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Cycling: Ferrand-Prevot become Olympic mountain bike champ

  • Cycling

French cyclist Ferrand-Prevot won gold on the Elancourt hill on Sunday, beating American Haley Batten and Swede Jenny Rissveds, who took silver and bronze, respectively. Ferrand-Prevot, 32, became the first individual gold medal for the host delegation.

The Ineos Team professional, winner of stages such as Alpe D'Huez in the Tour de France and an accomplished

26:02Haley Batten (USA) 1:28:59Jenny Rissveds (SWE) 1:29:04Puck Pieterse (NED) 1.29.25Evie Richards (GB


British rider Laura Collet sets Olympic record in dressage

  • Equestrian

British rider Laura Collet set an Olympic record this Saturday that has led her to be number 1 in the ranking, with 82.503% and 17.50 penalty points, riding the horse London 52.

The UK's good start is also in the team events, where Australia's record from Beijing 2008 has also been

David O'Connor, who rode 19.3 in Sydney 2000.And the good position has not suffered despite the British team

involve a Brazilian rider.Equestrian athletes Laura Collett and Tom McEwen start the defence of the team

eventing title GB won at Tokyo 2020, the first in 49 years, joined by Yasmin Ingham or Ros Canter.


Boxing: Sudden death of Samoa coach overshadows boxing start

  • Boxing

A heart attack claimed the life of 60-year-old Lionel Elika Fatupaito last Friday. On the first day of preliminary bouts at the North Paris Arena, there were no major surprises, except for the defeat of the Rio 2016 Olympic champion, Frenchwoman Estelle Mosley, by American Jajaira Gonzalez.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Samoan team and all those affected by this profound loss."

González as González kept her distance and controlled the ring to secure the victory.Charley Davison (GB

TJK) 0Redosov Simonov (BUL) 5Obada Alkasbeh (JOR) 3Decano Clancy (ITA) 254 kg WomenCharley Davison (GB


Diving: China bags second gold while Team GB grabs its first medal

  • Diving

All-conquering Chinese divers Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen bagged the first Olympic gold of their careers on Saturday with a superb victory in the women's synchronised three-meter springboard final.

🌟 A fantastic start for the Chinese diving team at #Paris2024!

introduction at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, winning gold on six out of seven occasions.Dramatic dive gives Team

GB the advantageTeam GB claimed their first Paris Olympics medal in dramatic fashion, with Scarlett

which catapulted her off to her right.Australia scored a lowly 48.60 points on the fateful dive with Team

GB assuming their podium spot.


Duncan Scott must go faster than ever to claim gold

  • Swimming

Duncan Scott says he will have to swim faster than he ever has before to earn an individual Olympic gold. The three-time Olympian may be Britain’s most decorated Olympic swimmer, but Scott’s only gold medal is from the 4x200m freestyle in Tokyo 2020.

silvers in individual 200m freestyle and 200 individual medley, plus another second-place finish with his team

Scott will compete individually in the 200m free and individual medley and in the team 4x100m and 4x200m

://t.co/uKcOavzpi1 pic.twitter.com/HFuqZSKaKx— Scottish Swimming (@ScottishSwim) July 23, 2024Team GB



Phoebe Gill: New middle-distance sensation arrives in Paris

  • Athletics

The British athlete is learning fast. Last spring, she broke the world under-18 world record in the women's 800m. As a developing athlete, she has plenty to look up to. One of them is Tom Daley, the British flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony, alongside with Helen Glover.

duels between Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett in the 1970s and 1980s are still remembered.The British team

Hodgkinson of Great Britain during a training session GETTY IMAGESGreat Britain has added Phoebe Gill to the team

He was 14 years old.Ver esta publicación en InstagramUna publicación compartida de Team GB (@teamgb)Gill


Team GB "boycotts" Olympic Village food, brings own chef

  • Paris 2024

Team GB is reportedly boycotting the Olympic Village's food and has flown out their chef to the Games

However, the athletes were subjected to lengthy queues and 'raw' chicken and consequently headed to Team

 Team GB boycott Olympic Village after complaints of raw meat and food shortagesTeam GB has brought

restaurant to eat,”  Andy Anson, the British Olympic Association’s chief executive, told the Times.Team GB


Neil Gourley in his “best shape” for Olympics

  • Paris 2024

Neil Gourley's 1500m win at June's UK Athletics Championship booked his ticket to Paris, where he’ll compete against compatriot and world champion Josh Kerr.

