I was happy to wave my flag (metaphorically speaking) and cheered for the Brits most of the time, in the events where there were Brits to cheer for, but one of the things I really liked about the atmosphere of the games was the level of appreciation shown by the partisan home crowd to all competitors, no matter where they were from - witness the love for Rudisha and Bolt in particular. And moments like the huge roar the Turkish woman got when she limped over the line in the 800m over a minute behind the winners were just brilliant.
In the events where Brits weren't so well represented, I was happy to cheer on competitors from other nations. I really got into the archery, for example, and when the Brits went out in the early stages, I switched my allegiance to some of the foreign competitors who'd caught my eye.
I hardly watched any of the football, but it doesn't surprise me that the football fans let the side down. Ho hum.
Anyway, as I've said before, I loved the sport part of it, it's just the organisation that makes me feel uncomfortable about the Olympics. Though to be fair, the IOC probably aren't really any more corrupt than many other international sporting authorities I could think of - eg Fifa, UCI, FIA... And of course many of them are in cahoots with the IOC. It makes me wonder if it's possible to have big sporting events without institutional corruption.
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