Though I'd start a thread as this is an event that all of us will only experience once in a lifetime......to me the best part will be the legacies with the superb infrastructure left behind....

40 medals....superb performances.....the Russians have the same amount but they have been a bit unlucky with the gold.....winning mostly silver and bronze....the Aussies aren't doing so well either this time round...

I had to smile (or was it cry?) when Sturridge took his penalty kick.

He ran up and paused before kicking the ball, as though to trick the goalie into moving or maybe check which way the goalie was going to move.

The goalie moved to Sturridge's right.

Sturridge then kicked the ball straight to the goalie!

Aaaaaargh! Noooooo! That's not how you do it! You should have kicked it left! 'Struth!

An easy save for the goalie!

It is so obvious why the England team always lose penalty shoot-outs, they have been conditioned to play the ball backwards for 90% of a match, so when they take a penalty they do what comes naturally----they pass it back to the keeper.
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Sort of Ronaldo penalty imitation....I knew he would miss it....you get the feeling sometimes...and there is a total lack of imagination when in possession in midfield and this seems to be a big problem in the UK....nobody seems to understand how to support another player that has the ball...so usual stuff of a long nonsense ball across field missing the destined player 90% of the times...ooohhhh whoooohhhh...it is so irritating to watch this happening time and time again...my question is ; what on earth do they teach these blinkin' players at the training grounds ?...

Watched the last bit of the women's hockey and they seem to have the same problem as the mens football team i.e no idea going forward.

Well done Nicola Adams - fantastic job.

And Katie Taylor - well done!

Well the UK team are doing us proud : 24 gold.....fantastic when you think that we are a small country......in percentage terms of a population-ratio : we are probably at the top !......congratulations to the athletes.....suberb results !...

Yes very well done to Nichola Adams as the 1st Womans Olympic Boxing Champion http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19200168

Stan- I was at the women's hockey in the group match v The Netherlands and agree we were clueless going forward.
As a Leeds boy I have pride in Nicola Adams achievement. She deserves all the credit heading in her direction.

Absolutely coeliac1, a brilliant performance!

Congratulations to local girl Jade Jones for taking the latest Gold!

Not sure about Jamaica taking gold tonight in the relay, regardless of their fantastic sprinters....

Looks like the gold is tomorrow....

Go Mo, amazing performance, already an athletics legend, a double Olympic champion.

These games have been totally riveting, what am I going to watch next week?

Roll on the Paras, for more National pride and fervour, did Australia come to London?

Mexico : olympic gold,... bravo...!.....my big dark horses for 2014....

Well done team UK.....fantastic overall performance....29 golds......superb result and third behind the USA and CHINA.......and we are a smallish country !...

Fantastic from start to finish like a good many others I will miss the greatest show on earth, well done to everyone involved.
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Superb Olympics,... what more can be said ?.....

Awesome? :o)

Yes , it proved a lot of people wrong including me , I think the cost will be worth it. How much would it have cost to promote tourism to the UK on such a scale and sport and we have the OLYMPIC sporting venues also now.