London calling

Compiled by MARY HANNIGAN

Knee bother: Mongolian fights on despite cruciate tear

Olympic stories that make your knees go weak … and in Mongolia’s Tuvshinbayar Naidan’s (right) case, it was literally a weakened knee: he competed in the mens heavyweight judo final having torn his anterior cruciate ligament in the semi-final.

The 2008 Olympic champion was left “screaming in pain” by the injury, prompting officials to assume he wouldn’t be unable to compete in the final against Russia’s Tagir Khaibulaev. But compete he did, not surprisingly failing to defend his title.

“He is back in Mongolia and is in a wheelchair and will be for two months. He is considering whether to retire, the Mongolia press attaché told the Guardian, who reminded us that Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto carried on competing in the team event at the 1976 Montreal Games despite having broken his knee during the floor exercise.

Knees gone again.

Bolt rules the world: But London's long list of rules not to the liking of 100m champion

Reporter: "What was your race strategy?"

Usain Bolt: "I just ran, pretty much."

"I had some plaintains, some hash browns, fruit, then a wrap from McDonald's. It had vegetables in it, so don't judge me!"

On what he had for breakfast on the morning of the race. McDonald's, you'd imagine, are loving it.

Ive told Yohan Blake that Im not going to have him beat me again. The trials woke me up. Yohan gave me a wake-up call. He knocked on my door and said, Usain, this is Olympic year, wake up. After that I refocused and got my head in the game.

On being stirred from his slumber by his team-mate who beat him in the Jamaican trials.

When it comes to the championship, its all about business. Its what I do. The reason its sweeter is because a lot of you guys doubted me. Im showing the world Im the greatest and Im going to show up on the day.

You somehow doubt he'll ever be doubted again.

"The Games have been okay but there has been a lot of rules. I have never been to a championship like it. I had my skipping rope in my bag and I couldn't bring it in, and I said why? 'It's the rules'. I had a rubber band to stretch with and they said I couldn't take that inside, and I said why? 'It's just the rules'. Then I had to stand in a line and I said 'Really? I've come here to run'."

But not everything has been perfect for the fella in London.

Bosch bash: Coe approves

Vigilante of the Week: Edith Bosch

I had seen the man walking around earlier and said to people around me that he was a peculiar bloke," said the Dutch judo player after she spotted that chap who chucked a bottle on the track before the 100m final. "Then he threw that bottle and in my emotion I hit him on the back with the flat of my hand."

"I am not suggesting vigilantism," said Sebastian Coe, "but it was poetic justice they were sitting next to a judo player. The expression is ippon I believe."