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Lottie Fry continued Great Britain’s equestrian medal success at the Paris Olympics with bronze in the individual dressage. On Glamourdale, she scored 88.971% as Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl successfully defended her title. Fellow German Isabell Werth, competing at her seventh Games, took silver. It marks a third Olympic medal for 28-year-old Fry, who made her...

Jamaican Jackson withdrew from the 100m to focus on the 200m, in which she is the two-time reigning world champion, but did not line up on Sunday morning. Jackson’s withdrawal from the competition means American Gabrielle Thomas, the fastest woman in the 200m this year, is the gold-medal favourite in the event. Tokyo Olympics bronze...

It started slowly, before belatedly gathering momentum. But can the Scottish athletes’ medal pursuit really pick up pace in the final week of the Paris Olympics? The first nine days of competition have yielded seven medals. No Scottish person in history has won as many as swimmer Duncan Scott, who added 4x200m freestyle gold and...

“I am absolutely devastated for those GB men,” Kate Richardson-Walsh, gold medallist in Rio in 2016, said on BBC TV. “This team is absolutely capable of being Olympic medallists, I have no doubt about that, but we are going to have to wait. “Four years seems a long way away now.” Great Britain have not...

Great Britain’s Charlotte Purdue has withdrawn from the women’s Olympic marathon at Paris 2024 because of an ankle injury. The 33-year-old has been replaced by Clara Evans in the event, which takes place on 11 August. Purdue became the second-fastest British woman in the marathon, behind only Paula Radcliffe, when she ran two hours 22...

The Commonwealth Games title and first European win came in 2018 and when the delayed Tokyo Olympics arrived three years later he was among the favourites. That day, it didn’t happen for McClenaghan. However, since then he has dominated the world with a pair of global and continental titles. “It’s a crazy journey. All athletes...

sailing What’s been happening in the sailing?published at 21:46 4 August 21:46 4 August Image source, Getty Images Kiteboarding made its Olympic debut on Sunday, with the men and women taking off from the beach in Marseille on their featherweight foiling boards. It is a fast and furious sport, where competitors can reach speeds of...