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Divers Becky Gallantree and Hannah Starling have advanced to the semi-final of the women's three-metre springboard at the Aquatics Cent...
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Great Britain's women table tennis team exited at the first hurdle of the London 2012 Olympics.
The girls' task was always going to be ...
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Rower Katherine Grainger shed tears of joy as she stood on the victory podium at Eton Dorney to receive the Olympic gold medal that had...
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Team GB cyclist Victoria Pendleton recovered from her team sprint heartache to advance to the second round of the keirin at the first t...
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Sailor Ben Ainslie put a fourth Olympic gold in his own hands heading into Sunday's medal race in the Finn.
The 35-year-old came into L...
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Great Britain men's coach Dragan Djukic is keen for his handball side to rein in their expectations when they face Tunisia in their pen...
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Veteran Yamile Aldama reached the final in the triple jump with her first leap in qualifying of 14.45m at the Olympic Stadium.
Aldama, ...
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Great Britain shooting chiefs hope Peter Wilson's gold medal will give the sport a much-needed boost.
Shooting may not be regarded as t...
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Weightlifter Peter Kirkbride may be a Commonwealth Games silver medallist but he knows the Olympic Games are a different prospect.
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Malcolm Brown is confident his triathlon team will show Britain are not just good at sitting down sports when they swim, bike and run t...
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Charlotte Dujardin made a record-breaking Olympic debut that put Britain top of the team dressage standings.
The 26-year-old smashed th...
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Veteran British judo heavyweight Karina Bryant finally claimed an Olympic medal with victory in the bronze fight against Iryna Kindzers...
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Britain's beach volleyball star Shauna Mullin has been left "dazed and confused" by her Horse Guards Parade experience, but she can res...
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Veteran judo heavyweight Karina Bryant must lift herself to fight for a bronze medal after losing to Japan's Mika Sugimoto in the semi-...
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Britain's Jessica Ennis claimed a 25-point lead after two events of the heptathlon thanks to a truly sensational performance in front o...
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Great Britain hockey striker Alex Danson believes captain Kate Walsh's leadership skills provide inspiration for the rest of the squad ...
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Nick Skelton believes his London 2012 horse Big Star is the best he has ridden during a long and successful showjumping career.
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Great Britain goalkeeper Jack Butland cannot envisage a time when he would "engineer" a result to secure a favourable draw as a footbal...
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Helen Jenkins is hoping similar crowds to the ones that roared Bradley Wiggins on to Olympic gold on Wednesday will help her stand on t...
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Ben Ainslie and Jonas Hogh-Christensen continued their battle for Olympic sailing gold on Friday, with the Dane winning the first duel ...
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Single sculler Alan Campbell added to Team GB's success in the rowing at London 2012 by claiming bronze at Eton Dorney.
Campbell overha...
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Great Britain trampolinist Kat Driscoll is feeling confident ahead of her Olympic debut on Saturday.
Driscoll is Team GB's sole represe...
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Great Britain's Richard Davison produced a strong performance to put himself firmly on course for grand prix special qualification at G...
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Members of the Great Britain women's handball team were inconsolable after they suffered a 31-25 defeat to Angola, but coach Jesper Hol...
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Katherine Grainger's quest for Olympic glory is over after she won a sensational gold medal with Anna Watkins in the women's double scu...
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Veteran heavyweight Karina Bryant put herself within one win of landing Britain's second Olympic judo medal in 24 hours after fighting ...
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British team captain Dai Greene has safely advanced to Saturday's athletics semi-finals of the 400m hurdles after winning his heat.
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George Nash and William Satch delivered Great Britain's fourth rowing medal of the Olympic Games by winning a bronze in the men's pair....
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Gymnast Beth Tweddle will win Olympic gold and herald the start of a new era of British gymnastics, according to four-time champion Olg...
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Fran Halsall fed off the anger of her disappointment in the 100 metres freestyle on Thursday night to storm into the semi-finals of the...
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#Tennis @Andy_Murray is up next on centre court. He follows Serena Williams - who is currently storming ahead in her match.
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#Volleyball Here we go then - @TeamGB are taking on Dominican Republic at Earls Court. Women's captain @Beats_10 looks confident.
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A sport that demands exceptional concentration and a strong mental approach.
Olympic shooting events are split into three categories: Shotgun, Pistol and Ri...
Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...
Archery is truly a historic sport – a contest of mind and body control, as well as precision – and has roots dating back to its use as a weapon of hunting an...
A game consists of two 35-minute periods, with a 10 minute interval for half-time.
There are 12 teams of 16 players which are placed into two pools of six for th...
Swimming is a hugely physical and demanding sport, with athletes competing over distances from 50m to 1,500m in the pool. Swimmers need huge strength and stamina to...
Road racing is the form of competitive cycling most analogous to that done by the general public, with riders competing against each other on conventional roads to compl...
Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...
Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rival...
Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other.
The 10 classes of boats...
Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...
Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...
A sport that has been around since the Middle Ages, Tennis is a raquet and ball game that can be played either in singles or doubles over five sets (for men) or three se...
The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...
There are four table tennis competitions: men’s and women's singles, and men's and women’s team event at the Olympics.
Al...
Rhythmic Gymnastics is performed exclusively by women and is a combination of gymnastics and dance. The gymnasts perform choreographed movements with musical accompanime...
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