Team GB has announced that four-time Winter Olympians Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding have been selected as the flagbearers for Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. As was the case in Tokyo six months ago, each National Olympic Committee is able to nominate one female and one male athlete as flagbearers for
Team GB welcomes back three returning medallists and four athletes who will be attending their fourth Olympic Winter Games as the team for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games is confirmed. Izzy Atkin (slopestyle bronze – Pyeongchang 2018), Laura Deas (skeleton bronze – Pyeongchang 2018) and Eve Muirhead (curling bronze – Sochi 2014) all enjoyed
21 athletes named in Team GB squad for Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Nine of the selected athletes will be representing Team GB for the first time, including all three Moguls athletes The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced the 18 skiers and three snowboarders selected to represent Team GB at the Beijing 2022
Team GB’s Olympic heroes have been recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours List after they lit up the summer of 2021 with a host of stellar performances in Tokyo. They are joined by the CEO of the British Olympic Association, Andy Anson, after he led the organisation through the Covid-19 pandemic and on to
Skip Eve Muirhead will compete in her fourth Winter Olympics, while teammate Jennifer Dodds is also set to make history as one of the first players to represent Team GB at two curling events at the same Games. Dodds is one of four Olympic debutants making the trip, along with vice skip Vicky Wright, lead
Maddie Thompson has called on her side to play ‘the GB way’ after a frustrating 54-48 loss against Japan made it back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball defeats at Tokyo 2020. Japan led 25-21 after a tight opening two quarters before pulling away to establish a 12-point advantage by the end of the third and even a
Tully Kearney narrowly missed out on gold in the women’s 200m freestyle S5 final, as ParalympicsGB scooped a trio of medals on the first day of swimming action at Tokyo 2020. Kearney – a seven-time world champion across freestyle and butterfly – led the race at world record pace until the latter stages but was
Charlotte Moore doubled down on ParalympicsGB’s prospects in women’s wheelchair basketball after a 73-54 loss to Canada in their Group A opener. The world silver medallists bossed the early stages, leading 29-26 at half-time, but a strong Canadian comeback consigned Great Britain to defeat at Musashino Sport Plaza in Tokyo. Simon Fisher’s side were left
Dame Sarah Storey powered to ParalympicsGB’s first gold at Tokyo 2020 – and crushed her own world record in the process. So often the standard bearer for the team, it seemed fitting Storey got the medal count rolling as British cyclists claimed gold and two silvers at the Izu Velodrome. It’s 29 years since Storey
ParalympicsGB made a strong start in the swimming pool on the first morning of Tokyo 2020, as seven athletes qualified for their respective finals later today. Reece Dunn underlined his gold medal credentials with a new Paralympic record in the men’s 100m butterfly S14 as he touched the wall in 55.99 seconds, 0.79s faster than
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