"Can I just point out that Yorkshire is 7th in the world ranking of medal-winning countries"

Excepting that they wouldn't be. There is a similar story in the Scottish press today showing that Scotland would be even higher than Yorkshire. Though I'm afraid both claims are a bit off as they include golds won by teams. So for the four supposed Yorkshire gold medals only one was won by an individual from Yorkshire. The other three were won by GB teams which in each case consisted of only person from Yorkshire. Good fun story but doesn't stack up when you actually look at the facts.