Team GB Full delegation announced

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Full delegation for Paris announced on TeamGB.com

 

https://www.teamgb.com/article/team-gb-at-paris-2024-full-list-of-athletes/7omYKygnLGqwCVhWQHrIPP

 

Team GB full team out : 

Archery

 

Conor Hall, Tom Hall and Alex Wise - men's team

Penny Healey, Byrony Pitman and Megan Havers - women's team

Mixed team : from above

Artistic Swimming

Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe - Duet

 

 

Athletics

Phoebe Gill, Keely Hodgkinson, Jemma Reekie, Georgia Bell, Laura Muir, Revee Walcott-Nolan, Megan Keith, Eilish McColgan, Cindy Sember, Jessie Knight, Lina Nielsen, Lizzie Bird, Aimee Pratt, Morgan Lake, Holly Bradshaw, Molly Caudery, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Jade O’Dowda, Dina Asher-Smith, Desiree Henry, Amy Hunt, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Daryll Neita, Bianca Williams, Amber Anning, Yemi Mary John, Hannah Kelly, Laviai Nielsen, Victoria Ohuruogu, Jodie Williams, Nicole Yeargin

 

Charlie Dobson, Max Burgin, Ben Pattison, Jake Wightman, Neil Gourley, Josh Kerr, Sam Atkin, George Mills, Patrick Dever, Tade Ojora, Alastair Chalmers, Jacob Fincham-Dukes, Scott Lincoln, Lawrence Okoye, Nicholas Percy, Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Charlie Carvell, Lewis Davey, Ben Jefferies, Toby Harries, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Callum Wilkinson

 

Philip Sesemann, Mahamed Mahamed and Emile Cairess: Men's marathon

Rose Harvey, Charlotte Purdue and Calli Hauder-Thackery: Women's marathon

 

 

Badminton

Kirsty Gilmour - Women's singles

Ben Lane and Sean Vendy - Men's doubles

 

Boxing

Charley Davison - Bantamweight (54kg)

Rosie Eccles - Welterweight (66kg)

Chantelle Reid - Middleweight (75kg)

Lewis Richardson - Light-middleweight (71kg)

Pat Brown - Heavyweight (92kg)

Delicious Orie - Super heavyweight (92kg+)

 

Canoe Slalom

Mallory Franklin: Women’s Canoe Single (C1) & Women’s Kayak Cross

Kimberley Woods: Women’s Kayak Single (K1) & Women’s Kayak Cross

Adam Burgess: Men’s Canoe Single (C1) & Men's Kayak Cross

Joe Clarke: Men’s Kayak Single (K1) & Men’s Kayak Cross

 

 

Cycling

BMX

Kieran Reilly and Charlotte Worthington - BMX Freestyle Park

Kye Whyte and Beth Shriever - BMX Racing

 

Road

Lizzie Deignan, Pfeiffer Georgi, Anna Henderson (TT) and Anna Morris - women's road

Ethan Hayter (TT), Tom Pidcock, Josh Tarling (TT/RR), Stevie Williams and Fred Wright - Men's road

 

MTB

Charlie Aldridge and Tom Pidcock - Men’s mountain bike

Ella Maclean-Howell and Evie Richards - Women’s mountain bike

 

Track

Elinor Barker, Neah Evans, Josie Knight, Anna Morris and Jess Roberts - Women’s track endurance

Dan Bigham, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood - Men’s track endurance

Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe and Hamish Turnbull - Men’s track sprint

Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane and Katy Marchant - Women’s track sprint

 

 

Diving

Tom Daley - Men's 10m Synchro

Noah Williams - Men's 10m Platform, Men's 10m Synchro

Kyle Kothari - Men's 10m Platform

Jack Laugher - Men's 3m Springboard, Men's 3m Synchro

Anthony Harding - Men's 3m Synchro

Jordan Houlden - Men's 3m Springboard

Scarlett Mew Jensen - Women's 3m Synchro

Yasmin Harper - Women's 3m Springboard, Women's 3m Synchro

Grace Reid - Women's 3m Springboard

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix - Women's 10m Platform, Women's 10m Synchro

Lois Toulson

 

Equestrian

Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester, Charlotte Fry and Becky Moody (r) - Dressage

Rosalind Canter, Yasmin Ingham, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen (r) - Eventing

Scott Brash, Harry Charles, Ben Maher and Joseph Stockdale (r)  - Showjumping

 

Golf

Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick - men's

Georgia Hall and Charley Hull - women's

 

Gymnastics - Artistic 
Joe Fraser, Harry Hepworth, Jake Jarman, Luke Whitehouse, Max Whitlock - men's artistic

