Paris Olympiad 2024

^Still under protest apparently.

^ Yeah that doesn't surprise me TD. If he gets away with it he's fortunate.

Womens 400m final with Amber Anning going for GB.
Anning with an excellent British record of 49.29 just outside the medals. Well done.

Well he's got his Bronze now so good luck with getting it back off him

So to the final event in the heptathlon.
Can KJT pull off the miracle of all miracles and do the unthinkable?

A pretty big 800m PB may be needed here........

No.

Despite a PB it's SILVER for KJT.

She may be somewhat frustrated as she was chasing Gold.
The reality is she was up against a mighty competitor in Thiam.

Where was the Gold lost?
For me it was the 200m and the long jump.
A couple of tenths of a second faster and 10-15cm further would have reduced the deficit prior to the 800m to something feasible.
Both of those were doable for Kat.
The margins were always going to be super fine if Kat was going to get Gold.

121 point deficit was too much in the end.

But KJT did not do a whole lot wrong. All her events were either ok, good or very good.
There were no disasters.
It was only going to take a slight dropping of points to pile pressure on. To use a snooker analogy it's a bit like going slightly out of position on a ball in snooker. Trying to recover position gets more and more difficult.
It can snowball until a pot becomes too hard.
Same thing happened to Kat.

Fine margins. Tough school.
But a highly creditable silver for Kat overall.

Women's 10,000m final.
Eilish McColgan and Megan Keith going for GB.

Megan Keith represents all that is good about the Olympics. Yes she finished last in the 10,000m but for her that is not what this adventure was about.
After finishing a gruelling race she sank into the arms of Eilish McColgan with a big smile of pride.

To be an Olympian. There's nowt like it.

Well done Megan .

I hope KJT isn't too disappointed- she probably did all that she could do, I think and as you say Snooks there probably were very small margins in the end that could put the gold within reach. She probably knew deep down there were likely small things she could have done but that can be sorted out over time in time for the next world championships and I hope also for LA in four years time. I'm sure Dame Jess will give her encoursgement to not to be to disdappointed with herself.

Great Britain Medallists 2024

GOLD = 14

1. Ros Canter on Lordships Grafallo
Tom McEwen on JL Dublin
Laura Collett on London 52 - Equestrian
(Team Eventing)
(Day Three)

2. Tom Pidcock - Cycling
(Mountain bike race)
(Day Three)

3. Nathan Hales - Shooting
(Mens Trap)
(Day Four)

4. James Guy, Tom Dean, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott
Plus semi final swimmers who also get medals: Jack McMillan & Kieran Bird - Swimming
(4x200m freestyle relay)
(Day Four)

5. Alex Yee - Triathlon
(Swim/bike/run)
(Day Five)

6. Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson & Georgie Bradshaw - Rowing
(Womens Quadruple Sculls)
(Day Five)

7. Emily Craig and Imogen Grant - Rowing
(Women's Lightweight Double Sculls)
(Day Seven)

8. Bryony Page - Gymnastics
(Trampolining)
(Day Seven)

9. Ben Maher on Dallas Vegas Batilly, Harry Charles on Romeo 88 and Scott Brash on Jefferson - Equestrian
(Showjumping Team Event)
(Day Seven)

10. Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, James Ruskin, Tom Ford, Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Tom Digby plus the Cox Harry Brightmore - Rowing
(Mens Eight)
(Day Eight)

