But for those who didn’t make it to any of the events, how about some bottled Olympic air? Or, perhaps, a bit of tissue used to wipe one of the seats at the Opening Ceremony?

Some enterprising eBay users are offering some slightly dubious items for sale on the auction website. “So you weren’t one of the lucky ones, unable to travel to London for whatever reason and soak up the exhilarating atmosphere. Well, maybe a little bit of that ambiance can come to you,” wrote one vendor using the pseudonym “mictoria”.