) 5.31m
3. Anthi Karagianni (GRE) 5.16m
LONG JUMP F20
1. Karolina Kucharczyk (POL) 6.00m WR

2. Krestina Zhukova (RUS) 5.38m
3. Mikela Ristoski (CRO) 5.28m
2. CZE (Leo Lacina, Radek Prochazka)

3. CAN (Marco Dispaltro, Josh vander Vies)
TEAM BC1/BC2
1. THA (Witsanu Huadpradit, Mongkol Jitsa-Ngiem,

Pattaya Tadtong, Watcharaphon Vongsa)
2. CHN (Zhiqiang Yan, Weibo Yuan, Qi Zhang, Kai
Zhong)
3. GBR (Daniel Bentley, Nigel Murray, Zoe Robinson,
David Smith)
1. Elena Pautova (RUS) 4:37.65

2. Elena Congost (ESP) 4:45.53
3. Annalisa Minetti (ITA) Andrea Giocondi (Guide)
4:48.88 WR
LONG JUMP F37/38
1. Margarita Goncharova (RUS) 4.84m PR

2. Inna Stryzhak (UKR) 4.97m
3. Yuanhang Cao (CHN) 4.40m PR
C Y C LIN G R O A D
1500M T20
LONG JUMP F42/44
1. Barbara Niewiedzial (POL) 4:35.26

2. Arleta Meloch (POL) 4:39.04
3. Ilona Biacsi (ITA) 4:42.31
1. Kelly Cartwright (AUS) 4.38m WR

2. Stef Reid (GBR) 5.28m PR
3. Marie-Amelie le Fur (FRA) 5.14m
1500M T54
LONG JUMP F46
1. Tatyana McFadden (USA) 3:36.42

3. Shirley Reilly (USA) 3:37.03
1. Nikol Rodomakina (RUS) 5.63m

2. Carlee Beattie (AUS) 5.57m
3. Jingling Ouyang (CHN) 5.41m
5000M T54
SHOT PUT F11/12

2. Shirley Reilly (USA) 12:27.91
3. Christie Dawes (AUS) 12:28.24
1. Assunta Legnante (ITA) 16.74m WR

2. Hongxia Tang (CHN) 12.47m
3. Liangmin Zhang (CHN) 11.07m
4 X 100M RELAY T35-38
SHOT PUT F20
1. RUS (Anastasiya Ovsyannikova, Svetlana Sergeeva,

Elena Ivanova, Margarita Goncharova) 54.86
2. CHN (Dezhi Xiong, Yuanhang Cao, Ping Liu, Junfei
Chen) 55.65
3. GBR (Olivia Breen, Bethany Woodward, Katrina
Hart, Jenny McLoughlin) 56.08
1. Ewa Durska (POL) 13.80m PR

2. Anastasiia Mysnyk (UKR) 12.67m
3. Svitlana Kudelya (UKR) 12.24m
CLUB THROW F31/32/51
1. Maroua Ibrahmi (TUN) 23.43m WR

2. Mounia Gasmi (ALG) 22.51m
3. Gemma Prescott (GBR) 20.50m
DISCUS THROW F11/12
1. Liangmin Zhang (CHN) 40.31m PR

2. Hongxia Tang (CHN) 39.91m
3. Claire Williams (GBR) 39.63m
DISCUS THROW F35/36
1. Qing Wu (CHN) 28.01m WR

2. Mariia Pomazan (UKR) 30.12m WR
3. Katherine Proudfoot (AUS) 25.22m
DISCUS THROW F37
1. Na Mi (CHN) 35.35m WR
2. Quiping Xu (CHN) 32.08m
3. Beverley Jones (GBR) 30.99m
DISCUS THROW F40
1. Najat El Garraa (MAR) 32.37m WR

2. Raoua Tlili (TUN) 31.16m
3. Genjimisu Meng (CHN) 30.44m
1. Josie Pearson (GBR) 6.58m WR

2. Catherine O Neill (IRL) 5.66m
3. Zena Cole (USA) 5.25m
DISCUS THROW F57/58
1. Nassima Sai (ALG) 40.34m PR

2. Stela Eneva (BUL) 36.56m
3. Orla Barry (IRL) 28.12m
1. Tanja Dragic (SRB) 42.51m WR

2. Anna Sorokina (RUS) 38.79m
3. Natalija Eder (AUT) 38.03m
1. Shirlene Coehlo (BRA) 37.86 WR

2. Qianqian Jia (CHN) 31.62m
3. Georgia Beikoff (AUS) 29.84m
JAVELIN THROW F46
1. Katarzyna Piekart (POL) 41.15m WR

2. Nataliya Gudkova (RUS) 41.08m
3. Madeleine Hogan (AUS) 38.85m
JAVELIN THROW F33/34/52/53
1. Birgit Kober (GER) 27.03m WR

2. Marie Braemer-Skowronek (GER) 20.43m
3. Marjaana Huovinen (FIN) 19.47
JAVELIN THROW F54/55/56
1. Liwan Yang (CHN) 17.89m WR

2. Hania Aidi (TUN) 17.40m
3. Martina Willing (GER) 23.12m
1. Ming Liu (CHN) 23.48m

2. Saa Djelal (ALG) 28.87m
3. Larisa Volik (RUS) 21.95m
LONG JUMP F11/12
1. Oksana Zubkovska (UKR) 6.60m WR

2. Juntingxian Jia (CHN) 4.73m
SHOT PUT F32/33/34
1. Birgit Kober (GER) 10.25m WR

2. Louise Ellery (AUS) 5.90m
3. Maroua Ibrahmi (TUN) 5.75m
SHOT PUT F35/36
1. Mariia Pomazan (UKR) 12.22m WR

2. Jun Wang (CHN) 12.07m
3. Qing Wu (CHN) 10.64m WR
SHOT PUT F37
1. Na Mi (CHN) 12.20m WR
2. Qiuping Xu (CHN) 11.04m
3. Eva Berna (CZE) 11.00m
SHOT PUT F40
1. Raoua Tlili (TUN) 9.86m WR

2. Genjimisu Meng (CHN) 9.13m
3. Najat El Garraa (MAR) 8.62m
SHOT PUT F42/44
1. Juan Yao (CHN) 13.05m WR

2. Yue Yang (CHN) 12.22m
3. Michaela Floeth (GER) 12.21m
SHOT PUT F54/55/56
1. Liwan Yang (CHN) 7.50m WR

2. Marianne Buggenhagen (GER) 8.32m
3. Angela Madsen (USA) 8.88m PR
SHOT PUT F57/58
1. Angeles Ortiz Hernandez (MEX) 11.43m WR

2. Stela Eneva (BUL) 11.38m
3. Eucharia Iyiazi (NGR) 11.11m
2. Josefa Benitez Guzman (ESP), Maria Noriega

(Guide) 2:08:59
3. Kathrin Goeken (NED), Kim Van Dijk (Guide)
2:12.56
ROAD RACE C1/2/3
1. Sini Zeng (CHN) 1:29:02

2. Denise Schindler (GER) 1:29:11
3. Allison Jones (USA) 1:29:11
ROAD RACE C4/5
MEN
1. Sarah Storey (GBR) 1:40:36

2. Anna Harkowska (POL) 1:47:58
3. Kelly Crowley (USA) 1:48:34
ROAD RACE B
ROAD RACE H1/2/3
1. Ivano Pizzi (ITA), Lucca Pizzi (Guide) 2:26:52

2. Krysztof Kosikowski (POL), Artur Korc (Guide)
2:26:57
3. Vladislav Janovjak (SVK), Robert Mitosinka (Guide)
2:26:59
1. Marianna Davis (USA) 1:41.34

2. Monica Bascio (USA) 1:42.07
3. Rachel Morris (GBR) 1:43.08
ROAD RACE C1/2/3
1. Roberto Bargna (ITA) 1:42:51

2. Steffen Warias (GER) 1:42:51
3. David Nicholas (AUS) 1:42:51
ROAD RACE C4/5
1. Yegor Dementyev (UKR) 1:55:38

2. Xinyang Liu (CHN) 1:55:48
3. Michele Pittacolo (ITA) 1:55:51
ROAD RACE H1
1. Mark Rohan (IRL) 1:53:09

2. Tobias Fankhauser (SUI) 1:53:11
3. Name (country abbreviation) 1:53:24
ROAD RACE H2
1. Walter Ablinger (AUT) 1:37.55

2. Jean-Marc Berset (SUI) 1:37:59
3. Vittorio Podesta (ITA) 1:38:02
ROAD RACE H3
1. Rafal Wilk (POL) 1:50:05

2. Vico Merklein (GER) 1:51:34
3. Joel Jeannot (FRA) 1:53:37
ROAD RACE H4
1. Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) 2:00:32

2. Ernst van Dyk (RSA) 2:00:33
3. Wim Decleir (BEL) 2:00:35
TIME TRIAL B
ROAD RACE H4
1. Andrea Eskau (GER) 1:31:05

2. Laura de Vaan (NED) 1:41:21
3. Dorothee Vieth (GER) 1:41.21
TIME TRIAL B
1. Kathrin Goeken (NED), Kim Van Dijk (Guide)

35:02.73
2. Phillipa Gray (NZL), Laura Thompson (Guide)
35:07.68
3. Catherine Walsh (IRL), Francine Meehan (Guide)
35:29.56
TIME TRIAL C1/2/3
1. Alison Jones (USA) 26:58.54

2. Tereza Diepoldova (CZE) 27:47.91
3. Sini Zeng (CHN) 27:57.16
TIME TRIAL C4
1. Megan Fisher (USA) 26:04.39

2. Susan Powell (AUS) 26:31.30
3. Marie-Claude Molnar (CAN) 26:48.52
TIME TRIAL C5
1. Sarah Storey (GBR) 22:40.66

2. Anna Harkowska (POL) 24:14.94
3. Kelly Crowley (USA) 25:14.51
TIME TRIAL H1/2
1. Marianna Davis (USA) 31:06.39

2. Karen Darke (GBR) 33.16.09
3. Ursula Schwaller (SUI) 34:56.55
1. Christian Venge (ESP), David Llaurado Caldero

(Guide) 30:48.25
2. Ivano Pizzi (ITA), Lucca Pizzi (Guide) 30:50.41
3. James Brown (IRL), Damien Shaw (Guide) 31:13.00
TIME TRIAL H3
TIME TRIAL C1
TIME TRIAL H4
1. Michael Teuber (GER) 25:16.43

2. Mark Colbourne (GBR) 25:29.37
3. Yu Li Zhang (CHN) 26:23.11
1. Andrea Eskau (GER) 28:18.09

2. Dorothee Vieth (GER) 30:00.27
3. Laura de Vaan (NED) 30:24.82
TIME TRIAL C2
MIXED
1. Tobias Graf (GER) 24:35.12

2. Guihua Liang (CHN) 24:40.33
3. Maurice Eckhard Tio (ESP) 24:40.76
TIME TRIAL C3
1. David Nicholas (AUS) 23:22.13

2. Joseph Berenyi (USA) 23:31.73
3. Masaki Fujita (JPN) 23.55.54
1. Sandra Graf (SUI) 33:21.61

2. Monica Bascio (USA) 33:39.26
3. Svetlana Moshkovich (RUS) 34.08.48
ROAD RACE T1/2
1. David Stone (GBR) 45:17

2. Giorgio Farroni (ITA) 45:24
3. David Vondracek (CZE) 48:34
TEAM RELAY H1-H4
BOCCI A
1. Jiri Jezek (CZE) 32:59.92

2. Carol-Eduard Novak (ROU) 33:06.93
3. Jiri Bouska (CZE) 33:34.92
1. USA (Matthew Updike, Oscar Sanchez, Marianna

Davis) 30:07.00
2. ITA (Vittorio Podesta, Alessandro Zanardi,
Francesca Fenocchio) 30:50.00
3. SUI (Heinz Frei, Ursula Schwaller, Jean-Marc Berset)
30:58.00
INDIVIDUAL BC1
TIME TRIAL C5
TIME TRIAL T1/2
1. Pattaya Tadtong (THA)

2. David Smith (GBR)
3. Roger Aandalen (NOR)
1. Yegor Dementyev (UKR) 32:12.98

2. Xinyang Liu (CHN) 32:21.03
3. Michael Gallagher (AUS) 33:12.03
1. David Stone (GBR) 45:17

2. Giorgio Farroni (ITA) 45.24
3. David Vondracek (CZE) 48.34
INDIVIDUAL BC2
TIME TRIAL H1
1. Maciel Sousa Santos (BRA)

2. Zhiqiang Yan (CHN)
3. So-Yeong Jeong (KOR)
1. Mark Rohan (IRL) 35:41.54

2. Koby Lion (ISR) 35:53.30
3. Wolfgang Schattauer (AUT) 38:02.35
C Y C LI N G T RACK
INDIVIDUAL BC3
TIME TRIAL H2
1. Ye-Jin Choi (KOR)

2. Ho-Won Jeong (KOR)
3. Jose Macedo (POR)
1. Heinz Frei (SUI) 26:52.39

2. Walter Ablinger (AUT) 26:57.25
3. Vittorio Podesta (ITA) 27:01.98
INDIVIDUAL BC4
TIME TRIAL H3
1. Dirceu Jose Pinto (BRA)

2. Yuansen Zheng (CHN)
3. Eliseu dos Santos (BRA)
1. Rafal Wilk (POL) 25:24.17

2. Nigel Barley (AUS) 26.18.34
3. Bernd Jeffre (GER) 27:00.90
1. Neil Fachie (GBR) Barney Storey (Guide/Pilot)

1:01.351 WR
2. Jose Enrique Porto Lareo (ESP) Jose Antonio
Villanueva Trinidad (Guide/Pilot) 1:02.707
3. Rinne Oost (NED) Patrick Bos (Guide/Pilot)
1:03.052
PAIRS BC3
TIME TRIAL H4
1. GRE (Maria-Eleni Kordali, Nikolaos Pananos,

Grigorios Polychronidis)
2. POR (Armando Costa, Jose Macedo, Luis Silva)
3. BEL (Pieter Cilissen, Kirsten de Laender, Pieter
Verlinden)
1. Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) 24:50.22

2. Norbert Mosandl (GER) 25:17.40
3. Oscar Sanchez (USA) 25:35.26
PAIRS BC4
1. Robbi Weldon (CAN), Lyne Bessette (Guide)

2:08:26
MARATHON T54
1. Shirley Reilly (USA) 1:46:33

2. Shelly Woods (GBR) 1:46:34
3. Sandra Graf (SUI) 1:46.35
1. BRA (Eliseu dos Santos, Dirceu Jose Pinto)
TIME TRIAL C4
WOMEN
ROAD RACE B
MEN
KILO B
KILO C1/2/3
1. Zhang Yu Li (CHN) 1:05.021 WR

