It's hard to believe all that effort is now over (apart from drug-related controversy) for another four years. I enjoyed what I saw of it. In listening to UK athletes talking about their struggles and sometime success, I was struck by two things:
[i] the due thanks given to lottery funding; and
[ii] the degree to which they talked about the contribution of their coaches. The latter theme was often picked up by the more insightful commentators.
It got me wondering why young (or not so young) academics don't have coaches to help them get their careers going, and to make the best of their opportunities. They do have mentors, of course, but that's not quite the same thing.
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