BEIJING OLYMPIC TEAM GB WONDER WEEKEND and still seven days to go.
What a weekend for Team GB which is now showing in third spot overall in the list of medal positions and with still seven days to go it looks like Team GB still have the odd medal to come.
We reckoned there would be shocks and surprises and some have been real shocks but maybe not always to the participants.
GB's excellent shocker came in the form of a 19 year old superb athlete by the name of Louis Smith. Who would have thought that the eighty year old (yes; 80) record would be broken, because it has been that long since Great Britain has won anything in this section. His pommel horse routine was amazing and considering no GB athlete had won a medal for 80 years it shows the sort of ability this future star holds for the 2012 LOndon OLympics.
The final result was;
Gold - Xiao Qin - China
Silver - Filip Ude - Croatia
Bronze - Louis Smith - Great Britain
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For me one of the top performances this weekend has come from Rebecca Romero who turned her sport on it's head by winning a silver medal in the last Olympics(Athens 2004) as part of Team GB in the rowing and exchanging the oars for a bicycle.
She realised her dream in winning the gold medal in the Ladies Pursuit Final in such easy fashion it was a joy to behold and her determination and relief at the finish could be seen in her reaction when she crossed the winning line.
As Rebecca says on her website;
You can but dream……but can you live your dream??
A shade unlucky for Team GB sister member Wendy Houvenaghel that she should be racing against her fellow Team member but her silver medal will always give her solace that she was against the best and the only woman in GB history to have won a medal in two different sports.
The final result was;
Gold - Rebecaa Romero - Great Britain
Silver - Wendy Houvenaghel - Great Britain
Bronze - Lesya Kalitovska - Ukrain
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