2. Mark Lee Colbourne (GBR) 1:08.471
3. Tobias Graf (GER) 1:09.979 WR
KILO C4/5
1. Alfonso Cabello (ESP) 1:05.947 WR

2. Jon-Allan Butterworth (GBR) 1:05.985
291
292
PURSUIT B
3. Angelika Trabert & Ariva Avanti (GER)
1. Kieran Modra (AUS) Scott McPhee (Guide/Pilot)

4:17.756 WR
2. Bryce Lindores (AUS) Sean Finning (Guide/Pilot)
4:22.269
3. Miguel Angel Clemente Solano (ESP) Diego Javier
Munoz (Guide/Pilot) 4:24.015
CHAMPIONSHIP TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE III
PURSUIT C1
1. Mark Lee Colbourne (GBR) 3:53.881 WR

2. Zhang Yu Li (CHN) 4:01.826
3. Rodrigo Fernando Lopez (ARG) 4:04.559
PURSUIT C2
1. Guihua Liang (CHN) 3:45.243 WR

2. Tobias Graf (GER) 3:48.248
3. Laurent Thirionet (FRA) 3:53.547
PURSUIT C3
1. Joseph Berenyi (USA) 3:37.912

2. Shaun McKeown (GBR) 3:38.637
3. Darren Kenny (GBR) 3:35.257
PURSUIT C4
1. Carol-Eduard Novak (ROU) 4:42.00

2. Jiri Jezek (CZE) 4:45.232
3. Jody Cundy (GBR)
PURSUIT C5
1. Michael Gallagher (AUS) 4:35.927

2. Jon-Allan Butterworth (GBR) 4:39.586
SPRINT B
1. Anthony Kappes (GBR), Craig MacLean (Guide) NM

2. Neil Fachie (GBR), Barney Storey (Guide) NM
3. Jose Enrique Porto Lareo (ESP), Jose Antonio
Villanueva Trinidad (Guide) NM
WOMEN
500M C1/2/3
1. Yin He (CHN) 39.158 WR

2. Alyda Norbruis (NED) 39.174
3. Jyame Paris (AUS) 40.476 WR
500M C4/5
1. Sarah Storey (GBR) 36.997

2. Jennifer Schuble (USA) 37.941
3. Jianping Ruan (CHN) 38.194 WR
1. Hannelore Brenner & Women of the World (GER)

2. Deborah Criddle & LJT Akilles (GBR)
3. Annika Dalskov & Aros A Fenris (DEN)
CHAMPIONSHIP TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE IV
1. Michele George & Rainman (BEL)

2. Sophie Wells & Pinocchio (GBR)
3. Frank Hosmar & Alphaville (NED)
FREESTYLE TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE IA
1. Sophie Christiansen & Janeiro 6 (GBR)

2. Laurentia Tan & Ruben James 2 (SIN)
3. Helen Kearney & Mister Cool (IRL)
FREESTYLE TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE IB
1. Pepo Puch & Fine Feeling (AUT)

2. Katja Karalainen & Rosie (FIN)
3. Lee Pearson & Gentleman (GBR)
FREESTYLE TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE II
1. Natasha Baker & Cabral (GBR)

2. Britta Napel & Aquilina 3 (GER)
3. Angelika Trabert & Ariva-Avanti (GER)
3. TUR (Tekin Okan Duzgun, Huseyin Alkan, Mehmet

Cesur, Yusuf Ucar, Abdullah Aydogdu, Tuncay
Karakaya)
WOMEN
10-TEAM TOURNAMENT
JUD O
UP TO 67.50KG
MEN
1.
2.
3.
3.
Ramin Ibrahimov (AZE)

Xiaodong Li (CHN)
Ben Quilter (GBR)
Mouloud Noura (ALG)
UP TO 90.00KG
1. Hany Abdelhady (EGY) 241kg PR

2. Huichao Cai (CHN) 233kg
3. Pavlos Mamalos (GRE) 232kg
1. GBR (Lee Pearson, Sophie Wells, Deborah Criddle,

Sophie Christiansen)
2. GER (Angelika Trabert, Britta Napel, Steffen Zeibig,
Hannelore Brenner)
3. IRL (Eilish Byrne, James Dwyer, Geraldine Savage,
Helen Kearney)
FOOTBALL 5- A - SID E
MEN
8-TEAM TOURNAMENT B1
Dmytro Solovey (UKR)

Sharif Khalilov (UZB)
Eduardo Avila Sanchez (MEX)
Shakhban Kurbanov (RUS)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Olexandr Kosinov (UKR)

Jose Effron (ARG)
Isao Cruz Alonso (CUB)
Matthias Krieger (RUS)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis (CUB)

Samuel Ingram (GBR)
Jorge Lencina (ARG)
Dartanyon Crockett (USA)
1. RUS (Aslanbek Sapiev, Alexey Tumakov, Aleksei

Chesmin, Ivan Potekhin, Eduard Ramonov, Andrei
Kuvaev, Aleksandr Lekov, Lasha Murvanadze,
Viacheslav Larionov, Vladislav Raretckii, Zaurbek
Pagaev, Aleksandr Kuligin)
2. UKR (Kostyantyn Symashko, Vitaliy Trushev, Yevhen
Zinoviev, Taras Dutko, Anatolii Shevchyk, Ivan
Shkvarlo, Ivan Dotsenko, Denys Ponomaryov,
Oleksiy Hetun, Oleksandr Devlysh, Volodymyr
Antoniuk, Igor Kosenko)
3. IRI (Mehran Nikoee Majd, Hashem Rastegarimobin,
Sadegh Hassani Baghi, Farzad Mehri, Jasem
Bakhshi, Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour Bousheh,
Morteza Heidari, Bahman Ansari, Rasoul
Atashafrouz, Moslem Akbari, Abdolreza, Moselm
Khazaeipirsarabi)
MIXED
TEAM SPRINT C1-C5
1. CHN (Xiaofei Ji, Xinyang Liu, Hao Xie) 49.804

2. GBR (Jon-Allan Butterworth, Darren Kenny, Richard
Waddon) 49.808
3. USA (Joseph Berenyi, Sam Kavanagh, Jennifer
Schuble) 53.174
MEN
8-TEAM TOURNAMENT
E QU E S T R IA N
CHAMPIONSHIP TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE IA
1. Sophie Christiansen & Janeiro 6 (GBR)

2. Helen Kearney & Mister Cool (IRL)
3. Laurentia Tan & Ruben James 2 (SIN)
CHAMPIONSHIP TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE IB
1. Joann Formosa & Worldwide PB (AUS)

2. Lee Pearson & Gentleman (GBR)
3. Pepo Puch & Fine Feeling (AUT)
CHAMPIONSHIP TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE II
1. Natasha Baker & Cabral (GBR)

2. Britta Napel & Aquilina 3 (GER)
1. Ali Hosseini (IRI) 225kg

2. Mohamed Elelfat (EGY) 219kg
3. Peng Hu (CHN) 213 kg
1.
2.
3.
3.
PURSUIT C4
1. Sarah Storey (GBR) 2. Anna Harkowska (POL) OVL

3. Fiona Southorn (NZL) 3:55.867
UP TO 75.00KG
PURSUIT C5
1. Lei Liu (CHN) 218kg

2. Roohallah Rostami (IRI) 208kg
3. Shaaban Ibrahim (EGY) 202kg
1. Michele George & Rainman (BEL)

2. Sophie Wells & Pinocchio (GBR)
3. Frank Hosmar & Alphaville (NED)
PURSUIT C1/2/3
1. Susan Powell (AUS) 4:05.200

2. Megan Fisher (USA) 4:07.147
3. Alexandra Green (AUS) 4:07.921
1. Nader Moradi (IRI) 196kg

2. Ifeanyi Nnajiofor (NGR) 188kg
3. Quanxi Yang (CHN) 185kg
FREESTYLE TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE IV
FOOTBALL 7 - A - SID E
1. Phillipa Gray (NZL), Laura Thompson (Guide)

3:32.243
2. Catherine Walsh (IRL), Francine Meehan (Guide)
3:36.360
3. Aileen McGlynn (GBR), Helen Scott (Guide)
3:40.138
UP TO 60.00KG
1.
2.
3.
3.
TEAM TEST OPEN
Davyd Khorava (UKR)

Xu Zhao (CHN)
Marcos Falcon (VEN)
Sid Ali Lamri (ALG)
1. Sherif Othman (EGY) 197kg

2. Anthony Ulonnam (NGR) 188kg
3. Jian Wang (CHN) 185kg
1. Hannelore Brenner & Women of the World (GER)

2. Deborah Criddle & LJT Akilles (GBR)
3. Annika Dalskov & Aros A Fenris (DEN)
FREESTYLE TEST: INDIVIDUAL GRADE III
1. Sini Zeng (CHN) 4:20.820

2. Simone Kennedy (AUS) 4:24.893
3. Allison Jones (USA) 4:27.793
PURSUIT B
1. Qi Feng (CHN) 176kg

2. Ikechukwu Obichukwu (NGR) 175kg
3. Vladimir Krivulya (RUS) 175kg
UP TO 56.00KG
1. Felicity Johnson (AUS) Stephanie Morton (Guide)

1:08.919 PR
2. Aileen McGlynn (GBR) Helen Scott (Guide)
1:09.469
3. Phillipa Gray (NZL) Laura Thompson (Guide)
1:11.245
UP TO 52.00KG
1. JPN (Masae Komiya, Rie Urata, Akane Nakashima,

Eiko Kakehata, Haruka Wakasugi, Akiko Adachi)
2. CHN (Ruixue Wang, Fengqing Chen, Shan Lin,
Shasha Wang, Zhen Ju)
3. SWE (Viktoria Andersson, Soa Naesstrom, Anna
Dahlberg, Malin Gustavsson, Maria Waglund,
Josene Jalmestal)
1. BRA (Fabio Luiz Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Emerson

de Carvalho, Gledson da Paixao Barros, Cassio
Lopes do Reis, Marcos Jose Alves Felipe, Jeferson
da Conceicao Goncalves, Raimundo Nonato
Alves Mendes, Severino Gabriel da Silva, Ricardo
Steinmetz Alves, Daniel Dantas da Silva)
2. FRA (Jonathan Grangier, Gael Riviere, Hakim
Arezki, Martin Baron, Abderrahim, David Labarre,
Arnaud Ayax, Frederic Villeroux, Yvan Wouandji
Kepmegni, Frederic Jannas)
3. ESP (Alvaro Gonzalez Alcaraz, Jose Luis Giera
Tejuelo, Francisco Munoz Perez, Adolfo Acosta
Rodriguez, Jose Lopez Ramirez, Alfredo Cuadrado
Freire, Antonio Martin Gaitan, Youssef El Haddaoui
Rabii, Marcelo Rosado Carrasco, Raul Diaz Ortin)
KILO B
3. Taha Abdelmagid (EGY) 165kg
GOALBALL
MEN
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. FIN (Jarno Mattila, Ville Montonen, Erkki Miinala,

Toni Alenius, Tuomas Nousu, Petri Posio)
2. BRA (Jose Ferreira de Oliveira, Alexsander Almeida
Maciel Celente, Leoman Moreno da Silva, Romario
Diego Marques, Filppe Santos Silvestre, Leandro
Moreno da Silva)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Gwang-Guen Choi (KOR)

Myles Porter (USA)
Antonio Tenorio (BRA)
Vladimir Fedin (RUS)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Kento Masaki (JPN)

Song Wang (CHN)
Yangaliny Jimenez Dominguez (CUB)
Ilham Zakiyev (AZE)
WOMEN
1.
2.
3.
3.
1.
2.
3.
3.
Carmen Brussig (GER)

Kai-Lin Lee (TPE)
Victoria Potapova (RUS)
Yuliya Halinska (UKR)
Romona Brussig (GER)
Lijing Wang (CHN)
Michele Ferreira (BRA)
Nataliya Nikolaychyk (UKR)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Afag Sultanova (AZE)

Lucia da Silva Teixeira (BRA)
Monica Merenciano Herrero (ESP)
Duygu Cete (TUR)
UP TO 82.50KG
1. Majid Farzin (IRI) 237kg

2. Xiao Fei Gu (CHN) 228kg
3. Metwaly Mathana (EGY) 227kg
UP TO 100.00KG
1. Mohamed Eldib (EGY) 249kg WR

2. Dong Qi (CHN) 242kg
3. Ali Sadehzadehsalmani (IRI) 235kg
OVER 100.00KG
1. Siamand Rahman (IRI) 280kg PR

2. Faris Al-Ajeeli (IRQ) 242kg
3. Keun Bae Chun (KOR) 232kg
WOMEN
UP TO 40.00KG
1. Nazmiye Muslu (TUR) 106kg

2. Zhe Cui (CHN) 97kg
3. Zoe Newson (GBR) 88kg
UP TO 44.00KG
1. Ivory Nwokorie (NGR) 109kg

2. Cigdem Dede (TUR) 105kg
3. Lidiia Soloviova (UKR) 100kg
UP TO 48.00KG
1. Esther Oyema (NGR) 135kg WR

2. Olesya Lana (RUS) 120kg
3. Shanshan Shi (CHN) 114kg
UP TO 52.00KG
1. Joy Onaolapo (NGR) 131kg WR

2. Tamara Podpalnaya (RUS) 119kg
3. Cuijuan Xiao (CHN) 118kg
UP TO 56.00KG
1. Fatma Omar (EGY) 142kg

2. Lucy Ejike (NGR) 135kg
3. Ozlem Becerikli (TUR) 118kg
UP TO 60.00KG
1. Amalia Perez (MEX) 135kg PR

2. Yan Yang (CHN) 125kg
3. Amal Mahmoud (EGY) 118kg
UP TO 67.50KG
1. Souhad Ghazouani (FRA) 146kg PR

2. Yuijiao Tan (CHN) 139kg
3. Victoria Nneji (NGR) 125kg
UP TO 75.00KG
1.
2.
3.
3.
1. Taoying Fu (CHN) 146kg

2. Folashade Oluwafemiayo (NGR) 146kg
3. Tzu-Hui Lin (TPE) 137kg
Dalidaivis Rodriguez Clark (CUB)

Tong Zhou (CHN)
Daniele Bernardes Milan (BRA)
Marta Arce Payno (ESP)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Maria del Carmen Herrera Gomez (ESP)

Tatiana Savostyanova (RUS)
Qian Zhou (CHN)
Nikolett Szabo (HUN)
1.
2.
3.
3.
Yangping Yuan (CHN)

Nazan Akin (TUR)
Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG)
Irina Kalyanova (RUS)
UP TO 82.50KG
1. Loveline Obiji (NGR) 145kg

2. Randa Mahmoud (EGY) 140kg
3. Yanmei Xu (CHN) 129kg
OVER 82.50KG
1. Grace Anozie (NGR) 162kg

2. Heba Ahmed (EGY) 140kg
3. Perla Barcenas (MEX) 135kg
RO W I N G
MEN
SINGLE SCULLS ASM1X
PO W ER LIFT IN G
MEN
UP TO 48.00KG
1. Yakubu Adesokan (NGR) 180kg WR

