Chris Tomlinson

Long jumper Chris Tomlinson's Civil Servant brother has banned him from borrowing his shoes after finding sand in his brown moccasins for the third time this week.

Medal Targets

Before The Games started, Team GB were targetting 48 medals. That's the same number Boris Johnson uses when he starts the Green Bottles song.

Hockey

Hockey was invented by French bakers. It was a fun way to use the previous day's stale baguettes and rolls.

James Goddard

James Goddard used to get confused with another James in his class, so to make himself stand out he shaved his head. His hair never grew back.

Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish refuses to advertise 2 in 1 shampoo because he believes it is spawn of satan.

Gemma Gibbons

Gemma Gibbons swallowed a fly at the age nine. She then found a spider and ate that to ensure it caused her no gastric woes.

Charles Van Commenee

Charles Van Commenee was born in the back of an Eddie Stobart truck.

Craig Bellamy

Craig Bellamy's mother refuses to use UK standard plug sockets. Her house is fitted with the EU two prong sockets, despite countless warnings to change them.

Daniel Purvis

Daniel Purvis once beat snooker player Steve Davis at Croquet.

Beach Volleyball

The sand used in Beach Volleyball was supplied by Fisher Price.

Mark Lewis-Francis

Mark Lewis-Francis's breath smells like barbeque Pringles due to a rare gum abnormality.

Winston Gordon

British Judo star Winston Gordon has four goldfish that are named after the members of 90s girl group All Saints.

Goldie Sayers

Goldie Sayers once went to A+E with a sweetcorn kernel stuck up her nose.

Rowing

Rowing races are usually 2km long because that is as far as spectators are allowed to cycle by British law.

Greco-Roman Wrestling

It is still permitted for event organisers to release a tiger at any stage during a match. The rule has not been enforced since 1937.

Liam Tancock

Liam Tancock's surname is different to the surname he was born with. He changed it by deed poll. Tancock comes from Liam's favourite hen on his dad's farm.

Dressage

Monty Python developed the sketch The Ministry of Silly Walks after watching Olympic Dressage.

Table Tennis

Until 1992 all competing athletes in Table Tennis had to wear top hats.

The Parrallel Bars

The Parrallel Bars event was originally performed using two rear axels from a Morris Mariner.

Ryan Giggs

Ryan Giggs sends David Beckham the same photo message of his captain's armband at 4:25 every day.

Victoria Pendleton

Victoria Pendleton won a tiddlywinks competition at the age of nine.

Dwain Chambers

Dwain Chambers first discovered he could run quickly when he narrowly escaped an incident with a combined harvester, whilst on holiday in Dorset.

Hannah Miley

Hannah Miley is the first known Scot to have recited the complete works of Robert Burns backwards, whilst stood on Hadrian's Wall.

Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy was referred to as 'Cliff' by school mates because of an unfortunate lisp.

William Fox-Pitt

William Fox-Pitt used to organise donkey rides for children under five on Hunstanton beach.

Tom Daley

Tom Daley is named after the actor who plays Lou Carpenter in Neighbours.

Phillips Idowu

Phillips Idowu got a paperclip stuck up his nose when he was a child. It was never removed. He now always sets off Airport security gates.

Louis Smith

Louis Smith was first spotted as a potential Pommel Horse champion by British coaches when he was seen doing a hand stand on a bollard outside Dixons.

Ben Ainslie

Ben Ainslie wanted to be a postman when he was younger, but due to having dyscalculia his application to Royal Mail was dismissed.

Beth Tweddle

Last year Beth Tweddle's aunt solo kayaked across the channel. But didn't tell anyone about it.

Canoeist David Florence

Canoeist David Florence's grand mother invented the Parma Violet.