CONGRATULATIONS to Team GB – what a fantastic result in Rio.

We should all be very proud of them.

They have raised our spirits and have put the Great back in Britain.

Our Olympian athletes, ahead of China in the medal table, have achieved the best results in more than 100 years and created GB as a sporting super-power which now bodes well for Tokyo in four years’ time.

What they have achieved by their sheer determination proves what we can do as an independent nation, taking up our position in the big wide world again.

Their legacy should be our inspiration for the future. Well done Team GB.

Philip Griffiths North west president, Ukip