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Originally Posted by Osem
It's official that the UK will finish second in the medals table ahead of China for the first time ever. Talk about punching above our weight! What a fantastic result.  |
Depends which medal table you looks at. I know the ones in the USA and China no doubt (!), rank by number of medals which puts China second. However we got more golds and silvers than them, so stuff them they can keep all the bronzes !
Whichever way you look at it its a brilliant performance, however it did cost £5.5 million per medal. Can't help feeling that would would have been better directed at the NHS but then I guess the lottery money just becomes another tax... If it encouraged more to get into sport it would be great, but we're more lethargic than ever.