Embed from Getty Images Great Britain claimed gold in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard after finishing on a score of 453.32, four points ahead of USA’s Sam Dorman and Mike Hixon and a further eleven points adrift was China’s pair of Yuan Cao and Kai Qin. The team GB ...
Read More »Team GB add another medal as Scott secures bronze
Embed from Getty Images Shooter Steve Scott has secured another medal for Team GB after he won bronze in the Olympic double trap shooting event. Scott’s perfect score of 30 saw him finish ahead of fellow Brit Tim Kneale to give Team GB their second shooting bronze after Ed ...
Read More »Joe Clarke wins gold in Men’s K1 final
Embed from Getty Images Great Britain have won an unexpected gold medal after Joe Clarke came first in the men’s kayak final. The 23-year-old set a time of 88.53 seconds which put him in first place with two other competitors to go, this cemented a medal for the Brit. It ...
Read More »Team GB Men top Rugby Sevens group
Embed from Getty Images Team GB have seen their men’s Rugby sevens top Group C after a 21-19 victory over New Zealand to progress to the quarter finals. Despite leading 21-0 at half time, the All Blacks responded magnificently with three second half tries, but couldn’t take the lead. ...
Read More »Chris Froome wins bronze in men’s time trial
Embed from Getty Images Great Britain’s Chris Froome took bronze in the men’s time trial on day five of Rio 2016, whilst Swiss Fabian Cancellara won gold. Froome struggled early on, but the three time and current Tour de France champion managed to pull himself together to finish 1 minute 2.1 seconds ...
Read More »USA win Gold in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics while GB finish fifth
Embed from Getty Images USA had a spectacular performance in Rio to claim gold in the Artistic Gymnastics team event, while a tough fight for GB saw them finish fifth. The US team has been on fine form; it’s been a tough job for any team to try and ...
Read More »Phelps victorious over South African rival to claim Gold
Embed from Getty Images The most decorated Olympic athlete, Michael Phelps, last night won his 20th Olympic Gold medal as the American finished ahead of rival and defending champion, Chad le Clos, to win the 200m butterfly. And it didn’t stop there as Phelps added his 21st Gold to ...
Read More »Synchronised divers Couch and Toulson fail to medal
Embed from Getty Images Team GB divers Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson failed to medal in the Women’s 10m Synchronised diving after finishing 5th behind China, Malaysia, Canada and North Korea. Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow won bronze in the corresponding men’s event on Monday but it wasn’t to ...
Read More »RIO OLYMPICS TENNIS REVIEW: Murray, Serena march on as Ferrer bows out
Embed from Getty Images Andy Murray is safely through to the third round of the Olympics in Rio as the defending champion produced a dominant display to cruise past Juan Monaco 6-3 6-1. The Brit was at times tested early on by his opponent but once Murray took the opening ...
Read More »Geraint Thomas to ride in Time Trial
Geraint Thomas will compete in Wednesday’s time trial due to withdrawals after a messy road race on Saturday. As a result of the withdrawals, Thomas will join Tour de France Champion, Chris Froome, in the time trial. Both athletes hoping to medal after a tricky road race. Thomas had called off ...
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