GB teammate and European silver medallist Georgia Bell.

Team GB to the OlympicsThere are few more athletes making a comeback this year in Paris 2024, as Scarlett

GB at Paris 2024 in the four synchronised diving events.

The Team GB rowing squad for @Paris2024 is here!

@BritishRowing | @EurostarUK— Team GB (@TeamGB) June 5, 2024Also, the British rowing squad has experienced


Max Whitlock relishing "shot at history" in Paris

  • Gymnastics

The British men's team will also be bidding to make the podium with Russia not competing.

has earned him an MBE and an OBE for services to gymnastics.Max Whitlock was among the first group of Team

GB athletes to leave for Paris on a special Eurostar Golden Train on Monday from London St.

Team GB: Whitlock and FraserThe British men's team will also be bidding to make the podium with Russia

"I think the whole team enjoyed that a lot.


Scarlett Mew Jensen aiming to win synchro medal in Paris

  • Paris 2024

Games around the corner, Scarlett Mew Jensen and her partner Yasmin Harper will have the chance to win Team

have to remember eight divers were confirmed by the British Olympic Association last May to represent Team

GB at Paris 2024 in the four synchronised diving events.

GB.

eight divers selected to Team GB for Paris 2024.

GB for a fourth and fifth Games respectively.


Crisis to comeback: Team GB Rowing favourites for Paris 2024

  • Rowing

The British rowing squad has experienced a remarkable transformation after their poor performance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. For the first time since 1980, they failed to win any gold medals and only secured six fourth-place finishes, all against a backdrop of significant internal tension.

As Moe Sbihi, who won gold at Rio 2016 and retired after winning bronze in Tokyo, stated, 'When the team

The team sat through so many review meetings that were orchestrated because of how Brendan was trying

Moe Sbihi of Team Great Britain Men's Eight in action during a training session ahead of the Tokyo 2020

GETTY IMAGESThe period following the Tokyo Games saw a new leadership team with coaches Paul Stannard

Australian Randell spearheaded the comprehensive transformation of the women's team, which had returned


Olympians to be served Michelin-starred meals in Paris

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 Olympians are in for a treat with four Michelin-starred chefs preparing their meals in the athletes’ village. Organisers said that the star chefs’ menus have been developed with sports nutritionists and even include plant-based meat alternatives.

GETTY IMAGESParis organisers have allowed delegations to make specific requests, with Team GB asking


GB rower's Olympic dream fuelled by her late father's beilief in her

  • Rowing

British rower Lola Anderson said a diary she wrote as a teen entry gave her the motivation to follow her dream and qualify for the Games in Paris. 

it would be my biggest dream in life to go to the Olympics in rowing and if possible win a gold for GB

 After a commanding win in their A/B semi final, the GB women’s quadruple sculls (W4x) automatically

fellow world champions Hannah Scott, Lauren Henry and Georgie Brayshaw will again compete together for Team

GB in the women's quadruple sculls in Paris with their sights set on the gold.

 "We have a saying in our boat and in our team that 'pressure is a privilege' and I'd much rather


Anti-sex beds in the Olympic Village: Athletes share their experience

  • Paris 2024

The sexual scandal involving diver Ingrid Oliveira at the Rio 2016 Olympics opened a new chapter in athletes' accommodations: anti-sex beds. This innovation, which started in Tokyo and continues in Paris, aims to limit relationships between athletes and has reignited debate in society.

Instagram Reel, “I’ll show you what they’re like.”In a key experiment to test their durability, the Team

GB diver jumps on the bed (without the frame moving an inch) to demonstrate how much movement they can