2. Vladimir Balynetc (RUS) 170kg
1. Cheng Huang (CHN) 4:52.36

2. Erik Horrie (AUS) 4:55.85
3. Aleksey Chuvashev (RUS) 4:55.91
WOMEN
SINGLE SCULLS ASW1X
1. Alla Lysenko (UKR) 5.35.29

2. Nathalie Benoit (FRA) 5:43.56
3. Liudmila Vauchok (BLR) 5:47.54
MIXED
DOUBLE SCULLS TAMIX2X
1. CHN (Xiaoxian Lou, Tianming Fei) 3:57.63

2. FRA (Perle Bouge, Stephane Tardieu) 4:03.06
3. USA (Oksana Masters, Rob Jones) 4:05.56
COXED FOUR LTAMIX4+
1. GBR (Pamela Relph, Nicholas Riches, David Smith,

James Roe, Lily Van Den Broecke) 3:19.38
2. GER (Anke Molkenthin, Astrid Hengsbach, Tino
Kolitscher, Kai Kruse, Katrin Splitt) 3:21.44
3. UKR (Andrii Stelmakh, K Morozova, Olena
Pukhaieva, Denys Sobol, Volodymyr Kozlov)
3:23.22
S A IL I NG
MIXED
SINGLE-PERSON KEELBOAT (2.4mR)
1. Helena Lucas (GBR) 37pts

2. Heiko Kroger (GER) 46pts
3. Thierry Schmitter (NED) 46pts
R6 50M FREE RIFLE PRONE SH1
100M BACKSTROKE S13
3. James Clegg (GBR) 1:00.00
1. Abdulla Sultan (UAE) 694.8pts

2. Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo (ESP) 694.6pts
3. Matthew Skelhon (GBR) 693.2pts
1. Ihar Boki (BLR) 56.97 WR

2. Charles Bouwer (RSA) 59.92
3. Charalampos Taiganidis (GRE) 1:01.10
100M BUTTERFLY S13
100M BACKSTROKE S14
SI TTI NG VOLLEYB A LL
MEN
10-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. BIH (Ismet Godinjak, Adnan Manko, Adnan Kesmer,

Asim Medic, Mirzet Duran, Nizam Cancar, Dzavad
Hamzic, Benis Kadric, Safet Alibasic, Sabahudin
Delalic, Ermin Jusufovic)
2. IRI (Majid Lashgarisanami, Reza Peidayesh,
Davood Alipourian, Ahmad Eiri, Naser Hassanpour
Alinazari, Sadegh Bigdeli, Jalil Eimery, Seyedsaeid
Ebrahimibaladezaei, Isa Zirahi, Ramezan Salehi
Hajikolaei, Mohammad Khaleghi)
3. GER (Alexander Schifer, Thomas Renger,
Stefan Haehnlein, Sebastian Czpakowski, Heiko
Wiesenthal, Peter Schlorf, Jurgen Schrapp,
Christoph Herzog, Barbaros Sayilir, Torben Schiewe)
WOMEN
8-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. NED (Udo Hessels. Marcel van de Veen, Mischa

Rossen) 28pts
2. GER (Jens Kroker, Siegmund Mainka, Robert Prem)
49pts
3. NOR (Aleksander Wang-Hansen, Marie Solberg,
Per Eugen Kristiansen) 57pts
1. CHN (Xue Mei Tang, Hong Qin Lu, Yanhua Tan, Li

Mei Su, Xiong Ying Zheng, Yanan Wang, Liping
Li, Xu Fei Zhang, Yan Ling Yang, Lijun Zhang, Yu
Hong Sheng)
2. USA (Lora Webster, Brenda Maymon, Michelle
Gerlosky, Kathryn Holloway, Heather Erickson,
Monique Burkland, Kari Miller, Allison Aldrich,
Nichole Millage, Kaleo Kanahele, Kendra Lancaster)
3. UKR (Margaryta Pryvalykhina, Anzhelika Churkina,
Larysa Sinchuk, Galyna Kuznetsova, Olena
Manakova, Ilona Yudina, Larysa Klochkova, Inna
Osetynka, Olga Shatylo, Larysa Ponomarenko,
Valentyna Brik)
S H O O T ING
SWI MMI NG
MEN
MEN
P1 10M AIR PISTOL SH1
50M BACKSTROKE S1
1. Seakyun Park (KOR) 664.7pts (Shoot off: 10.8)

2. M Korhan Yamac (TUR) 664.7pts (Shoot off: 9.9)
3. Juhee Lee (KOR) 662.7pts
1. Hennadii Boiko (UKR) 1:04.29 WR

2. Christos Tampaxis (GRE) 1:20.76
3. Oleksandr Golovko (UKR) 1:32.44
R1 10M AIR RIFLE STANDING SH1
50M BACKSTROKE S2
1. Chao Dong (CHN) 699.5pts

2. Jonas Jakobsson (SWE) 696.5pts
3. Josef Neumaier (GER) 693.4pts
1. Yang Yang (CHN) 1:00.90 WR

2. Aristeidis Makrodimitris (GRE) 1:04.71
3. Dmitrii Kokarev (RUS) 1:05.70
R7 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS SH1
50M BACKSTROKE S3
1. Jonas Jakobsson (SWE) 1255.9pts

2. Doron Shaziri (ISR) 1252.4pts
3. Chao Dong (CHN) 1251.5pts
1. Byeong-Eon Min (KOR) 42.51

2. Dmytro Vynohradets (UKR) 46.26
3. Jianping Du (CHN) 46.48
WOMEN
50M BACKSTROKE S4
TWO-PERSON KEELBOAT (SKUD18)
1. AUS (Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch) 17pts

2. USA (Jen French, JP Creignou) 25pts
3. GBR (Alexandra Rickham, Niki Birrell) 27pts
THREE-PERSON KEELBOAT (SONAR)
1. Marc Evers (NED) 1:01.85

2. Aaron Moores (GBR) 1:04.44
3. Kai Lun Au (HKG) 1:04.53
50M BREASTSTROKE SB2
1. Jianping Du (CHN) 57.50

2. Arnulfo Castorena (MEX) 58.23
3. Dmytro Vynohradets (UKR) 58.51
1. Michael Schoenmaker (NED) 50.00

2. Miguel Luque (ESP) 50.18
3. Takayuki Suzuki (JPN) 50.26
1. Daniel Dias (BRA) 1:32.27 WR

2. Moises Fuentes Garcia (COL) 1:36.92
3. Ricardo Ten (ESP) 1:37.23
1. Woo-Guen LIM (KOR) 1:34.06

2. Niels Grunenberg (GER) 1:34.98
3. Pedro Rangel (MEX) 1:36.85
1. Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 1:20.17 WR

2. Torben Schmidtke (GER) 1:25.23
3. Christoph Burkard (GER) 1:27.09
1. Blake Cochrane (AUS) 1:18.77 WR

2. Tomotaro Nakamura (JPN) 1:22.04
3. Matthew Levy (AUS) 1:22.62
1. Andriy Kalyna (UKR) 1:07.45

2. Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) 1:09.88
3. Maurice Deelen (NED) 1:11.09
P2 10M AIR PISTOL SH1
1. Olivera Nakovska-Bikova (MKD) 475.7pts FPR

2. Marina Klimenchenko (RUS) 469.6pts
3. Sareh Javanmardidodmani (IRI) 469.0pts
1. Cuiping Zhang (CHN) 500.9pts FWR

2. Manuela Schmermund (GER) 493.6pts
3. Natalie Smith (AUS) 492.4pts
R8 50M RIFLE 3 POSITIONS SH1
1. Cuiping Zhang (CHN) 676.6pts

2. Shibei Dang (CHN) 671.7pts
3. Veronkia Vadovicova (SVK) 669.6pts
MIXED
P3 25M PISTOL SH1
1. Jianfei Li (CHN) 770.3pts

2. Sergey Malyshev (RUS) 765.5pts
3. Valery Ponomarenko (RUS) 764.9pts
P4 50M PISTOL SH1
1. Seakyun Park (KOR) 642.4pts

2. Valery Ponomarenko (RUS) 633.2pts
3. Hedong Ni (CHN) 625.3pts
R3 10M AIR RIFLE PRONE SH1
1. Cedric Fevre (FRA) 706.7pts FWR

2. Matthew Skelhon (GBR) 706.4pts
3. Cuiping Zhang (CHN) 705.8pts
1. Juyoung Kang (KOR) 705.5 PR

2. Gorazd Francek Tirsek (SLO) 704.7pts (Shoot off:
10.8)
3. Michael Johnson (NZL) 704.7pts (Shoot off: 10.3)
R5 10M AIR RIFLE PRONE SH2
1. Vasyl Kovalchuk (UKR) 706.4pts FPR

2. Raphael Voltz (FRA) 705.9pts (Shoot off: 10.5)
3. James Bevis (GBR) 705.9pts (Shoot off: 10.4)
1. Juan Reyes (MEX) 45.75

2. Aleksei Lyzhikhin (RUS) 46.73
3. Gustavo Sanchez Martinez (MEX) 47.17
50M BACKSTROKE S5
1. Daniel Dias (BRA) 34.99 WR

2. Junquan He (CHN) 36.41
3. Zsolt Vereczkei (HUN) 38.92
100M BACKSTROKE S6
1. Tao Zheng (CHN) 1:13.56 WR

2. Hongguang (CHN) 1:14.64
3. Sebastian Iwanow (GER) 1:15.95
100M BACKSTROKE S7
1. Jonathan Fox (GBR) 1:10.46

2. Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 1:11.31
3. Mihovil Spanja (CRO) 1:12.53
100M BACKSTROKE S8
1. Konstantin Lisenkov (RUS) 1:05.43 PR

2. Denis Tarasov (RUS) 1:06.93
3. Oliver Hynd (GBR) 1:08.35
100M BACKSTROKE S9
1. Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) 1:02.39 PR

2. James Crisp (GBR) 1:03.62
3. Xiaobing Liu (CHN) 1:03.73
100M BACKSTROKE S10
1. Justin Zook (USA) 1:00.01 WR

2. Andre Brasil (BRA) 1:00.11
3. Benoit Huot (CAN) 1:00.73
100M BACKSTROKE S11
1. Dmytro Zavlevskyy (UKR) 1:07.81

2. Bozun Yang (CHN) 1:08.07
3. Viktor Smyrnov (UKR) 1:08.22
100M BACKSTROKE S12
1. Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov (RUS) 59.35 WR

2. Tucker Dupree (USA) 1:01.36
3. Sergii Klippert (UKR) 1:01.55
1. Pavel Poltavtsev (RUS) 1:04.02 WR

2. Kevin Paul (RSA) 1:05.70
3. Furong Lin (CHN) 1:07.40
1. Bozun Yang (CHN) 1:10.11 WR

2. Keiichi Kimura (JPN) 1:14.00
3. Oleksandr Mashchenko (UKR) 1:14.43
1. Mikhail Zimin (RUS) 1:07.05 WR

2. Uladzimir Izotau (BLR) 1:07.28
3. Maksym Veraksa (UKR) 1:07.79
1. Oleksii Fedyna (UKR) 1:04.30 PR

2. Daniel Sharp (NZL) 1:06.72
3. Roman Dubovoy (RUS) 1:07.06
1. Yasuhrio Tanaka (JPN) 1:06.69 WR

2. Artem Pavlenko (RUS) 1:08.38
3. Marc Evers (NED) 1:08.43
50M BUTTERFLY S5

2. Roy Perkins (USA) 34.57
3. Juanquan He (CHN) 37.20
50M BUTTERFLY S6
1. Qing Xu (CHN) 29.90 WR

2. Tao Zheng (CHN) 30.27
3. Kyosuke Oyama (JPN) 31.43
50M BUTTERFLY S7
1. Shiyun Pan (CHN) 29.49 WR

2. Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 30.19
3. Jingang Wang (CHN) 30.75
100M BUTTERFLY S8
1. Charles Rozoy (FRA) 1:01.24

2. Yanpeng Wei (CHN) 1:01.66
3. Maodang Song (CHN) 1:01.99
100M BUTTERFLY S9
1. Tamas Sors (HUN) 59.54

2. Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) 59.91
3. Federico Morlacchi (ITA) 1:00.77
100M BUTTERFLY S10
1. Andre Brasil (BRA) 56.35 PR

2. Dmitry Grigorev (RUS) 56.89
3. Achmat Hassiem (RSA) 57.76
100M BUTTERFLY S11

2. Enhamed Enhamed (ESP) 1:03.93
3. Keiichi Kimura (JPN) 1:04.70
100M BUTTERFLY S12
1. Roman Makarov (RUS) 57.21

2. Sergey Punko (RUS) 59.47
1. Ihar Boki (BLR) 55.50 PR

2. Roman Dubovoy (RUS) 56.37
3. Timothy Antalfy (AUS) 56.48
50M FREESTYLE S2
1. Yang Yang (CHN) 1:01.39

50M FREESTYLE S4
1. Eskender Mustafaiev (UKR) 38.26

2. David Smetanine (FRA) 38.75
3. Jan Povysil (CZE) 39.47
50M FREESTYLE S5

2. Sebastian Rodriguez (ESP) 33.44
3. Roy Perkins (USA) 33.69
50M FREESTYLE S6
1. Qing Xu (CHN) 28.57 WR

2. Lorenzo Perez Escalona (CUB) 30.04
3. Tao Zheng (CHN) 30.06
50M FREESTYLE S7
1. Lantz Lamback (USA) 27.84 PR

2. Shiyun Pan (CHN) 28.09
3. Matthew Walker (GBR) 28.47
50M FREESTYLE S8
1. Denis Tarasov (RUS) 25.82 WR

2. Maurice Deelen (NED) 26.29
3. Yinan Wang (CHN) 26.31
50M FREESTYLE S9
1. Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) 25.13 WR

2. Tamas Toth (HUN) 25.75
3. Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz (ESP) 25.93
50M FREESTYLE S10
1. Andre Brasil (BRA) 23.16 WR

2. Nathan Stein (CAN) 23.58
3. Andrew Pastereld (AUS) 23.89
50M FREESTYLE S11
1. Bozun Yang (CHN) 25.27 WR

2. Bradley Snyder (USA) 25.93
3. Enhamed Enhamed (ESP) 26.37
50M FREESTYLE S12
1. Maksym Veraksa (UKR) 23.60

2. Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov (RUS) 23.96
3. Tucker Dupree (USA) 24.37
50M FREESTYLE S13

