Magic in London

The last few days have been particularly exciting especially in the pool. World and Olympic records being broken regularly. South Africa's very own Cameron Van Der Burgh won the 100m breaststroke in world record time of  58.46. Winning South Africa's first male individual gold medal ever. The USA has n dominating the pool with Ryan Locthe and Michael Phelps with 3 medals a piece and USA having 16 in total over China's 7.

Despite the dominance of the USA there have been many surprises, especially against the big names in swimming. Chinese teenager Shiwen Ye won the woman's 400m individual medley in a blistering world record time of  4.28.43. She also won the 200m individual medley in Olympic record time of 2.07.57. Lithuanian teen Ruta Meilutyte came out of nowhere to win the woman's 100m breaststroke, beating out race favourite Rebecca Soni. France beat the USA in the men's 4x100m freestyle with Yannick Agnel beating Micael Phelps in the last 100m. Yannick Agnel and Ryan Locthe top the medal table with 2 gold and 1 silver each.

Last night was the most exciting by far when the men's 200m butterfly took place with Michael Phelps looking to make history by becoming the first man to ever win 1 event in 3 seperate Olympics. This was not to be as South Africa's Chad le Clos came steaming through on the last 50m to take Phelps by 0.05. With his Silver Phelps equalled the all time Olympic medal record of 18. This was not good enough for the 'Baltimore bullet' who looked to break this record when he and his team lined up in the men's 4x200m freestyle. Ryan Locthe gave them a commanding lead and Phelps took it home in the last 200m to make history by becoming the most successful Olympian of all time in all sport. There is no argument that Phelps is the greatest swimmer of all time but now the greatest Olympian of all time. It will take many years to overcome the mountain of achievements he has set.

Moving away from the pool. In the men's cycling individual time trial Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins took on time trial world champion Tony Martin and Olympic champion from Beijing Fabian Cancellara. They were no match for Wiggins however as he stormed to victory with Tony Martin and Christopher Froome coming in second and third. The Excitement over the past few days has been at fever pitch. It is a definite improvement from the cycling road race and I'm sure it will continue in this fashion.

 (MICHAEL SOHN / AP Photo)