London 2012: Ten best of the web

1) Usain Bolt: an inside edge In a YouTube series produced by Gatorade, the sports drink firm look "inside the edge" of top athletes, finding out what drives them to succeed (alongside some Gatorade promotion, naturally). This week's video focuses on the 100m and 200m Olympic champion, Usain Bolt, what the people of Jamaica think of him and what he wants to achieve in his career. 2) Lee Valley passes Olympic test Lee Valley Water Centre, which will host the canoe slalom at the 2012 Olympics, passed its official test in preparation for the Games next year. Tests undertaken included checks on the condition of the course's water, the venue's scoring systems and team cohesion. One hundred and seventy-five athletes came to compete at the event, including the 2008 Olympic silver medallist, Fabien Lefèvre. 3) Tweet of the week "Standard acupuncture session with Rone, bum on show to the world full of pins!" – Martyn Rooney . The 400m runner achieved a season's best time and claimed victory in his race at the UK Trials and Championships, but was still slower than the A-qualifying standard required for the Olympics . 4) Paralympians up close and personal Channel 4 has teamed up with Sainsbury's to produce video profiles of some of the British Paralympians who are aiming to win gold at the 2012 Games. The profiles are delivered by the people closest to the hopefuls, and give an insight into their personality and background. 5) Good week/bad week Perri Shakes-Drayton enjoyed a good week at the UK Trials and Championships in Birmingham, winning both the 400m and 400m hurdles titles, despite the 400m not being her speciality. She has become the first British athlete to achieve this double. Mo Farah won the 5,000m title, his ninth consecutive victory this year . It has been a bad week for Phillips Idowu fans, as the world triple jump champion withdrew from the UK Trials . Idowu also missed the European Team Championships in June. 6) The long jump past and present Think all modern athletes are outperforming their sporting predecessors? Think again. Sports Illustrated's Joe Posnanski reflects on the long jump world record set in 1991, pointing out that no athlete has come close to beating it. He writes about the "three long jumps in history that have mattered", why Carl Lewis could be considered the greatest American athlete of all time, and why Lewis is also incredibly unlucky. 7) Ohuruogu joins talent drive Christine Ohuruogu has teamed up with fellow athletes and sports stars to promote Power2Podium, a talent-spotting scheme aimed at finding future athletes "with an aptitude for speed and power". The scheme, which hopes to find athletes in specific disciplines such as weightlifting and rugby sevens, is hoping to find potential competitors for the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 Winter Olympics. On the track it was a bad week for Ohuruogu. The Olympic 400m champion finished third at the UK Trials , meaning she is not guaranteed to make the world championships in Daegu. 8) Australia's new swimming hope Ian Thorpe and Michael Phelps may be the first two names on most swimming fans' lips, but it could be worth keeping an eye out for James Magnussen, the 20-year-old Australian who won gold in the 100m freestyle at the World Championships in Shanghai. The swimmer, who was also part of the Australian team that won the 4x100m freestyle relay, is tipped to be the first Australian to win Olympic gold in the 100m freestyle since 1968. Photos from the event can be found here . 9) Gay good, Smyth better As the second fastest 100m sprinter in history, you would guess Tyson Gay must be pretty pleased with his running technique. However, having trained with the Paralympian Jason Smyth, Gay believes that the Irish runner's technique is better than his, and he even ranks Smyth among his top five technical runners, alongside illustrious names such as Maurice Greene and Asafa Powell. Smyth has been receiving advice from Gay, which the Paralympian describes as "priceless", and he hopes eventually to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics. 10) Things you may have missed on theguardian.com Donald McRae interviews the first Briton to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, Keri-Anne Payne ... ... photos from the Olympic Games mountain bike test event ... ... and what Sweetwater and Pudding Mill have got to do with the Olympic Park .