Well, I Suppose I'll Have To Congratulate...

Andy Murray for winning gold in the tennis element of the Olympics but I have difficulty deciding if it contradicts the ethos of the Olympics because it is virtually certain those taking part will be professionals who have made it their career/living. So the pool of representatives will be at the top of their game.

Then again, the so called "Amateurs" that train for years and need financial support from a variety of sources(unless they are trying to hold down a job alongside the training)or have parents sacrificing their lives so their child can do nothing else but train to be the best swimmer, runner etc...that it has become a job.

Then again, many that make sport their career, really make their money and reputation after they can no longer do their sport. Some will get out of it altogether and go back to perhaps having a family or working in a profession not connected with sport.

Others will get into the media and commentate. Others will move into coaching, management and so on.

Sadly, too many will not make the grade but they tried and they are probably just as important than the winners we remember but often they will be forgotten, those with the broken dreams or were told "You haven't made the grade." There will always be exceptions and the obvious one is Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards.

I have no doubt that Usain Bolt has probably worked his way up like most, to be the best that he can be but somehow he comes across as a professional athlete(perhaps its the way people like him know how to use the media) And does he have an agent/management looking after his public image?

Whereas, some of our winners come across unaffected and do it all themselves, coming across just as the "Ordinary" person who you see in your street and have not had money chucked at them.

It appears that though the BBC are organising the coverage and we hear our own commentators and when they cut to the studio the "Talking heads" domestically...the pictures that are fed to the world are controlled by the Olympic movement itself.

Perhaps they do this to avoid coverage being biased to the host country. Today, the public were upset that the tv cameras cut away from Murray giving his Mum a kiss after winning and blaiming the BBC, They had nothing to do with it!

Of course for all I am not a sports fan I am biased and like to see our own winning but in the end we should celebrate greatness wherever the person comes from...

Update:Happy to report according anonymous' comment connected to this post, the kiss between son and mother was shown even though numerous Twitter posts and BBC Radio 5 presenters suggested otherwise.