On the final day of competition at the European Games in Minsk, Team GB added seven medals, including three golds, to place them ninth in the table with 23 medals in total. Badminton was undoubtedly one of the success stories of the Games with five medals from a possible seven events. Marcus Ellis and Lauren
Double European Games gold medallist Marcus Ellis has been given the honour of being Team GB’s flagbearer at tonight’s Closing Ceremony. The badminton athlete will lead the British delegation after a fine seven days of competition at Minsk 2019, which saw him secure gold in the men’s doubles yesterday with Chris Langridge, before following up
Team GB won their second and third gold medals of the European Games on day nine thanks to Pat McCormack in the -69kg and Marcus Ellis and Christopher Langridge in the men’s badminton doubles. With silver medals also going to Ben Whittaker in –81kg boxing, the badminton women’s duo of Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch
Megan Barker, Jess Roberts, Jenny Holl and Josie Knight were one of five Team GB medals on day eight, winning silver medal in the women’s team pursuit cycling, with four boxing bronze medals also secured. The cyclists attained the fastest spot in the first round with a time of 4.21.023 to land them a place
Team GB added another medal to their tally on day seven of the European Games with a bronze in the men’s team sprint. Jason Kenny, a six-time Olympic champion, and teammates Jack Carlin, Ryan Owens and Joe Trueman got their European Games campaign underway in impressive fashion at the Minsk Arena Velodrome. Kenny was rested
Boxing guaranteed six medals for Team GB on day six at Minsk 2019 after a scintillating afternoon and evening at the Sports Palace. With a packed quarter-final schedule, Team GB’s boxers didn’t disappoint, winning six of a possible seven bouts ensuring at least bronze going into Friday’s semi-finals. It couldn’t have got off to a
Hayley Simmonds won the first cycling medal for Team GB on day five at the European Games in Minsk with a brilliant bronze in the women’s time trial. Setting off 13th in a field of 29 riders, Simmonds rode a spectacular race finishing in a time of 37.44.57 and on finishing her race sat in
Day four at the European Games was marked by an impressive first day of competition for Team GB badminton with a clean sweep of wins in the first group stages. Up first, Chloe Birch won the toughest match of her group in the women’s singles against Sabrina Jaquet from Switzerland (2-1). Following, in the mixed
Team GB won two medals on day two of competition at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus as they celebrated a gold in archery courtesy of Sarah Bettles, Naomi Folkard and Bryony Pitman and a bronze in judo for Chelsie Giles. Team GB’s women’s recurve won the first gold of the Games as they defeated
The second European Games in Minsk, Belarus, got underway with the first of Team GB’s athletes taking part in competition before culminating in the Opening Ceremony at Dinamo Stadium. Team GB judo player Sally Conway was selected as Opening Ceremony flagbearer at the Minsk 2019 European Games. Speaking after being given the special recognition, Conway
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