There is already intense speculation that Mo Farah, Nicola Adams, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny could be in line for rewards following an impressive medal haul including 27 golds.
The same year that Fu swam in her first Olympics, in London, Hu Jintao, who was then the general secretary of the Communist Party, delivered a speech exhorting his fellow-citizens to promote China's "soft power" — power that would presumably include impressive medal hauls.
Swimmer Charlotte Atkinson added the 200m backstroke gold to her impressive medal haul.
Stalker added to his impressive medal collection when he picked up a bronze medal at the World Amateur Championships in Azerbaijan in October 2011.
Great Britain have established themselves as the dominant force in track cycling in recent years, and will have high hopes of returning from Cali with another impressive medal haul.
Glover is defending the title she won with Polly Swann last year, while Stanning is looking to add the world title to her already impressive medal collection after taking a year out to complete a stint in the Army.
Many of the countries with the most impressive medal hauls to date wanted to keep the Games split; they included China (67% separate, 27% integrated), the US (64%, 29%), and Australia (54%, 42%).
"I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest of the Team Scotland athletes competing, and I'm sure they will be going all out to try to add to the already impressive medal tally".
What made this particular story so very unusual was that it wasn't about his training program; it wasn't about the likelihood that he will add to his impressive medal collection of 18 gold, two silver and two bronze; and it wasn't about the enormous amount of food he consumes prior to competitions.
They have won an impressive 37 medals to a relatively paltry 14 for the Americans.
