Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah, Greg Rutherford – all delivered as expected at this summer's London Olympics

; Rutherford, indeed, delivered over and above.But the final figure of six medals garnered on home ground

in a different and, dare one say, subtler fashion.Peters' success in moulding the minds of Britain's all-conquering

"He has gone on record as saying his achievements are all about 'boxing the chimp'.

Previously he has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, the Sunday Correspondent and The

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London September 7 - Tatyana McFadden is known by her competitors as "The Beast", just like fellow wheelchair racer David Weir, in fact - and for the same reasons: fearsome strength and determination.

It is all getting a bit spooky.McFadden, born without the use of her legs through spina bifida and abandoned

per cent vision, picked up his second gold of the Games as he won the men's T13 200m title in a world record

well.On a day when previous gold medallists Mick Bushell and Richard Whitehead finished out of the medals

playing wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics - won with a flourish, breaking the world record

three times with her first three throws and leaving it at 6.58 metres.Afterwards, Pearson (pictured)

reacted poorly to being beaten by Brazil's Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira, losing his long unbeaten record

Guys are coming from nowhere to run ridiculous times."

out that if Pistorius had run as he had the previous evening in the heat - when he clocked a world record

The length of my blades are all right because I went through all the procedures with the referees," he

I'm in the stadium [competing] because it's all cleared up and Oscar should know that."

His stated ambition coming into these Games was "to win three gold medals at a single Paralympic Games

reacted poorly to being beaten by Brazil's Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira, losing his long unbeaten record

Guys are coming from nowhere to run ridiculous times."

out that if Pistorius had run as he had the previous evening in the heat - when he clocked a world record

The length of my blades are all right because I went through all the procedures with the referees," he

I'm in the stadium [competing] because it's all cleared up and Oscar should know that."

His stated ambition coming into these Games was "to win three gold medals at a single Paralympic Games

were more world records set here today as Alfonso Cabello and Mark Colbourne both took stunning gold medals

non-British rider heard here so far for his simply brilliant performance.Cabello smashed the world record

I saw my coaches and managers all moving off at which point my coach came back and said that was it –

to apologise to the International Cycling Union (UCI), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and all

I know exactly what happened, I do starts so many times in training and it is only once in a blue moon

things that can go wrong so it is fair enough to have that mishap rule but it just needs rewriting so all

ordered an inquiry into the country's disappointing performance at London 2012, where the team won 11 medals

but represented a sharp decline from Beijing four years ago when they finished third in the athletics medals

table with 14 medals, including six gold.This time Kenya's only gold medallists were Ezekiel Kemboi,

David Rudisha (pictured), who produced arguably the performance of the whole Games by setting a world record

The Bristol training was the cause of all the problems," said Julius Kirwa, Kenya's head athletics coach.Ezekiel

"They must, therefore, at all times put the needs and aspirations of the sporting fraternity above any

the event which the Evening Standard gloomily warned on its front page would be the "Wettest Games on record

double scull of Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking crossed the line of foaming bubbles ahead of all

"But sitting on the sidelines and watching the guys I had trained and raced with collecting their medals

to right: Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge with their gold medals

Previously he has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, the Sunday Correspondent and The

By Duncan Mackay in LondonAugust 16 - Non-Olympic sponsors who are associated with sports and individuals at London 2012 today took advantage of the lifting of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) three week blackout to trumpet their involvement in the success of Team GB and triple gold medallist Usain Bolt. 

They gave it their all," the advert says.It follows a row during the Olympics over Rule 40, an IOC

lifting its blackout period to publicly acknowledge athletes it supports, like Ben Ainslie, who won a record

consecutive Olympic sailing gold medal at London 2012The Volvo campaign, running in the Daily Mail, Times

The Virgin advert, featuring Bolt, who for the second consecutive Olympics won three gold medals, including

By Stuart NewmanAugust 15 - Cyclist Jody Cundy will be going the extra mile compared to those fans who have had their faces painted to show their support at London 2012 – his new prosthetic leg has been specially decorated for the forthcoming Paralympics.

