Adam Peaty missed the chance to join Michael Phelps in an exclusive club but he was not the only Great British swimmer dashed by fingertip finishes at the Paris Olympics. Peaty could have become only the second male to win a third straight Olympic title in the same event but was pipped to the wall...
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Day 16 at the Olympics: Au revoir Paris
As Paris 2024 draws to a close, Team GB still have medal chances before the closing ceremony sees the end of the Games.Weightlifting, cycling and modern pentathlon will be the focus as organisers prepare for the handover to Los Angeles. SUPER CAMPBELL ON SUNDAY Emily Campbell in action at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in...
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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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Elinor Barker and Neah Evans snatch Great Britain silver in Madison
Elinor Barker and Neah Evans won Olympic silver for Great Britain in the women’s Madison. A big late charge from Barker saw Britain win the last of the 12 sprints in the 120-lap race and move above the Netherlands as Italy’s Chiara Consonni and Vittoria Guazzini celebrated gold. Italy finished with 37 points to Britain’s...
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Australians delight in outshining silver-polishing Poms
Every four years around this time, antipodeans develop a passion for demographic mathematics, pointing out, for example, that New Zealand has won one gold for every 1.7m head of population. This kind of medals-per-capita reasoning has helped them to best, or “bist” as they like to pronounce it, Australia in past Olympics, but this time...
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Great Britain get the gold! Team GB’s Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane SMASH the world record for a THIRD time in just one day to beat New Zealand in spectacular sprint final
Great Britain won the first gold medal on offer in the Olympic track cycling Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane won by five tenths They set a new world record for the third time on an astonishing evening By Press Association Published: 19:06 BST, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 19:34 BST, 5 August 2024...
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Great Britain medal hope Molly Caudery bows out in pole vault qualification
British medal favourite Molly Caudery vowed to learn from her Olympic debut after crashing out of the qualification session with a no mark. The reigning world indoor champion was the only entrant who elected to skip the 4.40 metres height attempt, electing to enter at 4.55. It was a decision that proved costly when she...
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Great Britain medal hope Molly Caudery bows out in pole vault qualification
British medal favourite Molly Caudery vowed to learn from her Olympic debut after crashing out of the qualification session with a no mark. The reigning world indoor champion was the only entrant who elected to skip the 4.40 metres height attempt, electing to enter at 4.55. It was a decision that proved costly when she...
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Great Britain downgraded from silver to bronze after photo finish review
Great Britain’s triathlon mixed relay team were unable to retain their Olympic title, and were then downgraded from silver to bronze after an administrative mix-up. Beth Potter crossed the line with American Taylor Knibb just behind Germany’s Laura Lindemann, and Britain were initially given second only for a closer look at the photo finish to...
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Bronze for Great Britain in thrilling finish to mixed relay triathlon
Great Britain claimed a third triathlon medal in Paris with bronze in the mixed relay. Britain won the inaugural Olympic title in the format in Tokyo and looked in a very strong position when individual bronze medallist Beth Potter began the last leg in the lead. But Potter could not match the pace of Germany’s...
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Amber Rutter and Tommy Fleetwood strike silver for Great Britain on day nine
Great Britain picked up four medals on day nine of the Paris Olympics. There were silvers for shooter Amber Rutter in a controversial women’s skeet final and golfer Tommy Fleetwood in the men’s individual competition. Bronze medals were also won by Charlotte Fry in the dressage Grand Prix Freestyle and gymnast Harry Hepworth in the...
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Harry Hepworth takes vault bronze for Great Britain on Olympic debut
Team GB’s Harry Hepworth took bronze in the men’s vault final, while team-mate Jake Jarman finished fourth. Hepworth got off to a brilliant start and a strong second vault helped him fly into first with a score of 14.949. Hepworth took bronze on Olympic debut (Mike Egerton/PA) Jarman followed, scoring highly on his first vault...