Snowboard cross World Cup: Great Britain’s Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes win gold
Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes clinched Britain’s first team snowboard cross World Cup medal with gold in Les Deux Alpes in France. The pair, who won world gold in March, were second in their quarter-final before winning the semi-final and final. France finished second with the United States coming in third place. Earlier on Saturday, […]
Para-taekwondo: Great Britain’s Beth Munro wins World Taekwondo Grand Prix gold
Munro took silver at the world championships in September Great Britain’s Beth Munro won gold at the World Taekwondo Grand Prix as compatriot Amy Truesdale took silver. European champion and Paralympic silver medallist Munro, 30, beat neutral athlete Elena Savinskaya 12-2 in the -65kg category in Manchester. Truesdale, who won a third world title in […]
Big Air World Cup: Britain’s Mia Brookes aims for victory but has ‘imposter syndrome’
Gold medallist Mia Brookes first began to snowboard from just 18 months Great Britain’s Mia Brookes is aiming for victory at the Big Air World Cup – but the youngest world champion in snowboard history still has “a little bit of imposter syndrome” The 16-year-old will be aiming for more success at this weekend’s tournament […]
Japan Open: Britain’s Cameron Norrie and Jack Draper lose in first round
Cameron Norrie lost in one hour 20 minutes Britain’s Cameron Norrie and Jack Draper were both knocked out in the first round of the Japan Open. Norrie, British number one and world number 18, was beaten 6-4 6-3 by American top seed and defending champion Taylor Fritz in Tokyo. Despite leading by a set and […]
World Gymnastics Championships: Great Britain’s Jake Jarman lands ‘unbelievable’ vault
Great Britain’s Jake Jarman lands an “unbelievable” vault that scores 15.433 in the men’s all-around final at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. WATCH MORE: Biles leads USA to seventh consecutive team gold Available to UK users only. Follow the World Gymnastics Championships across the BBC. Source link
World Triathlon Championship Series: Great Britain’s Beth Potter crowned champion
Great Britain’s Beth Potter was crowned world champion after victory at the World Triathlon Championship Series finals in Spain. The 31-year-old was in the chasing pack in the swim and cycle before she pulled clear in the run, with team-mate Kate Waugh finishing second. Potter’s victory at the event in Pontevedra also secured her place […]