Power...& the glory

Weightlifter Emily carries off our final medal | King praises 'true grit & hard toil' athletes'

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG

WEIGHTLIFTER Emily Campbell helped Team GB raise the nation's spirits as fans said au revoir to the Paris Olympics.

She did a cartwheel to celebrate winning a bronze, which was the nation's last medal of the Games.

Team GB's final tally of 65 medals is one more than at the previous Olympics in Tokyo.

Campbell, 30, who set a personal best in the women's 81kg category in Paris and who won a silver in Tokyo, said: "This road has been really long. In Tokyo I was new to the sport, I was enjoying things and everything was great. It was a bonus medal. But this one really came from the heart."

The King last night congratulated the athletes from the UK and the Commonwealth.

He said: "Your achievements, across so many disciplines, were forged from that invaluable combination of raw talent, true grit and hard toil over many years, burnished these past weeks by sportsmanship and team spirit in the finest tradition of the Games.

"To those who missed out on the greatest prizes, you have most certainly not fallen short in the pride that you, too, have generated for your nations.