Paris 2024 came to an end in style on Sunday, as attention now turns to the Paralympics in just a few weeks' time.
Team GB have solidified their position as a 'sporting superpower'. Coming away with 65 medals, this is the fourth consecutive games they have hit the 60 threshold. It shows that investment is 'producing the goods', with the UK spending more than £350m on Olympic and Paralympic sport, much from the National Lottery. In athletics, 10 medals were won, GB was resurgent in rowing and getting new medals in things like trampolining.
That is the same haul as London 2012 and a gain of one on Tokyo 2020 - but 22 golds were brought home from Japan. Topping the podium can come down to the finest of margins. Just look at how Matthew Hudson-Smith missed out on becoming Britain's first 400m men's champion in 100 years by four hundredths of a second. It takes you longer to say the time.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Why does Team GB not have a football team at Paris Olympics 2024?Ryan Giggs was Britain's captain at London 2012.
Read more »
Team GB hockey captain David Ames to channel 'inner Roy Keane' at Paris 2024The softly-spoken Cookstown native will be making his third Olympic appearance in the French capital this summer
Read more »
Team GB's Lake hopeful of medal as she heads to Paris 2024Morgan Lake was the youngest British athlete in the track and field team at Rio 2016 but now heads to Paris as a medal hopeful buoyed by the…
Read more »
Team GB stars feature in new family-fuelled film ahead of Paris 2024With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games just days away, Old El Paso is excited to unveil a heartwarming behind-the-scenes film featuring their ‘Home…
Read more »
Paris 2024: Eva Okaro to make Olympic history in pool for Team GBEva Okaro will become the first black woman to represent Team GB in the pool at an Olympics, but says it won't 'define' her.
Read more »
Paris Olympics 2024: Team GB cyclists to trial concussion testsTeam GB cyclists at the Paris Olympics will use biomarkers taken from their saliva to test for possible concussions.
Read more »