Becky Downie, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella, Abigail Martin - women's artistic

 

Trampoline

Zak Perzamanos - men's trampoline

Bryony Page, Izzy Songhurst - women's trampoline

 

Hockey
Women's hockey - Miriam Pritchard (GK), Giselle Ansley, Hollie Pearne-Webb (captain), Anna Toman, Amy Costello, Fiona Crackles, Laura Roper, Flora Peel, Sophie Hamilton, Lily Owsley, Izzy Petter, Tess Howard, Sarah Jones, Charlotte Watson, Sarah Robertson, Hannah French

Men's hockey - Ollie Payne (GK), Nick Park, Gareth Furlong, Conor Williamson, Liam Sanford, James Albery, David Ames, Jacob Draper, Jack Waller, David Goodfield, Zach Wallace, Phil Roper, Rupert Shipperley, Will Calnan, Sam Ward, Lee Morton

 

Judo

Chelsie Giles - -52kg

Lucy Renshall - -63kg

Emma Reid - -78kg

Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown - -70kg

Lele Nairne - -57kg

 

Modern Pentathlon

Joe Choong and Myles Pillage - men's event

Kate French and Kerenza Bryson - women's event

 

Rowing
Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford, Emily Ford, Lauren Irwin, Eve Stewart, Hattie Taylor, Annie Campbell-Orde and Henry Fieldman - Women's eight

Sholto Carnegie, Rory Gibbs, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby, James Rudkin, Tom Ford and Harry Brightmore - Men's eight

Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten - Women's four

Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson - Men's four

Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott, Lola Anderson and Georgie Brayshaw - Women's quadruple sculls

Tom Barras, Callum Dixon, Matt Haywood and Graeme Thomas - Men's quadruple sculls

Emily Craig and Imogen Grant - Lightweight women's double sculls

Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne - Women's double sculls

Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George - Men's pair

Chloe Brew and Rebecca Edwards - Women's pair

 

Rugby Sevens

Amy Wilson Hardy, Ellie Boatman, Ellie Kildunne, Emma Uren (C), Grace Crompton, Heather Cowell, Isla Norman-Bell, Jade Shekells, Jasmine Joyce, Lauren Torley, Lisa Thomson, Meg Jones

Sailing

John Gimson and Anna Burnet – Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17)

Chris Grube and Vita Heathcote - Mixed Dinghy (470)

James Peters and Fynn Sterritt – Men’s Skiff (49er)

Freya Black and Saskia Tidey – Women’s Skiff (49erFX)

Emma Wilson – Women’s Windsurfing (iQFOiL)

Sam Sills – Men’s Windsurfing (iQFOiL)

Ellie Aldridge – Women’s Kite (Formula Kite)

Connor Bainbridge - Men's Kite (Formula Kite)

Michael Beckett – Men’s Dinghy (ILCA 7)

Hannah Snellgrove - Women's Dinghy (ILCA 6)

Shooting

Michael Bargeron - 10m air rifle / 50m rifle 3P / 10m mixed team

Seonaid McIntosh - 10m air rifle / 50m rifle 3P / 10m mixed team

Matthew Coward-Holley – Olympic Trap

Nathan Hales – Olympic Trap

Lucy Hall – Olympic Trap

Amber Rutter – Olympic Skeet

 

Skateboarding
Sky Brown and Lola Tambling - women's park

Andy Macdonald - men's park

 

Sport Climbing

Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur - men's boulder and lead

Molly Thompson-Smith and Erin McNiece - women's lead and boulder

 

Swimming

Freya Anderson, Freya Colbert, Kathleen Dawson, Angharad Evans, Medi Harris, Lucy Hope, Anna Hopkin, Keanna MacInnes, Eva Okaro, Honey Osrin, Katie Shanahan, Laura Stephens and Abbie Wood

Kieran Bird, Alex Cohoon, Tom Dean, Luke Greenbank, James Guy, Daniel Jervis, Joe Litchfield, Max Litchfield, Jonathon Marshall, Jack McMillan, Oliver Morgan, Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Jacob Whittle and James Wilby

 

 

Leah Crisp, Hector Pardoe and Toby Robinson: Marathon swimming

 

Table Tennis

Anna Hursey - Women's singles

Liam Pitchford - Men's singles

 

Taekwondo

Jade Jones - women's -57kg

Rebecca McGowan - women's +67kg

Bradly Sinden - men's -68kg

Caden Cunningham - men's +80kg

 

Tennis

Jack Draper, Cam Norrie, Dan Evans, Andy Murray - Men's singles

Katie Boulter - Women's singles

Neal Skupski & Joe Salisbury - Men's doubles

Heather Watson - Women's doubles

Mixed doubles: from above

 

Triathlon

Alex Yee, Sam Dickinson: Men's individual

Beth Potter, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Kate Waugh: Women's individual

Mixed relay: from above

 

Weightlifting

Emily Campbell - Women's 81+kg

[Rafa Maciel 1,606]

Can't help but feel decidedly underwhelmed by the qualifying performances across a lot of the sports - after Tokyo I was expecting us to be sending a much bigger team. 

