Congrats to the woman on the tea tray but the rest may as well have stayed at home. I do not subscribe to the view that it is taking part that matters rather than winning - perhaps that is why so many "hopes of a medal" under-perform. The problem for the failures is that lottery funding or wherever their salaries and expenses are sourced will review the performances and probably redistribute for 2014 - thus denying them the opportunity to learn from the experience and improve.