Team GB Daily: Day 15

[Mkbw50 438]

Welcome to Team GB Daily, the Daily thread for Team GB in Paris on Totallympics! Catch the whole Team GB schedule in UK time, and discuss the day's events.

 

SCHEDULE

 

0700 ATHLETICS MEN'S MARATHON: Emile Cairess, Mahamed Mahamed, Philip Sesemann 4th for Cairess 2:07:29, 46th for Sesemann 2:13:08, Mahamed 57th 2:15:19

0800 GOLF WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL STROKE PLAY Day 4: Georgia Hall, Charley Hull Hull joint-27th with +1, Hall joint-36th with +5

0821 TAEKWONDO MEN'S +80KG Round of 16: Abdoul Issoufou vs Caden Cunningham Takes it 2-0, into the quarters

0830 MODERN PENTATHLON WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL Semifinal A Riding Show Jumping: Kerenza Bryson, Kate French Bryson third 300 points, French 7th 293 points, onto the next round

0900 DIVING MEN'S 10M PLATFORM Semifinal: Kyle Kothari, Noah Williams Kothari 6th 443.55, Williams 12th 400.90. Both into today's final

0910 MODERN PENTATHLON WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL Semifinal A Fencing Bonus Round: Kerenza Bryson, Kate French No bonus points for French, she finishes top on 240 total fencing points, 4 for Bryson who finishes 2nd on 234

0915 SPORT CLIMBING WOMEN'S BOULDER & LEAD Boulder Final: Erin McNeice 4th with 59.5, onto the Lead section

0940 MODERN PENTATHLON WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL Semifinal A Swimming 200m Freestyle: Kerenza Bryson, Kate French French 6th 2:15.56 and 279 points, Bryson 14th 2:020.92 and 269 points. Onto Laser run

1010 MODERN PENTATHLON WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL Semifinal A Laser Run: Kerenza Bryson, Kate French Bryson 7th with 599 points in 11:41.88, French 11th with 11:54.55 and 586. Bryson finishes first with 1402 OR, French 5th with 1398. Both to tomorrow's final

1100 TAEKWONDO WOMEN'S +67KG Round of 16: Rebecca McGowan vs Venice Elizabeth Megan Traill 2-0 win and into the quarterfinals

1135 SPORT CLIMBING WOMEN'S BOULDER & LEAD Lead Final: Erin McNeice 68.1, finished 5th with 127.6 total

1340 TAEKWONDO MEN'S +80KG Quarterfinal: Caden Cunningham 2-1 win over Rafael Alba and to the semifinal

1400 DIVING MEN'S 10M PLATFORM Final: Kyle Kothari, Noah Williams BRONZE! 497.35 for Williams. Kothari 401.55 and 11th

1445 TAEKWONDO WOMEN'S +67KG Quarterfinal: Rebecca McGowan 2-1 loss to Svetlana Osipova. Onto the repechage

1536 TAEKWONDO MEN'S +80KG Semifinal: Caden Cunningham Victory over Cheick Sallah Cisse 2-1 and to the Gold Medal Contest

1600 CYCLING TRACK WOMEN'S SPRINT 1/8 Finals: Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell Victory in Heat 2 for Finucane and in Heat 4 for Capewell. Into the Quarters

1619 CYCLING TRACK MEN'S KEIRIN First Round: Jack Carlin, Hamish Turnbull Carlin 2nd in Heat 2 by 0.361s and into tomorrow's quarterfinal, Turnbull 4th in Heat 3 by 0.353s and into the Repechage today

1630 MODERN PENTATHLON MEN'S INDIVIDUAL Final Riding Show Jumping: Joseph Choong Choong 7th with 293, to the fencing

1659 CYCLING TRACK MEN'S MADISON: Final -9 points and 10th

1710 MODERN PENTATHLON MEN'S INDIVIDUAL Final Fencing Bonus Round: Joseph Choong 4 bonus points, a total of 199 and 17th, to the swimming

1740 MODERN PENTATHLON MEN'S INDIVIDUAL Final Swimming 200m Freestyle: Joseph Choong Fastest in 1:57.52, 315 points, to the laser run

