Olympics: Team GB sailors win double gold as Norway’s Karsten Warholm creates history in the 400m hurdles August 3, 2021 Great Britain’s sailors won two gold medals in quick succession this morning, on day 11 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. After a delay to proceedings yesterday owing to no wind, Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell claimed gold in the men’s 49er event. Shortly afterwards Giles Scott retained his men’s Finn title. But the performance of [...]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB win eventing gold, Tom McEwen adds individual silver and Emily Campbell claims historic weightlifting medal August 2, 2021 The Team GB trio of Tom McEwen, Laura Collett and Oliver Townend won Britain’s first Olympic gold medal in team eventing since 1972 today in Tokyo. McEwen lated added individual silver, while Emily Campbell claimed a historic silver in women’s weightlifting. GB held off the challenge of Australia and France to ditch their perennial bridesmaid’s [...]
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya: Belarusian athlete ‘safe’ say Olympic chiefs after alleged kidnap by officials from own team at Tokyo 2020 Games August 2, 2021 Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who alleged that she was kidnapped by officials from her own team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is safe, according to Games chiefs. Tsimanouskaya says she was taken to the airport against her will on Sunday in an attempt to forcibly repatriate her after she criticised the team’s management. The sprinter, [...]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB medal hopes on day 10 as Laura Muir makes 1500m semi-finals August 2, 2021 Laura Muir produced a solid run to make the semi-finals of the 1500m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on a day when Team GB have strong medal hopes. After a successful weekend which saw GB take their gold medal tally into double figures, the rate slowed somewhat this morning. But there are plenty of hopes [...]
Former cook Charlotte Worthington serves up gold medal as Team GB success continues August 1, 2021 Former cook Charlotte Worthington served up a gold medal for Team GB in the BMX freestyle as British success in Tokyo continued on Sunday. Worthington, from Manchester, landed the first-ever 360 backflip to be performed in women’s competition, having worked in a Mexican restaurant as she trained for this year’s Games. The 25-year-old’s gold was [...]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB star Dan Bibby calls RFU cuts to Sevens funding ‘a joke’ July 29, 2021 Team GB Rugby Sevens star Dan Bibby has criticised funding cuts to the sport’s programme, calling the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) plans “a joke”. Bibby’s comments come after GB narrowly missed the podium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics yesterday, losing to Argentina 17-12 in the bronze medal match. The team’s central contracts ended last August [...]
Former UK Athletics chair Ed Warner: My heart says Team GB track and field stars can deliver against the odds at Tokyo 2020 Olympics July 29, 2021 “Head not heart” was the mantra I lived by going into an Olympics, such is the jeopardy in international athletics. With 214 member nations within World Athletics, experience says that Great Britain needs at least two genuine podium prospects for every medal the team might actually bring home from any global track and field competition. [...]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB win historic canoe silver and bag trap shooting bronze July 29, 2021 Mallory Franklin claimed a historic silver in the women’s canoe slalom as Team GB recovered from earlier disappointments on day six of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Franklin was pipped only by New Zealand’s Jessica Fox in the first ever staging of the women’s C1 event at an Olympic Games. The 27-year-old from Windsor, a former [...]
Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB rowing woe continues as Helen Glover and Polly Swann miss out on a medal July 29, 2021 Helen Glover and Polly Swann were denied the fairytale finish to their Olympic story as they finished fourth on a morning where Team GB’s medal glut at Tokyo 2020 slowed. Having been crowned European champions in the spring, Glover – chasing a third Olympic gold medal – and Swann were thought to stand a good [...]
Simone Biles withdraws from individual all-around final at Tokyo 2020 Olympics ‘to focus on her mental health’, USA Gymnastics confirms July 28, 2021 Simone Biles has pulled out of tomorrow’s women’s individual all-around gymnastics final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, following her withdrawal during the team final yesterday. USA Gymnastics said the move would allow Biles “to focus on her mental health” and that it had not been decided yet whether Biles would compete in further events next [...]