The hopes of the nation have been resting on the shoulders of @TeamGB, and until today an elusive gold medal remained out of reach.
However, a Tweet from BBC sports presenter Clare Balding (@clarebalding) this morning hinted at what was to come:
The gold will come today folks. Trust me. Watch the rowing on BBC1
#Olympics— Clare Balding (@clarebalding1) August 1, 2012
And she was right. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning rowed to victory in the women’s coxless pairs, securing Britain’s first Olympic gold of the Games.
Congratulations flooded in across Twitter, with Prime Minister David Cameron sending his own message from @Number10Gov:
PM: “I couldn’t be more delighted that Helen Glover and Heather Stanning have won the
#1stgold medal for Team GB. Here’s to many more”— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) August 1, 2012
And it didn’t stop there! Bradley Wiggins (@bradwiggins) won gold in the men’s cycling time trials this afternoon, and his team mate Chris Froome (@ChrisFroome) took bronze.
@MarkCavendish had this message for the man who has become one of Britain’s most decorated Olympians and the only person to win Olympic gold and the Tour de France in the same year:
As if being the 1st British Tour de France winner didn’t make enough history,
@bradwiggins just won his 7th Olympic medal! GOLD.#proud— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) August 1, 2012
Elsewhere in the Olympic Park, celebrations for yesterday’s successes have continued. Zara Philips won silver in the team eventing and was captured on camera signing autographs for fans:
Zara Phillips on great form after her silver yesterday. She’s spent half hour signing autographs outside BBC studio twitter.com/Pearcesport/st…
— James Pearce (@Pearcesport) August 1, 2012
And it was the Royal seal of approval for bronze medalist Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington) as she met with some very special guests in the Olympic village:
Ahhh just met Prince William + Kate here in the village. Prince Harry was there too! All soo lovely. Was amazing :-)
— Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington) July 31, 2012
We also saw one of Twitter’s most retweeted message of the Games so far last night from Ryan Lochte (@ryanlochte) as he congratulated Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) on his 19th Olympic medal:
Congrats to
@michaelphelps for making Olympic history again tonight. Glad I had the honor of competing on the same stage as you.#TeamUSA— Ryan Lochte (@ryanlochte) July 31, 2012
Here at Twitter we are very excited by the new cameras that LOCOG installed in Olympic venues all over London. They are tweeting fantastic photos with a “behind the scenes” perspective you can’t get anywhere else. Locations include underwater at the aquatic center, from the backboard of the basketball hoop, and the roof of Olympic Park.
Here are the six cameras you can follow:
@L2012BballCam - over the basketball hoop
@L2012PoolCam - underwater in the aquatics center
@L2012GymCam - looking down onto the rhythmic gymnastics mat
@L2012TableCam - looking down onto the table tennis table
@L2012StadiumCam - on the Olympic Stadium roof, looking down onto the track
@L2012MatCam - looking down onto the judo/wrestling mat
And here are a some of our favorite shots so far:
US Swimmer Ryan Lochte (@ryanlochte)
Looking good from the bottom of the
#Swimming pool,@ryanlochte.#London2012 twitter.com/L2012PoolCam/s…— L2012 Pool Camera (@L2012PoolCam) July 31, 2012
Team GB Swimmer Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington):
Keeping pace with
@beckadlington – just.#London2012 twitter.com/L2012PoolCam/s…— L2012 Pool Camera (@L2012PoolCam) July 31, 2012
US basketball player LeBron James (@KingJames):
My first look at
#Basketball’s@kingjames. Hey there, fella.#london2012 twitter.com/l2012bballcam/…— L2012 Basketball Cam (@l2012bballcam) July 30, 2012
Aside from the medals table, it looks like Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) has a new fan if this exchange is anything to go by:
Of course!!! But first you need to follow me ;) RT
@cherylcole: .@tomdaley1994 I think you are amazing! Will you teach me how to swan dive?— Tom Daley (@TomDaley1994) July 31, 2012
And another man bantering with Tom Daley today was showbiz journalist @DanWootton. Dan tweeted this great photo of the stadium up close as he arrived for his first day watching the games:
The stadium looks epic up close.
#Olympics twitter.com/danwootton/sta…— Dan Wootton (@danwootton) August 1, 2012
And finally today, @MayorofLondon Boris Johnson was in London’s Victoria Park today and decided to have a go on their zipline. Unfortunately, it didn’t go quite according to plan…
A great shot of
@mayoroflondon Boris Johnson on our Victoria Park zip line#btlondonlive twitter.com/BTLondonLive/s…— BT London Live (@BTLondonLive) August 1, 2012
If you’re already looking ahead to tomorrow’s games, then here’s our top five to follow on Twitter to get closer than ever to the action:
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