sport news From Tom Daley's tears to Charlotte Worthington's flips - Sportsmail's ...

sport news From Tom Daley's tears to Charlotte Worthington's flips - Sportsmail's ...
sport news From Tom Daley's tears to Charlotte Worthington's flips - Sportsmail's ...

After an eventful summer of sport the Tokyo Olympic Games came to a close on Sunday morning with a wonderful ceremony in Japan's capital. 

The Games - which saw GB match their medal total from London 2012 - provided most of laughter, heart-break and surprise. 

Therefore, Sportsmail have rounded up their favourite moments, best GB performances and funniest incidents from this summer's competition.   

The Tokyo Olympic Games came to a close on Sunday morning with a wonderful ceremony

The Tokyo Olympic Games came to a close on Sunday morning with a wonderful ceremony 

David Coverdale 

FAVOURITE MOMENT   

Tearful Tom Daley wrapping his arms and legs around his diving partner Matty Lee as he finally celebrated winning Olympic gold at his fourth Games.

BEST GB PERFORMANCE

Only one gold was won with a 360 degree backflip on a bike. Charlotte Worthington fell trying that trick on run one of the BMX freestyle final but she went for broke again and landed the daredevil move to be crowned champion.

UNSUNG HERO

It seems strange to describe an athlete as ‘unsung’ after he has just won more medals from a single Olympics than any other Briton. And yet that is exactly what Duncan Scott is — his four swimming gongs being largely overshadowed by bigger pool personalities like Adam Peaty.

FUNNIEST MOMENT

After Aussie Ariarne Titmus won the 400m freestyle, her mentor Dean Boxall ripped off his mask, pumped his fists and hip-thrusted a railing.

Tom Daley's tearful moment as he won Olympic gold was one of the best parts of the Games

Tom Daley's tearful moment as he won Olympic gold was one of the best parts of the Games

Dean Boxall reaction to Ariarne Titmus 400m freestyle victory was one of the funniest

Dean Boxall reaction to Ariarne Titmus 400m freestyle victory was one of the funniest

Raith Al-Samarri   

FAVOURITE MOMENT 

Jonny Brownlee finally stepping out of his brother’s shadow and winning gold in the triathlon relay. ‘Olympics? Completed it,’ as he put it.

BEST GB PERFORMANCE

Lauren Price’s masterclass to win the middleweight boxing gold.

UNSUNG HERO

The volunteer outside the Olympic Stadium who took pity on the smokers by pointing out blind spots where they would be out of sight of cameras.

FUNNIEST MOMENT

Richard Kilty after GB lost the 4x100m relay gold to Italy by 0.01sec. ‘Forget the Roman Empire, Nero, all that nonsense. This is as big as it gets for them. We’re better than them and we’ll beat them next year.’

Jonny Brownlee finally stepped out of his brother’s shadow and won gold in the triathlon relay

Jonny Brownlee finally stepped out of his brother’s shadow and won gold in the triathlon relay

Richard Kilty (right) provided a comical interview after GB lost the 4x100m relay gold to Italy

Richard Kilty (right) provided a comical interview after GB lost the 4x100m relay gold to Italy

Jonathan McEvoy   

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