Summer Sports



Double gold for Farah as London 2012 crowd rises in awe

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Mo Farah_on_podium_receiving_Olympic_5000m_gold_medal_August_11_2012August 11 - Mo Farah achieved something even the great Haile Gebrselassie never managed here tonight as he added the Olympic 5,000 metres gold to the 10,000m gold he had won a week earlier, thus becoming the seventh man in Games history to complete this double, following in the illustrious footsteps of the likes of Emil Zátopek, Vladimir Kuts, Lasse Virén and, most recently, Kenenisa Bekele.












Page signs off on golden high as Australia toasts its finest Olympic regatta

By Mike Rowbottom

Mens sailing_470_class_10_AugustAugust 10 - Malcolm Page rounded off his illustrious sailing career at the age of 40 with a final gold in Weymouth as he and his partner in the 470 class, Mathew Belcher, overcame the home challenge of Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell to achieve a result which confirmed London 2012 as Australia's most successful Olympic sailing regatta.