Wonderful Sporting Competition!
The summer of sport continues with the fabulous event that is the Olympics, bringing together competitors from nations from all over the world. This time hosted in Paris, showcasing the widest diverse collection of the most popular together with some lesser known sporting activities.
Following our favourites!
We are keeping abreast of the action from France, and have in particular have been impressed with performances by athletes in TeamGB. Here are their medal successes (so far):
Total medals for TeamGB: 63
(Source: Olympics.com)
Gold: 14
- Athletics (women’s 800m): Keely Hodgkinson
- Cycling Mountain bike (cross country): Tom Piddock
- Cycling Track (women’s team sprint): Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane
- Equestrian (team eventing): Rosalind Canter, Laura Collett, Tom McEwen
- Equestrian (team jumping): Ben Maher, Scott Brash, Harry Charles
- Rowing (men’s 8): Morgan Bolding, Sholto Carnegie, Jacob Dawson, Tom Digby, Charlie Elwes, Tom Ford, Rory Gibbs James Rudkin
- Rowing (Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls): Emily Craig, Imogen Grant
- Rowing (women’s quadruple sculls): Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson, Georgina Brayshaw
- Sailing (women’s kite): Eleanor Aldridge
- Shooting (men’s trap): Nathan Hales
- Sports Climbing (men’s boulder & lead): Toby Roberts
- Swimming (men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay): James Guy, Matt Richards, Tom Dean, Duncan Scott
- Trampoline Gymnastics (women’s): Bryony Page
- Triathlon (men’s individual): Alex Yee
Silver: 22
- Artistic Swimming (duet): Kate Shortman, Izzy Thorpe
- Athletics (men’s 400m): Matthew Hudson-Smith
- Athletics (men’s 1500m): Josh Kerr
- Athletics (women’s heptathlon): Katarina Johnson-Thompson
- Athletics (women’s 4x100m relay): Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt, Daryll Neita
- Canoe slalom (men’s canoe single): Adam Burgess
- Canoe slalom (men’s kayak cross): Joseph Clarke
- Cycling Park (BMX freestyle): Kieran Darren David Reilly
- Cycling Road (women’s time trial): Anna Henderson
- Cycling Track (men’s team sprint): Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull
- Cycling Track (men’s team pursuit): Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Hayter, Daniel Bingham
- Cycling Track (women’s madison): Elinor Barker, Neah Evans – Silver
- Diving (men’s synchronised 10m platform): Tom Daley, Noah Williams
- Golf (men’s individual stroke play): Tommy Fleetwood
- Rowing (Men’s Pair): Ollie Wynne-Griffith, Tom George
- Rowing (women’s four): Helen Glover, Rebecca Shorten, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave
- Shooting (women’s skeet): Amber Jo Rutter
- Swimming (men’s 200m freestyle): Matt Richards
- Swimming (men’s 100m breaststroke): Adam Peaty
- Swimming (men’s 50m freestyle): Benjamin Proud
- Swimming (men’s 200m individual medley): Duncan Scott
- Taekwondo (men’s +80kg): Caden Cunningham
Bronze: 29
- Artistic Gymnastics (men’s floor exercise): Jake Jarman
- Artistic Gymnastics (men’s vault): Harry Hepworth
- Athletics (men’s 4x100m relay): Zharnel Hughes, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Louie Hinchliffe, Jeremiah Azu
- Athletics (men’s 4x400m relay): Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Lewis Davey, Charles Dobson
- Athletics (women’s 1500m): Georgia Bell
- Athletics (women’s 4x400m relay): Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin, Amber Anning
- Athletics (mixed 4x400m relay): Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Nicole Yeargin
- Boxing (men’s 71kg): Lewis Richardson
- Canoe slalom (women’s kayak single): Kimberley Woods
- Canoe slalom (women’s kayak cross): Kimberley Woods
- Cycling Track (men’s sprint): Jack Carlin – Bronze
- Cycling Track (women’s sprint): Emma Finucane
- Cycling Track (women’s keirin): Emma Finucane
- Cycling Track (women’s team pursuit): Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris, Jessica Roberts
- Diving (women’s synchronised 3m springboard): Yasmin Harper, Scarlett Mew Jensen
- Diving (women’s synchronised 10m platform): Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, Lois Toulson
- Diving (men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard): Jack Laugher, Anthony Harding
- Diving (men’s 10m Springboard): Noah Williams
- Equestrian (individual eventing): Laura Collett
- Equestrian (dressage team): Carl Hester, Charlotte Fry, Becky Moody
- Equestrian (dressage individual): Charlotte Fry
- Rowing (women’s Double Sculls): Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne, Becky Wilde
- Rowing (men’s Coxless Four): Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge, Freddie Davidson
- Rowing (women’s 8): Annie Campbell-Orde, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor
- Sailing (women’s windsurfing): Emma Wilson
- Skateboarding (women’s park): Sky Brown
- Triathlon (women’s individual): Beth Potter
- Triathlon (mixed relay): Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sam Dickinson, Beth Potter
- Weightlifting (women’s +81kg): Emily Campbell
Whatever the sport you’re interested in and whoever you follow, good luck and best wishes for an exciting and interesting competition.
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