How much UK Sport funding did each Team GB medal cost in Paris? August 12, 2024 Without UK Sport there would be no Team GB at the Olympic Games given the organisation’s role in distributing funding to athletes across the board who are challenging for medals. After the Toyko 2020 Games three years ago there were calls for drastic changes in the UK Sport funding distribution given the failure of rowing [...]
Team GB Olympian Tom Daley retires from diving August 12, 2024 Tom Daley has retired from diving after winning a silver medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Brit competed in five Olympic Games and won medals in London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris. “It’s hard to talk about,” an emotional Daley said upon return to the UK from Paris. “I’m very proud. “I want to [...]
Paris 2024 vs Tokyo 2020: How do Team GB medals compare? August 11, 2024 The Olympics is over and Team GB are heading back to the United Kingdom. They won more medals than three years ago in Tokyo, but how does that break down? Their haul of 65 medals beats the 64 they won in the Japanese capital but they could muster just 14 gold medals, eight down on [...]
Paris 2024: Team GB win more medals than Tokyo but down on golds August 11, 2024 Team GB have won all of the medals they are able to win at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. After two weeks of competition there is no more Great Britain can do. So how does their Olympics stack up against other recent Games? Number of medals With Emily Campbell’s bronze medal in weightlifting on Sunday, [...]
Team GB survey raises concerns over athlete welfare after sport August 10, 2024 Hundreds of athletes are expected to walk away from their sports after the Paris Olympics and Paralympics if recent trends continue.
Team GB add to velodrome medal haul at Paris 2024 Olympic Games August 7, 2024 Team GB picked up a pair of minor medals at the velodrome on Wednesday as their wait to add to their day one gold goes on. The men’s team pursuit outfit – made up of Ethan Hayter, Dan Bigham, Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon, plus fifth rider Ollie Wood – picked up a silver in [...]
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, [...]