2. Favourite athlete you’d never heard of before: German discus thrower. Celebrated Gold by ripping his shirt and doing a lap of honour including jumping the womens 100m hurdles down the wrong way in celebration.
3. Favourite sportsman/sportswoman - Chris Hoy. Just a legend. So humble with it too. Fantastic performance in keirin. Wiggo - just for being cool!
4. Favourite performance - All of Team GB in the velodrome 10 events, 7 gold, 1 silver (unfairly penalised too) and 1 bronze and a disqualification when would have won something! The ICF tried to change the rules to stop us being so dominant. Think again!
5. Favourite medal - Non GB? Jamaica 4 x100 relay men (coz I was there)
6. Favourite Team GB medal - Katherine Grainger and Ben Ainslie.
7. Favourite bit of punditry. Ian Thorpe. "Look... "
8. Favourite venue - All of them were brilliant but has to be Beach Volleyball. To be sitting there high in the stands and looking out with Big Ben to the right, Whitehall to the left, Buck House and St J's Park behind and the London Eye and Shard in front was special. As was Greenwich Park with the Cutty sark, Canary Wharf and the Royal Naval College laid out in front. All of them showed London off to be amazing.
9. Favourite thing you witnessed live & direct (if any) - Has to be Saturday night in the stadium. Mo Farah 5000m. Incredible noise. Incredible atmosphere. Everyone united in delight! Couldnt stop shaking afterwards.
10. Favourite stat (made up or real). Yorkshire winning more Golds than Australia! That we won more medals across more sports than anyone else (I think)
11. Favourite Redgrave Hug - Purchase and Hunter. Incredible tv to see the big man lifting Hunter out of the boat followed up by Invers in tears.
12. Face of the Games - Jess of course and she delivered. Super stuff
13. Mathias Steiner Saharan award for Dust - Gemma Gibbons on winning her semi final and mouthing I love you Mum to her mum that died 7 years ago
14. Your dustiest moments - When the rings came together at the Opening ceremony (seeing live at rehearsal did make me well up), Lighting of the torrch. In action: Kath Grainger finally winning Gold, Super Saturday Part 1, Mo on Super Saturday Part 2, Purchase and Hunter.
15. Derek Redmond Limping award for Bravery - American fella that broke his leg and carried on running in 4 x 400.
16. One to watch in 2016 - Cav back in the velodrome!
17. Best Celebration - Jade Jones flinging her head protector in the air when she won Gold. Pure unbridled joy.
18. Best quote: Slightly ditzy Kat Copeland on unexpectedly winning Lightweight Double Sculls. "We've won the Olympics. We're going to be on a stamp!"
19. Villain - The Commisaires in the Velodrome. Anna Mears for blatant push on Pendo! David Bond, BBC News Sport editor for being a dick.
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