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Bradley Wiggins:Men's team pursuit with Owain Doull, Stephen Burke, Ed Clancy
(Image credit: Eric Ffeffeberg/Getty)

As the dust settles on a spectacular Olympics for Team GB, much of the focus has turned to how the UK has transformed itself from a nation of alsorans in 1996 into a sporting superpower just 20 years later.

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