6. Sir Chris Hoy/Jason Kenny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LosG8FmaEo Sport - Track Cycling A tie, given the impossibility of splitting two double gold medalists in a list that features an array of other cycling successes. Changes to Olympic cycling rules meant that for the first time in 2012, countries would only be able to enter one athlete in each track cycling discipline. Many saw this as an attempt to undermine British chances for success, given the teams dominance in the velodrome in Beijing, particularly as the rule would cause uproar if it was also applied to sports such as athletics, where the likes of Jamaica and America only being permitted to enter one runner per distance is unfathomable. Because of this new ruling, there was some controversy when Jason Kenny was chosen over defending champion Chris Hoy to compete in the mens individual sprint, but the Englishman thrived under the pressure of expectation, taking home gold in the event, as well as the team sprint, where his teammates were Hoy and Philip Hindes. Hoys second gold came in the individual keirin event, which he also won in Beijing, as well as at the 2012 World Championships in Australia. He may not compete at an Olympics again, but with seven total gold medals to his name (a joint British record), he will go out on a high after the 2014 Commonwealth games in his native Scotland, after which Kenny will presumably and deservedly inherit the mantle of Britains number one male track cyclist. 5. Mo Farah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOOoMlxvnBs Sport - Athletics The Mobot, Mo Farahs celebratory gesture, will go down in history as one of the enduring images of the 2012 Olympics, having initially been suggested to the Somalian-born athlete by sports presenter Clare Balding on TV sports quiz show A League Of Their Own when host James Corden suggested that Farah adopt a victory pose. Putting aside the Ramadan fast of his Muslim faith until later in the year to compete, Farah first competed in the 10000m, winning gold as his training partner, Galen Rupp of the United States, took silver. A week later, the long-distance runner doubled his medal tally, taking home another gold medal in the 5000m to add to the one he also won at the World Athletics Championships before the games. Voted European Athlete Of The Year, Farahs commitment to his sport saw him take to the track once again just twelve days after his second Olympic triumph, and it seems likely that his newfound fame and fortune (he is speculated to make more than £2 million from advertising and sponsorship deals) will not detract him from continued success, though his newborn twins could lead to him running a few races with sleep deprivation.