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For me, it has to be the 100m and 200m track finals, and Phelps. Shame on shot-putter Ostapchuk, but no worse than Gatlin, who was allowed to run yet again after god-knows-how-many-bans. I think the standard in all competitions was the best I've ever seen, and cleanest. For all the bad publicity London got for empty seats early on, then having 80,000+ turn up for both the soccer finals, 8.1m spectators through the turnstiles, huge crowds at the free events creating a fantastic atmosphere, making it the best supported Olympics ever, and thankfully no terrorist attack, London's got to be proud for putting on such a show. The only bad publicity I got to hear about was the hotel just down the road from where I live, who looked after the Canadian badminton team, where they got food poisoning for two days a week before it all began; that's a good excuse for why Canada fared so poorly. The closing ceremony standard was set by Beijing's and no-one will ever match theirs, but I enjoyed The Who, not bad for pensioners; it was so-so. Says something when the IOC requested Britain to bid again for the Olympics. 9/10.
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