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