Mallory Franklin delivered a nerveless run to canoe slalom silver in Tokyo in the very first Women’s C1 event to be contested at the Olympic Games. The 27-year-old opened up an early 0.90s lead on the field and despite dropping into trouble and touching the 15th gate, posted 108.68 which…
Charlotte Dujardin became the first British woman to win six Olympic medals with a stunning individual dressage bronze in Tokyo. Riding young horse Gio, the three-time Olympic champion produced a brilliant ride to snatch third place on the podium in the Grand Prix freestyle final she won at London 2012…
Team GB won a men’s quadruple sculls medal for the first time in Olympic history after coming home for silver for the first rowing medal of Tokyo 2020. Harry Leask, Angus Groom, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont held their nerve to make history on the Sea Forest Waterway, stopping the…
British Olympic history continues to be made at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay team claimed a brilliant gold medal in the pool. That means Team GB have won three swimming golds at a single Games for the first time since 1908 – also the last…
Team GB won gold and silver in the same race in the pool for the first time since 1908 as Tom Dean and Duncan Scott completed a British 1-2 – a result that was just the beginning of an historic day four at Tokyo 2020: • Dean and Scott make…
Team Speedo stars Tom Dean and Duncan Scott fought out an intense finish to the 200m freestyle final, with Dean coming out on top and landing the gold. Posting a time of 1:44.22, Dean beat his great friend Scott by just 0.02 seconds, setting a new British record in the…
Georgia Taylor-Brown conquered a flat tyre to claw back incredible Olympic silver in the women’s triathlon. 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…
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…
Tom Daley and Matty Lee produced the performance of a lifetime to claim Olympic gold in sensational fashion at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. For Daley it marks the culmination of a remarkable career. A bronze medallist at London 2012 and again in Rio five years ago, he now has a…
Tom Pidcock soared to cross-country gold with a searing solo attack that earned Team GB its first medal in mountain biking. The 21-year-old overtook eight-time world champion Nino Schurter and Mathias Fluckinger on the third lap and never looked like letting go of gold, prevailing by 20 seconds in a…
Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to retain their Olympic title after winning Team GB’s first gold medal of Tokyo 2020 with victory in the men’s 100m breaststroke. The fastest man to ever compete in breaststroke was a huge hope for gold and hit the expectations of a nation,…
Alex Yee scorched to Tokyo silver and embraced his status as the heir to the Brownlee brothers’ Olympic throne in men’s triathlon. The 23-year-old star ensured Team GB’s unparalleled record in the sport continued with sixth British swim, bike, run medal. Yee got exactly the race he wanted, with the…
Bradly Sinden became the second male taekwondo player in Team GB history to win an Olympic medal after securing silver on Games debut at Tokyo 2020. Sinden followed in the footsteps of Lutalo Muhammad, Olympic silver medallist at Rio 2016 and bronze medallist at London 2012, as well as his…