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Rio 2016: Team GB – Round up of first day of Modern Pentathlon

Team GB’s Joe Choong makes strong start to Olympic modern pentathlon campaign Day 13 of the 2016 Olympic Games saw the modern pentathlon competitions begin with the Women’s and Men’s fencing ranking rounds. Team GB are being represented by Kate French, Samantha Murray, Joe Choong and Jamie Cooke with the British quartet enduring mixed fortunes

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 14 Preview

Day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is the Team GB’s women’s hockey outfit’s day of destiny as they bid for a first ever gold medal in their first ever final at Rio 2016. Team GB have gone unbeaten in the tournament to date, that equating to seven wins, and just need to defeat

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Rio 2016: Jazmin Sawyers 8th in long jump final

University of Bath-based athlete Jazmin Sawyers was the highest-placed Brit in the Rio 2016 women’s long jump final in the early hours of Thursday morning. The 22-year-old cleared 6.69m to finish eighth overall on her Olympic debut – a result that Sawyers, who has jumped 6.86m this season, described as “good but not great”. “When

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 13 Preview

Day 13  is the first day of modern pentathlon with the fencing ranking round. Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are guaranteed to win Team GB sailing gold no matter the weather and it is finally the turn of the Brownlee brothers to take centre stage at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee will tackle

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 12 Review

Team GB’s women’s hockey side secured their place in their first ever Olympic final while the sailing 470 girls are made to wait another day to claim gold. 3-0 win over New Zealand gives Team GB a place in hockey gold medal match Wind affected day at the sailing puts 470 gold on hold Jon

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Rio 2016: Team GB – Day 12 Preview

Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark should be crowned women’s 470 sailing champions on Day 12 of the Rio 2016 Olympics while a host of other Brits can go a long way to following their lead at what is now Team GB’s best ever away Games. Mills and Clark need just complete the medal race at

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