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Just now, Rafa Maciel said:

Can't help but feel decidedly underwhelmed by the qualifying performances across a lot of the sports - after Tokyo I was expecting us to be sending a much bigger team. 

Yes and no. with Buckner at UK Athletics, that team was always gonna shrink. There are a few poor misses - Men's sevens and women's football, that would have pushed the number up significantly, and the latter of which would have been a medal shout - other than that and boxing, it's more or less par. some sports are simply in the doldrums and need one of those UK Sport reviews - Men's Judo springs to mind there. The Archers dug themselves out of a hole, and you have to admire that - with the men's form, and Bryony showing again, there's even maybe a punchers chance there...

 

Let's go in order, just for funsies:

 

Archery: Full squad

 

Miracle, nothing short. The heritage of Robin Hood and Agincourt lives to fight another day

 

Artistic Swimming: duet

 

As much as could possibly be realistically hoped for, and the pair are so good, a minor medal is not utterly implausible, if unlikely.

 

Athletics : 63

 

GBR were spoilt during the Ohuruogu-Ennis-Farah-Rutherford era: 19 global titles (21 if you add Idowu and Greene), 7 Olympic golds between this foursome alone. Well that era is done. I'm gutted for those who achieved good rankings qualifications and still missed out, and leaving the two Hammer boys at home seems particularly stupid. The injury to Glave was unfortunate but the right three came through in the 100. Field events remain an issue, but that's been the case for a long time, and at least this time there is one genuine field event gold contender in Caudery. The team is thinner, but there are some intriguing possibilities - Hudson Smith, Kerr, Hodgkinson and Gill, Men's 4 x 1, Women's 4 x 1 and, hopefully, one last hurrah for KJT or Dina

 

Badminton. WS x 1, MD x 1

 

This is a little disappointing, but it's been coming. GBR may have codified this sport, but they haven't really been a force in it for a long time, and given that arts of Asia revere the game in a way the west does with Tennis, I'm not sure there's an obvious remedy.

 

Basketball:

 

Dude. The issues in GB Basketball are MUCH MUCH bigger than failing to make the Games

 

Boxing : 6 (3M, 3W)

 

This is the major disappointment, but it is at least partially explicable by the qualification system and the reduction of men's weights. GBR remain quite near the top of the pile for qualification numbers, even with aussies getting ridiculously easy ride. My big question is Ireland got six women in, because Ireland take women's boxing very seriously. So do GBR, but yet only got three in.

 

Breaking : nobody

 

Don't care. Relieved, frankly, not to have the nation embarrassed.

 

Canoe :

 

Slalom, Full house, excellent

 

Sprint : nobody

 

Ok this is concerning, i grant you. I appreciate GBR does rowing more than it does canoeing but the facilities exist and the numbers are broadly ok. GBR are not a natural canoe sprint nation in the manner of the central europeans but having nobody qualified justifies a few questions.

 

Cycling :

 

Road - full squad, the only nation to do so, with at least one, possible two medal shots

Track - full squad, one of few nations to do so, with countless medal shots - Archibald injury will hurt badly.

MTB - full squad, with a serious medal shot

BMX Racing - one of each, disappointing on men's side but they only have themselves to blame

BMX Freestyle - one of each. Very unlucky not to get second M, the one we have is a big medal shout

 

All in all, good work on the wheels, guys

 

Equestrian : Full house

 

Plenty of medal shouts here too

 

Fencing : nobody

 

A little disappointing, but we haven't really done very much since that freak win the European Games

 

Field hockey: full House

 

GBR women are coming down, GBR men are coming up

 

Football: nobody

 

The women's team screwed up, but were still very, very close - essentially a single goal from the finals. In this qualification program, you win or you die.

 

Golf : Full house

 

Never in doubt, decent medal shouts though not favourites

 

Gymnastics

 

Artistics, full squads

 

injury mayhem on the women's side has screwed GBRs chances, and one wonders if the Gadirovas and Achompong might 'age out' before LA, though I very much hope not. The men's side has a few medal shots in individual apparatus, a long shot in AA, and a long shot in team. Can't ask much more than that, really.

