GB’s sprint relay teams won silver and bronze medals, with men’s quartet missing out on the 4x100m gold by a hundredth of a second. Earlier Asha Philip, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita took the bronze. Jamaican team with all three of the 100m individual medallists took gold. Country Gold Silver Bronze Total China…
GB’s Kate French win Olympic gold for Modern pentathlon, to make GB’s 18th gold in Tokyo. GB’s cyclist Laura Kenny became the first woman to triumph at three Olympics and Katie Archibald claim gold in the madison. GB’s Carlin wins bronze in men’s sprint. In women’s hockey GB world number 4, and gold medal winners…
Liam Heath claims bronze in the K1, 200m canoe sprint. He got out of his canoe and slapped the winner, the Hungarian Sandor Totka, and the silver medallist Manfredi Rizza generously on the back. Jamaica’s Hansie Parchment crosses the finish line to win the 110m hurdles ahead of second placed USA’s Grant Holloway and third…
Sportswear brand Sweaty Betty founded in 1998, from London’s Notting Hill Gate which expanded rapidly on the back of the popularity of so-called athleisure fashion, favourites of Jennifer Anniston and Halle Berry, had been bought by US-based Wolverine Worldwide best known for selling footwear for £294.4m. Brendan Hoffman, President of Wolverine Worldwide, said “Sweaty Betty…
Sky Brown, wins bronze to become GB’s youngest medal winner at Olympics, surpassed Sarah Hardcastle, who took two medals in swimming in 1984, when she was 15 years old. Brown broke 93-year-old record of Margery Hinton to become the youngest athlete to represent Team GB. Skaura Yosozumi of Japan wins gold for skateboarding with a…
World number one Oliver Townend, Laura Collet and Tom McEwen sealed victory in the final show jumping stage before McEwen won a solo silver. Emily Campbell (27) became first British woman to win an Olympic weightlifting silver medal in the 87kg category to win the 35th medal of the game for Team GB. GB…