Georgia Bell confessed her “unconventional route” to the Olympic podium once seemed like a “bonkers” impossibility after collecting 1500 metres bronze at the Stade de France. Bell’s was one of three British bronzes secured on Saturday night, the first before Team GB added a pair from the men’s and women’s 4x400m to make it a...
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Georgia Bell leads rush of medals as Team GB enjoy super Saturday
Georgia Bell, an occasional runner during lockdown who made it to the Olympic final of the women’s 1500m, set a new British record to take bronze as a rush of success including silvers in artistic swimming and taekwondo took Britain’s rivalry with France in the medal table into the last day. At the age of...
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Olympics 2024: Caden Cunningham claims taekwondo silver as Britain seal historic artistic swimming medal
Caden Cunningham had to settle for silver after being beaten by Iran’s Arian Salimi in the final of the men’s +80kg category in taekwondo on the penultimate day of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old from Huddersfield won the first round 6-3 but a snaking head kick from the Iranian in round two paved the...
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Olympics 2024: Jack Carlin ‘not afraid of a scrap’ in keirin bid
Carlin has nine Olympic and world medals to his name now, all them either silver or bronze. Dutch rider Harrie Lavreysen is the undisputed king of velodrome sprinting having already defended his team and individual titles in Paris, getting the better of the Scot in both. However, Carlin believes the more frantic nature of the...
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Olympic taekwondo: Caden Cunningham takes men’s +80kg silver after losing to Iran’s Arian Salimi
Cunningham will be able to take comfort from the way he came through a difficult draw in Paris. He beat Tokyo bronze medallist Rafael Alba in the quarter-finals, followed by world champion and 2016 Rio gold medallist Cheick Sallah Cisse in the last four. While he may be disappointed with silver, there are high hopes...
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History makers in the pool as Great Britain claim first artistic swimming medal
Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe claimed a first artistic swimming medal for Great Britain at the Olympics with silver in the women’s duet. The pair lay outside the podium positions after Friday’s technical routine although a score of 264.0282 was less than a point off the Netherlands, who held third place overnight. A barnstorming free...
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Great Britain’s 4×400 metres relay men and women win bronze medals
Great Britain added more medals to their tally as the men’s and women’s 4×400 metres relay teams collected bronze at the Stade de France. The United States took gold in the men’s relay, narrowly beating Botswana’s silver medallists to the line in Olympic record time. Alex Haydock-Wilson led off for GB, and though individual men’s...
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Olympics artistic swimming: Kate Shortman & Izzy Thorpe take historic silver
Shortman and Thorpe, who are both from Bristol, have known each other since they were little and have been swimming together since the age of nine. Thorpe’s mum Karen competed alongside Shortman’s mother Maria in the 1980s and narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Shortman told the BBC earlier this...
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Olympics 2024: Georgia Bell grabs 1500m bronze for Team GB as Noah Williams snatches medal in men’s 10m platform diving
Britain’s Georgia Bell grabbed a bronze medal in the women’s 1500m on the penultimate day of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Bell stuck to the leaders and found a kick in the final straight to take third place, shaving four seconds off her personal best. Kenyan star Faith Kipyegon streaked away for gold in Olympic record...
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Paris 2024: Ireland finish an agoninsing fourth in women’s 4x400m relay final
Leg-three runner Phil Healy kept the Irish in the medal positions with a gutsy run but it was a three-way fight for the silver and bronze medals going into the anchor leg. Despite anchor leg runner Sharlene Mawdsley’s renowned relay prowess, she was facing a huge task in attempting to hold off Dutch star Femke...
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Great Britain add men’s 4×400 metres relay bronze to their collection
Great Britain added more medals to their tally as the men’s 4×400 metres relay team collected bronze at the Stade de France. The United States took gold, narrowly beating Botswana’s silver medallists to the line. Alex Haydock-Wilson led off, and though individual men’s 400 metres silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith found himself locked into a battle...
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Georgia Bell pounces to snatch thrilling 1500 metres bronze for Great Britain
Great Britain’s Georgia Bell collected 1500 metres bronze and set a new national record on the final day of track action in a race won by Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon in Olympic record time. Bell patiently executed her race and started to pounce on the back stretch in the final lap. Laura Muir, the Scottish Tokyo...