2. Ihar Boki (BLR) 24.07
3. Oleksii Fedyna (UKR) 24.09
100M FREESTYLE S2
1. Yang Yang (CHN) 2:03.71 WR

100M FREESTYLE S4
1. Gustavo Sanchez Martinez (MEX) 1:24.28

2. Richard Oribe (ESP) 1:25.33
3. David Smetanine (FRA) 1:25.76
100M FREESTYLE S5
1. Daniel Dias (BRA) 1:09.35

2. Roy Perkins (USA) 1:14.78
3. Sebastian Rodriguez (ESP) 1:15.70
100M FREESTYLE S6
1. Qing Xu (CHN) 1:05.82 PR

2. Sebastian Iwanow (GER) 1:07.34
3. Lorenzo Perez Escalona (CUB) 1:08.01
100M FREESTYLE S7
1. Shiyun Pan (CHN) 1:00.57

3. Lantz Lamback (USA) 1:01.50
100M FREESTYLE S8
1. Yinan Wang (CHN) 56.58 WR

2. Denis Tarasov (RUS) 57.52
3. Konstantin Lisenkov (RUS) 58.33
100M FREESTYLE S9
1. Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) 55.84

2. Tamas Toth (HUN) 56.46
3. Tamas Sors (HUN) 56.69
100M FREESTYLE S10
1. Andre Brasil (BRA) 51.07 PR

2. Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues (BRA) 52.42
3. Andrew Pastereld (AUS) 52.77
100M FREESTYLE S11
1. Bradley Snyder (USA) 57.43

2. Bozun Yang (CHN) 58.61
3. Hendri Herbst (RSA) 59.60
293
294
100M FREESTYLE S12
3. Oleksandr Mashchenko (UKR) 2:27.77
3. Harriet Lee (GBR) 1:19.53
1. Maksym Veraksa (UKR) 51.40 PR

2. Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov (RUS) 51.70
3. Tucker Dupree (USA) 54.41
200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY SM12
1. Maksym Veraksa (UKR) 2:12.42 PR

2. Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov (RUS) 2:14.45
3. Sergey Punko (RUS) 2:14.83
1. Maja Reichard (SWE) 1:27.98 WR

2. Yana Berezhna (UKR) 1:29.99
3. Nadia Baez (ARG) 1:31.21
1. Ihar Boki (BLR) 2:06.30 WR

2. Roman Dubovoy (RUS) 2.10.16
3. Danylo Chufarov (UKR) 2:10.22
1. Natali Pronina (AZE) 1:16.17 WR

2. Karolina Pelendritou (CYP) 1:16.38
3. Yaryna Matlo (UKR) 1:20.21
4 X 100M FREESTYLE RELAY 34 POINTS
1. Prue Watt (AUS) 1:19.19

2. Elena Krawzow (GER) 1:20.31
3. Kelley Becherer (USA) 1:21.50
1 Gustavo Sanchez Martinez (MEX) 2:58.09

2. David Smetanine (FRA) 3:01.38
3. Richard Oribe (ESP) 3:01.62
1. AUS (Andrew Pastereld, Matthew Levy, Blake

Cochrane, Matthew Cowdrey) 3:50.17 PR
2. CHN (Maodang Song, Jiachao Wang, Furong Lin,
Yinan Wang) 3:51.68
3. RUS (Konstantin Lisenkov, Evgeny Zimin, Denis
Tarasov, Dmitry Grigorev) 3:52.93
200M FREESTYLE S5
4 X 100M MEDLEY RELAY 34 POINTS
1. Daniel Dias (BRA) 2:27.83 PR

2. Sebastian Rodriguez (ESP) 2:43.11
3. Roy Perkins (USA) 2:43.14
1. CHN (Xiaobing Liu, Furong Lin, Yanpeng Wei, Yinan

Wang) 4:09.04 WR
2. RUS (Konstantin Lisenkov, Pavel Poltavtsev, Eduard
Samarin, Denis Tarasov) 4:09.08
3. AUS (Michael Anderson, Matthew Cowdrey,
Brendan Hall, Matthew Levy) 4:14.97
100M FREESTYLE S13
1. Ikar Boki (BLR) 51.91 WR

3. Aleksandr Golintovskii (RUS) 53.45
200M FREESTYLE S2
1. Yang Yang (CHN) 4:36.18 PR

3. Itzhak Mamistvalov (ISR) 4:58.53
200M FREESTYLE S4
200M FREESTYLE S14
1. Jon Margeir Sverrisson (ISL) 1:59.62 WR

2. Daniel Fox (AUS) 1:59.79
3. Wonsang Cho (KOR) 1:59.93
WOMEN
400M FREESTYLE S6
50M BACKSTROKE S2
1. Darragh McDonald (IRL) 4:55.56

2. Anders Olsson (SWE) 5:03.44
3. Matthew Whorwood (GBR) 5:11.59
1. Yazhu Feng (CHN) 1:03.00 WR

2. Ganna Ielisavetska (UKR) 1:04.14
3. Iryna Sotska (UKR) 1:05.16
400M FREESTYLE S7
50M BACKSTROKE S4
1. Josef Craig (GBR) 4:42.81 WR

2. Shiyun Pan (CHN) 4:46.22
3. Andrey Gladkov (RUS) 4:46.76
1. Lisette Teunissen (NED) 51.51

2. Edenia Garcia (BRA) 53.85
3. Juan Bai (CHN) 54.33
400M FREESTYLE S8
100M BACKSTROKE S6
1. Yinan Wang (CHN) 4:27.11

3. Sam Hynd (GBR) 4:32.93
1. Dong Lu (CHN) 1:24.71 WR

2. Nyree Kindred (GBR) 1:26.23
3. Mirjam de Koning-Peper (NED) 1:29.04
400M FREESTYLE S9
100M BACKSTROKE S7
1. Brenden Hall (AUS) 4:10.88 WR

2. Thomas Sors (HUN) 4:17.95
1. Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 1:22.84 PR

2. Kirsten Bruhn (GER) 1:25.22
3. Cortney Jordan (USA) 1:25.33
400M FREESTYLE S10
100M BACKSTROKE S8
1. Ian Jaryd Silverman (USA) 4:04.91 PR

2. Benoit Huot (CAN) 4:06.58
3. Robert Welbourn (GBR) 4:08.18
1. Heather Frederiksen (GBR) 1:17.00

2. Jessica Long (USA) 1:18.67
3. Olesya Vladykina (RUS) 1:20.20
400M FREESTYLE S11
100M BACKSTROKE S9
1. Bradley Snyder (USA) 4:32.41

2. Enhamed Enhamed (ESP) 4:38.24
3. Bozun Yang (CHN) 4:41.73
1. Ellie Cole (AUS) 1:09.42

2. Stephanie Millward (GBR) 1:11.07
3. Elizabeth Stone (USA) 1:12.28
400M FREESTYLE S12
100M BACKSTROKE S10
1. Sergey Punko (RUS) 4:10.26

2. Enrique Floriano (ESP) 4:14.77
3. Sergii Klippert (UKR) 4:17.12
1. Summer Ashley Mortimer (CAN) 1:05.90 WR

2. Sarah Pascoe (NZL) 1:06.69
3. Shireen Sapiro (RSA) 1:09.02
400M FREESTYLE S13
100M BACKSTROKE S11
1. Ihar Boki (BLR) 3:58.78 WR

2. Danylo Chufarov (UKR) 4:05.85
3. Aleksandr Golintovskii (RUS) 4:11.13
1. Rina Akiyama (JPN) 1:19.50 PR

2. Mary Fisher (NZL) 1:19.62
3. Cecilia Camellini (ITA) 1:19.91
100M BACKSTROKE S12
1. Jianping Du (CHN) 2:43.72

2. Dmytro Vynohradets (UKR) 2:44.85
3. Hanhua Li (CHN) 3:01.16
1. Oxana Savchenko (RUS) 1:07.99 WR

2. Natali Pronina (AZE) 1:09.46
3. Hannah Russell (GBR) 1:10.15
100M BACKSTROKE S14
1. Cameron Leslie (NZL) 2:25.98 WR

2. Gustavo Sanchez Martinez (MEX) 2:39.55
3. Takayuki Suzuki (JPN) 2:40.24
1. Bethany Firth (IRL) 1:08.93 PR

2. Taylor Corry (AUS) 1:09.46
3. Marlou van der Kulk (NED) 1:09.50
1. Qing Xu (CHN) 2:38.62 WR

2. Sascha Kindred (GBR) 2:41.50
3. Tao Zheng (CHN) 2:44.38
1. Nataliia Prologaieva (UKR) 1:43.99 WR

2. Sarah Louise Rung (NOR) 1:45.68
3. Teresa Perales (ESP) 1:56.17
1. Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 2:33.13 WR

2. Rudy Garcia-Tolson (USA) 2:33.94
1. Kristen Bruhn (GER) 1:35.50

2. Linling Song (CHN) 1:47.19
3. Noga Nir-Kistler (USA) 1:50.76

2. Jiachao Wang (CHN) 2:26.62
3. Maurice Deelen (NED) 2:27.17
1. Viktoriia Savtsova (UKR) 1:39.13 PR

2. Charlotte Henshaw (GBR) 1:39.16
3. Elizabeth Johnson (GBR) 1:40.90
1. Matthew Cowdrey (AUS) 2:15.95

2. Andriy Kalyna (UKR) 2:16.38
1. Jessica Long (USA) 1:29.28 PR

2. Oksana Khrul (UKR) 1:35.68
3. Lisa den Braber (NED) 1:37.02
1. Benoit Huot (CAN) 2:10.01 WR

2. Andre Brasil (BRA) 2:12.36
3. Rick Pendleton (AUS) 2:14.77
1. Olesya Vladykina (RUS) 1:17.17 WR

2. Claire Cashmore (GBR) 1:20.39
3. Paulina Wozniak (POL) 1:22.45
1. Bozun Yang (CHN) 2:22.40 WR

1. Khrystyna Yurchenko (UKR) 1:17.81

2. Sophie Pascoe (NZL) 1:18.38
1. Michelle Alonso Morales (ESP) 1:16.85 WR

2. Magda Toeters (NED) 1:20.64
3. Shu Hang Leung (HKG) 1:21.21
50M BUTTERFLY S5
1. Sarah Louise Rung (Norway) 41.76

2. Teresa Perales (ESP) 42.67
3. Joana Maria Silva (BRA) 46.62
50M BUTTERFLY S6
1. Oksana Khrul (UKR) 36.05 WR

2. Dong Lu (CHN) 37.65
3. Fuying Jiang (CHN) 39.26
50M BUTTERFLY S7
1. Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 35.16

2. Brianna Nelson (CAN) 36.03
3. Min Huang (CHN) 36.50
100M BUTTERFLY S8

2. Kateryna Istomina (UKR) 1:11.53
3. Shengnan Jiang (CHN) 1:13.28
100M BUTTERFLY S9
1. Natalie du Toit (RSA) 1:09.30

2. Sarai Gascon (ESP) 1:09.79
3. Elizabeth Stone (USA) 1:10.10
100M BUTTERFLY S10
1. Sophie Pascoe (NZL) 1:04.43 WR

2. Oliwia Jablonska (POL) 1:08.55
3. Elodie Lorandi (FRA) 1:09.08
100M BUTTERFLY S12
1. Joanna Mendak (POL) 1:06.16

2. Darya Stukalova (RUS) 1:06.27
50M FREESTYLE S3
1. Jiangbo Xia (CHN) 48.11 WR

2.Olga Sviderska (UKR) 48.39
3. Patricia Valle (MEX) 55.72
50M FREESTYLE S5
1. Nataliia Prolongaieva (UKR) 35.88

2. Teresa Perales (ESP) 36.50
3. Inbal Roy Perkins (USA) 37.89
50M FREESTYLE S6
1. Mirjam de Koning-Peper (NED) 34.77 PR

2. Victoria Arlen (USA) 35.32
3. Eleanor Simmonds (GBR) 36.11
50M FREESTYLE S7
1. Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 32.63 PR

2. Cortney Jordan (USA) 33.18
3. Ani Palian (UKR) 33.30
50M FREESTYLE S8
1. Mallory Weggemann (USA) 31.13 PR

2. Maddison Elliott (AUS) 31.44
3. Shengnan Jiang (CHN) 31.55
50M FREESTYLE S9
1. Ping Lin (CHN) 29.12 PR

2. Louise Watkin (GBR) 29.21
3. Ellie Cole (AUS) 29.28
50M FREESTYLE S10
1. Summer Ashley Mortimer (CAN) 28.10 WR

2. Sophie Pascoe (NZL) 28.24
3. Elodie Lorandi (FRA) 28.67
50M FREESTYLE S11
1. Cecilia Camellini (ITA) 30.94 WR

2. Guizhi Li (CHN) 31.01
3. Mary Fisher (NZL) 31.67
50M FREESTYLE S12
1. Oxana Savchenko (RUS) 26.90 WR

2. Natali Pronina (AZE) 27.54
3. Darya Stukalova (RUS) 27.75
50M FREESTYLE S13
1. Kelley Becherer (USA) 27.46

2. Valerie Grand-Maison (CAN) 27.91
3. Prue Watt (AUS) 27.94
100M FREESTYLE S3
1. Jiangbo Xia (CHN) 1:44.32 WR
2. Olga Sviderska (UKR) 1:52.91

3. Patricia Valle (MEX) 1:59.76
100M FREESTYLE S5

2. Nataliia Prolongaieva (UKR) 1:20.57
3. Inbal Pezaro (ISR) 1:22.56
100M FREESTYLE S6
1. Victoria Arlen (USA) 1:13.33 WR

2. Eleanor Simmonds (GBR) 1:14.82
3. Tanja Groepper (GER) 1:16.83
100M FREESTYLE S7
1. Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 1:09.39

3. Susannah Rodgers (GBR) 1:12.61
100M FREESTYLE S8
1 Jessica Long (USA) 1:05.63 WR

3. Maddison Elliott (AUS) 1:08.37
100M FREESTYLE S9

3. Sarai Gascon (ESP) 1:03.62
100M FREESTYLE S10
1. Sophie Pascoe (NZL) 1:00.89 PR

3. Summer Ashley Mortimer (CAN) 1:01.58
100M FREESTYLE S11
1. Cecilia Camellini (ITA) 1:07.29 WR

2. Mary Fisher (NZL) 1:09.83
3. Guizhi Li (CHN) 1:10.25
100M FREESTYLE S12
1. Oxana Savchenko (RUS) 58.41 WR

100M FREESTYLE S13
1. Kelley Becherer (USA) 59.56

2. Valerie Grand-Maison (CAN) 1:00.07
3. Rebecca Anne Meyers (USA) 1:01.90
200M FREESTYLE S5

3. Inbal Pezaro (ISR) 2:56.11
200M FREESTYLE S14
1. Jessica-Jane Applegate (GBR) 2:12.63 WR

2. Taylor Corry (AUS) 2:13.18
3. Marlou van der Kulk (NED) 2:14.80
400M FREESTYLE S6
1. Eleanor Simmonds (GBR) 5:19.17 WR

