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...
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Great Britain 1000th medal ‘incredibly special’ – chef de mission Mark England
Team GB chef de mission Mark England described the nation’s 1,000th Olympic medal as “incredibly special” after Ethan Hayter, Daniel Bigham, Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon took silver in the men’s cycling team pursuit in Paris. The cycling silver brought up the 1,000 medals landmark, for summer and winter Games medals, according to the statistician...
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Great Britain take team pursuit silver after Ethan Hayter slip on final lap
Great Britain’s hopes of gold in the men’s team pursuit at Paris 2024 slipped away on the final lap after Ethan Hayter lost control of his bike and narrowly avoided a nasty crash. The 1,000th medal in Team GB’s Olympic history was a silver one as Australia, who had been narrowly ahead on the time...
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Great Britain needed world-class Dutch to ‘mess up’ to win Olympic gold
Britain celebrated silver in the men’s team sprint for a second successive Olympics as they were forced to admit the world record-breaking Netherlands squad remain in a league of their own. In a repeat of the Tokyo final three years ago, Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull were beaten by Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland...
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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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Scott Brash goes clear in team showjumping final to deliver Team GB a gold
By Paul Eddison at Versailles The margins at the Olympics are everything. A hundredth of a second in the pool can be the difference between gold and silver. Likewise, a centimetre in archery. For Scott Brash, it was the gravity on a jump that fell just the ride side of the ledger – or did...
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Olympics 2024 LIVE! Ugly scenes after France win Argentina grudge match
Another British medal landed at lunchtime, as Bryony Page completed her Olympic set with a sensational trampolining gold, before Great Britain also took victory in the team jumping final. The athletics are finally underway at the Stade de France, with Keely Hodgkinson safely into the women’s 800m semi-finals along with Jemma Reekie and Phoebe Gill....
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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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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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Great Britain quartet retain 4x200m relay title to give GB first Paris pool gold
James Guy, Tom Dean, Matt Richards and Duncan Scott retained their men’s 4×200 metres freestyle relay title to give Team GB their first Olympic gold of the Paris Games in the pool. Richards had come within two-hundredths of a second of winning the individual event, settling instead for silver, as did Adam Peaty, who lost...
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Paris Olympics, Day 4 Finals: Great Britain Retain Men’s 4×200 Free Title With 1:43 Anchor By Duncan Scott
Paris Olympics, Day 4 Finals: Great Britain Retain Men’s 4×200 Free Title With 1:43 Anchor By Duncan Scott No four individuals had combined to win relay gold medals at two different Olympics. The United States’ men’s 4×200 free relay came close when three of the winning quartet at Athens 2004 returned four years later to...