Chinese state television is showing five hours a day (its top ranking in the medals table may help).

ECONOMIST: The Paralympics

The other key question: how much does happiness depend on the medals table?

BBC: Going for the happiness gold

Weir and Woods would have both needed to secure gold for ParalympicsGB to overtake Russia for second in the medals table.

BBC: 2012 Paralympics: Huge crowds cheer David Weir to victory

ATHENS, Greece -- China is on a winning spree in Athens and going head to head with the United States for the top spot of the medals table.

CNN: Chinese faster, higher, stronger

Research we have done... shows that 84% of the British public couldn't name a single British Paralympian - despite the fact Great Britain came second in the medals table at the Beijing Olympics.

BBC: Channel 4 unveils 2012 Paralympic coverage

We're a healthier and more prosperous nation than we were in 1948, and we are likely to come in fourth in the 2012 medals table, with only the U.S., China and Russia ahead of us.

WSJ: Social Media

Great Britain finished 10th in the 2004 Olympic medals table, but will be looking to place behind only Russia, China and the USA on home soil.

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Seated alongside Bradley at the top table is the gaunt-looking Brian Dooher, who has five Ulster medals and three All-Ireland gongs.

BBC: Bradley belief

Ironically, Canada top the medal table in every country which ranks golds won above total medals won - which theirs doesn't!

BBC: Winter Olympics - Day 16 as it happened

We can hope that some of them can make finals and preferably finish in the top eight, and therefore contribute to the placement table which I feel is a more accurate measure of a country's prowess than medals alone.

BBC: World athletics predictions