2. Victoria Arlen (USA) 5:20.18
3. Lingling Song (CHN) 5:33.73
400M FREESTYLE S7
1. Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 4:59.02 WR

3. Susannah Rodgers (GBR) 5:18.93
400M FREESTYLE S8
1. Jessica Long (USA) 4:42.28 WR

3. Maddison Elliott (AUS) 5:09.36
400M FREESTYLE S9

400M FREESTYLE S10

2. Aurelie Rivard (CAN) 4:36.46
3. Susan Beth Scott (USA) 4:37.23
400M FREESTYLE S11
1. Daniela Schulte (GER) 5:14.36

2. Amber Thomas (CAN) 5:15.48
3. Cecilia Camellini (ITA) 5:20.27
400M FREESTYLE S12
1. Oxana Savchenko (RUS) 4:37.89

3. Deborah Font (ESP) 4:39.75
1. Nataliia Prologaieva (UKR) 3:13.43 WR

4. Eleanor Simmonds (GBR) 3:05.39 WR

5. Verena Schott (GER) 3:14.28
6. Natalie Jones (GBR) 3:14.29
1. Jacqueline Freney (AUS) 2:54.42 WR

2. Brianna Nelson (CAN) 3:04.60
3. Min Huang (CHN) 3:07.51
TEAM CLASS 1-2

2. Olesya Vladykina (RUS) 2:41.79
3. Shengnan Jiang (CHN) 2:49.47
1. SVK (Martin Ludrovsky, Rastislav Revucky, Jan

Riapos)
2. FRA (Vincent Boury, Fabien Lamirault, Stephane
Molliens)
3. KOR (Kong Yong Kim, Kyung Mook Kim, Min Gyu
Kim, Chang Ho Lee)

3. Louise Watkin (GBR) 2:37.79
1. Sophie Pascoe (NZL) 2:25.65 WR

2. Summer Ashley Mortimer (CAN) 2:32.08
3. Meng Zhang (CHN) 2:33.95
1. Mary Fisher (NZL) 2:46.91 WR

2. Daniela Schulte (GER) 2:49.57
3. Amber Thomas (CAN) 2:59.00
1. Oxana Savchenko (RUS) 2:28.00 WR

TEAM CLASS 3
1. CHN (Pangfeng Feng, Yanming Gao, Ping Zhao)

2. GER (Thomas Bruechle, Jan Guertler, Holger Nikelis,
Thomas Schmidberger)
3. FRA (Yann Guilhem, Florian Merrien, Jean-Philippe
Robin)
TEAM CLASS 4-5
1. CHN (Ningning Cao, Xinguan Guo, Yan Zhang)

2. KOR (Il Sang Choi, Eun Chang Jung, Jung Gil Kim,
Young Gun Kim)
3. FRA (Emeric Martin, Gregory Rosec, Nicolas
Saveant-Aira, Maxime Thomas)
TEAM CLASS 6-8
1. Valerie Grand-Maison (CAN) 2:27.64 WR

2. Rebecca Anne Meyers (USA) 2:30.13
3. Kelley Becherer (USA) 2:30.36
1. POL (Alvaro Valera, Jordi Morales)

2. ESP (Piotr Grudzien, Marcin Skrzynecki)
3. GBR (William Bayley, Aaron McKibbin, Ross
Wilson)
4 X 100M FREESTYLE RELAY 34 POINTS
TEAM CLASS 9-10
1. AUS (Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott, Katherine Downie,

Jacqueline Freney) 4:20.39 WR
2. USA (Susan Beth Scott, Victoria Arlen, Jessica Long,
Anna Eames) 4:24.57
3. GBR (Stephanie Millward, Claire Cashmore,
Susannah Rodgers, Louise Watkin) 4:24.71
1. CHN (Yang Ge, Hao Lian, Xiaolei Lu, Lin Ma)

2. POL (Sebastian Powrozniak, Patryk Chojnowski)
3. ESP (Jorge Cardona, Jose Manuel Ruiz Reyes)
4 X 100M MEDLEY RELAY 34 POINTS
1. AUS (Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Annabelle

Williams, Jacqueline Freney) 4:53.95
2. GBR (Heather Frederiksen, Claire Cashmore,
Stephanie Millward, Louise Watkin) 4:53.98
3. USA (Susan Beth Scott, Anna Johannes, Jessica
Long, Mallory Weggemann) 4:54.13
WOMEN
SINGLES CLASS 1-2
1. Jin Liu (CHN)

2. Pamela Pezzutto (ITA)
3. Isabelle Lafaye Marziou (FRA)
SINGLES CLASS 3
1. Anna-Carin Ahlquist (SWE)

2. Doris Mader (AUT)
3. Alena Kanova (SVK)
SINGLES CLASS 4
W H EELC H A IR BA SK ET BA LL
W H EE L CH AI R RU G B Y
MEN
MIXED
12-TEAM TOURNAMENT
8-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. CAN (Dave Durepos, Yvon Rouillard, Bo Hedges,

Richard Peter, Joey Johnson, Adam Lancia, Abdi
Dini, Chad Jassman, Patrick Anderson, Brandon
Wagner, Tyler Miller, David Eng)
2. AUS (Justin Eveson, Bill Latham, Brett Stibners,
Shaun Norris, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles,
Jannik Blair, Tige Simmons, Grant Mizens, Dylan
Alcott, Nick Taylor, Brad Ness)
3. USA (Eric Barber, Joseph Chambers, Jeremy Lade,
Joshua Turek, Trevon Jenifer, William Waller, Matt
Scott, Steven Serio, Jason Nelms, Ian Lynch, Paul
Schulte, Nate Hinze)
1. AUS (Ben Newton, Naz Erdem, Ryley Batt, Josh

Hose, Jason Lees, Cody Meakin, Greg Smith, Chris
Bond, Ryan Scott, Cameron Carr, Andrew Harrison)
2. CAN (Jason Crone, Patrice Dagenais, Garett
Hickling, Ian Chan, Mike Whitehead, Trevor
Hirscheld, Fabien Lavoie, Travis Murao, Jared
Funk, David Willsie, Patrice Simard, Zak Madell)
3. USA (Chance Sumner, Seth McBride, Adam
Scaturro, Chance Aoki, Jason Regier, Scott Hogsett,
Nick Springer, Will Groulx, Andy Cohn, Chad
Cohn, Derrick Helton, Joe Delagrave)
WOMEN
W H EE L CH AI R T E N N I S
10-TEAM TOURNAMENT
1. GER (Mareike Adermann, Johanna Welin, Britt

Dillmann, Edina Mueller, Annika Zeyen, Maria
Kuehn, Gesche Schuenemann, Maya Lindholm,
Annabel Breuer, Annegret Briessmann, Marina
Mohnen, Heike Friedrich)
2. AUS (Sarah Vinci, Cobi Crispin, Bridie Kean,
Amanda Carter, Tina Mckenzie, Leanne del Toso,
Clare Nott, Kylie Gauci, Shelley Chaplin, Sarah
Stewart, Katie Hill, Amber Merritt)
3. NED (Inge Huitzing, Lucie Houwen, Jitske Visser,
Roos Oosterbaan, Sanne Timmerman, Petra Garnier,
Miranda Wevers, Cher Korver, Saskia Pronk,
Barbara van Bergen, Carolina de Rooij-Versloot,
Mariska Beijer)
W H EELC H A IR FEN C IN G
MEN
1. Dariusz Pender (POL)

2. Romain Noble (FRA)
3. Matteo Betti (ITA)
MEN
SINGLES CLASS 1
SINGLES CLASS 5
1. Holger Nikelis (GER)

2. Jean-Francois (FRA)
3. Paul Davies (GBR)
1. Bian Zhang (CHN)

2. Gai Gu (CHN)
3. Ingela Lundback (SWE)
SINGLES CLASS 2
SINGLES CLASS 6
1. Jan Riapos (SVK)

2. Kyung Mook Kim (KOR)
3. Fabien Lamirault (FRA)
1. Raisa Chebanika (RUS)

2. Antonina Khodzynska (UKR)
3. Yuliya Klymenko (UKR)
SINGLES CLASS 3
SINGLES CLASS 7
1. Panfeng Feng (CHN)

2. Zlatko Kesler (SRB)
3. Thomas Schmidberger (GER)
1. Kelly van Zon (NED)

2. Yulia Ovsyannikova (RUS)
3. Viktoriia Safonova (UKR)
SINGLES CLASS 4
SINGLES CLASS 8
1. Young Gun Kim (KOR)

2. Yan Zhang (CHN)
3. Sameh Saleh (EGY)
1. Jingdian Mao (CHN)

2. Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA)
3. Josen Abrahamsson (SWE)
SINGLES CLASS 5
SINGLES CLASS 9
1. Tommy Urhaug (NOR)

2. Ningning Cao (CHN)
3. Eun Chang Jung (KOR)
TEAM OPEN
1. Rungroj Thainyom (THA)

2. Alvaro Valera (ESP)
3. Peter Rosenmeier (DEN)
1. Lina Lei (CHN)

2. Neslihan Kavas (TUR)
3. Meili Liu (CHN)
Singles Class 10
1. Natalia Partyka (POL)
2. Qian Yang (CHN)
3. Lei Fan (CHN)
SINGLES CLASS 7
SINGLES CLASS 11
EPE CATEGORY A
1. Jochen Wollmert (GER)

2. William Bayley (GBR)
3. Mykhaylo Popov (UKR)
1. Ka Man Wong (HKG)

2. Chi Ka Yeung (HKG)
3. Anzhelika Kosacheva (RUS)
1. Chui Yee Yu (HKG)

2. Zsuzsanna Krajnyak (HUN)
3. Baili Wu (CHN)
SINGLES CLASS 8
TEAM CLASS 1-3
EPE CATEGORY B
1. Shuai Zhao (CHN)

2. Richard Csejtey (SVK)
3. Emil Andersson (SWE)
1. CHN (Qian Li, Jing Liu)

2. KOR (Kyoung Hee Cho, Hyun Ja Choi, Sang Sook
Jung)
3. GBR (Jane Campbell, Sara Head)
1. Saysunee Jana (THA)

2. Simone Briese-Baetke (GER)
3. Yui Chong Chan (HKG)
TEAM CLASS 4-5
1. Chui Yee Yu (HKG)

2. Baili Wu (CHN)
3. Zsuzsanna Krajnyak (HUN)
SINGLES CLASS 6
SINGLES CLASS 9
1. Lin Ma (CHN)
2. Stanislaw Fraczyk (AUT)
3. Gerben Last (NED)
SINGLES CLASS 10
1. Patryk Chojnowski (POL)

2. Yang Ge (CHN)
3. David Jacobs (INA)
SINGLES CLASS 11
1. Peter Palos (HUN)

2. Byeongjun Son (KOR)
3. Pascal Pereira-Leal (FRA)
1. CHN (Gai Gu, Bian Zhang, Miao Zhang, Ying

Zhou)
2. SWE (Anna-Carin Ahlquist, Ingela Lundback)
3. KOR (Ji Nam Jung, Young-A Jung, Sung Hye Moon)
TEAM CLASS 6-10
1. CHN (Lei Fan, Lina Lei, Meili Liu, Qian Yang)

2. TUR (Umran Ertis, Neslihan Kavas, Kubra Ocsoy)
3. POL (Alicja Eigner, Malgorzata Jankowska, Natalia
Partyka, Korolina Pek)
SINGLES
1. Shingo Kunieda (JPN)

2. Stephane Houdet (FRA)
3. Ronald Vink (NED)
DOUBLES
1. SWE (Stefan Olsson, Peter Vikstrom)

2. FRA (Frederic Cattaneo, Nicolas Peifer)
3. FRA (Stephane Houdet, Michael Jeremiasz)
WOMEN
SINGLES
1. Esther Vergeer (NED)

2. Aniek Van Koot (NED)
3. Jiske Grifoen (NED)
DOUBLES
1. NED (Marjolein Buis, Esther Vergeer)

2. NED (Jiske Grifoen, Aniek Van Koot)
3. GBR (Lucy Shuker, Jordanne Whiley)
EPE CATEGORY A
1. Ying Zhou (CHN)

2. Borislava Peric-Rankovic (SRB)
3. Sung Hye Moon (KOR)
TA B LE T E NNIS
MEN
EPE CATEGORY B
1. Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)

2. Chik Sum Tam (HKG)
3. Alim Latreche (FRA)
FOIL CATEGORY A
1. Ruyi Ye (CHN)
2. Yijun Chen (CHN)
3. Richard Osvath (HUN)
FOIL CATEGORY B
1. Daoliang Hu (CHN)
2. Anton Datsko (UKR)
3. Alim Latreche (FRA)
SABRE CATEGORY A
1. Yijun Chen (CHN)

2. Jianquan Tian (CHN)
3. Wing Kin Chan (HKG)
SABRE CATEGORY B
1. Grzegorz Pluta (POL)

2. Marc-Andre Cratere (FRA)
3. Alessio Sarri (ITA)
1. CHN (Yijun Chen, Ruyi Ye, Daoling Hu)
2. FRA (Ludovic Lemoine, Alim Latreche, Damien
Tokatlian)
3. HKG (Tang Tat Wong, Wing Kin Chan, Ting Ching
Chung)
WOMEN
FOIL CATEGORY A
FOIL CATEGORY B
1. Fang Yao (CHN)

2. Gyongyi Dani (HUN)
3. Marta Makowska (POL)
TEAM OPEN
1. CHN (Jing Rong, Fang Yao, Baili Wu)

2. HUN (Veronika Juhasz, Zsuzsanna Krajnyak,
Gyongyi Dani)
3. HKG (Pui Shan Fan, Chui Yee Tu, Yui Chong Chan)
MIXED
SINGLES QUAD
1. Noam Gershony (ISR)

2. David Wagner (USA)
3. Nicholas Taylor (USA)
DOUBLES QUAD
1. USA (Nicholas Taylor, David Wagner)

2. GBR (Andy Lapthorne, Peter Norfolk)
3. ISR (Noam Gershony, Shraga Weinberg)
295
296
Olympic Competition Schedule

-2
Wed 25 July
Archery
Lords Cricket Ground
Athletics
The Mall
-1
Thur 26 July
Fri 27 July
ranking round
Sat 28 July
M Team
Sun 29 July
Mon 30 July
W Team
Tue 31 July
M/W Indiv
Wed 1 Aug
M/W Indiv
Thur 2 Aug
W Indiv
Olympic Stadium
Fri 3 Aug
Sat 4 Aug
Sun 5 Aug
10
Mon 6 Aug
11
Tue 7 Aug
12
13
Wed 8 Aug
14
Thur 9 Aug
Fri 10 Aug
15
Sat 11 Aug
16
Sun 12 Aug
M Indiv
M 20km Walk
W Marathon
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W Walks
M/W
M/W
Badminton
Wembley Arena
prelims
prelims
prelims
prelims
Ro16, QF
QF, SF
SF, MM (Mx)
SF, MM (W)
MM (M)
Basketball
Basketball Arena
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W QF
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M Marathon
Beach Volleyball
Horse Guards Parade
prelims
prelims
prelims
prelims
prelims
prelims
Ro16
Ro16
W QF
M QF
M/W SF
W MM
M MM
Boxing
ExCeL
M Ro32
M Ro32
M Ro32
M Ro32
M Ro16
M Ro16
M Ro16
M Ro16
W Ro16, M QF
M/W QF
M QF
W SF, M QF
WF
M SF
MF
Canoe Slalom
Lee Valley White Water

