Now that the first bit of London 2012 has concluded, the following are 12 of my thoughts on the whole games and their legacy.
- I have heard "Chariots of Fire" enough for one lifetime now.
- The opening ceremony was baffling, but spectacular. However, can we please find a way to make the athletes parade shorter in future?
- TfL's travel advice worked too well and arguably damaged the British economy as a result. At least there weren't any major problems.
- Would like to go and visit the Olympic Park at some point - hopefully they'll keep it open for a bit so we can see where it all happened.
- I notice that a lot of the British winners weren't singing the national anthem. Naughty, naughty... ;-) Also, the Russian female rhythmic gymnastics team are a contender for most enthusiastic rendering of a national anthem - they sung that tune with gusto.
- So much for stiff upper lip - a lot of our winners cried.
- Watching the fencing confirmed my preference for the epee form of the weapon; the other disciplines had each point over too quickly.
- I imagine that Ben Anslie, Bradley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton (at least) will get knighted. Jess Ennis might have to wait until 2016.
- The English problem with penalties continues - even when the other nationalities of the UK are in the team...
- Closing ceremony was mostly rubbish - went on far too long and reminded me that many of our best musicians are dead or retired. Eric Idle was good though.
- I doubt we'll get as many medals in the warm and humid climate of Rio as we did in our climate (the weather was good, wasn't it?)
- BBC's red button service has been very good - it allowed you to avoid all the montages and clips. Something like this for the Commonwealth Games, please?
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