Team GB smashed it at the Olympics — here's why
 

Team GB smashed it at the Olympics — here's why
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The Rio 2016 Olympics has drawn to a close, and Team GB has a lot to celebrate.

For Britain, these games will probably go down in the record books: the best medal haul since 1908, second in the medal table (beating China), the only Olympics host nation to win more medals at the next games, and the top major country in gold medals per capita.*

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But this wild Olympic success wasn't a fluke: it was the product of a brutally effective system of funding the sports that are proven to produce results.

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