Britain’s Greatest Olympic Moment

22nd July 2020

The Tokyo Olympic games should have been opening this Saturday – however due to the global pandemic it has been delayed by a year. BBC One are showing on Saturday 25th July 2020, which should of been the opening ceremony, a special programme counting down Britain’s Greatest Olympic Moments.

A list of 25 contenders have been put forward and viewers are able to vote on their ‘Britain’s Greatest Olympic Moment’. The ‘moments’ are as follows:-

1964: Track and field quartet win gold
1972: Peters sets the gold standard
1980: Coe v Ovett in Moscow
1984: Daley delivers decathlon gold again
1988: ‘Where were the Germans… and frankly who cares?’
1992: Ecstasy and agony in Barcelona
2000: Redgrave’s fifth gold
2004: Kelly Holmes does the double
2008: Hoy’s treble joy
2008: Becky’s Beijing brilliance
2012: Super Saturday – a day like no other
2012: Adams makes history – twice
2012: Queen Victoria’s keirin cracker
2012: Bradley’s ride on time for gold
2012: Dujardin doubles up
2012: Grainger finally wins gold
2012: Big Ben gets angry… and wins gold again
2012: Marvellous Murray takes revenge on Federer
2012: ‘Headhunter’ Jade’s golden delight
2016: Mo’s Rio distance repeat
2016: Golden couple’s famous five golds
2016: Big Star Skelton wins gold at 58
2016: Whitlock wins two golds in two hours
2016: Hockey women win gold after penalty shootout
2016: Alistair Brownlee’s complete race

For us equestrians there are two Olympic greats in the top 25 – Charlotte Dujardin and Nick Skelton. Charlotte Dujardin won both team and individual Gold medals riding Valegro in London and then defended their individual gold medal title in Rio 4 years later. Show jumper Nick Skelton and his horse Big Star won individual gold in 2016 at his seventh Olympic games at the age of 58. It was Britain’s first individual show jumping medal since 1972. Nick Skelton was also part of the show jumping gold medal wining team at the London 2012 Olympic games.

Good Luck Charlotte and Nick!