Centre,
Hertfordshire
MH
M/W H
M SF, F
M SF, F
M/W SF, F
Canoe Sprint
Eton Dorney,
Buckinghamshire
M/W, H, SF
M/W, H, SF
M/W, F
M/W, F
M/W, H, SF
M/W, F
Cycling BMX
BMX Track
M/W seeding
M QF
M/W SF, F
Cycling Mountain Bike
Hadleigh Farm, Essex
Cycling Road
The Mall
M Road Race
M/W Time Trial
Cycling Track
Velodrome
Diving
Aquatics Centre
Equestrian Dressage
Greenwich Park
Equestrian Eventing
Greenwich Park
Equestrian Jumping
Greenwich Park
Fencing
ExCeL
Football
City of Coventry Stadium,

Coventry
W prelims
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Millennium
Stadium,
Cardiff
M/W
W Sync 3m
M Sync 10m
W Sync 10m
M Sync 3m
day 1
dressage
dressage
W Indiv Foil
M Indiv Sabre
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
cross-country
W Indiv Epe
M 3m prelims
M 3m SF, F
day 2
W prelims
M prelims
W QF
W prelims
M prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W Team F
M All-Around
North
Greenwich Arena
W 3m F
W QF
M prelims
Gymnastics Trampoline
W 3m SF
M prelims
M prelims
Wembley Arena
W 3m prelims
W QF
St James Park, Newcastle
Gymnastics Rhythmic
M/W
M prelims
M prelims
M Team F
M/W
W prelims
W prelims
WQ
M/W
M Epe,W Sab
M prelims
MQ
M/W
M Indiv Foil
M prelims
Wembley
Stadium
M/W
W 10m prelims
Team F
W 10m SF, F
M 10m prelims
M 10m SF, F
Indiv F
jumping
Old Trafford,
Manchester
North
Greenwich Arena
W Road Race
Hampton Court Palace
Gymnastics Artistic
MF
W Team Foil
M Team Sabre
Indiv/Team
Indiv/Team
W Team Epe
M Team Foil
Indiv F
W MM
M QF
M MM
M QF
W QF
Team F
W SF
M SF
W SF
M SF
M/W F
M/W F
M QF
M QF
W All-Around
M/W F
W MM
M MM
Indiv F
Group F
-2
Wed 25 July
Handball
Copper Box
-1
Thur 26 July
Fri 27 July
Sat 28 July
W prelims
Sun 29 July
M prelims
Mon 30 July
W prelims
Tue 31 July
M prelims
Wed 1 Aug
W prelims
Thur 2 Aug
M prelims
Fri 3 Aug
W prelims
Sat 4 Aug
M prelims
Sun 5 Aug
W prelims
10
11
Mon 6 Aug
M prelims
Basketball Arena
Hockey
Riverbank Arena
Judo
ExCeL
Modern Pentathlon
M/W
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
12
Tue 7 Aug
Wed 8 Aug
13
14
Thur 9 Aug
Fri 10 Aug
15
16
Sat 11 Aug
Sun 12 Aug
W QF
M prelims
M QF
W SF
M SF
W MM
W C, SF
M C, SF
W C, MM
M C, MM
M MM
Copper Box (Fencing)

Aquatics Centre (Swimming)
Greenwich Park (Riding
and Combined Run/Shoot
Rowing
Eton Dorney,
Buckinghamshire
Sailing
Weymouth and Portland,

Dorset
Shooting
The Royal
Artillery
Barracks
Swimming
Aquatics Centre
H, rep
H, rep
rep, QF, SF
C, SF, F
C, SF, F
C, F
C, F
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W Q, F
W Q, F
M Q, F
M Q, F
W Q, F
M Q, F
M Q, F
W Q, F
M Q, F
M Q, F
H, SF, F
H, SF, F
H, SF, F
H, SF, F
H, SF, F
H, SF, F
H, SF, F
M/W
M/W
M/W
W Marathon
M Marathon
Teams
Teams
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
W MM
Hyde Park
Synchronised Swimming
Aquatics Centre
Table Tennis
ExCeL
Taekwondo
ExCeL
Tennis
Wimbledon
Triathlon
Hyde Park
Volleyball
Earls Court
Water Polo
Water Polo Arena
Weightlifting
ExCeL
Wrestling Freestyle
ExCeL
Wrestling Greco-Roman
ExCeL
Duets
prelims, R1, R2
R1
R2, R3
R1
R3, R4
R2
M/W QF,W SF
R2, QF
M QF, W MM
R1 (Mx), R3
M SF, MM
QF, SF
Team
SF
Team
MM
Duets
Team M QF, W SF M/W Team SF
W Team MM
M Team MM
MM
W prelims
Duets
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W QF
M QF
W SF
M SF
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W prelims
M prelims
W QF
M prelims
W C, SF
M QF
W C, MM
M C, SF
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M/W
M MM
M C, MM
Key
R1, R2, etc
round 1, round 2, etc
men
Ro32, Ro16
round of 32, round of 16
women
rep
repechages
Mx
mixed
classication(s)
Indiv
individual
QF
quarternals
Team
team
SF
seminals
prelims
preliminaries
nal(s)
heats
MM/MG
medal match(es)/game(s)
qualication(s)
gold medal(s) awarded
297
298
Paralympic Competition Schedule

2
Mon 27 Aug
Discipline
Venue
Swimming
Aquatics Centre
Wheelchair
Basketball
Basketball Arena
Tue 28 Aug
Wed 29 Aug
Thu 30 Aug
Fri 31 Aug
Sat 1 Sep
Sun 2 Sep
Mon 3 Sep
Key
Gold medal session
Tue 4 Sep
Wed 5 Sep
Thu 6 Sep
Fri 7 Sep
10
Sat 8 Sep
11
Sun 9 Sep
Olympic Park
Wheelchair
Rugby
Wheelchair Tennis
Eton Manor
Goalball
Copper Box
Football 5-a-side
Riverbank Arena
Football 7-a-side
Opening Ceremony
Olympic Stadium
Closing Ceremony
Athletics
Cycling Track
Velodrome
Athletics
The Mall
Table Tennis
ExCeL North Arena 1
Judo
ExCeL North Arena 2
Central London
ExCeL
Wheelchair Fencing
Boccia
ExCeL South Arena 1
Volleyball (sitting)
ExCeL South Arena 2
Powerlifting
ExCeL South Arena 3
Equestrian
Greenwich Park
Wheelchair
Greenwich Park
Greenwich Peninsula
Basketball
UK Venues
Cycling Road
Brands Hatch
Rowing
Eton Dorney
Archery
Royal Artillery Barracks
Shooting
Sailing
Weymouth and Portland
Mon 27 Aug
Tue 28 Aug
Wed 29 Aug
Thu 30 Aug
Fri 31 Aug
Sat 1 Sep
Sun 2 Sep
Mon 3 Sep
Tue 4 Sep
Wed 5 Sep
Thu 6 Sep
Fri 7 Sep
10
Sat 8 Sep
11
Sun 9 Sep
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Index
Entries in italics refer to illustrations; entries in bold refer to text within a sidebar or box
Abbreviations: OG = Olympic Games; PG = Paralympic Games
100m nal (mens, OG) 667
100m nal (mens, T44, PG) 196,
Adams, Nicola (British gold
211
100m nal (womens, OG) 80
100m nal (womens, T34, PG)
205
Armitt, Sir John (chairman of

medallist, Boxing) 92, 92
medallist, Powerlifting) 236, 236
Adlington, Rebecca (British

bronze medallist, Aquatics) 54,
200m nal (mens, T42, PG)
55, 55

2056
400m nal (mens, T36, PG) 196
400m nal (mens, T44, PG) 197
Armstrong, Kristin (USA gold
Adesokan, Yakubu (Nigerian gold

967, 211
ODA) 18, 20, 21

medallist, Cycling Road) 102
Basketball 878; for PG see

Basketball Arena (venue) 88
Artistic Gymnastics 1269,
Bayley, Will (British silver
1323
Asadauskaite, Laura (Lithuanian
medallist, Paralympic Table

Tennis) 254, 254
gold medallist, Modern
Beach Volleyball, 183
Pentathlon) 1445, 145
Beighton, Nicholas (British
Athletics 6685; for PG see
Paralympic rower) 239
rower) 236
medallist, Aquatics) 50, 50
Ainslie, Ben (British gold
medallist, Rowing) 149
Art in the Park 278, 279
Aggar, Tom (British Paralympic

Agnel, Yannick (French gold
Bartley, Chris (British silver
Australia
medallist, Sailing) 1601, 160
gold medallists
Belarus, gold medallists, OG 168,

175
Belcher, Mathew (Australian gold
Alabau Neira, Marina (Spanish
OG 82, 97, 109, 163, 164
gold medallist, Sailing) 164
PG 208, 218, 2201, 240,
Berki, Kristian (Hungarian gold
Alaryani, Abdulla Sultan (United
800m nal (mens, T54, PG) 196,

198
207
1500m nal (mens, T54, PG)
198, 198
5,000m nal (mens, OG) 723
5,000m nal (mens, T54, PG)
198
5,000m nal (womens, T54, PG)
206
10,000m nal (mens, OG) 72
10,000m nal (womens, OG) 80
Arab Emirates gold medallist,

Paralympic Shooting) 243
medallist, Gymnastics Artistic)
team event 2601
127
Azarenka, Victoria (Belarus gold
Aleh, Jo (New Zealand gold

medallist, Sailing) 1645
252
medallist, Tennis) 175, 175

Azerbaijan
gold medallists, OG 186
Anoushiravani, Sajjad (Iranian

gold medallist, Weightlifting)
gold medallist, PG 234
Paralympic Swimming
Aquatics Centre (venue) 54, 56,
2445
Archery 625; for PG see
Paralympic Archery
Argentina, gold medallists, OG
172
Armitstead, Elizabeth (British
medallist, Paralympic Shooting)

243
Bithell, Stuart (British silver
Blair, Tony (British Prime Minister
185
Aquatics 4861; for PG see
Bevis, James (British bronze
at time of London 2012 bid)
B
Badminton, 86
Bahamas, gold medallists, 69
Baillie, Tim (British gold medallist,
Canoe Slalom) 96, 96
Baker, Natasha (British gold
medallist, Paralympic
Equestrian) 220, 2212, 221
Bargna, Roberto (Italian gold
silver medallist, Cycling Road)
medallist, Paralympic Cycling
1012, 101, 102
Road) 215
9, 11
Blake, Paul (British silver
medallist, Paralympic Athletics)
196
Bleasdale, Holly (British pole
vaulter) 83
BMX Cycling see Cycling BMX
Boat Project 2712
Boccia, 21213, 212
300
Bolt, Usain (Jamaican gold
Brussig, Carmen (German gold
medallist, Athletics) 667, 66,
medallist, Paralympic Judo)
67
235, 235
Bond, Hamish (New Zealand
Brussig, Ramona (German gold
gold medallist, Rowing) 150
Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Paralympic gold medallists,
235
Bryan, Bob (USA gold medallist,
team event 246

Boudia, David (USA gold
Tennis) 175, 175

Bryan, Mike (USA gold medallist,
medallist, Aquatics) 48
Boxing
Tennis) 175, 175

Bryant, Karina (British bronze
mens 8992, 90, 945

womens 92, 92
medallist, Judo) 139, 1401

Buis, Marjolein (Dutch gold
Boyle, Danny (artistic director of
medallist, Wheelchair Tennis)
Opening Ceremony) 41, 423

Brash, Scott (British gold
263, 263
Butterworth, Jon-Allan (British
medallist, Equestrian) 11617,
silver medallist, Paralympic
116
Brasil, Andre (Brazilian gold
Cycling Track) 218

Bywater, Terry (British Wheelchair
Basketball player) 257
Swimming) 248
Brazil
gold medallists
C
Cabello, Alfonso (Spanish gold
OG 128, 141
team event 182
Track) 21718
PG 212, 248, 249

team event 228
Bresset, Julie (French gold
medallist, Cycling Mountain
Bike) 99, 99
Brink, Julius (German gold
medallist, Beach Volleyball)
183
Britain see Great Britain
Brown, Danielle (British gold
Cameron, David (British Prime

Minister) 289
Campbell, Alan (British bronze
Campbell, Jane (British bronze
(Cuban gold medallist,
gold medallist, Paralympic
Athletics) 89, 89
Equestrian) 222, 224, 224,
Carrington, Lisa (New Zealand

gold medallist, Canoe Sprint)
97
Cartwright, Kelly (Australian gold
208, 208
225, 225
Clark, Saskia (British silver
Clary, Tyler (USA gold medallist,
Aquatics) 51
classications used in PG 196,
Cassani, Barbara 11
212, 214, 217, 220, 228, 229,
Cavendish, Mark (British OG
230, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242,
cyclist) 101
246, 247, 254, 256, 258
Celebration, national 267
Club Throw 204, 204, 208
Chambers, Peter (British silver
Cockcroft, Hannah (British gold

Chambers, Richard (British silver
Charles, Peter (British gold

2056, 205, 206
Coe, Lord 10, 1112
on Aquatics Centre 22
at Closing Ceremony
116
OG 189
Chebanika, Raisa (Russian gold
PG 264, 265
at rst training event 26
Tennis) 255
at London 2012 Festival 276
Chen, Ruolin (Chinese gold

