London has, over the years, been spoilt by the visitation of sporting greatness.
A lifetime spent inside the confines of the M25 might comfortably have taken in Roger Federer and Serena Williams at Wimbledon, Shane Warne working his magic at Lord’s, Lionel Messi on top of Europe, Muhammad Ali conquering the world and Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt on another planet altogether.