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Yahoo UK asked in SportsOlympics · 9 years ago

What will you remember most about the London 2012 Olympics?

The Olympics are officially over and we can all agree London did an amazing job in hosting the 2012 Games. Thank you London! So we wanted to ask our community. What will you remember most about these Summer Olympics? Tell us!

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  • 9 years ago
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    THE crying over being 2nd best....

    SILVER is still good......

  • 9 years ago

    Wow, all of it was so good its so hard to decide!

    But whenever someone asks me about the Olympics, I can't help but think of 60 million proud Brits. Team GB had a big gold medal haul, our best since 1908, and I think one of the main factors in this must have been the home crowd. Every time, a British competitor came out, the crowd cheered so loudly, the applause for the other countries sounded like a whisper! When we won a gold medal and the national anthem came on, the stadium filled with people singing the National Anthem. I remember all my friends praising the opening and closing ceremony, showcasing the Best of Britain.

    Its made me realise how lucky I am to be living in this amazing country and I am extremely proud to be British as I'm sure 60 other million people are too. Goodbye London 2012, I will never forget these truly inspirational games. It really was the best show on earth :')

  • 9 years ago

    Definitely the touch relay including the touch itself. It was amazing and brought the whole world and whole community's together, including mine and also that it's the whole length and width of the UK. It dedicates the 8,000 inspiring people who carried it, and also inspires you to be a good person and do good things for your friends, family and community. The atmosphere around the touch is amazing and also the touch. It is a amazing design, the triangle for the 3 London Olympics, the tri vision of the Olympics, the Olympic motto and the Olympic values and and also does the job of moving the flame (because of global warming and also air pollution, the touch has low carbon fuel). Also it's amazing that it came all the way from Greece to London. It started and finished the London 2012 Olympics and it was amazing!

  • 9 years ago

    London 2012 being the first Olympics where every competing country had at least one woman in their team. Truly a golden moment!

    Mo Farrah winning the double and becoming the first Britain in 100years to win the 10,000m! Also watching the British Showjumping team take their first gold in decades :D But not the people claiming GB cheated just because it was a home games. Get over it. We produced a good team! You never hear people saying America and China cheated... Grow up.

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  • 9 years ago

    Well obviously if you're going to ask a british public they'll say the rare scenes of british dominance in secondary sports like velodrome. The ending ceremony was quite terrible. But the rest was set up quite well, the atmosphere on a whole, was better than the last olympics.

  • 9 years ago

    Something I think no other person will pick, but I liked the interior and especially the bench in the commentary box

    The Olympic flame was good as well and also nice I feel to see England doing so well in the medals and gaining respect from people for the opening ceremony and the way they held the event

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    The iconic snap of Usain Bolt & Mo Farrah mirroring each others signature celebration, and personally, attending the Marathon - my first and likely, only Olympic event I'm able to say "I was there", seeing the Olympic torch pass though my home town, and the sceptics who were against the games being here (I'm talking Londoners) who did u-turns in their thoughts by the time it finished.

  • 4 years ago

    London is an excellent place to spend the holyday in household, specially with children since in London are plenty of kid-friendly areas to visit and this Hotelbye is the area to start knowing. In London you will get in close proximity and personal with underwater creatures at SEALIFE London Aquarium or explore the Science Museum, London's fun link of technology and engineering and both are perfect for fun household holyday here in London. London also offers for visiting the Tate Modern, Britain's national museum of modern and contemporary art. And, maybe not your investment SEALIFE London Aquarium; the house of 500 species of marine living, from sharks and piranhas to Nemo-style clownfish. London is let me tell you a distinctive city.

  • 9 years ago

    I thought Katie Taylor's performance and sportsmanship was superb, as too were many other Olympians. Each fight of Katie's had the nation sitting on the edges of their seat. The atmosphere was fierce tense and the adrenaline was at it's limit. Even the British were cheering her on, which was the boost she needed in her final match! It was Katie's first Olympic appearance and she had a top class performance. I don't mean to be biased, but it's not often you see my country (Ireland) come home with a gold medal. I'll see you all in Rio.

  • 7 years ago

    I'll remember that these games exemplified transition, a time in which we must find common ground. There is so much beauty and love in this world, plenty to go around. Stop all the hate, fear and poverty. Find peace. Find some acceptance for those people or things that we disagree with, before it's too late.

  • 9 years ago

    I was reminded of the realization that we really do live in one world and... how small it has become. Rich, poor, gay and straight. Those who fear God and those who do not. All of us are indeed connected.

    I'll remember that these games exemplified transition, a time in which we must find common ground. There is so much beauty and love in this world, plenty to go around. Stop all the hate, fear and poverty. Find peace. Find some acceptance for those people or things that we disagree with, before it's too late.

    We can live on this planet together. We can make a difference. We MUST!

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