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“The crowd were so incredible,” said Greg Rutherford, “that on my first attempt I felt they were physically lifting me off the floor.”
The long jumper was speaking after ‘Super Saturday’ at London 2012, when Great Britain’s rowers, runners, jumpers and cyclists bagged six gold medals. By the end of the Games, the team had racked up a record 65 medals:
- 19 bronzes
- 17 silvers
- 29 golds.
It was a step up from the team’s haul of 47 medals at Beijing four years previously.