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My knowledge of Winter sport isn't great, and I feel I tend to be over optimistic but I'll give it a go for .
 
Alpine Skiing - Never won a medal before but Zak-Carrick Smith picked up 3 including 2 golds at the Winter Youth Olympics earlier in the year. It's clearly a very outside shot but we will see how he progresses. Dave Ryding could also medal on his day, although he will be 39 in 2026
 
Bobsleigh - Brad Hall and Co have been in with a shot for a number of years now, winning numerous medals on the worlds circuit. 2026 will likely be their last but I can see them giving it a good go. Adele Nicoll is still a relative newbie but with another 2 seasons under her belt and some help from hall she could be a contender. 
 
Cross Country Skiing - Andrew Musgrave is still kicking around and he has won world cup medals in the past.
 
Curling - In 2022 our only medals came in curling. Bruce Mouat will certainly go in as one of the favourites, but the women's team is going through a bit of rebuilding. Double gold at the winter youth games bodes well for the future
 
Figure Skating - Fear and Gibson have looked good this year and could return us to the golden era of the 80's. 
 
Freestyle Skiing - Zoe Atkin and Kirsty Muir both won medals at last year world cup, and Atkin took silver at the worlds, so they would be medal contenders, but both in very crowded events
 
Short Track Speed Skating - Not really and serious opportunities after the retirement of Elise Christie. 
 
Skeleton - After an extremely disappointing Beijing, the team has bounced back well and will be competitive in all 3 events, it's nice to see the team having a range of strong athletes rather than being dominated by a couple of exceptional ones. We better not do to well though, or the American's may blame us for cheating again.
 
Snowboarding - Mia Brookes is the current world Champion, and would be the most likely to medal in 2026. In the Snowboard Cross, Charlotte Bankes will be up there, and I feel like Huw Nightingale could progress this year, after some great performances in the Mixed team event.
 
 
As is the case with British Winter Sport, there are no clear favourites in any events, but there is a nice mix of competitive athletes in a diverse range of sports. 

Coming into Beijing, I (perhaps naïvely), believed that GB could get 5+ golds. In 2026, that possibility is still there, if not slightly greater, but my expectations have been lowered. 
We are still quite far away from the games but I feel the team is shaping up quite nicely, with a nice breadth of medal contending sports as opposed to our usual medal factories.

Reeves clearly spent too much time watching Keely etc and not enough time watching hockey and other relative disappointments.

With the games drawing to a close today, I thought I would look back over the last couple of weeks of sporting action, compare the results to my predictions and discuss what the future looks like in LA.

Day 10 - 7th September 2024
 
Apologies for a lack of schedules the past couple of days, I have been really busy with work.
 
08:30 - Road Cycling - Men's C1-3 Road Race - Fin Graham, Ben Watson, Jaco van Gass, Matthew Robertson
08:35 - Road Cycling - Women's C1-3 Road Race - Frances Brown, Dafne Schrager
08:40 - Swimming - Women's 200m IM SM10 - Heats - Faye Rogers (Q3)
09:00 - Athletics - Men's Long Jump T13 - Final - Zak Skinner
09:11 - Athletics - Men's 800m T34 - Final - Isaac Towers
09:12 - Judo - Men's +90kg J2 - Quarterfinals -  Skelley vs  Zorgani
09:12 - Judo - Men's -90kg J2 - Quarterfinals -  Casanova vs  Molloy
09:15 - Canoe - Men's KL2 200m - Semifinal - Dave Phillipson
09:16 - Athletics - Women's 100m Butterfly S8 - Heats - Alice Tai, Brock Whiston
09:28 - Canoe - Women's VL2 200m - Semifinal - Jeannette Chippington
09:31 - Swimming - Women's 50m Butterfly S7 - Heats - Iona Winnifrith
09:42 - Canoe - Men's KL3 200m - Semifinal - Rob Oliver
09:47 - Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly S12 - Heats - Stephen Clegg
09:48 - Judo - Men's -90kg J1 - Quarterfinal -  Powell vs TBD
09:57 - Equestrian - Individual Freestye G5 - Sophie Wells
10:28 - Athletics - Women's 100m T63 - Round 1 - Didi Okoh
10:36 - Canoe - Men's KL2 200m - Final - Dave Phillipson (P)
10:36 - Canoe - Women's VL2 - Final - Jeannette Chippington (P), Emma Wiggs
11:10 - Canoe - Men's KL3 200m - Final - Rob Oliver (P)
11:36 - Canoe - Women's VL3 - Final - Charlotte Henshaw, Hope Gordon
11:39 - Equestrian - Individual Freestyle G1 - Mari Durward-Akhurst
11:40 - Fencing - Men's Team Epee - Quarterfinal -  vs 
12:30 - Tennis - Men's Singles - Final -  Hewett vs  Oda
13:06 - Equestrian - Individual Freestyle G2 - Georgia Wilson
14:33 - Equestrian - Individual Freestyle G3 - Georgia Baker
16:00 - Powerlifting - Women's -97kg - Louise Sugden
19:20 - Athletics - Men's Shot Put T63 - Final - Aled Davies
16:38 - Swimming - Women's 200m IM SM10 - Final - Faye Rogers 
17:07 - Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly S8 - Final - Alice Tai, Brock Whiston (P)
17:36 - Swimming - Women's 50m Butterfly S7 - Final - Iona Winnifrith (P)
18:27 - Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly S12 - Final - Stephen Clegg (P)
19:25 - Athletics - Women's 800m T34 - Final - Hannah Cockroft, Kare Adenegan, Fabienne Andre
20:30 - Basketball - Men's Tournament - Final -  vs 
20:37 - Athletics - Women's 100m T63 - Round 1 - Didi Okoh (P)
 

Taekwondo
 
3 athletes in 3 events
 
Matt Bush - Men's +80kg - WR 4 - 2023 World champion
Bath Munro - Women's -65kg - WR 1 - 2023 World Silver
Amy Truesdale - Women's +65kg - WR 2 - 2023 World Champion
 
All 3 athletes medalled at the last worlds and could certainly win gold. With only 10 athletes in each category, only a couple of wins will guarantee a medal. This squad feels a bit like the olympic squad where all athletes are world class and can win gold but can be a bit inconsistent as well. 
 
