Good to see Team GB easily leading all other top nations ----- on a population pro rata basis --- yet another super success story .

It emphasises that the Empire still flourishes as the most dynamic results hub on the planet .

Is it their culture , blood , breeding , or , all of these advantages plus the general accolade of them being God's Favourite children ?

As American tourists say ---- who needs Heaven when GB is so near .


Guess America went badly off course when it became obsessed with minority sports like Baseball and Basketball . We need to get this people back to mainstream activities,

even though in fairness Cricket will always be far too complex for them. And particularly given their inept ability ----- after adapting the British school girl game of

Rounders which they play as something called Baseball . But not very well .

Having said all of that , it seems fitting that the US lies in third position as general talk these days is of it having slipped to become a third world power . We will not rub salt in

by mentioning Afdganistan .







Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 96 60 51 207
2 Great Britain 41 38 45 124
3 USA 37 36 31 104
4 RPC 36 33 49 118
5 Netherlands 25 17 17 59
6 Ukraine 24 47 27 98
7 Brazil 22 20 30 72
8 Australia 21 29 30 80
9 Italy 14 29 26 69
10 Azerbaijan 14 1 4 19
11 Japan 13 15 23 51
12 Germany 13 12 18 43
13 Islamic Republic of Iran 12 11 1 24
14 France 11 15 28 54
15 Spain 9 15 12 36
16 Uzbekistan 8 5 6 19
17 Poland 7 6 12 25
18 Hungary 7 5 4 16
19 Switzerland 7 4 3 14
20 Mexico