 

Trampoline : 1 M 2 W

 

One strong medal shot, good Q figures in the context

 

Rythmic : 0

 

quelle surprise.

 

Handball: nothing

 

Did we expect different?

 

Judo : 5W with a couple of medal shouts, no M

 

Right, here, I agree, is an issue. The land that gave us Neil Adamas and Brian Jacks should not have zero men. This, again, is review territory. but the women's hall is actually pretty good.

 

Mod Pent: Full house

 

Not favourites now, but I genuinely think Choony and French might still pull of a medal or two. But a full house in Q with reserves in both sexes.

 

Rowing

 

10 boats out of 14 but a big squad (2nd biggest I think), and multiple medal shouts - pity they are obviously winding down the lightweights

 

Rugby Sevens : 12 W, 0 M

 

The third group of actual disappointment. An utter, utter shambles. THe women might do something, but I doubt it. The 'Team GB' thing has not worked

 

Sailing: Full house, plenty shouts

 

Shooting : team of 6

 

Quotas across all but one individual  rifle and shotgun events - but that one cost a team place in a strong competition for GBR. That individual snafu is disappointing. Otherwise, pretty solid, really. We don't do pistols.

 

Skateboarding : team of 3

 

That's about standard, bit unlucky with Lily Strachan but hardly disastrous.

 

Sports Climbing: Full House in B&L, 0 in sprint

 

Not sure we expected that, and in Roberts there's a genuine medal contender. I find our continued irrelevance in sprint, given we adore Gladiators, difficult to fathom. I can only assume the lack of a balding man in lycra chasing our athletes up the wall  interferes with their motivation.

 

given that "The Wall" is now an Olympic sport, and parts of the Eliminator are coming to Modern Pentathlon, it seems more important than ever that Gladiators has made a TV comeback - light entertainment that is clearly a secret Olympic talent spotting initiative.

 

Surfing : Nada

 

Sky Brown got closer than I thought she would but otherwise, not really a surprise.

 

Table tennis 1M, 1W 

 

A little underwhelming but we never do much here, both tin tin and Paul had this in their grasp, possibly a little unfairly so, but let it slip.

Taekwondo :4 entries, every one a medal shout.

 

As good as it gets really

 
Tennis : 6 men, 2 women,

 

probably one genuine medal shout in MD, but in terms of Q, the British women slid a little downhill

 

Triathlon 3 W, 2 M

 

The men have really tailed off, but there are some signs of recovery for the next cycle. Still pretty solid Q

 

Volleyball

 

Dude 2.

Weightlifting 1W

 

Disappointing, but given the slashing of weights and numbers, glad to get anyone at all.

Wrestling: Nada

 

As per.

 

Swimming 33 : 19 M 14 W All relays

 

One or two of the women have not kicked on like we would have hoped, but there are solid medal chances throughout the team - I'd bet a minimum of 4 medals, at least one gold

 

Water-polo

 

Dude 3

 

Diving : full house

 

Only us and china, and whle china will win almost everything, GBR have at least 4 possibly as high as 6 medal shouts (4=ASS, M3s, M10s, W10s, 6 = 4+Laugher, W3S)

 

I'm not sure, looking through that, how disappointed we can be. Boxing dropped the ball, Judo has issues on the men's side and two of the teams struck out. Otherwise it was another solid Q, to be honest. Especially given the Bucknerisation of athletics
 

[Mkbw50 438]

It's really lame and stupid we can't have a Men's Football team. I don't want to start a discussion on it bc it's tedious, I just want to say it because it irks me somewhat

[Rafa Maciel 1,606]

9 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Yes and no. with Buckner at UK Athletics, that team was always gonna shrink. There are a few poor misses - Men's sevens and women's football, that would have pushed the number up significantly, and the latter of which would have been a medal shout - other than that and boxing, it's more or less par. some sports are simply in the doldrums and need one of those UK Sport reviews - Men's Judo springs to mind there. The Archers dug themselves out of a hole, and you have to admire that - with the men's form, and Bryony showing again, there's even maybe a punchers chance there...

 

Let's go in order, just for funsies:

 

Archery: Full squad

 

Miracle, nothing short. The heritage of Robin Hood and Agincourt lives to fight another day

 

Artistic Swimming: duet

 

As much as could possibly be realistically hoped for, and the pair are so good, a minor medal is not utterly implausible, if unlikely.