Children, in London 2012 Festival
275
China
gold medallists
at Opening Ceremony
OG 43
PG 44
at Paralympic Torch Relay 35
on doping 40
Cohen, Nathan (New Zealand
OG 48, 49, 54, 74, 86, 91,
gold medallist, Rowing) 150,
120, 131, 164, 169, 173,
1501
184, 185
Tennis) 255, 255
team events 126, 170, 171
PG 259
Track, Road) 217, 217
Campbell, Luke (British gold

medallist, Athletics) 89, 89
Canada
team events 219, 246, 255,

258, 259
Choi, Gwang-Geun (Korean gold
Colbourne, Mark Lee (British gold
Cole, Ellie (Australian gold

medallist, Paralympic Archery)
gold medallists
195
OG 131
Colombia, gold medallist, OG 98
PG, team event 2567
235
Cook, Tina (British silver medallist,
Brownlee, Alistair (British gold

medallist, Triathlon) 179, 180
Brownlee, Jonathan (British
bronze medallist, Triathlon)
180, 180
Canoe Slalom, 96
Cao, Yuan (Chinese gold
Carrazana Ramirez, Robeisy
Swimming) 252, 252
Christiansen, Jackie (Danish gold
Equestrian) 114, 115
Cool Britannia 2734
203, 203
Copeland, Katherine (British gold
Christiansen, Sophie (British
medallist, Rowing) 158, 159
INDEX
Craig, Josef (British gold
Davies, Paul (British bronze
Dressage (Equestrian), 11213,
112
Swimming) 249, 249
Tennis) 254
Paralympic Equestrian 2204
Criddle, Deborah (British
Davis, Marianna (USA gold
medallist, Paralympic Cycling)
216
Crismanich, Sebastian Eduardo
Decathlon, 76
Taekwondo) 172
Delana, Iliesa (Fijian gold
gold medallists
OG 83, 168
team event 59
Cuba
gold medallist, Rowing) 151

du Toit, Natalie (South African
De Coubertin, Pierre 1213
(Argentinian gold medallist,

Croatia
Drysdale, Mahe (New Zealand

243
Fiji, gold medallist, PG 2023
Finland
gold medallists
Swimming) 24950, 250
PG 194
Dujardin, Charlotte (British gold

2023
112, 113, 113
team event 230

Fitzgibbon, Daniel (Australian
Sailing) 240, 240
Dempsey, Nick (British silver

Denmark
Fevre, Cedric (French gold
Canoe Slalom) 96
Football, 1223; for PG see
E
Eaton, Ashton (USA gold
Paralympic Football
gold medallists
gold medallists
OG 89, 91, 141, 168, 187
OG 105
Enlightenment 44
PG 234, 235
team event 153
Ennis, Jessica (British gold
Equestrian) 2201
Cultural Olympiad see London

2012 Festival
Cundy, Jody (British bronze
Track) 21718
Cycling 98111, 103
BMX, 98, 98
PG 203
medallist, Athletics) 467,
Di Francisca, Elise (Italian gold

medallist, Fencing,) 121, 121
845, 84, 85
Equestrian
Dias, Daniel (Brazilian gold
OG 11219; for PG see
Swimming) 249
Ethiopia, gold medallists, OG
80, 81
Dimitrijevic, Zeljko (Serbian gold
Mountain Bike 99
Eton Manor 262, 263
Road 100102
204
Eton Dorney (venue) 151, 1545
Track 103111
Discus 77, 83
Team GB medals 105
Discus Throw (PG) 202, 209
For PG see Paralympic Cycling
Diving 489
Czech Republic, gold medallists,

OG 99, 142, 159
Evans, Fred (British silver

medallist, Boxing) 91, 91
Eventing (Equestrian) 11415,
114
Dominican Republic, gold

medallist, OG 68
Events Medal Listings

OG 26671
Dong, Chao (Chinese gold

D
PG 2717
Daley, Tom (British bronze

Dance-related activities, London
2012 Festival 277
Davies, Aled (British gold
202, 202
medallist, Gymnastics
Trampoline) 131, 131
Doping, prevention of 40
Douglas, Gabrielle (USA gold
129, 129
DPR Korea, gold medallists, OG
141, 184, 185
Forsberg, Jere (Finnish gold

194
Fox, Jonathan (British gold
Swimming) 2478, 247
Fox-Pitt, William (British silver
medallist, Equestrian) 114
France
gold medallists
OG 50, 54, 77, 96, 96, 99,
138, 141
team events 134, 134
PG 237, 243
Frangilli, Michele (French gold
medallist, Archery) 62
Fraser-Pryce, Shelly-Ann
242, 242
Dong, Dong (Chinese gold
Formosa, Joanne (Australian
(Jamaican gold medallist,
Farah, Mo (British gold medallist,
Athletics) 80, 80
Athletics) 723, 72, 73

Fei, Tianming (Chinese gold
medallist, Paralympic Rowing)
239
Fencing 1201; for PG see
Wheelchair Fencing
Fer, Emilie (French gold medallist,
Frederikson, Heather (British

Swimming) 251
Freestyle Wrestling, 186, 186
Freney, Jacqueline (Australian
Swimming) 252
301
302
Fu, Taoying (Chinese gold
1601, 168, 173, 1745,
medallist, Powerlifting) 237
Hester, Carl (British equestrian)
17980
team events 126, 126, 137,
PG 195, 1967, 1989, 202,
medallist, Judo) 139
High Jump 76
Games Makers 27
217, 21819, 2202, 224,
High Jump (PG) 2023
Gavin, Kim, Director of Olympic
241, 2478, 249
Hindes, Philip (British gold
264
Gelana, Tiki (Ethiopian gold
medallist, Athletics) 81
team events 225, 239
Equestrian) 221
Hockey 1367
Greenwich Park (venue) 36, 113,
Hodge, Andrew Triggs (British
149
Gyurta, Daniel (Hungarian gold

Gibbons, Gemma (British silver

Glover, Helen (British gold
Goalball 2301
Grabarz, Robbie (British bronze
1056, 106
Huang, Cheng (Chinese gold
PG 236
Ireland
gold medallist
238, 238
OG 93
Hungary, gold medallists, OG

501, 57, 76, 76, 97
PG 21011
Ishchenko, Natalia (Russian gold
Hunter, Mark (British silver

Hurdles

Isles of Wonder 414
Italy
gold medallists
Hansen, Lasse Norman (Danish
100m womens 82
OG 62, 96, 121, 168, 169,
400m mens 68
173
gold medallist, Cycling Track)

105, 105
Hynd, Oliver (British silver

Harrison, Kayla (USA gold
Grainger, Katherine (British gold
Harting, Robert (German gold
gold medallists
OG 184, 185, 187, 187
110m mens 73
gold medallists
Handball 1345
Great Britain
Iran
medallist, Cycling Track) 103,
Hancock, Vince (USA gold

medallist, Shooting) 168
see also Rogge, Jacques
Hoy, Sir Chris (British gold
2012 Festival) 2745

Hammer 76
and Olympic gigantism 14
Hosking, Sophie (British gold
H
Hall, Tony (overseer of London
and London bid 1011
183
team event 254, 257
Committee); International
Horse Guards Parade (venue)
medallist, Equestrian) 117, 117

Gymnastics 12633
Ghazouani, Souhad (French gold
IOC (International Olympic
involvement in 2012 Games 29
team events 114, 136, 148,
263
International Inspiration 267
153
Guttmann, Dr Ludwig 1314
medallist, Paralympic Judo) 234
jumping fences 117
OG 77, 97, 107, 115, 183
Gershony, Noam (Israeli gold
Ingram, Sam (British silver
Olympic Committee
Guerdat, Steve (Swiss gold
PG 204, 209, 214, 235
2345
gold medallists
medallist, Weightlifting) 1845

Ingram, Joe (British judoka, PG)
11819, 223
Gregory, Alex (British gold
Georgia, gold medallist, OG 138

Germany
103
Greece, gold medallist, PG 213
Ilyin, Ilya (Kazakhstan gold
Greco-Roman Wrestling 187, 187
George, Michele (Belgian
208
Paralympic Judo) 234
205, 209, 211, 215, 216,
Games Closing Ceremony 188,
113
Hierrezuelo Marcillis, Jorge
153
Galstyan, Arsen (Russian gold
Ibrahmi, Maroua (Tunisian gold
team events 120

The Itch of the Golden Nit 276
Swimming) 248
Hynd, Sam (British bronze
Swimming) 248
Hawking, Stephen 44
J
Jakobsson, Jonas (Swedish gold
242
Head, Sara (British bronze
OG 723, 75, 845, 89, 90,
91, 92, 96, 97, 1001, 103,
Tennis) 255, 255
Ibrahimov, Ramin (Azerbaijani
gold medallists
OG 667, 80
Judo) 234, 234
team event 69
1046, 1079, 112, 113,

11617, 156, 1578, 159,
Heptathlon 845
Jamaica
INDEX
James, Kirani (Grenadan gold

James, Tom (British gold medallist,
Rowing) 152, 153
Jamieson, Michael (British silver
Japan
gold medallists
OG 91, 127, 141, 186, 186
PG 262
team event 231
Javelin 77
Javelin Throw (PG) 209
Jennings, Walsh (USA gold
183, 183
Jensen, Iain (Australian gold
Johnson, Boris (Mayor of London)
26, 423
Johnson, Felicity (Australian gold
Track ) 218
Jonas, Natasha (British boxer) 93
Jones, Jade (British gold medallist,
Taekwondo) 173, 173
Joshua, Anthony (British gold
medallist, Boxing) 90, 90,
Kazakhstan, gold medallists, OG
Kunieda, Shingo (Japanese gold
83, 91, 101, 184, 185

Keen, Peter 289
Games and Paralympic Games
262
see LOCOG
appeal for additional funding

for London 2012 Games 29
Kenny, Jason (British gold
103, 1045, 104
Kenya, gold medallists, OG 67,
68
Ki, Bo Bae (Korean gold
medallist, Archery) 63, 63
Kim, Jiyeon (Korean gold
medallist, Fencing) 121
King, Dani (British gold medallist,
Cycling Track) 108, 108
King, Mary (British silver
114
Kiprotich, Stephen (Ugandan gold
Knapkova, Miroslava (Czech
159
Kober, Birgit (German gold
209, 209
Korea
Committee of the Olympic
London, preparation for the

L
Games 36, 37
Lapthorne, Andy (British silver
Long, Jessica (USA gold medallist,

263, 263
Paralympic Swimming) 250

Long Jump 75 (OG); 204, 208
Latvia, gold medallist, OG 98

Ledecky, Katie (USA gold
(PG)
Loof, Fredrik (Swedish gold
Lee Valley White Water Centre

Lopez Nunez, Milain (Cuban
(venue) 96
gold medallist, Greco-Roman
Lei, Sheng (Chinese gold

medallist, Fencing) 120
Wrestling) 187, 187

Lords Cricket Ground (venue) 62,
Li, Xiaoxia (Chinese gold medallist,

Table Tennis) 171, 171
645
Lou, Xiaoxian (Chinese gold
Lighting the Cauldron, as climax
to Opening Ceremony 43
Lin, Dan (Chinese gold medallist,
239
Lu, Xiaojun (Chinese gold
Badminton) 86
Lithuania, gold medallist, OG 55,

Lucas, Helena (British gold
144
medallist, Paralympic Sailing)
Livingstone, Ken (Mayor of

London at time of bid) 9, 10,
241, 241
Lysenko, Alla (Ukrainian gold
11, 18, 24
LOCOG (London 2012
238
Organising Committee of
gold medallists
the Olympic Games and
OG 62, 121, 138, 168, 169,
Paralympic Games)
McFadden, Tatyana (USA gold
173, 187
and Cultural Olympiad 276
team events 63, 120
doping control programme 40
207, 207
PG 235
and International Inspiration
Jumping (Equestrian) 11617
team event 195
267
Jung, Michael (German gold
for DPR Korea see DPR Korea
requirements for Olympic and
Track) 218
945
Jowell, Tessa, former Olympics
minister 1011
Judo 13841, 2345; for PG
see Paralympic Judo
medallist, Equestrian) 115, 115

K
Kanaeva, Evgeniya (Russian
Kovalchuk, Vasel (Ukrainian gold

sustainability principles 25
243, 243
on venues 21
Kulhavy, Jaroslav (Czech republic
gold medallist, Gymnastics
gold medallist, Cycling
Rhythmic)130, 130
Mountain Bike) 99, 99
Kayak races, 96, 97
Paralympic Villages 21
on Welcome Ceremony 38
Lomachenko, Vasyl (Ukrainian
gold medallist, Boxing) 90
McGlynn, Aileen (British silver
McKeever, Ed (British gold

medallist, Canoe Sprint) 97, 97
Mackenzie, Ruth (Director of
London 2012 Festival) 271
MacLennan, Rosannagh
(Canadian gold medallist,
London 2012 Festival 2748
Gymnastics Trampoline) 131,
London 2012 Organising
131
303
304
Maher, Ben (British gold medallist,
Mohammad, Lutalo (British

Malfetto, Carlo (Italian gold
medallist, Taekwondo) 173
mascot) 12, 13, 14
medallist, Powerlifting) 2367,
Opening Ceremony 413
172
237
vision for the Games 1829
womens 81, 81
Murderball see Wheelchair
PG
Marathon Swim 57
OG 97
184
team event 135

Novak, Carol-Eduard (Romanian
medallist, Modern Pentathlon)
Cycling Track) 218, 218
183, 183
145, 145
OG 284289
Musical events, London 2012

Festival 2656, 2734, 277
Muslu, Nazmiye (Turkish gold
Medal Results by Country
Meilutyte, Ruta (Lithuanian gold

Mellouli, Oussama (Tunisian gold
Mexico, gold medallists, OG,
team event 1224, 123
Mills, Hannah (British silver
163
ODA (Olympic Delivery Authority)
sustainability principles 25
Page, Malcolm (Australian gold
1289
and transport refurbishment 20

and venues 21
Oh, Jin Hyek (Korean gold
N
Nash, George (British bronze
National Celebration 267
National Gallery, BP Portrait
Award 2767
Netherlands
gold medallists
OG 1013, 162
medallist, Archery) 623

Ohuruogu, Christine (British silver
Olympiad, Cultural (London 2012
Festival) 2748
Olympic Delivery Authority see
ODA
Olympic Games 48187
Events Medal Listings 284289
Swimming) 252
team event 241, 241
1467
LOCOG) 18
and Olympic and Paralympic
Closing Ceremony 188191
Modern Pentathlon, 1427, 143,
Owens, Kevin (Design Principal of
18
PG 262, 263
Outteridge, Nathan (Australian
team event 137
Mirnyi, Max (Belarus gold

gold medallist, Sailing) 163,
silver medallist, Paralympic
Millward, Stephanie (British
Ortiz, Idalys (Cuban gold
Village apartments 21
OG 282
PG 283
Open Weekend 276
Mustana, Aliya (Russian gold
PG 289295
38, 38
Om, Yun Chol (DPR Korean gold
175, 176
Medal Listings by Events
Olympic and Paralympic Village
medallist, Weightlifting) 184,
Murray, Samantha (British silver
109, 109
701
Olympic Torch Relay 345
gold medallists
Olympic Stadium 8, 1617,
medallist, Tennis) 1745, 174,
May-Treanor, Misty (USA gold
Meares, Anna (Australian gold
growth 1821
263, 263
Norway
Murray, Eric (New Zealand gold
1948) 15
Olympic Park 2323
Tennis) 254
Norfolk, Peter (British silver
Rugby
Murray, Andy (British gold
womens 207
Mark, John (nal Torchbearer,
Muffat, Camille (French gold

mens 1989
237
Nikelis, Holger (German gold
163
mens 74, 789
winning the bid 912
Nigeria, gold medallists, PG 236,
author) 12
Morrison, Stevie (British sailor)
Marathon
OG
bronze medallist, Taekwondo)

