1 United States 37 34 32 103 2 Great Britain 23 21 13 57 3 China 21 18 25 65 Nick Skelton, show jumper is Britain’s second-oldest gold medalist, after a six-way jump off, in his seventh games. He initially retired 16 years ago breaking his neck in two places. The only…
1 United States 35 33 32 100 2 Great Britain 22 21 13 56 3 China 20 16 23 58 Alistair Brownlee 28, wins triathlon gold and his brother Jonny 26, wins silver and compatriots Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark triumphed in the sailing on day 13 of the Rio 2016 Olympics. Liam…
Sakshi Malik 23, at last wins Bronze medal for India in the Women’s Freestyle 58 Kilogram wrestling by pulling a sensational 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan . “I never thought I would become the first Indian woman wrestler to bag an Olympic medal in wrestling,” Sakshi Malik said. She was born in India’s Haryana state…
1 United States 30 32 31 93 2 Great Britain 19 19 12 50 3 China 19 15 20 54 GB women have reached their first ever women’s hockey final after a tense semi-final against New Zealand after a convincing 3-0 victory. New Zealand will go into the Bronze medal match for…
Neymar and Gabriel each score twice as Brazil trounced Honduras 6-0 to advance to Saturday’s Olympic gold-medal match in the men’s footballs tournament. The host now have the chance to ease pain caused by a 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Germany on home soil at the 2014 World Cup.The Germans saw off 1996 winners…
1 United States 28 28 28 84 2 Great Britain 19 19 12 50 3 China 17 15 19 51 Laura Trott 24, from Cheshunt, became Britain’s most successful female Olympian with her fourth gold in the omnium. Jason Kenny 28, from Bolton, equaled Sir Chris Hoy’s record of six GB golds…
GB’s Sophie Hitchen twirled like no other and as an ex ballet dancer she knew how to spin around to give the best possible travelling speed and ultimate location to land The Hammer in the women’s finals. In the process despite very competitive twirls and throws from competitors including Poland, she landed her hammer so…
In a highly tactical Velodrome drama racing up and down the slopes of the arena, GB’s Mark Cavendish outwitted every racer except the Italian gold winner to grab a cherishable silver medal in the fight for glory.
A gold medal was won by tearful Charlotte Dujardin with her faithful steed aged 14 – Alegro. The hot weather conditions still did not deter the horse and rider from performing in an awe inspiring way which won them high marks of 93.928 and thrilled viewers in Rio. In all the excitement, Charlotte’s finance also…
As The Saturn Herald reporter writes (6:20 am on 16 August) this is the medal score for the two top winning countries so far at Rio:- USA – 26 gold 23 silver and 26 bronze GB – 16 gold 17 silver and 8 bronze The above score for GB is just 7 short of the our official…