I'm not looking at the adjusted for population etc table. I see that far too often here in Australia ad it annoys me no end. The truth is that money buys medals and Britain has an eye yo 2012 and is spending. It's come as a shock here in Australia, who have never liked to admit that each taxpayer contributes almost 30 times more money each year than the British taxpayer does (or rather did) and prefered to place success down to natural athleticisn. I'm delighted to see "our" team do so well and I'm going to have a brilliant opportunity for gloating today but I still can't get too excited about it, which is odd because it takes very little to get me invovled in sporting events.

The Australian reaction is quite funny. Usually they'd be delighted to be siting fourth, depite having done poorly in the cycling, but they are getting in a real lather (or at least the media are - I'm not sure about people in general) about being behind the British. It's pretty light-hearted but the jokes are hiding the truth!