YOU wait ages for a bus and two come at once.
Or if we are talking medals, you’re talking four at once for Warrington.
As the town had not won gold previously, three golds and one silver medal from relay swimming is a remarkable feat.
James Guy struck gold twice in the men’s 4x200 freestyle relay and the mixed 4x100m medley relay. The former Cardinal Newman High School student and junior Warrington Sports Personality winner then went on to win silver in the men’s 4x100m medley relay.
And like Guy, Kathleen Dawson, who learnt to swim LiveWire at the Great Sankey Swimming Baths before joining her first club – Warriors of Warrington, won gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay on Saturday - alongside Guy. That took Warrington’s tally to three golds and one silver medal.
So, it begs the question, where would Warrington finish in the Olympic table?
Despite the number of medals won, it is based on which of the 75 nations has the most gold medals...
1. People’s Republic of China: 32 golds, 21 silvers, 16 bronzes, 69 in total
2. United States of America: 24 golds, 28 silvers, 21 bronzes, 73 in total
3. Japan: 19 golds, six silvers, 11 bronzes, 36 in total
4. Australia: 14 golds, four silvers, 15 bronzes, 33 in total
5. ROC: 13 golds, 21 silvers, 18 bronzes, 52 in total
6. Great Britain: 13 golds, 17 silvers, 13 bronzes, 43 in total
7. Germany: eight golds, eight silvers, 14 bronzes, 30 in total
8. France: six golds, 10 silvers, eight bronzes, 24 in total.
9. Netherlands: six golds, seven silvers, seven bronzes, 20 in total
10. Republic of Korea: six golds, four silvers, nine bronzes, 19 in total
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18. Brazil: three golds, three silvers, eight bronzes, 14 in total
19. Croatia: three golds, three silvers, two bronzes, eight in total
20. Warrington: three golds, one silver, zero bronzes, four in total
21. Chinese Taipei: two golds, four silvers, four bronzes, 10 in total
22. Sweden: two golds, three silvers, zero bronzes, five in total
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25. Jamaica: two golds, one silver, two bronzes, five in total
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