British fans showing their support. Photo / Mark Mitchell
The Brits don't know what to do with all their new heroes. But the Aussies just want to know where their heroes have gone.
"It's 1984 all over again," said an Australian journalist at the velodrome, and she wasn't referring to Orwell's dystopian nightmare.
She meant the Los Angeles Olympics,
when an embarrassed Australian Olympic team returned home with only four gold medals.
As of the end of Saturday (UK time), Australia had won only one gold medal - the women's 4x100m freestyle.
This is causing some anxiety because the pool is usually a rich source of medals for the Australians, as is the velodrome. Discounting what may have happened overnight, they have ceded superiority to their "Ashes" rivals, Great Britain.
