I suppose it was too much to expect that we'd stay in third place of the Olympic metal table forever, but it's been a good run. While the BBC was worried about the Australians creeping up and overtaking us, my personal fear was that the Russians would find their form and unfortunately that's exactly what happened.
It's a shame, but that shouldn't take the shine of what has been a remarkable performance and our best medal haul in goodness knows how long. It's important to remember that we're choosing from a much smaller pool when picking our olympic squad - the three nations currently above us are China, Russia and America, all of whom have significantly larger populations than our little country. With so many people to pick from, it's not surprising tha China have been able to find a few who are good at sports.
I doubt we'll win enough golds in the final events of the games to leapfrog the Russians again, but all the same this has been a brilliant games. Well done us.