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Every year on 23 June, athletes around the world celebrate Olympic Day. An annual tradition that dates back to 1948, the day allows Olympians and those involved in the Olympic Movement to reflect on ...
Harry Charles was 13 years old when he watched his father Peter win team show jumping gold at London 2012. It was in that moment that he realised exactly what he wanted to do – abandoning a fledgling ...
His Majesty King Charles III is to become Patron of the British Olympic Association (BOA). Buckingham Palace confirmed the Patronage to mark the first anniversary of Their Majesties’ Coronation ...
How long is a marathon swimming race? Marathon swimming at the Olympics in 10km for both men and women. Athletes compete in an open body of water in which the temperature must be between 16 degrees ...
Toby Roberts secured a historic gold as he became Team GB's first-ever sport climbing Olympic champion at Paris 2024. The 19-year-old, who first started climbing aged just three, clinched the men’s ...
Olympic silver medallist Bruce Mouat became the first openly gay curler to be crowned a world champion earlier this year as he steered Team Mouat to a stunning gold in Canada, overcoming the hosts in ...
Track cyclist Sophie Capewell knows she will have an extra supporter on her shoulder when she makes her Olympic debut in Paris this summer. The 25-year-old will compete as part of the first British ...
Today, adidas and Team GB have announced an extension which will see one of world sport’s longest partnerships continue until 2032. Having begun at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, the ...
The night before Katy Marchant's Olympic race her roommate Elinor Barker was harbouring a secret: she was pregnant. One month later, Marchant fell pregnant too. From friends in the velodrome to ...
Sky Brown became Team GB’s youngest Olympic medallist ever as she banked skateboarding bronze in Tokyo. Aged 13 years and 28 days, Brown finished behind Japan's Sakura Yosozumi and Kokona Hiraki, the ...
The women’s team also won silver, with Alice Kinsella and Georgia-Mae Fenton winning bronze in the all-around and uneven bars respectively. At the 2023 event, Great Britain topped the medal table with ...
Imagine training for an Olympic Games without any food or water. For Team GB's Mohamed Sbihi, the experience was a privilege. Sbihi, British Rowing's first practicing Muslim athlete, spent his build ...