Out of a tropical storm of grey and black came a blue, white and red bolt of towering resilience and talent. It wasn’t a gold medal that Georgia Taylor-Brown won on the shores of Tokyo Bay, but rarely has a silver looked so impressive. What a remarkable performance, and what a nutty finale to a barmy … Read more
Viewers hit out at ‘PITIFUL’ BBC coverage of the Tokyo Olympics as fans are left furious with the Beeb over a lack of live sports, too much talking with stars’ families and studio guests and too many repeats By Oli Gamp For Mailonline Published: 07:50 EDT, 26 July 2021 | Updated: 07:54 EDT, 26 July … Read more
Great Britain claim their first medal of the Tokyo Olympics as Chelsie Giles takes bronze in the judo after seeing off Switzerland’s Fabienne Kocher By Kieran Lynch For Mailonline Published: 06:02 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 06:26 EDT, 25 July 2021 Chelsie Giles claimed Team GB’s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics after she took bronze … Read more
Olympics chief Thomas Bach warns the podium is OFF limits for ‘political demonstrations’ after Team GB athletes voiced their intention to take a knee in Tokyo By Mike Keegan For The Daily Mail Published: 22:31 BST, 16 July 2021 | Updated: 23:06 BST, 16 July 2021 Britain’s Olympians could be on a collision course with … Read more
Women’s single sculls (W1x) Victoria Thornley (Club: Leander Club / Hometown: Wrexham) Coach: Paul Reedy Women’s pair (W2-) Helen Glover (Marlow RC / Penzance) Polly Swann (Univ. of Edinburgh & Leander Club / Edinburgh) Coach: Hamish Burrell Lightweight women’s double sculls (LW2x) Emily Craig (University of London BC / Mark Cross) Imogen Grant (Cambridge Univ. … Read more
The summer of 2012 was hailed as a triumph for British sport as a home Olympics unfolded with gold raining on London in the most successful Games for Team GB in 104 years. Of the 65 medals for the host nation, 19 of them gold, 12 gongs came from a single sport: cycling. Team GB’s … Read more
Team GB wheelchair basketball player is considering amputating his leg to make him eligible to compete in the 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Wheelchair basketballer George Bates has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Left him in agony with restricted movement and power and muscle wastage Bates told he’s not able to compete in Paralympics as his condition … Read more
British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more
Eleven-year-old skateboarder who is set to be Britain’s youngest EVER Olympian is ‘lucky to be alive’ after plummeting head-first from a ramp, fracturing her skull and being airlifted to hospital Sky Brown is set to become Britain’s youngest summer Olympian in Toyko She flew off her skateboard at the top of a high ramp and … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more