Britain’s men were left to rue a major missed opportunity after losing in the Olympic quarter-finals to 10-man India on a penalty shoot-out. Britain have not won a medal in men’s hockey since taking gold in 1988 but went into this competition with high hopes and dominated the contest at Yves-du-Manoir Stadium after Amit Rohidas...
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Agony for choked-up Max Whitlock as career ends in cruel fashion
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Jake Jarman bags first Olympic medal with bronze on the floor for Great Britain
Britain’s Jake Jarman claimed his first Olympic medal with bronze on the floor at Bercy Arena. The 22-year-old went into the final with the highest score in qualifying and also topped the floor standings during the men’s all-around final. But his routine was not quite as clean as that of gold medallist Carlos Edriel Yulo...
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Great Britain men’s eight storm to gold leaving Netherlands and US in their wake
Great Britain’s men’s eight stormed home at Paris 2024 to add the Olympic title to world honours. Victory came just 20 minutes after the women’s eight had taken bronze as Britain’s medal haul at Paris 2024’s rowing regatta rose to eight. Morgan Bolding, Sholto Carnegie, Jacob Dawson, Tom Digby, Charlie Elwes, Tom Ford, Rory Gibbs...
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Andy Murray? Our experts on who greatest British athlete really is
Are you familiar with those identikit trailers so beloved of Sky Movies? The ones, dictated in a subterranean gravelly voice, that say “Only one man can (delete as applicable) defeat the aliens / save the president / stop the serial killer”? I mention the trailers because we encountered a very specific “Only one man” situation...
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Five days, 17 medals and the best start to a Games for 112 years. It’s great, Britain!
Britain is living through an unparalleled era of Olympic success. As recently as Atlanta 1996, the team mustered just one solitary gold, thanks to Steve Redgrave and his crew-mates in the coxless four. From 2012, they have hit 29, 27 and 22, with every chance of a fourth straight 20-plus haul in Paris. What renders...
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Great Britain’s boxing hopes rest on Lewis Richardson as wipeout is avoided
Lewis Richardson saved Great Britain’s boxing team from their first Olympic wipeout since 1996 after victory in his opening 71kg contest in Paris on Wednesday evening. A narrow defeat for middleweight Chantelle Reid earlier on Wednesday had left the British team facing the prospect of returning from the French capital with all six of their...
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USA believe they are top of the medal table – the rest of the world disagrees
It is not a sight we are used to seeing: a nation with the largest contingent of athletes at the Games (some 594 are out in Paris – almost double the 327-strong Team GB team). There is, of course, still time for Team USA to make up ground. The rest of the women’s gymnastics, where...
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Great Britain boxing team on verge of first Olympics wipeout since 1996
Great Britain’s boxing team are on the brink of their first Olympic wipeout since 1996 after a narrow defeat for middleweight Chantelle Reid in Paris on Wednesday. The Derby 26-year-old’s split decision defeat to Morocco’s Khadija Mardi means all five of the British boxers to compete at the Games so far have been beaten in...
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Britain clinch historic women’s quadruple sculls rowing Olympic gold after photo finish – as late surge takes Team GB past the Netherlands
Britain had trailed the Netherlands heading into the closing stage of the race The 2023 world champions produced a late surge to edge their rivals at finish Team GB have already surpassed their rowing gold medal haul from Tokyo 2020 By Michael Pavitt Published: 11:49 BST, 31 July 2024 | Updated: 12:30 BST, 31 July 2024...
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When does the Olympics finish? Your ultimate guide
Aquatics Centre – Artistic swimming, diving, water poloChateau de Versailles – Equestrian, modern pentathlonElancourt Hill – Mountain bike cyclingLe Bourget Sport Climbing Venue – Shooting, sport climbingGolf National – GolfNorth Paris Arena – Boxing, modern pentathlonParis La Defense Arena – Swimming, water poloSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines BMX Stadium – BMX racingSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome – Track cyclingStade de France –...
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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...