Well, the Olympics have come to an end.

And, as the dust settles over Beijing (or should we say, smog...), we can now get back to normality - although the beauty of 24 hour sports channels means the life of a sports blogger is never normal.

No, we're not complaining.

There have been plenty of memorable moments at the Beijing games, and despite the odd controversial moment, we think China can be extremely proud of their moment in the sporting sun.

Obviously, the efforts of Michael Phelps have dominated the headlines - and rightly so. His eight Gold medal haul ranks him among the greatest Olympians of all time, if not the greatest.

On the track, the hero of these games definitely has to be the Jamaican Usain Bolt, who dominated the 100m and 200m. He not only won Gold in both events, but destroyed the World Records at the same time. He's the worlds fastest man, and one heck of a dancer...

For us New Zealander's these games have been truly fantastic, with a medal haul of nine (three Gold, one Silver, and five Bronze).

The highlight was definitely Georgina and Caroline Ever-Swindell's race, which kept us glued to our TV's, and perched on the edge of our seats. To win by only one-one hundredth of a second is an amazing achievement - not to mention defending their Athens win.

Valerie Vili was incredible in the shot put, with a winning throw on her first attempt, and Tom Ashley did us all proud winning Gold in the men's board sailing.

We here in the Attic are extremely proud of all our athletes efforts - we now can't wait for the 2012 London games, where some of our young athletes will be even better for their experience in Beijing.

The world now switches it's focus to London for the next Summer Olympics, and they're going to have to pull something very special out of the bag if they're to beat (or even match) China's display.

Next stop - London.