ParalympicsGB, in conjunction with the British Dressage para selectors and Performance Manager Georgina Sharples, can announce that Grade 5 athlete Sophie Wells will now partner the Lady Joseph Trust’s Egebjerggards Samoa at Paris 2024, due to a minor veterinary issue ruling out Don Cara M, owned by Rowland Kinch. Set…
Sport climbing, once perceived as a fringe activity, is now experiencing tremendous growth,becoming one of the most popular modern sports of the past two decades.This young and mixed discipline attracts a diverse audience thanks to its physical andmental benefits. It can be practiced both in nature and in urban environments,…
Emma Hayes, winning Gold with USA Women’s Football Team after only 75 days in charge. To quote the brilliant British journalist Molly McElwee; The ‘most gender-equal Olympics in history’ was a disaster for women. As it turns out, there was not a 50 / 50 split of male and female athletes, but…
James Lichtenstein of the USA rubber-stamped his status as a genuine Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series title contender with a stunning first victory in Oslo on Saturday afternoon. In the women’s competition, Australia’s Rhiannan Iffland stretched her lead and moved one step closer to an eighth King Kahekili trophy…
A team of Stockport swimmers are celebrating a summer of success in the pool. More than 20 swimmers from Stockport Metro Swimming Club, a part of the Life Leisure performance swimming programme which trains at Life Leisure facilities in Stockport, competed in at the British Summer Nationals and the Swim England National Championships in Sheffield…
Adam Peaty began feeling unwell on Sunday, ahead of his Men’s 100m Breaststroke final. In the hours after the final, his symptoms became worse and he was tested for COVID early on Monday morning. He tested positive at that point. He is hopeful to be back in competition for the relay events later in…
New research has found that only one member of the Team GB 2024 swimming team is a person of colour. In 2021, Alice Dearing made history after becoming the first Black female swimmer for Team GB after participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. While Dearing broke the glass ceiling, there’s…
The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team heading to Lima in Peru for the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships has been announced today. In a team packed with up-and-coming talent, Daniel Goriola (Tony Jarrett, Blackheath and Bromley), who is currently ranked third in the world in the U20 110m hurdles, will…
TheToyota Inclusive Mobility Park, a showcase of different mobility solutions to provide mobility for more people, has officially opened its doors today in Paris. The park is located near the Eiffel Tower and will be open to Toyota guests and by invitation for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic…
The final Para Athletics team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games has been announced by ParalympicsGB today. After 10 athletes were selected in the first wave of selection in June, 23 athletes join the squad to represent ParalympicsGB in the French capital next month. Among the names added to the…
Today, adidas and Team GB have announced an extension which will see one of world sport’s longest partnerships continue until 2032. Having begun at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, the long-standing relationship enters its 40th year in 2024, remaining the British Olympic Association’s longest serving domestic partnership. This…
Team GB can confirm that Yorkshire’s Becky Moody, riding Jagerbomb, will now be the third team member of the equestrian dressage team following the withdrawal of Charlotte Dujardin. The alternate combination has been named as Andrew Gould and Indigro and they will travel to Versailles with the squad. Competition in…
There are many different routes into athletics and a career in sport, but fromthe tender age of six years, Caden Cunningham was clear in his beliefof wanting to take part in the Olympics in the sport of taekwondo. That mental focus at such a young age is indicative of how passionate anddetermined…
There are many different entry points into sports such as taekwondo. Somepeople get through it at an early age via a friend or a sibling who do it,whereas others may enter at a relatively late age. Beth Munro was supporting a friend at university who playing wheelchairbasketball, when the opportunity…
Question: What you get if you cross data science and artificial intelligence with an ability tokick people? Answer: Bradly Sinden, an Olympian who’s getting himself prepared to represent the UK intaekwondo sub 60Kg category. Having narrowly missed out on the gold medal at the Tokyo games, Bradley is a personcompletely…
Whilst most 16 year olds may be thinking about what pubs/clubs they can sneak into,Rebecca McGowan was making a life changing decision. From her much lovedhome in Dumbarton, Scotland, she travelled the 500 + miles south to England in orderto continue a career in Taekwondo, one started when she was about…
With just one week to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Team GB is rallying the nation to lend its voice to inspire the Olympians that will represent them and their communities on the world’s biggest sporting stage. As 327 Team GB athletes will be taking to the tracks…
On behalf of the British Olympic Association (BOA), British Equestrian has named the teams of three and alternate combinations in the dressage, eventing and jumping competitions that make up equestrian at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Team athlete names are listed alphabetically, and the running order will be named in…
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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced the Team GB athletics squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games featuring a host Olympic, World and European medallists. Reigning individual Olympic medallists Keely Hodgkinson [women’s 800m], Josh Kerr [men’s 1500m], Holly Bradshaw [women’s pole vault] and Laura Muir [women’s 1500m] are…
Manchester hosted the UK Athletics event which served as a qualifying tournament for the Paris Olympics 2024. The mandatory rainy weather in Manchester had already been evident since early in the morning but after the recent 3 days of “summer”, the cooler climate no doubt helped the track participants, probably less so…
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the final cyclists that will make up the 30-strong squad to represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The 12 athletes announced include seven Olympic medallists and five debutants from the BMX racing, BMX freestyle park, track and road disciplines, with parity…
Liam Pitchford will compete in his fourth Olympic Games for Team GB, after being named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as one of the two table tennis players travelling to Paris this summer. He will be joined in Paris by debutant Anna Hursey who, at the age of 18,…
Six archers will be making their way to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after being selected by the British Olympic Association (BOA) today. Bryony Pitman returns to Team GB for her second Games after competing at Tokyo 2020, and she will be joined in the women’s squad by two teenage…
Olympic bronze medallist Sky Brown will represent Team GB once again this summer, as part of the skateboarding team named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Lola Tambling and Andy Macdonald will also join Brown in Paris, with both park skateboarders making their Games…
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the five judoka who will represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Olympic bronze medallist Chelsie Giles and Lucy Renshall both return to Team GB for their second Games, after they competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Giles’ bronze…
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced the three squads of riders who will travel to France this summer to represent Team GB in the equestrian competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The squad of four representing dressage offers a mix of experience and young talent with Carl…
With just under 40 days to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the British Olympic Association (BOA) has named the two hockey squads set to represent Team GB this summer. The women’s squad features a wealth of Olympic experience with four athletes from the Rio 2016…