music legend paul mccartney became great britian's
lucky charm and
set the tone for a host nation gold rush
on the eighth day of the olympic
games, sir paul
saw four of the six british gold medals on saturday
he just turned up at the velodrome and the olympic stadium
he stood proudly and began leading the capacity crowds
in mass sing-alongs to old beatles songs at both venues
after british golden girl jessica ennis clinched victory in the
heptathlon, 80,000 fans joined mccartney in belting out the
lyrics to 'all you need is love'
a mass outpouring of joy and emotion aimed toward the
female athlete who has become the face of the games
for the home audience, she's the face
but she's also been the butt of many chat show hosts
seems that the british people have never heard of the event
heptathlon
- it's pretty involved
ya gotta jump over hurdles, do a high jump, put a shot
run fast for 200 meters, jump really far, throw a spear
and then run really fast again, this time for 800 meters
also you have to know how far 800 meters is
jessica did all that, and she did it better than any one else
so she got the gold medal and the crowd, still confused, sang
and then mccartney went and watched a bike race
the brits won gold there too, they sang 'hey jude'
the british press dubbed it 'super saturday'