 

Athletics : 63

 

GBR were spoilt during the Ohuruogu-Ennis-Farah-Rutherford era: 19 global titles (21 if you add Idowu and Greene), 7 Olympic golds between this foursome alone. Well that era is done. I'm gutted for those who achieved good rankings qualifications and still missed out, and leaving the two Hammer boys at home seems particularly stupid. The injury to Glave was unfortunate but the right three came through in the 100. Field events remain an issue, but that's been the case for a long time, and at least this time there is one genuine field event gold contender in Caudery. The team is thinner, but there are some intriguing possibilities - Hudson Smith, Kerr, Hodgkinson and Gill, Men's 4 x 1, Women's 4 x 1 and, hopefully, one last hurrah for KJT or Dina

 

Badminton. WS x 1, MD x 1

 

This is a little disappointing, but it's been coming. GBR may have codified this sport, but they haven't really been a force in it for a long time, and given that arts of Asia revere the game in a way the west does with Tennis, I'm not sure there's an obvious remedy.

 

Basketball:

 

Dude. The issues in GB Basketball are MUCH MUCH bigger than failing to make the Games

 

Boxing : 6 (3M, 3W)

 

This is the major disappointment, but it is at least partially explicable by the qualification system and the reduction of men's weights. GBR remain quite near the top of the pile for qualification numbers, even with aussies getting ridiculously easy ride. My big question is Ireland got six women in, because Ireland take women's boxing very seriously. So do GBR, but yet only got three in.

 

Breaking : nobody

 

Don't care. Relieved, frankly, not to have the nation embarrassed.

 

Canoe :

 

Slalom, Full house, excellent

 

Sprint : nobody

 

Ok this is concerning, i grant you. I appreciate GBR does rowing more than it does canoeing but the facilities exist and the numbers are broadly ok. GBR are not a natural canoe sprint nation in the manner of the central europeans but having nobody qualified justifies a few questions.

 

Cycling :

 

Road - full squad, the only nation to do so, with at least one, possible two medal shots

Track - full squad, one of few nations to do so, with countless medal shots - Archibald injury will hurt badly.

MTB - full squad, with a serious medal shot

BMX Racing - one of each, disappointing on men's side but they only have themselves to blame

BMX Freestyle - one of each. Very unlucky not to get second M, the one we have is a big medal shout

 

All in all, good work on the wheels, guys

 

Equestrian : Full house

 

Plenty of medal shouts here too

 

Fencing : nobody

 

A little disappointing, but we haven't really done very much since that freak win the European Games

 

Field hockey: full House

 

GBR women are coming down, GBR men are coming up

 

Football: nobody

 

The women's team screwed up, but were still very, very close - essentially a single goal from the finals. In this qualification program, you win or you die.

 

Golf : Full house

 

Never in doubt, decent medal shouts though not favourites

 

Gymnastics

 

Artistics, full squads

 

injury mayhem on the women's side has screwed GBRs chances, and one wonders if the Gadirovas and Achompong might 'age out' before LA, though I very much hope not. The men's side has a few medal shots in individual apparatus, a long shot in AA, and a long shot in team. Can't ask much more than that, really.

 

Trampoline : 1 M 2 W

 

One strong medal shot, good Q figures in the context

 

Rythmic : 0

 

quelle surprise.

 

Handball: nothing

 

Did we expect different?

 

Judo : 5W with a couple of medal shouts, no M

 

Right, here, I agree, is an issue. The land that gave us Neil Adamas and Brian Jacks should not have zero men. This, again, is review territory. but the women's hall is actually pretty good.

 

Mod Pent: Full house

 

Not favourites now, but I genuinely think Choony and French might still pull of a medal or two. But a full house in Q with reserves in both sexes.

 

Rowing

 

10 boats out of 14 but a big squad (2nd biggest I think), and multiple medal shouts - pity they are obviously winding down the lightweights

 

Rugby Sevens : 12 W, 0 M

 

The third group of actual disappointment. An utter, utter shambles. THe women might do something, but I doubt it. The 'Team GB' thing has not worked

 

Sailing: Full house, plenty shouts

 

Shooting : team of 6

 

Quotas across all but one individual  rifle and shotgun events - but that one cost a team place in a strong competition for GBR. That individual snafu is disappointing. Otherwise, pretty solid, really. We don't do pistols.

 

Skateboarding : team of 3

 

That's about standard, bit unlucky with Lily Strachan but hardly disastrous.

 

Sports Climbing: Full House in B&L, 0 in sprint

 

Not sure we expected that, and in Roberts there's a genuine medal contender. I find our continued irrelevance in sprint, given we adore Gladiators, difficult to fathom. I can only assume the lack of a balding man in lycra chasing our athletes up the wall  interferes with their motivation.

