True, six medals is at the low end of the target of six to eight set by UK Sport. The first British medal on Sunday came in the women’s 4x400m. Almost six seconds behind came Great Britain’s team of Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle and Emily Diamond, who took silver in 3:25.00, with Poland third in 3:25.41. “We had four fourths on the track that collectively were less than two-tenths of a second away from being four medals. I urge people to look at how many people finished higher than where they were ranked coming into this – our team as a whole has performed really, really well.

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2017 21:19 UTC