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British medal hopes ahead of target with 500 days to go to Paris 2024 - Dame Katherine Grainger
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.
Dame Katherine Grainger praises Rowan McKellar for leading British rowing resurgence
Rowan McKellar has been hailed by Dame Katherine Grainger for leading the way in British Rowing's rampant resurgence. Glasgow star McKellar, Heidi Long, Samantha Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten powered to gold at the World Championships by more than two seconds last year, bringing an end to their successful unbeaten season. Ad And with Britain coming top of the medal table with a total of 12 pieces of silverware in Racice, five-time Olympic medallist and London 2012 champion Grainger believes British Rowing are back to winning ways for good.
Hector Pardoe's Tokyo turmoil will harden him ahead of Paris 2024 says Keri-anne Payne
Hector Pardoe has been told his Tokyo turmoil will harden him for the heat of Paris Olympic battle. The Wrexham marathon swimming star, 21, competed at his first Olympics in Japan but was unable to finish the race after suffering a serious eye injury midway through. Ad But Keri-anne Payne, a Beijing 2008 marathon swimming silver medallist, believes that crucial first Olympic experience combined with three years more training will ensure Pardoe is equipped to roll with the punches in Paris.
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Hector Pardoe's Tokyo turmoil will harden him ahead of Paris 2024
Hector Pardoe has been told his Tokyo turmoil will harden him for the heat of Paris Olympic battle. The Wrexham marathon swimming star, 21, competed at his first Olympics in Japan but was unable to finish the race after suffering a serious eye injury midway through. Ad But Keri-anne Payne, a Beijing 2008 marathon swimming silver medallist, believes that crucial first Olympic experience combined with three years more training will ensure Pardoe is equipped to roll with the punches in Paris.
Rowan McKellar hailed for leading British rowing resurgence
Rowan McKellar has been hailed by Dame Katherine Grainger for leading the way in British Rowing's rampant resurgence. Glasgow star McKellar, Heidi Long, Samantha Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten powered to gold at the World Championships by more than two seconds last year, bringing an end to their successful unbeaten season. Ad And with Britain coming top of the medal table with a total of 12 pieces of silverware in Racice, five-time Olympic medallist and London 2012 champion Grainger believes British Rowing are back to winning ways for good.
Emily Martin credits diving partner Robyn Birch following year of success
Southampton diving ace Emily Martin credited her inseparable bond with synchro partner Robyn Birch as the reason behind their international success. Martin, 22, and Birch, 29, won bronze in the women's 10m platform synchro event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last summer, clinching third behind English teammates Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix and Eden Cheng. Ad And being best mates away from the diving pool has been fundamental in ensuring a podium position for Martin, who made her debut as part of British Diving in 2017 and went on to achieve a fifth-place finish in the women's individual 10m platform at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.