Team GB miss gold medal chances in triathlon, kayak and hockey August 5, 2024 While millions cheered on Keely Hodgkinson from the Stade de France and the sofa, Team GB suffered mixed fortunes on Monday at Paris 2024. The triathlon mixed relay team looked to be odds on for the gold medal after leading with one leg to go but had to settle for the silver, before a photo [...]
Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold at Paris 2024 Olympic Games August 5, 2024 Keely Hodgkinson stormed to track and field gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday to win Team GB their first solo athletics medal of the 33rd Olympiad. The 22-year-old, who won a silver medal in Tokyo three years ago, held off her pre-race rival in the final – Mary Moraa of Kenya – to [...]
Team GB win relay gold in pool as Brit quad defends Olympic Games title July 30, 2024 Great Britain made a splash in the pool on Tuesday, winning a gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Tom Dean, James Guy, Duncan Scott and Matt Richards came home for Team GB at París La Defense Arena to win the team’s first gold in the pool. They held [...]
Olympics is a chance to win business as well as medals July 29, 2024 If we can pick up friendships as well as prizes at the Paris Olympics, and help deliver successful and sustainable sporting events worldwide, we will feel the benefits here in the City, says Chris Hayward The greatest show on Earth – the Olympic and Paralympic Games – have begun. Over the next couple of weeks, the world’s best athletes will compete in Paris hoping to win medals, break records, [...]
Father of diver ‘incredibly proud’ after pair secure first GB medal at Paris Olympics July 27, 2024 Harper and her teammate Scarlett Mew Jensen made history with the first GB women’s diving medal in 64 years.
Paris 2024: A Team GB medal chance per day at Olympic Games July 27, 2024 There’s a lot going on at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. There are 10,000 athletes looking to win one of just over 300 gold medals. So here at City A.M. we have picked a medal chance per day to keep your eyes on. 27 July – Time trials Remember London 2012 when Britain got their [...]
Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics: How many medals will British athletes win? July 26, 2024 It’s only 20 years since the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, although a look at Team GB’s historic medal performance makes it feel like ancient history. Two decades ago British athletes won just nine golds, 30 medals in total and finished in 10th place for the second Olympics in a row. Since then Team GB has [...]
Andy Murray withdraws from Roland Garros singles at Olympic Games July 25, 2024 Andy Murray’s farewell tour to tennis took a hit this morning with the Brit withdrawing from the Olympic Games singles. The two-time gold medal winner took the decision on the eve of Paris 2024 and will instead focus on the men’s doubles with Dan Evans. “I’ve take the decision to withdraw from the singles to [...]
Let the Games begin! There’s a rush of excitement for Team GB at Paris 2024 July 25, 2024 The bookies appear to have keyed their odds off the Gracenote forecasts, with a few tweaks. The over/under odds on France golds is currently struck at 24.5; Team GB are at 16.5.
Majority of Brits back idea of Labour extending £77m per year package for Team GB to have shot at Olympic Games success July 25, 2024 Two thirds of Brits back government funding being used to propel Team GB athletes to gold medals at Paris 2024. Exclusive polling shared with City A.M. shows that 67 per cent of Brits support continued state funding for athletes. That’s lower than the likes of Indonesia (91 per cent), Ireland (75 per cent) and Australia [...]