Marsellus obviously hadn’t met James Tomkins, who is attending his sixth Olympic Games.

But Cinderella stories don’t always come true, and that was the case for Australia’s old man of the river Tomkins.

Rowing in the eight final just two days before his 43rd birthday, he was unable to add to his three Olympic gold medals, the team finishing about 12 seconds behind the winner, Canada.

An inaugural member of the Oarsome Foursome, Tomkins was given the honour of carrying the Aussie flag at the opening ceremony.

He also has nine World Champs gold medals and was the first rower ever to win gold in all five sweep-rowing events (eight, coxless pair, coxed pair, coxless four and coxed four).

Add to this a Medal of the Order of Australia and you have a true Aussie hero.

He was also named the inaugural RMIT alumnus of the year in 2007, which highlights that unlike a lot of our athletes, Tomkins is also a successful businessman.

Yep, an athlete who actually has a real job, who would think it was possible?

He is also the human equivalent of Phar Lap so he should avoid drinking "tonic" if he visits the US.

Fellow flag bearer Lopez Lomong was unable to progress to the 1500m final, running 3min41sec.

If he could’ve managed a personal best or even his heat time he would’ve been in the final. Alas, it wasn’t to be.

Credit where credit is due, Channel Seven’s coverage of the women’s triathlon has been excellent so far.

Their use of different commentators for the three legs showed they do spend some time thinking about what they do.