London 2012 - USA's Christian Taylor added the Olympic Games title to his world Triple Jump crown with a superb leap of 17.81m, the longest in the world this year. His team-mate Will Claye took silver, while Italy's Fabrizio Donato claimed bronze.

London 2012 - Usain Bolt tonight secured the legendary status he craved by becoming the first man ever to win the Olympic Games sprint double twice in succession. The 25-year-old superstar led a Jamaican clean-sweep, ahead of 100m silver medallist Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, both of whom are just 22.

London 2012 - Usain Bolt tonight secured the legendary status he craved by becoming the first man ever to win the Olympic Games sprint double twice in succession. The 25-year-old superstar led a Jamaican clean-sweep, ahead of 100m silver medallist Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, both of whom are just 22.

London 2012 - Usain Bolt became the first man ever to win the Olympic Games sprint double twice in succession after taking gold in the 200m. The 25-year-old superstar led a Jamaican clean-sweep ahead of 100m silver medallist Yohan Blake and Warren Weir.  

London 2012 - Team USA's Missy Franklin set a new world record to triumph in the women's 200m backstroke. Her time of 2:04.06 clinched her third gold of the Games and sealed her status as an emerging swimming superstar. Watch highlights of the race.

London 2012 - Cuba's Mijain Lopez became only the third Super Heavyweight to win successive Greco-Roman golds after he beat Estonian Heiki Nabi at the ExCeL.

London 2012 - Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt defends his 100m title at the Olympic Stadium. Despite a sluggish start, he picked up in the middle of the race to power home in an Olympic record of 9.63 - the second-fastest time ever - with Yohan Blake second in a personal best-equalling 9.75. Watch the race in full now.

London 2012 - the dramatic moment when the Olympic Torch arrives in a speedboat driven by football superstar David Beckham at the stadium in London for the Opening Ceremony.

London 2012 - Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt defends his 100m title at the Olympic Stadium. Despite a sluggish start, he picked up in the middle of the race to power home in an Olympic record of 9.63 - the second-fastest time ever - with Yohan Blake second in a personal best-equalling 9.75.

London 2012 - Both France and Norway retained the Olympic titles they won in Beijing four years ago, but that did not detract from a superb tournament, that received unprecedented support in both the Copper Box and the Basketball Arena, making Handball one of the successes of the Games.