Morpurgo, Michael (childrens
Mandeville (Ofcial London 2012
Medal Results by Country 282
Newson, Zoe (British bronze
growth since rst Games 14

Pajon, Mariana (Colombian gold
medallist, Cycling BMX) 98
Paralympic Games 192267
Closing Ceremony 264
Events Medal Listings 289295
Medal Results by Country 283
Opening Ceremony 44
origins 1314
Paralympic Archery 1945
Paralympic Athletics 196213
Paralympic Cycling 21419
Road 214216
Track 217219
New Zealand, gold medallists,
London 1948 14, 15
Paralympic Equestrian 2205
OG 97, 150, 151, 1645
Opening Ceremony 15
Paralympic Football 5-a-side
ofcial London 2012 Mascots

12
22638
INDEX
Paralympic Football 7-a-side 229
Pistorius, Oscar (South African
Paralympic Judo 2345
Paralympic Rowing 2389
Athletics) 197, 197, 2001
Paralympic Sailing 2401
Poland
Paralympic Shooting 2423, 242
gold medallists
Paralympic Swimming 24753,
OG 75, 184
251
PG 2545
Reid, Stef (British silver medallist,
Paralympic Rowing
Paralympic Athletics) 208

Reilly, Shirley (USA gold
Rowsell, Joanne (British gold

medallist, Cycling) 1089, 108

207, 207
Royal Artillery Barracks (venue)

169
Rezaei, Ghasem Gholamreza

(Iranian gold medallist, Greco-
Polychronidis, Grigorious (Greek
Roman Wrestling) 187, 187
Paralympic Torch Relay 35
gold medallist, Boccia) 213,
Rhode, Kim (USA gold medallist,
Partyka, Natalia (Polish gold
213
Paralympic Table Tennis 2545
Rowing 14859, 158; for PG see
Rudisha, David (Kenyan gold

Russian Federation
Shooting) 169
gold medallists
Powerlifting 2367
Rhodes, Ben (British sailor) 163
OG 48, 74, 76, 91, 130, 138,
Tennis) 2545, 255
Prescott, Gemma (British bronze
Richards-Ross, Sanya (USA gold
139, 186, 187
Patience, Luke (British silver

Peacock, Jonnie (British gold
208
PG 194, 196, 255
239
team events 229
Rim, Jong Sim (DPR Korean gold
Purchase, Zac (British silver

Q
Equestrian) 2201, 220, 222,
Quilter, Ben (British bronze
225, 225
Pearson, Sally (Australian gold
234
13, 12
Percy, Iain (British silver medallist,
Sailing) 161, 161
Perkovic, Sandra (Croatian gold
Phelps, Michael (USA gold
medallist, Aquatics) 53, 53, 53
Phillips, Zara (British silver
114, 115
Pinto, Dirceu (Brazilian gold
medallist, Boccia) 212
Robertson, John (British
Paralympic sailor) 241
Robson, Laura (British silver
Penny Brookes, Dr Willam 12
Riner, Teddy (French gold

Risztov, Eva (Hungarian gold
Rahman, Siamand (Iranian gold
Rodriguez Clark, Dalidaivis
medallist, Powerlifting) 236,
236
Ralph, Pamela (British gold
239
Rutherford, Mark (British gold

185
Pearson, Lee (British gold
1078, 107, 109, 109
182
209
medallist, Cycling Track)
Riches, Naomi (British gold
Puch, Pepo (Austrian gold
Pearson, Josie (British gold
Pendleton, Victoria (British gold
team events 58, 601, 128,
PRK see DPR Korea
196, 196, 211

Paralympic Judo) 235

Roe, James (British gold medallist,
Paralympic Rowing) 239
Rogge, Jacques, president of the
S
Sailing 1607; for PG see
Paralympic Sailing
Salimi, Behdad (Iranian gold
Salminen, Max (Swedish gold
Sapiyev, Serik, (Kazakhstan gold
medallist, Boxing) 91
Satch, William (British bronze
Scowen, Samantha (British
Paralympic rower) 239
Security for the Games 389
Reading Passport 277
IOC 9, 10, 38, 39
Reckermann, Jonas (German gold
at Closing Ceremony, OG 189
gold medallists
at Opening Ceremony, OG 41
OG 173

183
Reed, Pete (British gold medallist,
Rowing) 152, 153
Rehm, Markus (German gold
204, 204
Romania
Serbia
PG 204
gold medallist
Serota, Sir Nicholas 276
OG 168
Serpentine, Hyde Park (venue) 57
PG 218
Setting the Stage 1629
Romashina, Svetlana (Russian

gold medallist, Aquatics) 58,
58
Shakespeare Festival, World

2723
305
306
Shakespeare, William, The

Tempest 41, 42, 44
Shaw, Briony (British windsurfer)
164
Shemyakina, Yana (Ukrainian
gold medallist, Fencing) 121
Shields, Claressa (USA gold
Shooting 1689; for PG see
Paralympic Shooting
Show jumping see Jumping
(Equestrian)
Shuker, Lucy (British bronze
263
Shvetcov, Evgenii (Russian gold
196
Simmonds, Ellie (British gold
Swimming) 2501, 250, 251
Simpson, Andrew (British silver
South Africa
Sweden
gold medallists
gold medallists
OG, team event 149
OG 161
PG 197, 24950
PG 242
South Korea see Korea
Swimming see Aquatics (OG);
Spain
gold medallists
Theatre, in London 2012 Festival

274
Thomas, Stephen (British
Tian, Qing (Chinese gold
medallist, Badminton) 86
Paralympic Swimming (PG)

Switzerland
Torch Relay see Olympic Torch
OG 164, 172
gold medallists
team event 165, 165
OG 117, 181
Torchbearers, seven nal 43
PG 21718
PG 206
training camps 278

Triathlon 17981, 179
Spirig, Nicola (Swiss gold

medallist, Triathlon) 181, 181
Stanning, Heather (British gold
Stodel, Hannah (British
Stoke Mandeville Games 1314,
13
Stone, David (British gold
Road ) 216
Storey, Sarah (British gold
Relay, Paralympic Torch Relay
Trinidad, gold medallist, OG 77
Table Tennis 1701, 170; for PG
Trott, Laura (British gold medallist,
see Paralympic Table Tennis

Tadtong, Pattaya (Thai gold
Cycling) 1089, 108

Tuchinov, Timur (Russian gold
medallist, Boccia) 21213,
213
194
Taekwondo 1723, 172
Tunisia
Taylor, Katie (Irish gold medallist,
gold medallists
Boxing) 93, 93
OG 57
Taylor, Nick (USA gold medallist,

Wheelchair Tennis) 263, 263
PG 208
Turkey
Taymazov, Artur (Uzbekistan gold
Sitting Volleyball 246, 246
Track, Paralympic Cycling
medallist, Freestyle Wresting)
OG 172
Skelton, Matthew (British silver
Road) 215, 215, 216, 216,
186, 186
PG 236

243
Skelton, Nick (British gold
21819, 219
medallist, Taekwondo) 172,
medallist, Gymnastics) 1289,
Stott, Etienne (British gold
172
129
medallist, Canoe Slalom) 96,
116, 117
96
Slingsby, Tom (Australian gold

Slovenia, gold medallist, OG 141
Smith, David (British gold
239
Smith, Louis (British silver
Strombergs, Maris (Latvian gold

medallist, Cycling BMX) 98,
98
Suhr, Jennifer (USA gold
Sullivan, Joseph (New Zealand
1501
sustainability 256
127, 127
Svoboda, David (Czech gold
Smyth, Jason (Irish gold medallist,

Paralympic Athletics) 21011
Tweddle, Beth (British bronze
Storylab 277

Slalom, Canoe, 96
Tazegul, Servet (Turkish gold
gold medallist
medallist, Modern Pentathlon)

1434, 143, 144
Teach, Liesl (Australian gold

medallist, Paralympic Sailing)
240, 240
Uchimura, Kohei (Japanese gold
Team GB 289
medallist, Gymnastics) 127
support for 127
Uganda, gold medallist, OG 74
see also Great Britain
Ukhov, Ivan (Russian gold
Technology at London 2012

3940
Tennis 1748; for PG see
Wheelchair Tennis
Teuber, Michael (German gold
Road) 214
Thailand, gold medallist, PG
21213
Ukraine
gold medallists
OG 90, 92, 97, 121, 184
team event 156
PG 238, 243
United Kingdom see Great Britain
INDEX
USA
gold medallists
W
76, 80, 83, 93, 102, 129,
263, 263
178, 183, 186

team events 59, 82, 82, 87,
87, 88, 88, 124, 1245, 128,
157
PG 207, 216, 250, 263
Usyk, Oleksandr (Ukrainian gold
Uzbekistan, gold medallist, OG
186

Whitlock, Max (British bronze
1278

239, 239
1001, 100
Van Rijsselberge, Dorian (Dutch

gold medallist, Sailing) 162,
162
Varnish, Jessica (British cyclist)
107
Velodrome (venue) 109
medallist, Tennis) 177, 178, 178
venues 214
dressed for the Games 36, 37
see also individual venues
Vergeer, Esther (Dutch gold
262, 263, 263
Vinokurov, Alexandr (Kazakhstan
Volleyball
medallist, Shooting) 168, 168

Wolf, Edith (Swiss gold medallist,
Paralympic Athletics) 206, 206
Equestrian) 221, 225, 225
Tennis) 254
Welte, Miriam (German gold
Woodbridge, Nick (British

Modern Pentathlete) 144

107
Mascot) 12, 14
Woods, Shelly (British silver

207, 207
World Shakespeare Festival
2723
Wheelchair events (PG) 25663

Wheelchair Basketball 2567
Wrestling 1867
Wheelchair Fencing 2589,
Wu, Minxia (Chinese gold
259
Wheelchair Rugby 2601
Vos, Marianne (Dutch gold
Wheelchair Tennis 2623
1012, 101, 102
Wilson, Peter (British gold
Wollmert, Jochen (German gold
volunteers see Games Makers

medallist, Cycling Road)
medallist, Equestrian) 114
Wenlock (ofcial London 2012
107
Wilson, Nicola (British silver
Wells, Sophie (British gold
101
Volleyball 182; for PG see Sitting
51
Welcoming the World 3245
Wembley Stadium (venue) 125
medallist, Cycling - Track) 107,

Willis, Andrew (British swimmer)
Welcome for teams to London
gold medallist, Cycling - Road)

Vogel, Kristina (German gold
Williams, Venus (USA gold
2012 38
186
Yu, Chui Yee (Hong Kong,
Chinese gold medallist,
Wheelchair Fencing) 259
Williams, Serena (USA gold
Weightlifting 1845
1989, 198, 199
medallist, Freestyle Wresting)
Weale, Sam (British Modern
Weir, David (British gold
Shooting) 169, 169

Yoshida, Saori (Japanese gold
Williams, Rob (British silver
Water Polo Arena (venue) 59
Pentathlete) 144
Yi, Siling (Chinese gold medallist,
medallist, Cycling Road)
Wang, Yinan (Chinese gold
Wiggins, Bradley (British gold
Watkins, Anna (British gold
van den Broecke, Lily (British gold
Ye, Shiwen (Chinese gold
medallist, Hockey) 137
Swimming) 248, 248
1967, 197
Wang, Hao (Chinese gold
Water Polo 59
V
Whitehead, Richard (British gold
gold medallist, Athletics) 77
Paralympic Swimming) 249
263
Walcott, Keshorn (Trinidadian

Walsh, Kate (British bronze
Xu, Qing (Chinese gold medallist,
Wagner, David (USA gold
OG 48, 51, 523, 55, 73,

13940, 168, 169, 169, 175,
Whiley, Jordanne (British bronze
Z
Zanardi, Alessandro (Italian gold
Road) 21415, 214
Zanetti, Arthur Nabarrete
(Brazilian gold medallist,
Gymnastics Artistic) 128
Zhang, Cuiping (Chinese gold
242
Zhang, Jike (Chinese gold
medallist, Table Tennis) 170,
170
Zhang, Nan (Chinese gold
Zhang, Yanguan (Chinese gold
Zhao, Yunlei (Chinese gold
Zheng, Tao (Chinese gold
Swimming) 247
Zhou, Lulu (Chinese gold
185
Zou, Shiming (Chinese gold
Xu, Lijia (Chinese gold medallist,

Sailing) 164, 164
307
308
Delivering a memorable Olympic Games to inspire

a generation with the support of our Partners
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Delivering a memorable Paralympic Games to inspire

a generation with the support of our Partners
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The Victory Parade

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spectators.
312
Authors Acknowledgments
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London 2012 Olympic

and Paralympic Games

London 2012 Olympic

Tom Knight and Sybil Ruscoe

Setting the Stage

Welcoming the World

The London 2012 Olympic Games

The London 2012 Paralympic Games

The London 2012 Festival

London 2012 Stats

London 2012 Partners

joy of sport, with the athletes performing at an

Sebastian Coe KBE

Its not often in this job that you punch

Crowds in Trafalgar Square

Prime Minister Tony Blair, on hearing of the success

the campaign. It had been a long road, beginning

Opposite page: The Olympic

London 2012 Chair Lord Coe

Madrid, Moscow and New York City. Ironically

Support was pledged by Ken Livingstone,

London is the greatest city in the world, yet we

You can win, she said, but not with me.

How the IOC votes gave

A view of the Lower Lea Valley, the

Doctor, scholar and philanthropist

Coe appealed to the IOC delegates in a moving

anything weve seen before. Children of all ages

I came to pay homage and tribute to Dr Brookes, who

unable through ill health to travel to Paris for the

evokes the Buckinghamshire village of Stoke

A Dutch archery team takes aim

The ofcial poster of the London

Opposite: John Mark, the nal

low survival rate among veterans of the Second

and Dr Guttmann will always be associated with

The Vision for the Games

It is difcult to imagine now that the site of the

In July 2010, with just two years to

taken years except that the schedule did not allow

of how if you have contingency to work with in

The wetlands in the Olympic Park

Greening the Olympic

Celia Hammond Animal Trust to rescue more than

create an Olympic and Paralympic Games that

Sydney 2000 Games and did likewise in London.

the structure would shrink after the Olympic and

Above: Coloured lighting brought

Games venues in the

Centre harmonises with the river and rolling

world swimming championships.

Previous page: The Velodromes

The Equestrian events were held

Games venues in London

At the latter, a gushing mountain stream was

Cycling time trials were held at historic Hampton

London; St James Park, Newcastle; the City of

sources; and non-essential air-conditioning was

I saw what was possible at the Games in Sydney and I wanted