Holly Bradshaw eases through to pole vault final off her first attempt as she attempts to become the FIRST EVER Team GB athlete to win a medal in the event By Tom Sizeland For Mailonline Published: 10:12 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 10:42 EDT, 2 August 2021 Holly Bradshaw reached Thursday’s pole vault final … Read more
Emily Campbell makes history by becoming Team GB’s first-ever Olympic women’s weightlifting medallist as she wins silver in the +87kg category… with New Zealand’s transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard failing to register a lift Emily Campbell won a silver medal for Great Britain in the +87kg category Campbell won Team GB’s first-ever women’s Olympic weightlifthing medal … Read more
Sifan Hassan of Holland wins women’s 5,000 metres gold as she bids for unprecedented treble with 1,500m and 10,000m races to come Sifan Hassan of Holland secured victory in the women’s 5,000m gold in Tokyo Hassan has also confirmed her participation in the 1,5000m and 10,000m races Kenya’s Hellen Obiri won silver ahead of Ethiopian Gudaf … Read more
Valarie Allman claims Team USA’s first athletics gold at the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s discus with a best effort of 68.98 metres in a rain-affected final By Reuters Published: 11:40 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 11:43 EDT, 2 August 2021 Valarie Allman claimed the United States’ first athletics gold medal of the Tokyo … Read more
Jonny Brownlee reveals he is considering continuing his Olympic career at Paris 2024 despite plans to move into ironman competitions… and claims Team GB teammate Alex Yee could become the ‘most successful triathlete EVER’ By Andy Sims, Press Association Sport Published: 11:50 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 11:54 EDT, 2 August 2021 Jonny Brownlee … Read more
British Cycling threatened with legal action as Dutch brand accuse GB of COPYING their patented design for radical new bike Jason Kenny and Co will use on the velodrome in Tokyo By David Coverdale For Mailonline Published: 11:51 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 11:55 EDT, 2 August 2021 British Cycling have been threatened with … Read more
Soufiane El Bakkali becomes the first non-Kenyan man to win the Olympic 3,000m steeplechase as Moroccan ENDS their 37-YEAR reign of dominance after pushing to the front on the final lap in Tokyo Soufiane El Bakkali finished fourth at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro The Moroccan also came third at the 2019 World … Read more
Olympics fans label US media ‘misleading’ for ranking their medals table by total won rather than just golds… which puts America in first place and ahead of China, despite having seven less first-place finishes! By Jack Bezants for MailOnline Published: 11:55 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 12:03 EDT, 2 August 2021 American media has … Read more
Tom Daley has revealed he was making a dog sweater in the viral photo of him knitting in the stands during the women’s diving final at the Tokyo Olympics. The diver, 27, is fresh off his first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men’s synchronised 10m platform last week, and decided to get out his needles and … Read more
Rafael Nadal chides old rival Novak Djokovic for angrily hurling his racket into the stands during Olympic defeat, calling his reaction ‘strange’ and reminding him he’s ‘an example for many children’ By Richard Martin For Mailonline Published: 05:12 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 05:54 EDT, 2 August 2021 Rafael Nadal has given Novak Djokovic … Read more