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…
Athlete Wayde Van Niekerk of South Africa beat the record previously held by retired Michael Johnson of the USA when he ran 400 metres in a time of 43.03. His coach is his great grandma Anna Botha, aged 74, and Johnson has observed that he could be the next star in the sport though clearly he…
GB’s medal tally 16 gold, 16 silver and 8 bronze Country 1 United States 26 21 23 70 2 Great Britain 16 16 8 40 3 China 15 14 17 46 Jamacia’s Usain Bolt (29), ran 9.81 seconds, became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin to…
GB’s medal tally 15 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze Country 1 United States 26 20 21 67 2 Great Britain 15 16 7 38 3 China 15 13 17 45 GB win four golds and climb to second place in the medal table on day nine of the Rio Olympics. Max Whitlock…
Mo Farah 33, overcame a initial tumble to win the 10,000m, and two other Olympic title, following a long distance double at London 2012. Laura Trott’s (24), women’s pursuit team beat the USA with a world record. Laura Trott made history by claiming their third Olympic medal, having triumphed alongside Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker…
Cycling GB women’s team pursuit win gold, Becky James wins keirin silver. GB win gold in mens eight and silver in women’s eight. Ennis-Hill second in heptathlon behing Belgium’s Thiam. Usain Bolt clocks 10.7seconds in Men’s 100m heats, and Farah does 1:27 in 10, 000m Murray beats Nishikori and willplay Del Porto in gold-medal match.…