Great Britain’s women advance to semi-finals with shootout victory Hannah Martin and Grace Balsdon score in 2-2 draw Maddie Hinch saves all four attempts in penalty shootout whilst Martin and Sarah Jones score decisive efforts for GB GB’s women take on The Netherlands in their semi-final at 02:30 BST on Wednesday 4 August Great Britain
Emily Campbell wrote her name in the history books as the winner of Team GB’s first ever medal in women’s weightlifting after brilliantly taking silver in the +87kg category. Team GB had previously won one gold, three silvers and three bronzes in Olympic weightlifting but those were all by men – with the first being
Team GB claimed their first eventing team title in nearly half a century as Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen struck equestrian gold in Tokyo. British riders were perennial silver medallists in the competition, coming second in Los Angeles, Seoul, Sydney, Athens and London, plus claiming bronze in Beijing. But after four days of
Former chef Charlotte Worthington cooked up another golden recipe for Team GB’s BMX stars. After Bethany Shriever’s gold in the BMX Racing, Worthington won the first BMX Freestyle competition to ever take place at the Olympic Games, rewriting the history books in more ways than one. An error on her first run left her needing
Team GB ensured their place in the history books as they won the inaugural mixed 4x100m medley relay at an Olympic Games with a mesmerising world record swim at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The quartet of Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Anna Hopkin delivered a dominant display to smash the world record by 0.83s
Alex Yee led home a brilliant performance from Team GB to claim the first Olympic gold medal ever contested in mixed relay triathlon. The Olympic silver medallist in the men’s triathlon was put into the perfect position by teammates Jess Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee and Georgia Taylor-Brown, who also won silver in the women’s triathlon at
Karriss Artingstall collected Team GB’s first confirmed boxing medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with bronze in the women’s featherweight division. The 26-year-old lost to Japan’s Sena Irie in a tight semi-final but takes home Team GB’s 28th medal of the Games. Artingstall, a gunner in the British Army, lost the first round 10-9
In the first Olympic meeting between the two, GB beat Ireland 2-0 Susannah Townsend and Hannah Martin score; Anna Toman makes 50th GB appearance Finish third in the group and will play Spain in their quarter-final at 13:00 BST on Monday 2 August GB’s men play their quarter-final against India at 13:00 BST on Sunday
New Zealand beat France 26-12 to win the women’s Olympic rugby sevens gold in Tokyo Fiji win bronze medal with 21-12 victory over Great Britain, claiming Fiji’s second rugby sevens medal in Tokyo following the men’s team’s golden triumph New Zealand needed an extra time golden point score to overcome Fiji in a thrilling semi-final
James Guy won his second gold medal of Tokyo 2020 and University of Bath graduate Anna Hopkin was also crowned as Olympic Champion as Team GB’s gold rush in the swimming pool continued in magnificent style this morning. Victory came in world-record time too as, after being given a strong start to the mixed 4x100m
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