 

given that "The Wall" is now an Olympic sport, and parts of the Eliminator are coming to Modern Pentathlon, it seems more important than ever that Gladiators has made a TV comeback - light entertainment that is clearly a secret Olympic talent spotting initiative.

 

Surfing : Nada

 

Sky Brown got closer than I thought she would but otherwise, not really a surprise.

 

Table tennis 1M, 1W 

 

A little underwhelming but we never do much here, both tin tin and Paul had this in their grasp, possibly a little unfairly so, but let it slip.

Taekwondo :4 entries, every one a medal shout.

 

As good as it gets really

 
Tennis : 6 men, 2 women,

 

probably one genuine medal shout in MD, but in terms of Q, the British women slid a little downhill

 

Triathlon 3 W, 2 M

 

The men have really tailed off, but there are some signs of recovery for the next cycle. Still pretty solid Q

 

Volleyball

 

Dude 2.

Weightlifting 1W

 

Disappointing, but given the slashing of weights and numbers, glad to get anyone at all.

Wrestling: Nada

 

As per.

 

Swimming 33 : 19 M 14 W All relays

 

One or two of the women have not kicked on like we would have hoped, but there are solid medal chances throughout the team - I'd bet a minimum of 4 medals, at least one gold

 

Water-polo

 

Dude 3

 

Diving : full house

 

Only us and china, and whle china will win almost everything, GBR have at least 4 possibly as high as 6 medal shouts (4=ASS, M3s, M10s, W10s, 6 = 4+Laugher, W3S)

 

I'm not sure, looking through that, how disappointed we can be. Boxing dropped the ball, Judo has issues on the men's side and two of the teams struck out. Otherwise it was another solid Q, to be honest. Especially given the Bucknerisation of athletics
 

Was going to wait until after the games before conducting postmortem but here's my current thinking:

 

Archery - I completely agree with you - this is probably the biggest surprise of the qualifying cycle. We've got 2 strong archers on the women's side but we've struggled to get a 3rd at the same level. On the men's side, there was nothing in the results in the run up to the qualifying event that suggested they would qualify.

 

Artistic Swimming - It's great that we got the duet in and that they are likely to be in the mix for medals come Paris. I am however disappointed that GB didn't at least contend for a team quota at the World Champs. I'm not suggesting they would have got it, but they at least need to be putting themselves in the fight.

 

Athletics - Wont spent too much time on this as the squad could have and should have been bigger. We've lost some to injury but equally the management of UKA are basically doing everything they can to destroy the sport - particularly the field events. That being said, we could easily come back with half a dozen medals from athletics and everyone will be patting themselves on the back and praising the fact that we are raising the standard.

 

Badminton - At the start of the qualifying cycle I think it would have been fair to project a quota across all events except for men's singles after the retirement of Toby Penty. To not have a pairing in the mixed doubles and/or the women's doubles is disappointing.

 

Basketball - The progression made by the women's basketball team seems to have stalled. Again, I'm not saying that we were going to qualify but it is disappointing that the women threw away their chances against Germany and the decision of the men to reject their place in the OQT is another wasted opportunity. On the upside, early signs that the federation are taking things a bit more seriously ahead of LA and we should hopefully be seeing GB 3x3 squads competing in the near term.

 

Beach Volleyball - The Bello brothers came close and were unlucky that injury impacted the early part of the qualifying window. On the upside, they are beginning to show greater degree of consistency. 

 

Boxing - This was a mess across all 3 qualifying tournaments. I appreciate your comment on the impact of changes to qualifying system, but simply put, too many of our boxers lost too early.

 

Breaking - Like you, I don't care - I just hope they don't get any additional public funding ahead of LA.

 

Canoe - Agree on slalom and with your comment about GB not being a natural sprint canoe nation but at the same time, we are among the strongest nations at the para-sprint events so the program is clearly in place and we've had reasonable representation in the sport across multiple cycles so this definitely feels like a sport that has regressed since Tokyo.

 

Cycling - As you say, plenty of positives to focus on with the disappointment being the BMX racing - across both men and women TBH. On the men's side, we have more depth and should have been able to get 2 quotas whilst on the women's side, perhaps if Shriever had competed in the European cup events, GB could sneaked a second spot for Emily Hutt. On the freestyle events, had the original qualifying document stood, I think we would have got 2 quotas for both the men and women so the disappointment here is more aimed at the UCI changing the goalposts halfway through the qualifying window.

