Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Ruta Meilutyte and Jessica Ennis are just some of the big names that people across the world have been writing and talking about over the last few days.
Each has outclassed their competitors in style and proved their greatness on the big stage by taking home the gold.
If I mention the words ‘one hundred metres final’ I wouldn’t blame you for automatically thinking of Usain Bolt, but fellow Jamaican Fraser-Pryce proved her worth by surging to the women’s 100m gold medal in 10.75 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Saturday.
Her nearest opponent, world Champion Carmelita Jeter from the USA, took silver in a time that was just 0.03 slower than the Jamaican. Fraser-Pryce is the world’s fastest woman in the world right now and I think it’s about time everyone knew that.
Fifteen year-old Ruta Meilutyte from Lithuania took the swimming world by storm last week when she set a new European record for the 100m breaststroke, swimming the fastest time in the world this year to secure her place in the final. She then went on to claim an Olympic gold medal, beating American Rebecca Soni in the tightest of finishes at the Aquatics Centre.
And, who can forget Super Saturday when golden girl Jess delivered the performance of her life to secure the title of Olympic champion in the heptathlon?
Ennis aside, Team GB’s other fabulous females have also created some amazing moments of the Games so far. Helen Glover and Heather Stanning’s gold medal in the coxless pairs put us on the medal table. Meanwhile, the women’s football team beat Brazil 1-0 in front of a record 70,584 crowd at Wembley – a great day for women’s football.
Velodrome Queen Victoria Pendleton didn’t let her disqualification from the team-sprint final stop her from triumphing in her second cycling final, where she picked up gold.
Pendleton declared that London 2012 would be the “Olympics for the girls.” It looks like she she may be right.
