Team GB won their 1,000th Olympic medal on Wednesday by claiming silver in a thrilling men’s team pursuit final at Paris 2024.
The British quartet of Ethan Hayter, Ollie Wood, Dan Bigham and Ethan Vernon lost in the final The Australians were ahead of the Australians, and the gap between the two teams was less than three-tenths of a second in the 4km race until Hayter lost control of the bike on the final lap, with the Australians finishing 2.327 seconds behind.
The silver medal is Great Britain’s 1,000th medal at the modern Summer and Winter Olympics, which began in 1896.
“We were very close. I could see it,” Haight told reporters British Broadcasting Corporationhe will also compete in the all-around and Madison events.
“The last five laps, I really gave in too much – my whole body got weak and I couldn’t support myself on the bike anymore. I don’t know how I held on.
“I feel sorry for the guys but I think we gave everything and we can be proud of that silver medal.
“It’s out there today waiting for us to get it, we all know it. We went out there to get it and it didn’t work out. It’s such a shame.”
Australia last won the men’s team pursuit title in 2004, but Oliver Bleddyn, Sam Welshford, Conor Leahy and Kay Kelland O’Brien took gold for them at the Speedway.
The scores were close throughout the match before High’s late swing, but GB had to settle for silver.
Ethan Hayter loses control of bike on final lap of men’s team pursuit
Team GB wins women’s team pursuit bronze medal
Great Britain also came back from behind to win the bronze medal against Italy in the women’s team pursuit.
Earlier in the day, Eleanor Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jessica Roberts narrowly missed out on the gold medal match after being eliminated from the U.S. team, but the U.S. later moved on from New Zealand. Got the gold medal in hand.
The Italians were 1.3 seconds ahead of Great Britain with five laps remaining and looked set to take bronze, but they were pulled back and lost by 2.579 seconds.
This is Team GB’s fourth consecutive women’s team pursuit gold medal, following silver medals at London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo three years ago.
Elinor Barker wins her third Olympic medal in women’s team pursuit
Becket’s maritime misadventure
Mickey Beckett could say he was one of the most unlucky athletes at the Olympics as the dinghy medal race was called off and he painfully missed out on bronze.
Breezy weather has plagued the regatta in Marseille, with the men’s dinghy final race having been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday afternoon.
Britain’s Beckett started the race in fourth but looked almost certain to move up to third while his rivals struggled towards the finish, only for officials to decide the situation had changed too much and call off the race.
They set off again about an hour later, but this time the race turned into a nightmare for Beckett, who took three free throws before crossing the line and finishing sixth.
Micky Beckett finished sixth in men’s dinghy race
“I came in second, I could have gotten a bronze medal, it all looked pretty good,” said Beckett, who was competing in her first Olympics.
“Obviously, it was quite difficult to take it away, but I thought, ‘This is sport, especially sailing, this does happen, reset.’ And then we went for a second try.
“I’ve been penalized by the jury twice for swinging. It’s a very subtle rule. I think I’ve been penalized once in the last three years and I was penalized twice for it in that game. It’s a very subtle rule. This is something to consider in the future.
“That put me behind the fleet. And then I was put in a situation where I couldn’t really get back to the fleet.
“It was very light (wind), very hot. To be honest, sailing is usually not that slow and boring, it’s usually much better than this. The racing chewed me up and spit me out. It was a bit crushing .
The day’s racing was then called off, meaning Tokyo silver medalists John Gimson and Anna Burnet, who were third in the mixed multihull event, had to wait for the medal battle.
Things are expected to be better on Thursday, when Britain’s Ellie Aldridge will hope to challenge for women’s kitesurfing gold.
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