More than two thirds of Team GB are on Twitter, and we’ve heard many athletes thank their followers for supporting them during the Games. And as these athletes have come into the spotlight, their follower counts are skyrocketing.

Today, we decided to take a deeper look at the data, analysing the top ten @TeamGB athletes competing in the Games, based on follower count.

Here is what we found:Read more…

Another day, another gold medal for @TeamGB. Alistair Brownlee (@AliBrownleeTri) won the men’s triathlon with brother Jonny (@Jonny_Brownlee) taking bronze. We love this photo of their proud parents:Read more…

In the run up to last night’s 100m final, pundits and athletes took to Twitter to predict whether @usainbolt could retain the title he won in such spectacular fashion in Beijing.

In the end it was a clear cut victory for the Jamaican, and Twitter timelines were flooded with praise for the man who calls himself ‘The most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen’.

We love this shot of him celebrating with the Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville:Read more…

It’s been called the greatest night in British athletics history. Maybe even the greatest night in British sport. And Twitter brought UK sports fans closer to it than ever before.

Three gold medals in athletics in less than one hour inside the Olympic Stadium, on top of the earlier golds for @TeamGB at the Eton Dorney rowing lake. And each time, the golden athletes took to Twitter afterwards to thank their followers.Read more…

Today is ‘Super Saturday’ at the Games with 25 gold medals up for grabs.

With so much going on, we’ve selected some of our favourite ‘only on Twitter’ moments from the last 24 hours to show how Twitter brings you closer to the action than ever before.

First off we love this picture of the moon at Tower Bridge which has been widely shared across Twitter today. What an awesome shot:Read more…

We’ve been keeping an eye on the data to see which #Olympics moments have really inspired conversation on Twitter, and sharing that along the way. Yesterday, the peak of conversation came when Gabby Douglas earned herself the women’s all-around gymnastics gold medal, with 38,000 Tweets per minute related to the event. The Phelps-Lochte showdown was another huge moment, with 25,000 Tweets per minute about the end of their race.Read more…

Can you believe that just a week ago we were gearing up for Danny Boyle’s spectacular Opening Ceremony, and @London2012 was about to begin?

Since then we have seen more than 10 million mentions of the word Olympics on Twitter. In fact, there have been more Tweets about the Olympics in a single day than during the entire 2008 Beijing summer Games.Read more…

Twitter is the go-to platform for sports fans this summer with athletes, commentators and stars providing a fantastic new perspective to the Games.

We were delighted to see a new face on Twitter yesterday as BBC presenter and former Olympian Ian Thorpe (@IanThorpe) signed up and sent his first Tweet. Welcome Ian, glad to have you on board!Read more…

The past few days have been full of captivating, historic Olympics moments. As records are shattered and dreams achieved, the world has turned to Twitter to come together in celebration. Last night, we saw the biggest spike of the day in Olympics-related conversation during the US prime-time broadcast of Michael Phelps winning the 4x200 freestyle relay, which earned him a record-breaking 19th medal.Read more…

The hopes of the nation have been resting on the shoulders of @TeamGB, and until today an elusive gold medal remained out of reach.

However, a Tweet from BBC sports presenter Clare Balding (@clarebalding) this morning hinted at what was to come:Read more…