I've been lucky enough to attend three Olympic sessions: women's hockey on the first Tuesday (including GB 5, South Korea 3); athletics on Monday night (including the men's 400m hurdles and Usain Bolt's 100m medal ceremony); and athletics yesterday morning (mainly the decathlon, but also the men's 4x400m relay heats).
The atmosphere at each event was amazing.
Yesterday the only British interest over the whole session was Great Britain in the men's 4x400m relay. What a reception they got. What a ROAR greeted Jack Green's third leg as he stormed into the lead. And what a NOISE encouraged Martin Rooney to finish the race with a GB win (he actually eased off to finish second to Trinidad & Tobago).
The spectators knew it was their only chance to cheer for Team GB and they were determined to take it. The flags came out, the throats were roared hoarse for the duration of the race which lasted a fraction over three minutes, and the hands clapped until sore.
It's hard to imagine a louder roar greeting GB in the unlikely event that they win the final!
It's amazing, wonderful, magical. We're running out of superlatives.
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