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James Thomas: Hearing everyone's perspective important as British Gymnastics plots course to Paris 2024

  • Inside the Blogs

As performance director I am keen to share the busy, varied and challenging world of performance sport at British Gymnastics. I've been taking some time to reflect on the Summer Games in Tokyo and wanted to provide an insight into what it’s like in my role at a Games, what we do afterwards and the preparations that are already underway for the next cycle, leading to Paris in 2024.

many more wonderful moments surrounding these Olympic Games.Before heading out to Tokyo, we held a team

GB.

Whether it was the final nail-biting moments of the women's team final, the twists and turns of Bryony

Last month, I joined a number of other British performance directors and Team GB staff on a visit to

GB is finding a brilliant base within the host city, and building strong relationships to help create


British Olympic Association issues advice to athletes amid surveillance concerns during Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has issued advice to athletes amid concerns China could carry out surveillance on electronic devices during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation this week issued urgent advice to its Olympic team

to leave personal mobile phones and laptops at home, and reports suggested that the British team had

monitoring of non-Chinese residents when they enter the country.The final composition of the British team

announced, but more than 70 athletes are set to compete.UK Sport today announced its medal target for Team

GB of between three and seven medals at the Olympics and between five and nine at the Paralympics.Britain


British sportswear manufacture Castore partners up with GB Taekwondo

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

GB Taekwondo has signed British sportswear manufacturer Castore to a long-term sponsorship deal leading

Based in Manchester - which is also where GB Taekwondo's headquarters are - Castore is a sportswear and

Union.The details of the deal have not been announced, nor the precise services Castore will provide GB

Taekwondo, though it is expected Castore will provide sportswear and clothing for GB Taekwondo athletes

the energy, passion and ambition we have seen from the Manchester-based founders and their leadership team

 "Our fighters were excited with the quality of the range and designs when we met the Castore team


British curling and short track speed skating Beijing 2022 teams named

  • Beijing 2022

Curler Eve Muirhead is set to appear at her fourth Winter Olympic Games as Britain announced its latest athletes selected to compete at Beijing 2022.

joins Jennifer Dodds, Vicky Wrights, Hailey Duff and Mili Smith on the plane to China as the curling team

Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff and Mili Smith will all make their Olympic debuts at Beijing 2022Welcome to Team

GB ??

pic.twitter.com/eep3ZGuX3d— Team GB (@TeamGB) December 23, 2021"If you don’t enjoy it - it’s no fun."

It is an honour to be representing Team GB and I am looking forward to being part of such a strong team


Tributes flood in for "Britain's greatest luge athlete" Rosen

  • Luge

Tributes have flooded in for luger Adam Rosen who passed away on Sunday (December 19) at the age of 37 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

The New York-native held dual citizenship for Britain and the United States and competed for Team GB

 "Rosen will go down as perhaps Britain's greatest luge athlete," said Team GB in a statement."

We were @TeamGB team mates in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and did a spot of double luging in our commentary

A three-time Olympian competing in luge, AJ was often the sole representative from his sport for Team

GB, but his infectious smile and warm personality made him a highly valued member of any Team GB delegation


APPG for boxing chair believes Birmingham 2022 a "great opportunity" for the sport

  • Birmingham 2022

The All Party Parliamentary Group for boxing chair Chris Evans, who is also the British Member of Parliament (MP) for Islwyn in South Wales, believes the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are a "great opportunity" for the sport.

The boxers were among Team GB’s (Britain) best performers and caught the public’s imagination as they

delivered some of the standout moments of the Games," he wrote in a guest foreword of GB Boxing's 2020


British Para cycling chief Pett departs to become Pentathlon GB performance director

  • Cycling News

left his role at British Cycling, having been appointed the new performance director at Pentathlon GB

World Championships in Portugal was the most successful in the history of the Great Britain Cycling Team

leadership ©Getty ImagesPett added that he was "proud" and "privileged" to have led the Para cycling team

extremely proud and feel privileged to have played my part as a member of the Great Britain Cycling Team

 "I'll be looking on from my new role wishing the team the best of luck as they take on the next

I'm excited about my new challenge at Pentathlon GB, and I would like to thank everyone who has supported


Britain's world silver medallist Cho ends competitive taekwondo career

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Britain's World Championship silver medallist Mahama Cho has announced his retirement from taekwondo.

move into coaching with the Warrior Academy, which is based in Dubai.Warrior Academy has links with GB

GB Taekwondo performance director Gary Hall added: "Cho has been a fantastic person, athlete and professional

during his 10-year-plus career with GB Taekwondo."

