Three years ago in Tokyo, Pidcock became the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in cross-country mountain bike and has since shown his incredible talent to win the world and European titles in the discipline, while on the road, he’s won a stage of the Tour de France as well as Strade Bianche and...
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Laura Collett ‘on top of the world’ after clinching GB team eventing gold
Laura Collett and London 52 sealed a first British gold medal at the Paris Olympics as the eventing squad won the team competition at the Chateau de Versailles. Collett and teammate Tom McEwen were both winning the title for a second time having triumphed in Tokyo three years ago, but it was a debut Olympic...
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Olympics 2024: Top five stories from day three of Paris Games
British swimming great Adam Peaty, who picked up silver in the 100m breaststroke on Sunday, was confirmed by Team GB to have tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. The six-time Olympic medallist was agonisingly close to gold – missing out by just two hundredths of a second – and Team GB said the 29-year-old was...
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Eventing team land first gold of the Paris Olympics for Great Britain
Great Britain sealed a fifth Olympic eventing team title at the Chateau de Versailles in Paris. Laura Collett, Tom McEwen and Ros Canter enjoyed a perfect opening day, chalking up record low scores for the dressage phase both as a group and for Collett individually. A total of 15.8 penalties incurred on Saturday’s cross-country stage...
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Olympics eventing: Great Britain retain team title for nation’s first gold of Paris Games
Great Britain retained their Olympic team eventing title to win the nation’s first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games. Tokyo 2020 champions Laura Collett and Tom McEwan, joined by world number one Ros Canter, sealed victory in Monday’s final showjumping stage at Chateau de Versailles. Team GB ended the three-day competition with 91.30 penalties...
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‘I thought Murray would be a disgrace’: Inside GB’s tennis flat-share in Paris
ROLAND GARROS — It has the makings of a workplace sitcom, with Andy Murray flashing deadpan looks to camera as Jack Draper and Dan Evans get into their latest row. “He could argue about anything!” explains Evans, who despite being 34 is an Olympic debutant and does not fancy spending too long in bed when...
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Olympics 2024: Tom Daley and Noah Williams take silver in synchronised 10m platform diving as GB win first gold in team eventing
Tom Daley and Noah Williams claimed silver in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving final at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Daley and Williams produced six brilliant dives to guarantee at least a silver, but were ultimately beaten into the gold medal position by flawless Chinese pair Lian Junjie and Hao Yang, who led from the...
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Olympics 2024: Tom Daley takes diving silver for Team GB, Tom Pidcock wins epic mountain biking gold after eventing triumph
Team GB secured their first gold medals of Paris 2024, with Tom Pidcock among them after a thrilling win in the men’s cross-country mountain bike final, while Tom Daley claimed diving silver in his fifth Olympics. Pidcock stormed back from a front tyre puncture to defend his Olympic gold from Tokyo three years ago, overtaking...
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Paris 2024: Mixed fortunes for Scotland’s swimmers
Scotland’s Katie Shanahan marked her Olympic debut by booking her place in Monday evening’s 400m individual medley final. The 20-year-old finished fourth in her heat, with her time of four minutes 40.40 seconds good enough to secure her passage. There was however disappointment for another Scot, Kathleen Dawson, in the 100m backstroke as she failed...
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Great Britain win their first gold of the Games thanks to eventing trio Ros Canter, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen
Collett, Tom McEwen and Ros Canter enjoyed a perfect opening day, chalking up record low scores for the dressage phase both as a group and for Collett individually. A total of 15.8 penalties incurred on Saturday’s cross-country stage had made it tight at the top with second-placed France, but a clear round from McEwen, with...
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China makes it 2-for-2 in Olympic diving, leaving Britain’s Tom Daley with a silver
SAINT-DENIS, France — With Tom Daley out of the way, China is another step closer to an unprecedented sweep at the Olympic diving pool. Lian Junjie and Yang Hao breezed to victory in the synchronized 10-meter platform Monday to give the Big Red Machine its second straight gold medal of the Paris Games. The three-time...
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Olympics swimming: Great Britain’s Freya Colbert & Katie Shanahan progress to medley final
Great Britain’s Freya Colbert and Katie Shanahan have both qualified for the final of the women’s 400m individual medley. Backed by a vocal GB support, Colbert was third fastest in the first heat as she chased home the USA’s Emma Weyant and Katie Grimes. Shanahan was fourth but faced a nervous wait to see if...