Sir Bradley Wiggins claimed his eighth Olympic medal, Heather Stanning, Helen Glover and the men’s coxless fours retained their rowing titles as Team GB collected six medals from Day 7 at Rio 2016. Wiggins the most decorated British Olympian after team pursuit gold Stanning and Glover win gold with 39th unbeaten race Men’s four win
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning defended their Olympic women’s pair title to become Team GB’s first rowing gold medallists of Rio 2016. The British pair dominated from start to finish, pulling nearly two seconds clear at the 500m point before extending their lead to four seconds at the half-way 1000m marker. New Zealand’s Genevieve Behrent
Rajiv Ouseph and Kirsty Gilmour (pictured above) got GB’s Rio 2016 campaign off to a good start after recording victories in their opening singles group matches on Thursday (11 August). Ouseph, making his second Olympics appearance, beat Petr Koukal of Czech Republic 21-14, 21-18, to secure Team GB’s first badminton win. The 29-year-old dominated proceedings to
University of Bath-based swimmer Jazz Carlin will bid for her second medal of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the early hours of Saturday morning after qualifying third-fastest for the 800m freestyle final. Full of confidence after her superb silver medal in the 400m freestyle, Carlin clocked 8:19.67 in the fastest heat of the day
A wide spread of medals characterized the first day of finals at the Rio 2016 Olympic Rowing Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Of the 18 medals awarded in the six finals contested, 15 countries featured. Covering Europe, Africa and Oceania, the medal spread included two medals for the Polish women’s team. Polish women rowers
A determined display from Team Bath’s Ben Fletcher wasn’t enough to avoid defeat as the Team GB judoka was knocked out of the Rio Olympic Games in the round of 32. In a fight watched by team-mates, coaches, friends and youngsters back at the University of Bath dojo ahead of a have-a-go judo session, Fletcher lost by
A gold and three silvers continued Team GB’s medal flurry at Rio 2016 as the men’s team sprint won a third consecutive title and Katherine Grainger became the country’s joint most decorated female Olympian. Records galore as Team GB collect first gold in the velodrome at Rio 2016 Grainger and Vicky Thornley clinch historic silver
Katherine Grainger became the first British female to medal at five successive Olympic Games after claiming a dramatic silver in the women’s double sculls rowing final with Victoria Thornley. In a terrific race, neither Grainger and Thornley nor the Polish crew left anything out on the water at the Lagoa as they both gave everything
Team GB women’s hockey team produced the performance of the day on Wednesday 10th August, beating recent Champion’s Trophy winners and London 2012 silver medallists Argentina 3-2. With that result, which makes it three wins from three for Great Britain, the side top Group B and are guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals. In the
Justin Rose and Danny Willett will make history on day six of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as golf makes its return while there are a host of guaranteed Team GB medal opportunities. Rose and Willett will both tee off as golf appears back on the Olympic schedule for the first time in 112 years
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