But some don?t know how they should feel. British rower Zac Purchase received an email from London 2012 asking: ?1? Bewildered, he asked his Twitter followers: ?what shall I reply?!??
US wrestler Jordan Burroughs similarly asked his fans: ?1?
Some female athletes have more pressing issues on their minds ? their nails: ?1,? tweeted slalom kayaker Jess Fox before a free manicure in the Athletes? village.
?1 ? wondered Fox, a former YOG athlete and, at 17, the youngest member of the Australian team.
British gymnast Lynne Hutchison and US sprinter Sanya Richards Ross, both posted pictures of their newly manicured nails. Hutchison opted for a 1, while Richards Ross showed off 1.
US shooter Amanda Furrer had her nails with the American flag, but insisted on a compromise only a shooter would understand. ?1,? she demanded.
Even before the Games, there?s mounting excitement about one of the acts performing at the Closing Ceremony ? the Spice Girls.
25-year-old US swimmer Jessica Hardy, who saw the 1990s? girl band 14 years ago, tweeted that their reunion was going to be ?1? Australian ?Hockeyroo? Anna Flanagan also claimed to be ?1.?
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