AT every London Olympic venue, largely south-east England crowds cheered rival nations with even-handed generosity.
When the Spaniard, Javier Gomes, almost out on his feet after his personal triathlon inquisition, split Yorkshire's Brownlee brothers in a pulsating finish, tens of thousands roared him home in Hyde Park. When rivals in pole vault, and high and triple jumps, threatened to out-do the Brits, they were still applauded and cheered.
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