11. Katy Marchand, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane - Cycling
(Womens Team Sprint)
(Day Ten)

12. Keely Hodgkinson - Athletics
(800m)
(Day Ten)

13. Ellie Aldridge - Sailing
(Women's kite surfing)
(Day Thirteen)

14. Toby Roberts - Climbing
(Boulder and Lead)
(Day Fourteen)


SILVER = 20

1. Anna Henderson - Cycling
(Road based time trial)
(Day One)

2. Adam Peaty - Swimming
(100m breaststroke)
(Day Two)

3. Tom Daley & Noah Williams - Diving
(10m synchronised springboard)
(Day Three)

4. Adam Burgess - Canoeing
(Kayak Singles)
(Day Three)

5. Matt Richards - Swimming
(200m freestyle)
(Day Three)

6. Kieran Reilly - Cycling
(BMX Freestyle Park)
(Day Five)

7. Helen Glover, Rebecca Shorten, Sam Redgrave and Esme Booth - Rowing
(Womens Four)
(Day Six)

8. Tom George and Ollie Wynne-Griffith - Rowing
(Mens Pair)
(Day Seven)

9. Ben Proud - Swimming
(50m Freestyle)
(Day Seven)

10. Duncan Scott - Swimming
(200m IM)
(Day Seven)

11. Amber Rutter - Shooting
(Womens Skeet)
(Day Nine)

12. Tommy Fleetwood - Golf
(Mens stroke play)
(Day Nine)

13. Joe Clarke - Canoeing
(Mens Kayak Cross)
(Day Ten)

14. Ed Lowe, Hamish Turnbull and Jack Carlin - Cycling
(Mens Team Sprint)
(Day Eleven)

15. Josh Kerr - Athletics
(Mens 1500m)
(Day Eleven)

16. Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham and Oliver Wood - Cycling
(Mens Team Pursuit)
(Day Twelve)

17. Matthew Hudson-Smith - Athletics
(400m)
(Day Twelve)

18. Neah Evans and Elinor Barker - Cycling
(Womens Madison)
(Day Fourteen)

19. Dina Asher-Smith, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita - Athletics
(Womens 4x100m Relay)
(Day Fourteen)

20. Katerina Johnson-Thompson - Athletics
(Heptathlon)
(Day Fourteen)


BRONZE = 23

1. Yasmin Harper & Scarlett Mew Jensen - Diving
(3m synchronised springboard) (Day One)

2. Kimberley Woods - Canoeing
(Kayak Singles)
Day Two

3. Laura Collett on London 52 - Equestrian
(Individual show jumping)
(Day Three)

4. Beth Potter - Women's Triathlon
(Swim/Bike/Run)
(Day Five)

5. Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix - Diving
(Synchronised 10m platform)
(Day Five)

6. Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Becky Wilde - Rowing
(Womens Double Sculls)
(Day Six

7. Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson - Rowing
(Mens Four)
(Day Six)

8. Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding - Diving
(Mens 3m synchronised springboard)
(Day Seven)

9. Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin Eve Stewart, Harriet Taylor and Annie Campbell-Orde - Rowing
(Womens Eight)
(Day Eight)

10. Emma Wilson - Sailing
(Windsurfing)
(Day Eight)

11. Becky Moody on Jagerbomb, Carl Hester on Fame and Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale - Equestrian
(Team Dressage)
(Day Eight)

12. Jake Jarman - Gymnastics
(Floor)
(Day Eight)

13. Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning - Athletics
(4x400m Mixed Relay)
(Day Eight)

14. Charlotte Fry on Glamourdale - Equestrian
(Dressage Individual)
(Day Nine)

15. Harry Hepworth - Gymnastics
(Mens vault)
(Day Nine)

16. Alex Yee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Sam Dickinson and Beth Potter - Triathlon
(Mixed Relay)
(Day Ten)

17. Kimberley Woods - Canoeing
(Womens Kayak Cross)
(Day Ten)

18. Sky Brown - Skateboarding
(Womens Park)
(Day Eleven)

19. Lewis Richardson - Boxing
(76kg division)
(Day Eleven)

20. Elinor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts - Cycling
(Womens Team Pursuit)
(Day Twelve)

21. Emma Finucane - Cycling
(Women's Keirin)
(Day Thirteen)

22. Jack Carlin - Cycling
(Mens Sprint)
(Day Fourteen)

23. Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Zharnel Hughes - Athletics
(Mens 4x100m Relay)
(Day Fourteen)

Imane Khelif, has won the gold medal, at the women's welterweight division. No doubt the controversy will continue.