The brass behind the gold
More cash, ruthlessly funnelled to winners, explains a record medal-haul
BRITONS worried about their country’s global standing after Brexit might take solace from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Team GB arrived home on August 23rd with 27 gold medals, second only to America. Its total haul of 67 gongs was its best in a century, and an Olympic first: no other country has increased the number of medals it has won immediately after hosting the summer games, as London did in 2012.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The brass behind the gold”
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