Britain’s most successful climber Shauna Coxsey can scale a wall quicker than most people can run – and now she’s ready to race towards gold at the Olympics. Having fallen in love with bouldering at just four years old, Coxsey has dominated the sport for the past decade and established herself as one of GB’s … Read more
Sir Mo Farah to earn spot in Team GB’s Tokyo squad by competing in 10,000m trial in Birmingham next month as four-time Olympic champion returns to race format for first time since 2017 Sir Mo Farah will race for his spot in Team GB’s Tokyo 2020 squad next month The four-time Olympic champion will feature … Read more
Becky Downie’s Olympics hopes suffer blow following row with British Gymnastics over the equipment being used at selection trials with fears athlete is being ‘sabotaged’ after speaking out on abuse in the sport Becky Downie’s hopes of making Team GB for Tokyo Olympics taken a big hit Row over equipment to be used at the … Read more
Adam Peaty speaks out against IOC’s controversial Rule 50 and says athletes must not be fined for protests such as taking a knee at the Tokyo Olympics The IOC has decided to uphold Rule 50 which allows punishments for protests British swimmer Adam Peaty says athletes should have the right to protest The USA have … Read more
Double Olympic champion Helen Glover makes a winning return to rowing after giving birth to twins last year as she cruises to victory in her heat alongside Polly Swann at the European Championships in Varese British Olympic hero Helen Glover raced for the first time in five years on Friday The 2012 and 2016 rowing … Read more
No second chances: Olympic athletes will be barred from competing in the Tokyo games if they return a positive Covid-19 test… and Great Britain stars could even be held in a ‘government-approved isolation facility’ The Covid-19 ‘playbook’ for athletes ahead of the Games was leaked on Friday British athletes must test negative before flying to … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Katarina Johnson-Thompson suffers injury blow just months before Tokyo Olympics as British heptathlon medal hope suffers achilles problem and is forced to wear protective boot Katarina Johnson-Thompson suffered the achilles injury blow late last year British heptathlon medal hope has been wearing a protective boot ever since 28-year-old world champion won’t be able to … Read more
Team GB chief Mark England ‘hugely confident’ the Olympics will take place as normal before insisting it’s ‘full steam ahead’ after announcing shooting team for Tokyo Games By David Coverdale For Mailonline Published: 16:24 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 16:24 GMT, 13 January 2021 Team GB chief Mark England says he is ‘hugely confident’ … Read more
Don’t ruin my Olympic dream! British track athlete Emily Diamond fears Covidiot footballers breaking lockdown rules could lead to elite sport exemption being removed after group celebrations and ill-advised visits to Dubai caused virus spike Elite athletes have been granted exemptions from Covid rules to train and compete during the ongoing lockdown But these privileges … Read more
Sir Matthew Pinsent calls for the Olympic Games to be CANCELLED, with Tokyo replacing Paris as the 2024 host due to the Covid-19 pandemic By David Coverdale For Mailonline Published: 15:37 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 15:42 GMT, 11 January 2021 Sir Matthew Pinsent has become the most high-profile Olympic figure to call for this … Read more
Two-time gold medalist Alistair Brownlee LEFT OUT of Team GB’s initial Olympic triathlon team… but door remains open for him to earn spot in final squad for Tokyo Games Alistair Brownlee faces an battle to make Team GB’s triathlon squad for Tokyo He won gold at both London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games but is … Read more
Team GB wheelchair basketball player is considering amputating his leg to make him eligible to compete in the 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Wheelchair basketballer George Bates has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Left him in agony with restricted movement and power and muscle wastage Bates told he’s not able to compete in Paralympics as his condition … Read more
British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more