Victory triggered some celebrations with a difference with Cottrell's seven-month-old daughter Sienna using her gold as a teething ring.

Which reminds me … "We could walk through the park and go and get your teething ring," I say to Steve.

He pulled it into his lap even as he poked his leg out to jiggle the laundry basket where Tessa lay worrying the teething ring.

She grabbed the teething ring from Hannah's lap and her mouth worked furiously on it for a few seconds before she batted the thing away.

TEETHING rings don't come much more precious - or hard-earned - than a gold medal.