That would take many generations with the odds stacked hugely against us. The US attitude to sport along with a larger pool of people to draw from makes them an almost unstoppable force. Really the only country likely to topple that, because they can compete on both, is China; Just depends how serious they are about knocking them off their perch.
That shouldn't and doesn't in any way diminish our herculean achievement these games. There will always be tiny countries picking up the odd gold, but for us to come second with the consistency we've shown across such a range of disciplines is unreal.
First time every a host country has improved its medal tally at the following games too. Team GB has done everyone proud.
Now come on Joe Joyce!