London 2012 Olympic Games - Day 5

Today TeamGB delivered not one, but two, GOLD medals. The first gold medal for the team was in rowing and was won by Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in an amazing race that saw them effortlessly pull away from the rest of the race and power into the finishing line to the sound of a very euphoric crowd. It's particularly special since they've only been rowing together for two years, which is no time at all for a rowing team. Where do they go next, I wonder? It would be great if they stayed together and worked to get more women into the sport and more women winning. They seem like really nice people and potentially really powerful role models. Well done girls!

The second gold was won by Bradley Wiggins, who won the Tour de France last week. That's a great testament to his incredible fitness to recover from the Tour and still win a gold medal. It was one of those expected golds in which you half expect something to go wrong but it didn't. It was a commanding win from Bradley and he's all over the news this evening. It's an astonishing achievement and much is being made of him having now won more Olympic medals than anyone else in this country, which is pretty special. Note to the media - please remember Helen and Heather won gold first and deserve some coverage.

Bradley's colleague, Chris Froome also won bronze in the same race, which is good for British cycling, but he's hugely overlooked in the media in favour of Bradley.

In the pool, Michael Jamieson won an amazing silver in the men's 200 breaststroke that saw him catching the winner, getting closer and closer and, if there'd been another metre or so, would have caught him. The winner set a new world record and Michael was a smidgeon behind with a new GB record (again). That was a great race!

We also won bronze in the men's eights rowing. What should have been a happy event seemed more like mourning during the post-race interview. Yes guys, you wanted gold but you won a bronze, that's an OLYMPIC BRONZE so cheer up! You might not be proud of it but I am on your behalf, so well done!