 

Equestrian - great to have a full team, disappointing that world number 1 Oliver Townend isn't on the team due to injury.

 

Fencing - Sure we're not great at the sport, but still disappointing not to have a single fencer competing on the biggest stage.

 

Football - Another instance where my disappointment is less aimed at the team and more at governing body. As continental champion that would be enough for pretty much every other continent to qualify - but not for UEFA. Runner-up at the world cup should have been more than enough to qualify as European representative and would have been at pretty much every other Olympic cycle, but not this time. Instead UEFA decides to add a new competition right after the world cup when our squad were knackered. 

 

Golf - Technically it's not a full house as we could have qualified a maximum of 4 had they all been in the top 15. As it is, 2+2 is as good as we could have hoped for. 

 

Gymnastics - I was impressed that the artistic teams were able to nail the quota at the first opportunity but perhaps that was the benefit of home crowd. Sadly the women's team has since been decimated by injury. Still have some decent medal chances though on the men's side. For trampoline, I won't lie, I would have liked that second quota in the men's event but that was always going to be a stretch given the weird qualifying pathways that was in place. For rhythmic gymnastics, I wasn't expecting a quota.

 

Handball - I'm just happy that we actually seem to have an active handball squad now and appreciate the fact that even though they knew they didn't have cat in hell's chance of qualifying, when the chance came for them to compete at the qualifying tournament, they jumped at the opportunity.

 

Hockey - Remains the only team event where we can generally be confident that we can qualify.

 

Judo - Another major disappointment but only on the men's side. Going into the qualifying period, there were realistic prospect for Hall, Moorhead and Petgrave to qualify and none of them did. OK, Hall was injured early on and changed his weight class which impacted his chances but none of the men's squad performed when it mattered most - you just can't make the Olympics if all you are getting are participation points. 

 

Modern Pentathlon - No complaints from me. I do wonder if Choong has already mentally checked-out from the sport at the lower level events but still think he will raise his game when it comes to Paris - He wants to bow out as double Olympic champion.

 

Rowing - I've no doubt that the rowing squad will come back with multiple medals but this is another sport where disappointment is aimed at the federation rather than the squad themselves - why did we not even try to qualify the men's double sculls at the last chance regatta?

 

Rugby 7s - The whole campaign on the men's side was a endless stream of disappointment.

 

Sailing - Full squad so happy days.

 

Shooting - It is disappointing that we started off so strongly and backed a handful of early quotas but never seemed to be able to build on that. Biggest disappointment is the men's skeet but equally, we had plenty of disappointing performances from the likes of coward-Holley who can count himself lucky that he got quota through ranking because he wasn't exactly challenging for quota when it mattered. 

 

Skateboarding - Let's be honest, all we really cared about was getting Sky Brown on the start list. Anyone after that was a bonus, even if it is a guy who is heading towards pension age. Nevertheless, skateboarding was probably our weakest discipline in the OQS - we seemed to qualify plenty of athletes, but few of them were able to rise to the occasion.

 

Sport Climbing - Given we started from such a low base, to now have full team in the boulder/lead events is impressive. Hopefully going into LA the speed program can see similar development.

 

Surfing - I wasn't really expecting a quota so I can't complain.

 

Table Tennis - The men's team were in a qualifying position for the majority of the qualifying window so disappointing that their chances were scuppered by injury when it mattered most. 

 

Taekwondo - I hate the qualifying limitations in this sport - it's basically designed to benefit China. So I'm happy we got 4 qualified (and all genuine medal contenders) but i would have liked us to have the opportunity to fight for more. 

 

Tennis - Hmmm not actually sure what to think on this. On the plus side, we got full team on the men's side but on the downside, Neil Skupski dropped out of the top 10 in the doubles ranking - had he held on to top-10 place, I think we would have been guaranteed 2 doubles pairings. On the women's side, we've Boulter in as a seed, but she's not going to do anything. Jodie Burrage probably would have been in with a shout of qualifying but was sidelined with injury and Raducanu being Raducanu, decides not to play.

 

Triathlon - Second games where we haven't been able to get the 3rd quota on the men's side and if anything, it feels like we were further away from getting this time compared to Tokyo.

 

Volleyball - I mean, do we even have a national volleyball team now? BTW - I am WAY too old to be "dude!"

 

Weightlifting - It's a shame that the reduction in quotas had such a drastic impact on the GB squad numbers - going down from 4 in Tokyo to just 1 in Paris is understandable, but disappointing nonetheless.

 

Wrestling - Why this is still an Olympic sport is a mystery to me.

