British medal hopes ahead of target with 500 days to go to Paris 2024

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. RowingRowan McKellar hailed for leading British rowing resurgence32 MINUTES 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 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.