The curtain came down on the 30th Olympic Games after two weeks of glamorous show in London. But the Games, dubbed London2012, have left nothing worth celebrating for Rwanda, with no local athlete putting up an outstanding performance let alone winning a medal. All of our seven representatives fell short of making the Games memorable for Rwanda.While we were proud to see them out there competing against the world’s crème de la crème with some registering their personal best, there is little to write home about – their participation notwithstanding. Nonetheless, the Games leave us with lessons.One of them is that winning in the Olympics does not come on a silver platter. You have to prepare adequately and work so hard to earn that medal. We learned that we have to constantly scout young talents, nurture them and support them in any way possible. Unless we get these basics right, the wait will go on and on.Yet this is not the time to apportion blame because that will only serve to distract us further, denying us the opportunity to immediately draw lessons from London 2012 and concentrate on righting the past wrongs ahead of Rio 2016. The athletes, national Olympic officials, government, corporate companies, schools and the ordinary citizens should pool resources so that such poor performance is not repeated. In the meantime, we wish our representatives at the upcoming Paralympics Games the best of luck.