The scenes in Half Way Tree in Kingston after the 200m final (Reuters)

Jamaicans broke into wild celebrations in the streets of the capital as they watched the island's sprinters pull off a historic clean sweep of the 200-metres at the London Olympic Games.

Usain "Lightning" Bolt, 25, and Yohan "The Beast" Blake, 22, or the "Double B" duo as they have been dubbed in Jamaica, left the rest of the field in their wake on Thursday to take gold and silver, only days after they did the same in the 100-metres.

Hundreds of Jamaicans danced in the streets, honked horns, waved flags, hugged each other and screamed with delight, after the black, green and gold Jamaican

A career after athletics for Usain Bolt? (AFP)

Usain Bolt turned the tables on the hordes of photographers who shoot his every move - by borrowing one of press pack's cameras to take snaps of them and record his golden moment after winning the 200m in London.

The Jamaican legend had just crossed the line ahead of compatriots Yohan Blake and Warren Weir to secure a unique Olympic sprint 'double-double' - and he clearly wanted to document the momentous occasion for himself.

A Swedish photographer was kind enough to lend his expensive apparatus to Bolt, who then started to take shots of the massed ranks of photographers as well as his close

Nicola Adams and some spicy chicken

Nicola Adams had just made Olympic history.

The flyweight became the first woman to win a boxing gold medal with a pugilistic masterclass against top-seeded Ren Cancan of China.

What's more, the 29-year-old Briton achieved the feat on home soil at London 2012.

In an Olympics that has been enlivened by athletes' extravagant celebrations, Adams would be entitled to mark her gold medal with a big night out.

So when a BBC interviewer asked her plans for the evening, we knew the sort of thing to expect.

Champagne? Expensive cocktails? An exclusive nightclub?

Not a bit of it.

The chirpy

By now everyone should understand that China's sports machine is not going to slow .China's goal was never to build big just for the Beijing Games in 2008. The goal was to build big for Beijing, then dominate the world.

"The intention of the Chinese is to win every medal, every single medal," said Jeff Ruffolo, an American who has worked for the Chinese government to help plan several sports competitions including the 2008 Olympics.

"Watch what happens in Rio," added Ruffolo, referring to the 2016 Games in Brazil. "Watch what happens in 2020. The Chinese want to prove to the world that their

Britain's Charlotte Dujardin riding Valegro

Three Olympic champions were put up for sale on Wednesday, available to the highest bidder with a reserve price of a mere £20 million.

The names of Valegro, Uthopia, and Alf might be unfamiliar to most Olympic Games viewers. Moreover, these three victors didn't even get rewarded for their triumphs with an official gold medal.

That's because they're horses.

The trio clinched the equestrian dressage team title for Great Britain — with a bit of help from some highly skilled riders, of course — and are now being sold off for what is certain to be an eye-catching sum.

It is possible that the

Russia's Ivan Ukhov was in fine form to win Olympic high jump gold - but he hasn't always been in such good shape while competing.

Ukhov became an internet sensation four years ago for the above video when he competed in an event in Russia while clearly drunk.

Ukhov was issued with a 'strong warning' by the IAAF at the time, but he has clearly got his act together now.

However, the eccentric star did not have a completely stress-free evening in London.

He was forced to borrow a T-shirt at the Olympic stadium after his vest was stolen midway through the competition.

"I had put it (vest) in my

Canada's Meaghan Benfeito is seen against lights on the roof of the Aquatics Centre (Reuters)

Days before the start of the London Olympics, organisers were already offering refunds to ticket holders. But a trade organisation doesn't believe they've gone far enough.

The Aquatics Centre, designed by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid, had a roof that dipped low enough where 600 seats in the facility wouldn't have a complete view of the action during eight sessions of high-board diving. They could see the approach, but competitors would disappear during lift off before reappearing for their descent.

LOCOG, the Games' organizer, offered a refund to fans who paid between £30-50 for