And as great of a success as the Rio games were for Britain on the field, they were even better at home as the BBC experienced record television ratings and streaming numbers.
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State media labelled the Games as China’s “worst Olympic flop” and cited Britain’s spending as the reason Team GB toppled them on the medal tally.
Celebratory post by Neymar Jr., Brazilian soccer player whose penalty kick helped win Brazil its first national medal in soccer, was Facebook’s second-most shared post and the most-tweeted about moment during the Olympics. The lovely thing is London was a hugely inspirational experience and we felt we couldn’t replicate that so to be the only nation to better themselves after a home games is incredible.
“I think it is the best sporting achievement by any team in British sporting history”, he said at a press conference at Heathrow.
Arriving in a plane with a gold-painted nose cone and “victoRIOus” emblazoned on the livery, Britain’s Olympic team returned home Tuesday to jubilant scenes after the country’s record-breaking medal haul in Brazil. “Our Rio mission was basically accomplished”, he added.
Some of the medallists’ families were present to watch them land, along with Hugh Robertson, Britain’s sports minister at the time of the 2012 Games in London.
“This plan wasn’t drawn up on the back of a fag (cigarette) packet, although that isn’t perhaps the most apposite analogy to use for sports”. In the event, it turned out that the most noteworthy crime during the two weeks was committed by an American swimming team, which allegedly vandalized a service station restroom and then lied about it, claiming they were robbed by men in police uniforms.
Double gold medal-winning gymnast Max Whitlock and Adams were first off the plane, posing and waving for photographers, before the rest of the team followed to further cheers and applause from airport staff.
“I think when we arrived just an hour or so ago it was overwhelming the reception that we got, not just from British Airways but also everyone who is in Terminal 5”.
China won the gold medal for the women’s volleyball at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, bringing pride to the Chinese public amid reports that the country had a disappointing performance at the sporting event.
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“Tokyo will be tough.Japan are stronger than the Brazilians, China will bounce back, there will be a full Russian team and Australia will be strong”. Others said sport’s bosses needed to move with the times.