 

Swimming - Final sport where disappointment is aimed at the federation and not the squad. There is absolutely no excuse for any federation to be building a maximum team size into their selection policies. Their job is to encourage participation, not to limit people's aspirations.

 

Diving - Full squad so again, job done.

 

 

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22 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

It's really lame and stupid we can't have a Men's Football team. I don't want to start a discussion on it bc it's tedious, I just want to say it because it irks me somewhat

I blame  and I say that as a Scotsman. 

[JamDH 44]

1 hour ago, Mkbw50 said:

It's really lame and stupid we can't have a Men's Football team. I don't want to start a discussion on it bc it's tedious, I just want to say it because it irks me somewhat

We could have seen Jordan Henderson leading out his troops against Mali or Guinea or whoever.

[RussB 189]

For me the rugby 7s is the big miss of the games on a personal level.

 

the swimming and athletics squads seem far too restrictive in terms of the qualifying criteria but we have had that debate over and over on these forums. 
 

beyond that the boxing regression and lack of male representation in the judo is noteworthy but otherwise I’m positive about the teams chances. Particularly in the rowing and cycling disciplines (despite the Archibald set back). I also think the equestrian team will step up across the 3 disciplines; watch out for dressage being a source of success in particular.

Edited July 9, 2024 by RussB

[mpjmcevoy 363]

11 hours ago, RussB said:

For me the rugby 7s is the big miss of the games on a personal level.

 

the swimming and athletics squads seem far too restrictive in terms of the qualifying criteria but we have had that debate over and over on these forums. 
 

beyond that the boxing regression and lack of male representation in the judo is noteworthy but otherwise I’m positive about the teams chances. Particularly in the rowing and cycling disciplines (despite the Archibald set back). I also think the equestrian team will step up across the 3 disciplines; watch out for dressage being a source of success in particular.

In my experience the UK Sport/Team GB Olympic targets reflect expectation management rather than anything else - again they have gone for the 50-70 style figure which suggests some confidence. Outside the W2x, I'm not sure there are as many slam dunks as some previous Games, conversely, it feels like there are more leigitimate 'chances' that could go either way.

 

The swimming and Athletics numbers reflect Bucknerisation, and in so far as it goes, it has worked in swimming - GBR are clearly churning out a few more medal chances per cycle than they used to, although the women's side still seems soft - that said Blocksidge should come through for LA, along probably with Fleur Lewis, Pheobe Cooper and Theadora Taylor, and slightly belatedly, hopefully Leah Schlossan, just as GBR loses some of its golden 200 freestyle generation - as ever with GBR, men's side and women's side never seem to come through at the same time.

 

I do not think Bucknerisation will work in athletics because the variation and tactical elements are so much more important in races over 400m - a lot will depnds on how Athletics go here, but it is very clear that the standards were set badly - there is a strong suggestion going around that almost everyone, regardless of form, who got the main Q mark or a UKA Q mark was picked, because if form had been factored in, the team would have been slashed even worse to the point of embarrassment, with one or two in the know suggesting there may need to be a post mortem on how it panned out with several people left behind they'd rather have taken (notably the hammer boys and Anna Purchase, Amy Hunt in the individual 200), and a few going they'd rather have left behind (who we won't name because it is unfair, they met the standard asked).

 

Rugby Sevens is an absolute shambles - which feels odd since I'm thrilled with my Irish hat on how My boys and girls in green have done. Creating a team GB team has simply not worked - rather than bringing together the best full time, it's got mediocre players entirely orphaned from the home unions. Both BOA and the three home unions are going to have to think hard if they want to do this event properly, because at the moment it gives off the stink of the old GB amateur football teams being made fools of. more generally, the WR are going to have to work out how, and even if, this sport can be made more than a bit of fun, and actually attract talent to a legit career.

 

Men's boxing has clearly been going backwards for two if not three cycles - is this McCracken going through the same problems Brailsford did? as for Judo, I don't really get the sense the governing body really know what they're doing, and wonder do we need to look seriously at the coaching set up - Taekwon do has managed to cycle through an entire generation - Stevenson, Cook, Cho, Stamper, Lutalo and now Walkden, and still have a healthy programme with a number more coming through. Judo...nada.

 

We don't do wrestling, handball, pistol shooting, fencing, volleyball or waterpolo with any belief and I've made my peace with it. I find it harder to stomach basketball, but there we are....

Edited July 10, 2024 by mpjmcevoy

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The Atheltics team will be under 50 come LA I suspect if they hit their medal targets because they will go for needing the time/distance/ hight to make the world or Olympic top 8 to secure selection. 

Edited July 10, 2024 by Orangehair43