'Wild' - Greg Rutherford reflects on 'stupidly special' Super Saturday 10 years on from 2012 Olympic Games

Ten years on from Super Saturday, Greg Rutherford still «struggles to really understand» what he and his Great Britain team-mates managed to achieve in 45 unforgettable minutes at the London 2012 Olympic Games. August 4, 2012 is often described as the greatest night in the history of Team GB, with Rutherford, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah all securing athletics gold, writing their names into folklore and delighting a capacity crowd of 80,000.

Ad/> Rutherford had already been written off — having struggled four years earlier in Beijing — when he leapt 8.31m in the fourth round of the men’s long jump, becoming the first Briton to win gold in this particular event since Lynn Davies in 1964. /> AthleticsRutherford looks back on 'incredible' Super Saturday at London 2012AN HOUR AGO He had been inspired by what he had just witnessed with Ennis topping the podium after crossing the line first in the 800 metres to claim gold in the heptathlon, finishing 306 points ahead of Germany’s Lilli Schwarzkopf.

“Can you believe it has been 10 years since the London 2012 Olympic Games,” Rutherford said on The Power of Sport, «and 10 years since a moment that completely and utterly changed my life.» Looking back on photos and footage of that iconic night, Rutherford continues: “It's something that every time I think about the emotions just come flooding back, and every time I get to see these pictures I remember these incredible feelings. “And what an incredible, incredible place to do it: London — in front of an amazing home crowd.” Very few could have predicted the events that would unfold, but Rutherford admits he sensed that something spectacular was going to happen.