Of the 37 athletes representing either Team GB or Team Ireland across 12 sports, many have already won medals at Commonwealth, European and World level and for the first time, Northern Ireland has three current world champions competing in Paris. Newtownards gymnast Rhys McClenaghan is a two-time world champion, a three-time European champion and a...
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Oleksandr Usyk quotes Winston Churchill as he thanks Britain for Ukraine support
Ukraine’s world champion Oleksandr Usyk quoted Sir Winston Churchill as he thanked Great Britain for its continued support during his country’s war with Russia. Usyk, 37, who defeated Britain’s Tyson Fury in May to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in nearly 25 years, was speaking at an event in London to mark the...
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The ten terrific Team GB stars hoping to strike gold at the Paris Olympics – from a swimmer dating Gordon Ramsay’s daughter to the skateboarder who became Britain’s youngest ever medal winner
With the Paris Olympics starting tomorrow, expectations are high for Team GB to bring home a host of medals in a variety of events, from swimming to gymnastics. Indeed, sports data boffins Gracenote have published their final predictions for the Olympics and have forecast Great Britain will finish fourth in the medal table on 63,...
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Teenager Phoebe Gill inspired by Great Britain teammates ahead of Olympics debut
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Middle-distance virtuoso Phoebe Gill says she will take inspiration from how Tom Daley dealt with so much, so young. Daley has been chosen to carry...
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Sky Brown: Britain’s youngest-ever Olympic medallist leads new generation in Paris
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sky Brown might have missed her chance this time around to represent Great Britain in two different sports at the Olympics, but as she returns...
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Sir Chris Hoy latest health as Olympic cycling legend battles cancer
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sir Chris Hoy, one of Britain’s greatest ever Olympians, revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer in February with the six-time gold medallist stating he...
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Charlotte Dujardin and equestrianism’s dark side
Britain’s foremost horsewoman had hoped to become the nation’s most decorated female Olympian at this year’s Paris Games. But three-time gold medallist and dressage star Charlotte Dujardin instead pulled out of the Olympics on Tuesday and was provisionally suspended from the sport pending an investigation, after she was accused of whipping a horse 24 times...
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The Olympics: A visual guide to the history and story of the Games
Athletes Gender representation At the first modern Olympics in 1896, 241 athletes competed from 14 countries. At Paris 2024, this number is an estimated 10,500 from 206 nations. These Olympics will be the first Games to achieve full gender parity, with the same number of male and female athletes competing – 5,250 men and 5,250...
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One in three of Team GB in Olympics attended private secondary school – analysis
A third of the Team GB squad for the Paris Olympics was educated at a private secondary school, an analysis has suggested. The proportion of privately educated athletes in the Great Britain team has risen since the 2016 Olympics, according to the Good Schools Guide. The analysis, which looked at the secondary schools attended by...
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Paris 2024: Tom Daley and Helen Glover announced as Opening Ceremony flagbearers for Team GB
Tom Daley and Helen Glover have been named as Team GB’s flagbearers ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. They are two of Britain’s most experienced Olympians. Glover is a two-time rowing gold medallist poised to take part in her fourth Olympics having come of retirement to compete at Tokyo 2020....
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Paris 2024: Tom Daley & Helen Glover to be GB flagbearers at opening ceremony
Daley is set to become the first British diver to compete in five Games, having come out of retirement to compete in Tokyo three years ago. An Olympian at the age of just 14 at Beijing 2008, Daley won gold alongside Matty Lee in Tokyo to add to three bronze medals he has achieved in...
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‘Culture is our superpower’: life in the Olympic Village with Team GB
First there is a video welcome from David Beckham and some of Britain’s greatest Olympians. Next comes a coffee made by a national barista champion. And then the serious business begins: creating a culture that Team GB’s chiefs believe will again be their “super strength” at these Paris Olympics. This is the journey on which every one of Britain’s...