'Britain delivered' says David Cameron as Olympics draw to a close

The Prime Minister paid tribute not just to the athletes but to the country as a whole.

Flanked by London 2012 supremo Lord Coe, Mr Cameron gave a rousing speech after two weeks of unprecedented sporting achievement for Team GB and international recognition that Britain delivered a hugely successful Olympic Games.

"Today at the end of these, the third London Olympics, with third place for Team GB in the medals table, I think you only need two words to sum up these games: Britain delivered. We showed the world what we're made of, we reminded ourselves what we can do, and yes we've demonstrated that you should never ever count Team GB down and out. The idea actually that the greatest member of Team GB was the British public may have been an advertising slogan, but it turned out to be spectacularly true".

"Over the past couple of weeks we have looked in the mirror and we like what we have seen as a country. It's a Britain where a boy born in Somalia, Mo Farah, can come here, seize opportunities and run his way into the nation's heart. It's a Britain where we cheer ourselves hoarse not just for Team GB, but for Team Jamaica, or - as people have just done on the Mall - Team Uganda".