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The best Games ever? Nyet, Nein, no hoper, mate!
Resigned to transport chaos, security threats and eye-bleeding budget overruns, Britons basked in praise for hosting what the IOC called “the best Olympic Games ever”. But do foreigners agree?
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G4S donates £2.5m to army in ‘goodwill gesture’
The donation follows G4S’s failure to train and deploy enough Olympic security staff, forcing more than 4,700 members of the armed forces to be put on standby for the Games.
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London 2012 Olympic Games end with a party
London’s Olympic Stadium is turned from an athletics track into a massive musical show to celebrate the end of the London 2012 Games.
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Is a United Kingdom London 2012’s legacy?
With the success of Scottish and Yorkshire athletes reflected in Team GB’s final Olympics medal tally, former PM Gordon Brown says the UK could become a “beacon” for how countries can co-exist.
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Sporting life: the Channel 4 News London 2012 quiz
Know how many world records were broken at the Games? Answer this and nine other questions in our London 2012 quiz – and a life of pub quiz celebrity surely awaits you.
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A fabulous Games – but what is the legacy?
A major element of London’s bid to host the Games was a commitment to a lasting legacy. Channel 4 News looks at what we will have to help us remember what Jacques Rogge called a “fabulous” Olympics.
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Team GB athletes rock out to Queen
Now the hard work is over, Team GB’s athletes let their hair down and produce a fitting tribute to Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now.
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Tom Daley’s Olympic highs and lows
Tom Daley tells Channel 4 News that his focus is now on the next Olympics in Rio where he hopes his performance will be at its peak.
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Snatching Olympic success from the jaws of doom
With warnings of inadequate security and traffic chaos, the doomsayers were having a field day in the run-up to London 2012. And then the Games began.
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A great British summer – Team GB ends with 65 Olympic medals
A magnificent performance by Team GB sees them finish the Olympic Games with 29 gold medals, putting Britain third in London 2012’s overall standings
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Mo Farah makes history as GB wins three more golds
Mo Farah wins his second Olympic gold in the 5,000m as boxer Luke Campbell makes it three for Team GB after Ed McKeever’s kayak gold. And Tom Daley caps an epic day with diving bronze.
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Anthony Joshua wins boxing gold for Team GB
Great Britain takes its third gold medal for boxing after Anthony Joshua beats off stiff competition to become the Olympic super heavyweight champion.
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Mo-mentum with Farah for second gold
Mo Farah will be hoping to win his second London 2012 gold in the 5,000m final this evening – with Team GB striking gold in kayaking.
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FactCheck Q&A: How would ‘Team Scotland’ get on at the Games?
“Scotland would be in a respectable 11th place in the world medal rankings. And if you allow for population size, it’s even more of an achievement.”
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No Indian Dance for Team Cameron
As a parent I would love nothing more than to see my children win sporting medals – but if they prefer to physically exert themselves through dance, Indian or otherwise, that’s fine with me too. And I would see it as a physical education.