British Patriotism Explodes at London Olympic Games

This was at the Los Angeles Times on Friday, "London Olympics: British patriotism blossoms amid the Games."

And that day Britain's Mo Farah won the gold medal in the men's 10,000m --- and the entire stadium was on rocket boots. See Telegraph UK, "Mo Farah makes history as first British man to take gold in Olympic 10000m." It was a great sporting moment. And I loved when American Galen Rupp gave Farah a big hug (more here on that).

And here's Martin Samuel at the Daily Mail, "Thank you, sport... for lifting our spirits even in the toughest of times."

Now Usain Bolt is Jamaican, but you do get that explosive vibe on the cover of this morning's Dail Mail. And here's a report, "Lightning Bolt strikes gold: Usain storms to 100m glory and he answers his critics with resounding victory in 9.63 seconds." And Jamaica's a former colony of Britain --- and the island nation remains in the Commonwealth --- so there's some natural affinity. See the New York Times, "Usain Bolt of Jamaica Overjoys Britain With 100-Meter Gold."

EXTRA: I can agree with this: "Two BILLION people watch Usain Bolt's win... but none of them in America: Sports fans outraged as NBC fails to show 100m final live on TV."