Day five presents itself with an abundance of medal opportunities for Team GB from world champion gymnast Max Whitlock to Tour de France winner Chris Froome with a little bit of European gold medal winning divers Jack Laugher and Chris Mears thrown in. There are as many as eleven events in which Britain could realistically
Silver medal wins for Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay squad give Team GB their best Olympic Games in the pool since Los Angeles 1984. Quartet of Stephen Milne, Duncan Scott, Dan Wallace and James Guy follow Siobhan-Marie O’Connor’s 200m IM silver for another stella night in the pool Katherine Grainger and Vicky
Double Olympic silver medallist David Florence will bid to make it a Games hat-trick on day four of Rio 2016 as Team GB bid to keep the medal streak going. Florence – a canoe slalom specialist – collected C1 silver at Beijing 2008 before repeating the trick in the C2 with Richard Hounslow on home
Bronze medal wins for divers Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow as well as trap shooter Ed Ling doubled Team GB’s medal haul on Day 3 at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Daley and Goodfellow leave it late to snatch synchro 10m platform bronze Ling holds his nerve to win trap bronze medal Fourth place finishes
HRH Princess Anne, President of the British Olympic Association (BOA), today visited Team GB’s biggest ever Preparation Camp in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She was accompanied on the visit by Lord Coe, Chair of the BOA. The Princess met a host of Team GB athletes including the athletics squad and Beijing 2008 silver medallist, marathon swimmer
Day three of the games could be an historic day for Team GB’s women’s rugby sevens side, as they look to become one of the first nations in 108 years to win an Olympic rugby medal when they take on New Zealand in the semi-final at 7pm. Diving and sailing will make their Rio 2016
Adam Peaty opened Team GB’s medal account at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in phenomenal style, delivering gold in a new world record and forging himself as one of the greatest British swimmers ever. Peaty completes dominance with historic 100m breaststroke gold in world record Carlin takes 400m freestyle silver immediately after teammate’s victory in the
Team GB will hope to compete in as many as six finals on day two of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games – led by the seemingly unstoppable Adam Peaty. Peaty lowered his own world record to 57.55 seconds after an incredible swim in the heats of the 100m breaststroke before going 57.62 in the semi-final.
World, European and Commonwealth champion Adam Peaty lit up a day of mixed emotions for Team GB as the quest for a best ever Olympic Games on foreign soil began at Rio 2016. Peaty 0.07 off second world record in a day as 100m breaststroke gold looms Crash denies Thomas potential first Team GB medal
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