So the 'Australian and Lets Go To An Ad Break Games' are over. Think we can all agree what a wonderful job Channel 9 did in their coverage eh? Apparently a few medals were won by countries other than Australia and people are still scanning the footage to see if they can locate that lesser-spotted creature - an interview with a non Australian athlete. I don't rate their chances I am afraid.

One interesting statistic was presented by ABC's The Offsiders yesterday and that is this:

Gold Medals won in Swimming

Australia 17
Great Britain 15 (When you put England, Scotland, Wales etc together)

Not quite the landslide of golds that Channel Nine would have you believe exsisted. Now, I think having England, Scotland and Wales competing seperately is usually a good idea as I don't then have to feign supporting a Scot simply because he is competing as a British athlete, but surely it'd be worth all teaming up just for one games so we can beat the Aussies in the pool. Let's put our petty differences aside and focus on beating the real enemy eh?