Much was made of the Olympic legacy the 2012 Summer Games would leave behind. It was one of the foundations that the successful bid was built on. The International Olympic Committee and the taxpayer were told that having the world's best athletes in London for a three-week extravaganza would help end the UK's growing obesity problems and inspire children swap tech for trainers.

The capital recently held its 2014 London Youth Games, so now seems as good a time as any to see what impact the Olympics had on physical education and fitness in the region. 

London Youth Games

It was Haringey which won the 2014 Schools Shield, beating last year's winners Wandsworth into second in the seven-month-long competition, which held its finals on April 1st and 2nd.

The event took place at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace and was the culmination of 1,600 schools competing across 30 events. There was a lot to be proud of in Europe's largest schools sporting event. Thomas More Roman Catholic School won the year seven female sportshall athletics and Alexandra Park School finished third in the key stage three badminton male event to allow the Haringey borough to nab the Shield title.

But this was the 37th London Youth Games, hardly a legacy of the London Games.

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