As we have reached the end of the well anticipated Olympic games 2012 London a lot have been seen taking place during the highest level of any sport.
Since there have been newly appointed hereo's, those who have managed to maintain their tittles and the sorry one's that have been scraped from the victories.
The popular event in the crowd being the track have also witnessed history in the 2012 games with the amazing Usain Bolt being the crowd favourite who did ever so well in maintaing all the medals he recieved in the Beijing 2008 games this creating history for the very first time an athlete has ever done. The Jamaican sprinter made it look so easy as he broke away in the Men's 100m taking the gold medal in 9.63sec, followed by his teammate Johan Blake, who also made history in retaining his medals. In the Men's 200m the dou were at it again and just could not be stop on the day as the fastest man on land Bolt took the gold and Blake taking the silver at an incredible time of 19.44 sec. The Jamaican sprinters really lived to expectation as they collectivelly as a group also took away the world record in the Men's 4 x 100m relay.
The Olympics 2012 left a legacy with London hosting a successful event that was experienced throughout the globe. Looking at the medal standings of the different nations, the United States of America dominated the battle field with an amazing total of 104 medals brokendown as : 46 (gold), 29 (silver), 29 (bronze). Closely followed by China with a total of 88 medals, the third being the host Great Brittain at a maximum of 65 grabbing 29 gold medals out of their total.
The event was a success and we are soo proud of the athlets who paricipated in the olympic games. They did thier best and brought silver and gold medals.I hope next time they do better.
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