British medal hopes ahead of target with 500 days to go to Paris 2024 - Dame Katherine Grainger

19.03.2023 - 20:15 eurosport.com

British Olympic bosses believe the nation's leading medal hopes are exceeding expectations with exactly 500 days to go until Paris 2024.

Keely Hodgkinson, Laura Muir and Jazmin Sawyers all grabbed gold at this month's European Athletics Indoor Championships after British Rowing roared to a rampant table-topping haul of 12 medals at last year's World Championships.

Ad Athletes have had to adapt to a shortened three-year Olympic cycle after the Covid-enforced postponement of Tokyo 2020 but UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger, a five-time rowing medallist at the Games, insists they are expertly navigating those challenges.

RowingMcKellar hailed for leading British rowing resurgence2 HOURS AGO The 47-year-old, speaking ahead of the 500 days to go milestone this week, said: «I think we're probably seeing more success across a wider range of sports than we expected at this time in the three-year cycle. »What's very exciting is that it feels like, even within a short season across a lot of sports, the British team are already excelling. «We've recently seen some brilliant indoors from the track and field teams and we are just seeing rowing team bounce back very quickly. »I think there's a lot of unknowns ahead of Paris. «Everyone around the world felt the delay in Tokyo by a year, which meant suddenly we had a five-year build up between Rio and Tokyo and then a very shortened three-year cycle between Tokyo and Paris.

Sporting rowing athletics 2024 Target Laura Muir Keely Hodgkinson Britain Tokyo Paris

The race walking team event, which will make its debut at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, will comprise a male and female athlete covering the marathon distance in four legs of almost equal measure, according to the format released on Saturday.

Format announced for new race walking team event at Paris 2024

Emma Raducanu ‘looks really good’ says Laura Robson as she assesses British No. 1 ahead of clay season

Eurosport expert Laura Robson says Emma Raducanu “looks really good” ahead of the clay season and thinks certain conditions will suit her style on the surface. Raducanu is set to be back in action at the Stuttgart Open from April 17, where she reached the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 event last year, falling to Iga Swiatek in the last eight.

Mildred hopes to emulate housemate Dean in Paris

Ed Mildred will be sharing a flat with Olympic champion Tom Dean next year and hopes to emulate his training partner's meteoric rise at Paris 2024. The Northampton star dipped his toe in senior swimming last year, graduating from the junior circuit with three Commonwealth and two European medals. Ad Dean hadn't won a global medal of any description before gold on Olympic debut in Tokyo, a steep trajectory to the top that Mildred is hoping to emulate.

Gymnastics-Olympic champion Lee targets Paris 2024 despite kidney issue

Olympic champion Sunisa Lee said is focusing on her health and recovery after her college gymnastics career was cut short by a kidney problem, but she still intends to compete for a spot on the U.S. team for next year's Paris Games.

IOC Russia Recommendation Not Binding For Paris 2024: French Minister

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals is not binding for Paris' 2024 Olympics, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said on Thursday. IOC recommendations were "a step which does not pre-judge what we will do" for Paris 2024, Oudea-Castera told reporters on a visit near Paris. "If the international federations decide that there will be participation by individual athletes, it will be under a strict neutrality regime, without a Russian flag or the national anthem," she added. Voices from western governments, civil society and athletes have been raised against allowing any Russian participation in the Games following Moscow's invasion last year of neighbour Ukraine.