1807 CYCLING TRACK WOMEN'S SPRINT Quarterfinals Race 1: Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell Victory for Finucane in Heat 2 and Capewell second by 0.088 in Heat 4, onto Race 2

1810 MODERN PENTATHLON MEN'S INDIVIDUAL Final Laser Run: Joseph Choong 4th in 9:48.09 and 712 points, finished 9th in 1519 points

1815 ATHLETICS MEN'S 800M Final: Max Burgin 8th in 1:43.84

1821 CYCLING TRACK MEN'S KEIRIN Repechages: Hamish Turnbull Victory in Heat 2 and onto tomorrow's quarters

1830 ARTISTIC SWIMMING DUET Free Routine: Kate Shortman/Isabelle Thorpe SILVER! 294.5085 for a total of 558.5367

1849 CYCLING TRACK WOMEN'S SPRINT Quarterfinals Race 2: Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell Victory in Heat 2 for Finucane and to tomorrow's semis, Capewell 2nd in Heat 4 by 0.140 and into the 5-8 finals tomorrow

1850 ATHLETICS MEN'S 5000M Final: George Mills 21st in 13:32.32

1906 TAEKWONDO WOMEN'S +67KG Repechage: Rebecca McGowan Victory over Astan Katherine Feghe Bathily 2-1, into the Bronze contest

1915 ATHLETICS WOMEN'S 1500M Final: Georgia Bell, Laura Muir BRONZE! Bell 3:52.61 NR. Muir 5th 3:53.37 PB

2000 ATHLETICS MEN'S 4x400M RELAY: Final BRONZE! 2:55.83 AR

2004 TAEKWONDO WOMEN'S +67KG Bronze Medal Contest: Rebecca McGowan 2-1 loss

2014 ATHLETICS WOMEN'S 4x400M RELAY: Final BRONZE! 3:19.72 NR

2019 TAEKWONDO MEN'S +80KG Gold Medal Contest: Caden Cunningham SILVER! 2-1 loss

 

Question of the Day

 

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? Yes

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? Yes

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? No

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? Yes

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? Yes

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? No

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? Yes

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? Yes

 

Leaderboard

 

107 - @cjsavory

105 - @Olympicsnell

96 - @Mkbw50

85 - @adolphin @G-ann (I allowed the late events, especially as the only one already finished you got wrong!)

70 - @Jon

 

Medal count

14/20/23

Edited August 10 by Mkbw50

[Mkbw50 438]

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? No

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? No

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? Yes

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? No

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? No

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? No

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? No

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? Yes

[cjsavory 44]

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? YES

 

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? NO 

 

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? YES

 

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? NO 

 

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? YES

 

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? NO

 

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? NO 

 

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? YES

[Olympicsnell 300]

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? No

 

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? NO 

 

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? YES

 

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? NO 

 

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? YES

 

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? NO

 

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? NO 

 

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? No

Edited August 10 by Olympicsnell

[Jon 43]

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? YES

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? NO

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? YES

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? NO

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? YES

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? YES

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? NO

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? YES

[adolphin 2]

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? YES

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal YES

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? YES

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? YES

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? NO

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? YES

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? YES

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal YES

[RussB 189]

Cunningham wins a very tough fight opener !

[G-ann 113]

Thank you for the generosity!

 

Artistic Swimming: Do we get a medal? Yes

Athletics: Do we get a 1500M medal? No

Cycling Track: Do we win a Madison medal? Yes

Diving: Do any Brits come top 5? Yes

Golf: Do any Brits have an par-or-better day? Yes

Modern Pentathlon: Does Choong come top 5? Yes

Sport Climbing: Does McNeice come top 5? Yes

Taekwondo: Does CUNNINGHAM win a medal? Yes

[Olympicsnell 300]

Incredible run in the marathon to finish 4th

[RussB 189]

16 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

Incredible run in the marathon to finish 4th

That’s a stunning run from him. As far as non medals go, that’s up there with biggest pleasant surprises of the games