Whilst not as big a medal haul as last week the medals won today by Team GB were something special and gave us two of the stand out best moments of the games.
Kelly Holmes won the Women’s 1500m, another gold medal to add to the one she won for the 800m. Plagued by injury throughout her career Holmes had never managed until now to succeed to win the gold medals she so richly deserved.
Following individual failure in the Men’s 100m and 200m the British sprint team of Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis seemed to have all saved their perfect race for the Men’s 4x100m relay. With a US team that included the both the 100m and 200m Olympic champions plus the great experience and speed of Maurice Green the race was thought to have been won before they even started. However poor baton changes by the US coupled with a brilliant performance by the British guys resulted in a win for Team GB.
Finally let’s not overlook another medal that was won on the water with Great Britain’s Ian Wynne managing to shrug off an ankle injury to take bronze in the men’s K1 500m kayak final.
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