Today is Monday, August 4th, 2025 and on this day in 2012, Team Great Britain won 3 gold medals within a 44-minute span during the London Olympics.

In this episode, we will hear about these 3 athletes and their respective events - Jessica Ennis in the heptathlon, Greg Rutherford in the men's long jump, and Mo Farah in the men's 10,000 metres - and learn what makes "Super Saturday" such a significant moment in British sports history.

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Bibliography:

• ⁠https://athleticsweekly.com/news/reports/from-the-aw-archive-london-2012-super-saturday-1039929034/⁠

• ⁠https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cq5578r57n2o#:~:text=Super%20Saturday%20(London%202012)&text=In%20front%20of%2080%2C000%20spectators,since%20Lynn%20Davies%20in%201964⁠.

• ⁠https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/mo-farah-olympic-stadium-glory-copeland-united-states-b2137241.html⁠

• ⁠https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a40729421/london-olympics/⁠

• ⁠https://athleticsweekly.com/news/jessica-ennis-hill-britains-greatest-1039939285/⁠

• ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/aug/23/jessica-ennis-hill-beijing⁠

• ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20210204184123/http://www.esaa.net/1999/tf/national/result/jgres.html⁠

• ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20121024073102/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=gbr/athcode=194706/index.html⁠

• ⁠https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2329453/My-School-Sport-Heptathlete-Jessica-Ennis.html⁠

• ⁠https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/2333945/Commonwealth-Games-Rutherford-ready-for-jump-up-to-the-next-level.html⁠

• ⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20120424044147/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662223/Greg-Rutherford-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html⁠

• ⁠https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62123886⁠