Cho and the world-class coaches, in particular Steve Jennings, and the science and medicine team have

been on an incredible journey to achieve what no GB heavyweight has done before him, and he achieved


Four new members join BOA Athletes' Commission as Grainger ends 11-year spell

  • EOC

Recently-crowned trampoline world champion Bryony Page is among four new members to be elected to the British Olympic Association's (BOA) Athletes' Commission, while three Olympic medallists - including Dame Katherine Grainger - have departed.

with such talented and passionate individuals and I am excited to continue our role representing the Team

GB athlete community," said Simmonds."

leadership and commitment has been exemplary throughout, and he continues to be a true ambassador for Team

GB athletes and British Olympic sport."

the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, and Matthews, who was part of the British four-man bobsleigh team


Cardiff to host the 2023 World Wheelchair Rugby European Championships

  • Wheelchair Rugby News

Cardiff has been chosen to host the 2023 World Wheelchair Rugby European Championship Division A tournament, it has been announced.

 The eight-team event, due to be held at the iconic rugby venue Principality Stadium in Cardiff

Wales.An Event Delivery Board chaired by David Pond, the former chief executive of GBWR and who led the team

Over a million people tuned in to watch GB win the gold medal in Tokyo, here is the chance to see the

Moon, Welsh gold medal-winning Paralympian swimmer Liz Johnson and Jim Roberts, a member of Britain’s team

I was honoured to represent GB in Tokyo this summer and to return home with a gold medal was amazing.


Jeanjean and Ducarroz claim BMX Freestyle Park Championships gold in Moscow

  • Cycling

France's Anthony Jeanjean and Switzerland's Nikita Ducarroz have been crowned European Cycling Union (UEC) BMX Freestyle Park Championships gold medallists following two fiercely contested finals in Moscow.

Tokyo 2020 behind Australia's Logan Martin and Venezuela's Daniel Dhers, did not take part.Brooks' Team

GB team-mate Charlotte Worthington, crowned the first Olympic champion in the Japanese capital, was


GB Taekwondo chief executive to depart for English Institute of Sport

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

GB Taekwondo chief executive Matt Archibald is to leave the organisation to take up the same role with

I have very much enjoyed my time at GB Taekwondo," Archibald said.

I'm reassured that, in my new role at the EIS, I'll still get to work with the GB Taekwondo team alongside

collaborative new strategy which will bring a new challenge for me," Archibald added.Julia Newton, the chair of GB


Wales

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

Birmingham 2022 will not be a home Commonwealth Games for Wales, but it won't be far off.

Richards, aged just 18, became the youngest Welsh Olympic champion.Track cyclist Elinor Barker won team

They are also really proud to compete for Team GB.

But if they are able, they always seem to want to also compete for Team Wales."

 Lauren Price won Olympic boxing gold at Tokyo 2020 in Team GB colours ©Getty ImagesWales has launched

We have to be creative as one of the important parts is keeping a 'one team' approach," said Phillips


Anguilla

  • Birmingham 2022 Chef de Mission interviews

The expectation of fans at Birmingham 2022 means next year's Commonwealth Games could be particularly special.

anguish for the sprinter, and Anguilla itself, with the Tokyo silver he won as part of the 4x100m relay team

breeding ground, and we share in the success of Zharnel and Shara Proctor, whether it's running for GB


Modernised Pentathlon - riding for a fall?

  • The Big Read

The debacle that occurred during the equestrian section of the Tokyo 2020 modern pentathlon competition was described by the man who has ruled the sport since 1993 as a "vital learning moment." And so it has proved.

Georgina Harland, who took women’s bronze for Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympics and will be Team GB's

Not the riding.Another message on Twitter this week was posted by Dominic Mahony, who won a team bronze

A lottery.David Armstrong, chair of Pentathlon GB, is not so sure about that.