Bianca Walkden is already looking to Paris 2024 after landing her second consecutive Olympic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. The world champion and world number one was edged out in her 67kg semi-final in a close and cagey contest with South Korea’s Lee Da-bin – who overhauled Walkden’s lead with a high-scoring head kick in
Team GB’s artistic gymnasts won a first women’s team Olympic medal since 1928 after delivering a spectacular performance to battle back for bronze in Tokyo. Team GB were down the standings after the first two rotations but a brilliant comeback on the vault and uneven bars saw Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Alice Kinsella and Amelie
Having worn the University of Bath’s famous Blue & Gold in netball and athletics, it is in rugby sevens that the multi-talented Deborah Fleming will be wearing the Red, White & Blue of Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Fleming played alongside future Team Bath Superleague players Mia Ritchie and Lois Rideout for
Georgia Taylor-Brown recovers from pre-Games injury and in-race puncture to win Olympic triathlon silver The Mancunian lost 22 seconds after a mechanical failure on the final lap, leaving her fifth. But she bridged the gap to bronze in little more than a kilometre and caught USA’s Katie Zaferes with a lap to go to claim
Lauren Williams secured Team GB’s fifth medal of Day 3 with Olympic taekwondo silver in the women’s -67kg. The 22-year-old was leading the gold medal contest by three points with 10 seconds to go but ultimately lost 25-22 to Croatia’s Matea Jelic. She follows in the footsteps of gold medallists Adam Peaty, Tom Pidcock and
Consecutive victories for GB’s men who defeat Canada 3-1 Liam Ansell scores a brace, Sam Ward also on target GB’s women overpower South Africa with 4-1 triumph Ellie Rayer nets two, Lily Owsley and Laura Unsworth also score Men face Germany next on Wednesday 27 July at 04:15 BST, women to play India at 02:00 on
Tokyo 2020 marks the end of an era for Wokingham’s Megan Fletcher but she says she cannot think of a better climax to a brilliant career than making her long-awaited Olympic debut at the home of judo. After narrowly missing out on qualification for London 2012 and Rio 2016, Fletcher’s years of dedication to her
Chelsie Giles won Team GB’s first medal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after securing bronze in the women’s -52kg judo. The 24-year-old from Coventry twice threw Swiss Fabienne Kocher for waza’ari to get her nation off the medal mark, all on her first appearance at an Olympic Games. For an athlete who only made
Judoka Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz may have been born and raised in Great Britain but she will proudly be flying the flag for Mexico at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 25-year-old will be the sole representative of her mother’s home country when the judo competition takes place in Tokyo’s legendary Nippon Budokan, the spiritual home of
Entertaining game ends in 2-1 defeat for GB’s women Sarah Jones scores on her Olympic debut Team face South Africa next on Monday 26 July at 10:30 BST Mark Hager’s team peppered the German goal throughout the game but came up against an inspired goalkeeper in Julia Sonntag, who made several important saves. Sarah Jones
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