Earlier Steve Lewis had finished a respectable sixth in the pole vault which was won by Australia's Steve Hooker in 5.90 metres with France's Romain Mesnil taking silver and Renaud Lavillenie bronze.

BBC: GB quartet seal stunning bronze

There is a certain charm about a place where islands are created by council decree rather than by volcanic eruption or coastal erosion but perhaps the last word belongs with Olivier Mesnil, a French tourist who was staying on Island Roy when I paid a visit.

BBC: Island Roy gets island status