Rio de Janeiro: Any casual observer at the medal ceremony for the men's four rowing event could tell immediately why Great Britain beat Australia into second place to win the gold medal.
As the Oarsome Foursome's Nick Green said: "The Poms' No 2 (Mohamed Sbihi) is so big and strong, he could play centre half forward for Hawthorn." Or, preferably, in the front row for the St George Illawarra Dragons.
With the three medal winning teams standing on a pontoon in front of the grandiosely named Lagoa Stadium, it was clear the biggest Australian, Joshua Dunkley-Smith was marginally smaller than the smallest Great Britain team member, Constantine Louloudis.
Team Great Britain are certainly searching the depths of their talent pool to find the best rowers to maintain their domination of the men's four, a monopoly they have enjoyed since the Oarsome Foursome's win in Atlanta, twenty years ago.
AOC president, John Coates, also noticed the size discrepancy.
"Our boys rowed very well but the Great Britain team ain't small," he said. "They were was just too big, particularly their giant No 2, Mohamed.
"The Great Britain team has also been together longer and has had significantly more racing experience."
Green's prediction that Australia had to be level, or preferably ahead of Great Britain at the halfway point of the 2,000 metre race, was pin point prophetic.
The team of Will Lockwood, Joshua Booth, Alexander Hill and Dunkley-Smith, were, instead a half canvas behind.
And, in what rowers call the "premiership quarter", from 1,000 metres to 1,500 metres, Great Britain surged ahead, pulling away decisively.
Sure, the Australians closed the gap marginally over the final quarter, sweeping in long, precise, synchronised strokes to finish half a canvas behind. Great Britain triumphed in 5.58.61, with Australia 1.83 seconds behind and Italy third.
It was a slow time for the race, with Great Britain benefiting from the choppy conditions because of their superior size.
There was no exchange of leads among the six crews, no cutting each other up.
Great Britain simply led from the start, with Green saying simply, "We were beaten by a better crew."
It was only ever a race in two, with Australia forever chasing Great Britain and the rest challenging for the minor medal.
The victory of the Great Britain men's four is a triumph for their German head coach, Jurgen Groebler, who has coached gold medal crews at every Olympic Games since 1972.
Rowing is a coach dependent sport insofar as its central truth is that when one member of the four or eight fall into a slump, he sweeps the others with him.
Australia's silver is a measure of the redemption of the very likeable, Josh Booth. He was the rower from the Australian men's eight who threw a pot plant through the window of a kebab shop in London, after the failure of his crew at the 2012 Olympics.
He went on a 24 hour bender and was subsequently sent home.
Significantly, his four year journey of personal redemption, including interrupting his medical studies to focus on rowing, ended with the statue of Christ the Redeemer looking directly down over the Lagoa course.
Booth said after the race, "It is certainly different – sixth (in the mens eight) to second and a silver medal. It's not so much redemption. It's a different crew and a different story."