the Games appear to be good for London. There seems to be a spirit in this city... there seems to be happy people in the city and the country seems to be pleased with what we delivered and a lot of that has been the success of the team, which has been way beyond our expectations While we can't beat the States or China, so this is as good as it gets for British sport. ATR: How do you keep that going for British sport in Rio de Janeiro? There won't be the automatic qualifications, it won't be a hometown crowd, so how do you make sure there isn't a precipitous decline in the performance? Craig Reedie with his Olympic torch. (Courtesy of Craig Reedie) CR: When we started this whole process and decided to bid with London, one of the more important things was to move sport up the social and political agenda. You've heard me say that before. That I think was what we most definitely achieved, now it is up to others to pick up that baton and run with it. The success of elite sport is about funding, about money. The bigger sports are organized, and there are question marks on some sports. The British team in Rio will be smaller, and we won't qualify teams, and the European area is the most complex one to get out of. It would be marvelous if we could qualify handball teams and volleyball teams. We normally only qualify