MY SPORTS HERO'S

Jana Pittman says she loves Australia and couldn't leave after her record-breaking 400 meters hurdles victory last night." I am staying in Australia, I love this place," the gold medallist was reported saying.

Newspaper reports leading up to the Games had suggested Pittman was tired of the  media pressure and was considering a  move to England.

"We basically do time here and time there but I have two huge dogs and they aren't going to be liking the trip very often so we will have to stay here," she said.

Pittman said she and her fiancé, Englishman Chris Rawlinson, who came last in the men's 400m hurdles final last night, will continue splitting their time between Australia and England.

Pittman also paid tribute to the sell-out MCG crowd, saying the support of 83,000 spectators helped her over the line.

"It really felt like they sort of lifted you over every hurdle and I don't think, no matter what went wrong or what happened in that race, there was no way I was going to be able to contain myself. It was fantastic".