In the first year, perhaps just 15 nations will win awards.
It also limits the amount of medals the better nations can win.
It was the third time that the nation had won a gold medal at the games and its most recent success.
No nation has ever won it with four captains, as the Spanish did this year.
In the seventeen tournaments held, only eight nations have won the title.
If a nation won the cup three times within five years, the cup would belong to them.
Likewise on the women's side, only one other nation has won the long team race since 1991: Portugal, in 1994.
The nation won its first ever gold medal at these Games.
He then moved permanently to Wales, and helped his adopted nation win against the other four.
Today, no other nation has won such widespread confidence and trust.