British cycling won 15 Olympic and Paralympic
golds! Following from previous successes at the Athens Olympics and the World
Track Championships! Performance Director for British Cycling, David Brailsford
was asked about the launch point for this amazing success. "Quite
simply,""I think we have a greater desire to
succeed than our competition, which means that we are brutally honest about our
current performance levels, and totally willing to learn from our
mistakes." he replied,
Fitness Blog
British Athletics was very underfunded prior to the Olympics in 2004, and they did very bad in that one. A lot of money and effort has since been invested, and it seems to be paying off.