The 33-year-old, a five-times Paralympic gold medallist and multiple world champion at both cycling and

which begins on August 29.The leg, which features a patriotic design of team colours and the names of all

the people who have helped him win his 10 cycling gold medals, was officially unveiled at a special

Paralympian cyclist of all time, completing the flying 200 metres in a time of 10.805sec (41.405mph/

: Cundy named BBC East Disabled Sports Personality of the YearOctober 2011: Cundy breaks world record

, Renaud Lavillenie lived gloriously up to his billing as favourite in the pole vault as an Olympic record

this year, it was quite something to see silver go to her team-mate Gamze Bulut ahead of Bahrain's two-times

world champion, Maryam Jamal.Lavillenie had to draw upon all his reserves to hold off the German challenge

Chris Brown (left) inspired the Bahamas to humble the all-conquering US in the 4x400m finalA botched

We wanted two medals and we got them – this is the Turkish power."

We take home two medals and I would like to say, again, this is the Turkish power."

By David GoldAugust 9 - Michael Phelps leads the United States Sports Academy nominees for July's athlete of the month award after making history at the Olympics.

silver in the 200 metres butterfly and then gold in the 4x200m relay.With 15 gold and 19 medals in total

, that made Phelps the most successful Olympian of all time, overtaking Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina.Since

two gold medals, becoming the first man to defend three successive Olympic titles in two disciplines.He

the field as he led 99 of 160 laps.It meant he joined an exclusive club of four drivers who have four times

the pool goes Lochte's way as Ye smashes world recordJuly 2012: Phelps targeting only seven gold medals

metres, Aries Merritt in the 110m hurdles and Brittney Reese in the long jump - and contributed seven medals

in all to a national effort which saw the overall medal total rise beyond that of China, 81 to 77, even

In Beijing I said I would give all those World Championship medals for the gold," said Felix, still wearing

Now I say I embrace all of the journey because it has pushed me all these years."

Richardson taking silver in 13.04.Bronze went to Jamaica's Hansle Parchment, who clocked a national record

eventually clocked a time of 42.86 as he wandered disconsolately over the line – some way short of his world record

Sometimes the qualification goes well and the final very bad," said the man who is trained by three-times

By Tom Degun at the Velodrome in LondonAugust 6 - Britain's Jason Kenny produced a stunning display to claim the Olympic men's individual sprint title here as he beat arch-rival and reigning world champion Grégory Baugé 2-0 in the final to justify his controversial selection ahead of Sir Chris Hoy.

second gold medal of London 2012 after his victory in the team sprint last week.But this win may be all

Olympic champion Sir Chris, whom he won silver behind at Beijing 2008.Kenny also has "history" with four-times

tomorrowThe win continues Britain's stunning form in the Velodrome and the host nation now has five gold medals

competition.Victoria Pendleton will defend her women's individual sprint title, Sir Chris goes in search of a record

second success of these Games in the omnium, which she is leading at the end of the first day.Should all

the best player the world has ever seen – the one accolade missing from a trophy cabinet comprising a record

knows what the Scot is capable of; but never have we seen him produce such a dazzling, at times

Murray has a decent record against Federer but never had he beaten him in a best of five sets match.That

all changed in less than two hours, however, as Murray took his opponent apart – at one point winning

This week's been incredible for me – not just here but at all the venues."

Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka celebrate a rare gold for BelarusBelarus do not get too many gold medals

of less than an hour here the host nation won three – yes, three – of the five track and field gold medals

"For Britain to win three gold medals on one night was absolutely unbelievable," said Ennis.

Heady times indeed for British Olympic sports.

I couldn't have done it without all the support.

position after recording personal bests in the opening event of the 100m hurdles – where she set a British record

Previously he has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, the Sunday Correspondent and The