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Sam Sills' Olympic quest put on halt due to the weather
Light winds in Marseille pressed pause on Sam Sill’s eagerly awaited Olympic campaign as the men’s and women’s iQFoil were both postponed without further update. Crowds had gathered at the Roucas-Blanc Marina on the shores of the Mediterranean
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Black and Tidey stay in contention on challenging first day in Marseille
By Paul Eddison You cannot win Olympic gold on day one of a sailing regatta, but you can lose it. So, while Goudhurst's Freya Black and Saskia Tidey were not exactly where they wanted to be after the first day on the water in the Marseille
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Evie Richards over the moon with fifth placed finish in the mountain biking
You would be hard-pushed to find a happier fifth-place finisher than Evie Richards at these Olympics. The 27-year-old has gone through the ringer in the last three months after suffering a nasty concussion in April that threatened to ruin her Games
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Alice Kinsella kicks off second Olympics in front of an all-star crowd
TOM Cruise watched Alice Kinsella and Britain’s women’s gymnasts kick off their campaign to become Paris Olympic box office hits. The Sutton Coldfield star, 23, combined with Becky Downie, Georgia Mae-Fenton, Ruby Evans and Abi Martin to put themselves
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Laura Collett predicts sleepless night before going for equestrian gold
Laura Collett isn't one for fighting talk and is only predicting a sleepless night as she goes for double equestrian gold. The 34-year-old eventer sits just behind German legend Michael Yung after the dressage and cross-country disciplines and
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A fall didn't get Ruby Evans down in the women's gymnastics qualification
TOM Cruise watched Ruby Evans and Britain’s women’s gymnasts kick off their campaign to become Paris Olympic box office hits. And the Cardiff teenage sensation admits she saw the funny side of Hollywood royalty seeing her fall ‘flat on her face
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Becky Downie and Team GB gymnasts strut their stuff in front of star-studded crowd
TOM Cruise watched Becky Downie and Britain’s women’s gymnasts kick off their campaign to become Paris Olympic box office hits. The Nottingham star, 32, combined with Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Ruby Evans and Abi Martin to put themselves
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Bryony Pitman eyes up individual honours in the archery after the team competition
BRIGHTON’S Bryony Pitman has vowed to hit the practice range in pursuit of individual honours after bowing out of archery’s women’s team competition. The 27-year-old was competing alongside Megan Havers and Penny Healey, but they had no answer
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British Triathlon using Paris 2024 to create a legacy of sport
British Triathlon's Helen Marney believes that the Paris 2024 Olympics can kickstart a swim, bike, run legacy for the ages. Triathlon has seen an incredible rise in support thanks to the likes of Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee's historic exploits
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Helen Glover vying for gold after Olympic flagbearer role fuelled podium ambition
Helen Glover feels that being chosen as flagbearer has boosted her hopes of becoming the first British mum-of-three to win an Olympic medal. The 38-year-old got her campaign off to a perfect start, combining with Rebecca Shorten, Sam Redgrave and
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Germany were too good for Team GB in the women's archery admits Penny Healey
TELFORD archer Penny Healey admitted Germany were simply too good for her British trio as they bowed out the women’s team event in the last 16. Healey was competing alongside Megan Havers and Bryony Pitman, but they had no answer to the accuracy
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Chelsie Giles left devastated by early Olympic exit at Paris 2024
Chelsie Giles was left dazed and lost for words after her Olympic Games started and ended in just a handful of minutes. Three years ago Giles flew under the radar and claimed Team GB's first medal in Tokyo with women's judo bronze in the 52kg category
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Megan Havers feeling prepared going into the individual archery competition
LEICESTER’S Megan Havers felt Olympic nerves got the better of her as she bowed out of archery’s women’s team event. Havers, who was the first Team GB athlete to complete in Paris during the ranking round last Thursday, teamed up with Penny Healey
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Emily Craig was so confident in her rowing heat that she started thinking about lunch
Emily Craig was so relaxed in the heats of the Olympics that she let her thoughts stray to her lunch. The Pembury rower and partner Imogen Grant arrive in Paris on an incredible 11-race unbeaten streak in the lightweight women’s double. They
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Imogen Grant confident going into Olympic races as only an 'act of God' can stop her
Imogen Grant believes not even an act of God can deny her Olympic gold. The Cambridge rower and partner Emily Craig arrive in Paris on an incredible 11-race unbeaten streak in the lightweight women’s double. They delivered a dominant first-round
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Rosie Eccles left in tears after shock defeat at Paris 2024 Olympics
A tearful Rosie Eccles was left shell-shocked as her Olympic dreams were dashed at the first hurdle. The Newport-born boxer, who grew up in Chepstow, lost by split decision against Poland’s Aneta Rygielska in a round of 32 clash she was convinced
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Team GB rower glad to be staying outside of the 'mental' Olympic village
Guildford rower Ollie Wynne-Griffith labelled the Olympic Village ‘mental’ and is pleased not to be staying there. Not all Team GB athletes lodge in the Village, with outlying venues like the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium which is 30km east
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Ashleigh Gentle wins her second T100 Triathlon World Series race in London
Ashleigh Gentle exceeded her own expectations of the race in London as she secured her second victory of the T100 Triathlon World Series. After four races, the Australian now sits at the top of the leaderboard after asserting her dominance in Singapore
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Ashleigh Gentle wins T100 Triathlon World Series race in London
Ashleigh Gentle has cemented herself as the one to beat in T100 racing as she won her second of the series in London, as fan-favourite Lucy Charles-Barclay succumbed to a DNF. In the fourth race of the T100 Triathlon World Tour, Swiss Imogen Simmonds
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Peaty has golden chance to prove to son 'daddy is the fastest boy' in final
Adam Peaty has the chance to prove to his son George that his ‘daddy is the fastest boy’ by winning Olympic gold. Peaty clocked 58.86s in the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke, a long way off his lifetime best, but he can become the second male
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Charley Davison loses opening bout at her final Olympics as judges favour opponent
SUFFOLK slugger Charley Davison threw a stinging right hook at the judges after crashing out of the Olympics at the first hurdle. The Lowestoft mum-of-three, 30, lost to tricky Turk Hatice Akbas by a 3:2 decision in her opening bantamweight bout
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Kat Matthews seals second podium spot in T100 Triathlon World Tour in London
Kat Matthews secured her second podium spot of the T100 Triathlon World Tour after a third-place finish in front of a home crowd in London. Matthews dismounted the bike in sixth, but a hard-fought run saw her gain three places, less than two weeks
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Henderson's silver seals Team GB's best opening day since Moscow 1980
Cycling sensation Anna Henderson banked a stunning silver to complete Team GB’s best opening day since Moscow 1980. Britain have not doubled up on the podium on day one of an Olympics for 44 years but many were predicting a time trial medal to
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Dupont inspires France to first home gold of Paris 2024
‘Emmenez-moi au pays des merveilles’. The Stade de France sang in perfect harmony to the words of Charles Aznavour as Antoine Dupont had done just that, taking France to dreamland and delivering the first home gold of Paris 2024. The 15s superstar
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British gymnast says it's 'crazy' to finally be an Olympian after first day success
Luke Whitehouse admits it is ‘crazy’ to be able to call himself an Olympian after delivering a nerveless first day display alongside childhood Leeds Gymnastics Club friend Harry Hepworth in Paris. Whitehouse, 22, and Hepworth, 20, joined forces