Olympic Best Bits
Highlights from BBC Radio 5 live's coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Usain Bolt jokes with our reporter: "Are you pressuring me?!"
Bolt jokes with 5 Live reporter Sonja McLaughlin about hurrying him to the interview.
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Darren Campbell's reaction to Phillips Idowu criticism
BBC Radio 5 Live's commentator Darren Campbell defends triple-jumper Phillips Idowu.
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Rio Ferdinand to make Usain Bolt's Manchester United dreams come true...
Rio Ferdinand tweeted Usain Bolt to set up a meeting with Alex Ferguson.
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Rachel runs after a very fit young man...
Rachel speaks to Ezekiel-Kemboi, the Kenyan 3000m steeplechase winner.
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Beth Tweddle is “absolutely delighted” with bronze medal says father
Beth ends her gymnastics career with an Olympic bronze medal in the uneven bars.
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GB medal hope triathlon brothers "we mainly fall out about who tidies the house"
Brothers Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee live and train together.
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Beth Tweddle: “I have every title to my name except for an Olympic medal"
Montage of the 'queen of British gymnastics' Beth Tweddle before the uneven bars final.
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"Arms are in the air"
The final stages of the Men's Four race at Eton Dorney as GB win gold.
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Breakfast: Can Rachel improve on Nicky's 18.4 second sprint?—5 Live Olympic Breakfast, 03/08/2012
Rachel Burden tries to improve on Nicky Campbell's 18 seconds in the 110m sprint.
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Olympics shows “the best of mankind” to 7/7 medic volunteer
Seb Coe tells how Olympics has "given closure" to volunteer medic at the Olympics.
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“They just won an Olympic silver medal, we are so proud of them”
Commentary and reaction as men's lightweight four win silver in the Olympics.
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Kim Collins: "I didn’t come to watch 100m final on TV. I've got to go home. I can't walk around London as a tourist"
Kim Collins following his Olympic expulsion for spending the night with his wife off-site.
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"I'm not 100% fit" GB triple-jumper Phillips Idowu, who didn't qualify, speaks to 5 Live
Phillips Idowu says he funds his own training and doesn't receive any lottery funding.
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Mo Farah wins gold
Mike Costello's 5 live commentary as Mo Farah wins the Olympic 10,000m gold.
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"She IS the Olympic Champion"
Mike Costello's commentary as Jessica Ennis wins her 800m final to achieve heptathlon gold
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"His giant stride devours the ground"
Listen to Mike Costello's commentary as Usain Bolt wins the men's 100m at London 2012.
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Annabel Croft's unintended double entendre sparks Olympic tennis giggles
Annabel Croft prompts helpless laughter between her, Jonathan Overend and Colin Murray.
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"He has beaten Roger Federer...no, correct that: he's THRASHED Roger Federer"
Jonathan Overend's commentary as Andy Murray wins gold in the men's Olympic tennis final.
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Grainger interview: "Nobody was going to get ahead of us today"
Interview with gold medalists Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins.
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Sir Chris Hoy's fifth gold as cyclists win team sprint
5 live's commentary as Sir Chris Hoy wins his fifth Olympic cycling gold medal.
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Cyclist Jessica Varnish's father "devastated"
Jessica Varnish's father says her family are still devastated after her disqualification.
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"There is an element of accountability at the end of the journey"
UK Athletics head Charles van Commenee on London 2012 and his future.
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High jumper shows off British accent
As she leaves London, silver medallist Brigetta Barrett shows off what she's learned.
"It felt like someone had just grabbed my leg and snapped it"
US runner Manteo Mitchell tells Mark Chapman how he ran with a broken leg in the 4x400m.
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