The U.S women's gymnastics team were disappointed with their fourth place position at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. They felt very much as though they were capable of more - capable indeed of reaching the medal places. But it wasn't to be.

However, the team, who have since then grown up, obtained degrees, married and made all manner of other lifestyle changes, have just received bronze medals for their performance a decade ago.

No, they haven't started handing out consolation medals! However, in April of this year, it was deemed that they'd actually finished in third place back at the event some ten years ago. It wasn't a miscalculation that led to the oversight. Instead it was a decision many years after the event to disqualify third place team, China, when it emerged that they had used an underage participant.

Well, better late than never, you might argue!