LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is counting its medals rather than adding up the bill after an acclaimed Olympic Games silenced a debate - for now at least - about whether it was worth nine billion pounds of public money.
The price was more than double what was forecast when London was named host seven years ago, never mind the government mantra that the Games were "delivered on time and under budget".
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