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BMX champion Charlotte Worthington heading to Paris after rollercoaster journey

Charlotte Worthington will head to the Paris Olympics as reigning champion in the women’s BMX freestyle, but her journey since taking a thrilling gold in Tokyo has been a bit of a rollercoaster. Worthington catapulted herself to overnight fame when ...

10 Jul 2024 at 08:00

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'A medal is my number one goal' - Shane Lowry named on Ireland's golf team for Paris Olympics

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the golf team who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, with Offaly golfer Shane Lowry once again being chosen to represent the country. Replicating the team that ...

16 Jul 2024 at 12:35

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Evie Richards ‘super happy’ after finishing fifth in women’s mountain bike race

Evie Richards battled her way to fifth in the Olympic women’s mountain bike race as French favourite Pauline Ferrand-Prevot romped to a dominant gold. Richards, the 2021 world champion, came strong towards the end of the 31km race – seven laps ...

28 Jul 2024 at 16:17

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Katie Archibald out of Olympics after breaking leg in freak garden accident

Two-time Olympic champion Katie Archibald will miss Paris 2024 after suffering a double leg break in a freak accident. The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula and dislocated an ankle having tripped over a garden step. ...

20 Jun 2024 at 13:40

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Lord Coe among seven candidates in contention to be next IOC president

Lord Coe is one of seven candidates for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee. Coe, the current president of World Athletics and a two-time Olympic 1500 metres gold medallist, was on the list published by the IOC on Monday ...

16 Sept 2024 at 14:07

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Tom Pidcock singles out world junior cyclo-cross title as most important moment

Tom Pidcock has enjoyed several huge moments in a still young career, but if he had to single out one for importance, he looks past his Olympic mountain bike title, his Tour de France stage win, Strade Bianche or the Amstel Gold Race. ...

25 Jul 2024 at 08:00

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Old Macdonald? Andy says age no barrier in skateboarding and it keeps him young

Andy Macdonald began his professional skateboarding career 14 years before Team GB colleagues Sky Brown and Lola Tambling were born, and he declared the sport was his “fountain of youth” after making an Olympic debut at the age of 51....

07 Aug 2024 at 17:11

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Helen Glover says it’s time to be mum and hints brilliant rowing career is over

Helen Glover hinted her glittering rowing career is over after being denied a third Olympic title by the wafer-thin margin of 0.18 seconds. Just 24 hours after Team GB women’s quadruple sculls crew claimed gold by the margin of 0....

01 Aug 2024 at 13:33

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Rebecca Adlington: I feel like the dark cloud has lifted a year on from my miscarriage

Rebecca Adlington revealed she’s been “overwhelmed by support” in the year since sharing the news of her miscarriage at 20 weeks. After losing her daughter Harper in October 2023, the swimming star says self care has been ...

30 Oct 2024 at 08:17

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Amy Wilson-Hardy withdrawn from GB women sevens squad ‘on medical grounds’

Team GB rugby sevens player Amy Wilson-Hardy has been withdrawn from the squad “on medical grounds” the morning after the British Olympic Association confirmed it was investigating the athlete over an alleged racist ...

30 Jul 2024 at 20:52

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‘I came here to win’ – Tom Pidcock takes gold in dramatic men’s mountain biking

Tom Pidcock insisted before the defence of his Olympic mountain bike title that only one medal interested him in Paris, and his determination to take gold shone through as he fought back from a puncture to deny ...

29 Jul 2024 at 17:19

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Joe Clarke eyes kayak cross triumph after fifth place finish in kayak single

Great Britain’s Joe Clarke said he would not blame himself for failing to regain his Olympic men’s K1 single title at Paris 2024. Clarke looked unbeatable when qualifying fastest for the 12-man canoe slalom ...

01 Aug 2024 at 18:32

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