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Toby Roberts won Great Britain’s 14th gold in Paris and their first medal in sport climbing at an Olympics with a dramatic victory in the boulder and lead event. The 19-year-old had his head in his hands, unable to believe his win, when Japanese world silver medallist and favourite Sorato Anraku slipped on his ascent...

Britain’s Max Burgin qualified for Saturday’s men’s 800m final, but world bronze medallist Ben Pattison missed out. Burgin was the third-fastest qualifier, running a personal best one minute 43.50 seconds, but Burgin and Elliot Giles both missed out. Cindy Sember failed to qualify for the women’s 100m hurdles final after stumbling in her semi-finals. Great...

Between 2021 and 2023, McColgan produced the form of her life, becoming Commonwealth champion and setting national records on the track and road from 5,000m up to the half marathon. But a knee issue that gave McColgan constant pain has derailed her progress and her family also had to deal with the death last year...

What you can expect to watch on Saturdaypublished at 22:20 9 August 22:20 9 August 07:00: Men’s marathon (GB’s Emile Cairess, Mahamad Mahamad & Philip Sesemann) 08:00: Taekwondo – men’s and women’s last 16 (including GB’s Caden Cunningham v Abdoul Issoufou at 08:21) 08:35: Women’s golf – final round (GB’s Georgia Hall & Charley Hull)...

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news It’s the final Friday of the Paris Olympics and there are 35 gold medals up for grabs. Team GB are hoping to land some of...

Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson celebrates after winning silver in the Women’s Heptathlon. Image provided by PA / Alamy. Loughborough-linked athletes won three more medals on a historic night for athletics in Paris. University-based Katarina Johnson-Thompson secured an incredible silver in a thrilling heptathlon finale, narrowly missing out on gold to reigning champion Nafissatou Thiam. After incredible...

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Ellie Aldridge rolled the dice and came out with Olympic gold. It has been a deeply frustrating regatta for Team GB’s sailors, who have been...

Producing season’s-best performances in the 100m hurdles and high jump, she led Thiam by just 24 points, with 33 points separating the three pre-competition gold medal favourites. The shot put represents one of Johnson-Thompson’s weaker disciplines but she displayed her gold-medal credentials by launching the best throw of her life to ensure she would limit...

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Great Britain have already passed the minimum Olympic medals threshold set by UK Sport but their gold rush has dried up a little this week....

Great Britain’s struggles continued in the women’s Olympic golf as Morgane Metraux took a one-shot lead after the second round at Le Golf National. Georgia Hall is highest placed in a tie for 36th, but sits on four-over par after shooting a two-over 74 in the second round on Thursday. Charley Hull is tied in...

Great Britain’s Emma Finucane took bronze in the women’s keirin to win her second medal of the Paris Olympics. Finucane, who had been aiming to become the first British female athlete to win three golds in a single Games, saw that bid for history ended when she finished behind winner Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand...