Must-watch events Para swimming9:36am-9:54am: women’s 400m freestyle, S11 heats Blind twins Scarlett and Eliza Humphrey will make their Paralympics debuts in Paris. Representing ParalympicsGB in the S11 category for blind or nearly blind swimmers, they and their competitors will wear blacked-out goggles to ensure fairness. The pair made history in Madeira in June 2022 when they...
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Australian silver-medal cyclist Matthew Richardson defects to Team GB
‘A dream to race for the country I was born in’ Announcing the news on his Instagram in a post that started with the message “the end of an era”, Richardson said: “I have made the decision to pack up my entire life and move half way across the world to begin the next chapter...
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Team GB cyclists using Paris success to promote open mental health dialogue
Team GB’s cyclists Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell, Josie Knight and Team GB BMX’er Beth Shriever with volunteers from the Manchester Bike Kitchen. (Photo by Charlotte Tattersall/Getty Images for The National Lottery) By Megan Armitage British Cycling are using the success of Paris 2024 to promote an open dialogue on mental health using people’s shared love...
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Olympic boxing bronze medal cost Britain £12m as most expensive sports revealed
Great Britain’s sole medal in boxing at the Olympics cost over £12 million in funding from UK Sport, with cycling topping the list as the most expensive sport as well as being the most successful. Lewis Richardson was the only boxer out of the six competing at the Games to end up on the podium,...
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Who are Team GB’s most successful Olympians of all time?
With the Paris 2024 Olympics now over, Team GB has finished the games with a total of 65 medals – beating their total from Tokyo 2020 by one. It was the same number of medals won by Great Britain at London 2012 and the second-best ever tally on foreign soil, with only the United States...
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Team GB’s Olympic stars of the future eyeing medal success at LA 2028
Attentions are already turning towards the next Olympics in Los Angeles after a thrilling finale to a memorable Games in Paris. However, a comparative shortage of golds meant that Great Britain could only place seventh in the final medal table – their lowest finish since 2004 in Athens. GB will be targeting a return of...
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BOA chief: Team GB should be celebrated despite ‘frustrating’ medal table finish
The British Olympic Association says Team GB’s medal haul at Paris 2024 should be celebrated, despite Britain finishing in its lowest position in the table for 20 years. Great Britain ended the Paris Olympics with 65 medals – the same amount won on home soil at London 2012 and second-best ever tally on foreign soil...
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From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze
Georgia Bell confessed her “unconventional route” to the Olympic podium once seemed like a “bonkers” impossibility after collecting 1500 metres bronze at the Stade de France. Bell’s was one of three British bronzes secured on Saturday night, the first before Team GB added a pair from the men’s and women’s 4x400m to make it a...
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Great Britain’s 4x100m relay teams both bag medals
The British quartet of Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita secured women’s 4×100 metres silver at the Stade de France. Team GB won bronze in the same event for the last two Olympics and were one of the favourites on Friday night. They looked like they might be on course to secure...
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Elinor Barker and Neah Evans late show earns Great Britain a Madison silver
Elinor Barker and Neah Evans dug deep in the final laps of a frantic Madison to earn Olympic silver for Great Britain before Jack Carlin claimed bronze in a controversial sprint, with Dutch coaches complaining after his deciding race against Jeffrey Hoogland was restarted following a collision. A late charge from Barker saw Britain win...
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Great Britain’s Emma Finucane adds keirin bronze to team sprint gold
Emma Finucane added keirin bronze to the women’s team sprint gold she won on Monday as the medals kept coming for Team GB in the velodrome. Finucane, 21, narrowly beat her team-mate Katy Marchant to the last step on the podium after both British riders made it into the final. New Zealand’s world champion Ellesse...
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Olympics day 12: Medal milestone for Great Britain but golds prove elusive
Great Britain earned their 1,000th medal across summer and winter Olympics on day 12 of Paris 2024. The men’s team pursuit team reached the milestone with silver, just before the women’s team took bronze. Matthew Hudson-Smith had to settle for silver in the men’s 400m, while skateboarder Andy Macdonald made his Olympic debut at the...