Greg Rutherford - 2012 'Super Saturday' left me with feeling of guilt
Olympic long jumper Greg Rutherford has recalled feeling "guilty" the night he, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and Sir Mo Farah won gold in "Super Saturday" at the London 2012 OLYMPICS .
Rutherford, 37, who took the long jump crown, said: "Never in my wildest dreams as a young athlete did I ever imagine this was going to happen and I was going to be part of one of the greatest nights. It is still to this day one of the greatest sporting memories I have."
The Milton Keynes-born star said his first reaction wasn't elation.
"Relief is one of the biggest things you feel," he said, "because, well, it's finally happened and it's a funny thing because you feel ever so slightly guilty about that. Then comes jubilation, excitement and everything else which is on top of that."
The sporting legend, left in 2012, is featured in Channel 4 documentary Path to Paris: The Hunt for Gold, about four hopefuls - 800m star Keely Hodgkinson, 22, 1500m runners Josh Kerr, 26, and Jake Wightman, 30, and high jumper Morgan Lake, 27.
But despite a gold medal in London and a bronze at the Rio games in 2016, Rutherford doesn't have them on display.
He said: "They're generally in a safe, some are hidden in a cupboard."
Path to Paris is available on Channel 4 on demand
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Greg Rutherford - 2012 'Super Saturday' left me with feeling of guilt
Greg Rutherford - 2012 'Super Saturday' left me with feeling of guilt
Greg Rutherford - 2012 'Super Saturday' left me with feeling of guilt
Greg Rutherford - 2012 'Super Saturday' left me with feeling of guilt
Greg Rutherford - 2012 'Super Saturday' left me with feeling of guilt
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