Tag: uk sports

Former British number one Laura Robson believes Emma Raducanu has had the perfect preparation for the US Open. Raducanu has played just three matches since reaching the fourth round of Wimbledon in July as she made the quarter-finals of the Washington Open at the start of the month. She skipped the Olympics in order to...

Team GB’s returning Olympic stars were greeted by hoards of cheering supporters at St Pancras International as they arrived back in the UK after winning 65 medals in Paris. The athletes travelled home by Eurostar following Sunday’s closing ceremony in the French capital and were told their feats had inspired the next generation. Among those...

For the first time in two decades Great Britain did not finish top of the cycling medal table at an Olympic Games. Paris 2024 saw Team GB fifth, below France, the Netherlands, Australia and the United States. Eleven medals was more than any other nation, but this time the colours had changed. Two gold medals...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...