Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/48

... that Royal Mail painted a post box gold to commemorate each gold medallist for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
... that 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen won two gold medals and broke two records at the 2012 Olympics?
... that a spectator who threw a bottle at the men's 100 metres race in the 2012 Olympics was immediately confronted by judo bronze medalist Edith Bosch, who happened to be next to him?
... that footballers Scott and Martin Sinclair are the first brothers to represent Great Britain at the Olympics and Paralympics in the same year?
... that the Olympic Flame once burned at 2,000 degrees Celsius to ensure that it stayed alight under water?