My prediction - 1 gold, 3 medals

Para Swimming
 
27 athletes in 52 events
 
World Rankings based off entry times
 
Stephen Clegg - Men's 100m Freestyle S12 - WR 4
                          - Men's 100m Backstroke S12 - WR 1
                          - Men's 100m Butterfly S12 - WR 1
Rhys Darbey - Men's 200m IM SM14 - WR 4
Bruce Dee - Men's 100m Breaststroke SB6 - WR 9
                  - Men's 200m IM SM6 - WR 6
William Ellard - Men's 200 m freestyle S14 - WR 1
                       - Men's 100 m backstroke S14 - WR 4
                       - Men's 100 m butterfly S14 - WR 2
                       - Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 - WR 7
Louis Lawlor - Men's 100m backstroke S14 - WR 10
Matthew Redfern - Men's 100m breaststroke SB13 - WR 15
Harry Stewart - Men's 100m breaststroke SB14 - WR 5
Mark Thompsett - Men's 100m backstroke S14 - WR 3 
Cameron Vearncombe - Men's 100m butterfly S14 -  WR 8
                                       - Men's 200m IM SM14 - WR 8
 
Ellie Challis - Women's 100m Freestyle S3 - WR 4
                     - Women's 50m Backstroke S3 - WR 1
Louise Fiddes - Women's 200m Freestyle S14 - WR 4
                         - Women's 100m breaststroke SB14 - WR 3
                        - Women's 100m Butterfly S14 - WR 5
                        - Women's 200m IM SM14 - WR 7
Grace Harvey - Women's 100m Breaststroke SB5 - WR 1
                        - Women's 50m Butterfly S6 - WR 9
                        - Women's 200m IM SM6 - WR 4
Susannah Hext - Women's 100m Freestyle S5 - WR 3
Eliza Humphrey - Women's 400m Freestyle S11 - WR 7
                           - Women's 200m IM SM11 - WR 7
Scarlett Humphrey - Women's 50m Freestyle S11 - WR 8
                                - Women's 400m Freestyle S11 - WR 6
                                - Women's 100m Breaststroke SB11 - WR 5
                                - Women's 200m IM SM11 - WR 6
Tully Kearney - Women's 100m Freestyle S5 - WR 1
                       - Women's 200m Freestyle S5 - WR 1
                        - Women's 50m backstroke S5 - WR 3
Poppy Maskill - Women's 200m freestyle S14 - WR 2
                        - Women's 100m backstroke S14 - WR 1
                        - Women's 100m butterfly S14 - WR 3
                        - Women's 200m IM SM14 - WR 2
Megan Neave - Women's 100m backstroke S14 - WR 4
Olivia Newman Baronius - Women's 200m Freestyle S14 - WR 3
                                          - Women's 100m backstroke S14 - WR 2
                                          - Women's 100m breaststroke SB14 - WR 6
                                          - Women's 100m butterfly SM14 - WR 1
                                          - Women's 200m IM SM14 - WR 4
Rebecca Redfern - Women's 100m breaststroke SB13 - WR 1
Faye Rogers - Women's 100m freestyle S10 - WR 10
                      - Women's 400m freestyle S10 - WR 5
                     - Women's 100m Butterfly S10 - WR 1
                    - Women's 200m IM SM10 - WR 3
Toni Shaw - Women's 100m freestyle S9 - WR 8
                    - Women's 400m freestyle S9 - WR 4
                   - Women's 200m IM SM9 - WR 8
Maisie Summers Newton - Women's 400m freestyle S6 - WR 3
                                          - Women's 100m breaststroke SB6 - WR 1
                                          - Women's 200m IM SM6 - WR 1
Alice Tai - Women's 50m freestyle S8 - WR 4
               - Women's 400m freestyle S8 - WR 2
               - Women's 100m Backstroke S8 - WR 1
               - Women's 100m butterfly S8 - WR 1
               - Women's 200m IM SM8 - WR 6
Callie-Ann Warrington - Women's 100m Freestyle S10 - WR 7
                                      - Women's 100m Butterfly S10 - WR 3
Brock Whiston - Women's 400m freestyle S8 - WR 4
                         - Women's 100m Breaststroke SB8 - WR 1
                         - Women's 100m Butterfly S8 - WR 4
                          - Women's 200m IM SM8 - WR 1
Iona Winnifreth (13 years old!) - Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 - WR 2
                                                   - Women's 50m Butterfly S7 - WR 12
                                                    - Women's 200m IM SM7 - WR 6
 
S14 relay - WR 1
 
In Tokyo, the team won 8 golds an I think they are at that level based on guaranteed golds alone, mainly thanks to the return of Alice Tai and Brock Whiston, who both missed Tokyo. In terms of depth, GB's strongest classification is S14, with a strong group of up and coming teenagers. However, this class is very strong internationally, so there aren't any guaranteed golds apart from the men's 200m free and women's 100m backstroke. The big unknown is neutral athlete Valeriia Shabalina, who on paper is faster or equal to the GB swimmers in 3 events, but many of her times are from a 2022 Russian event, as she was banned from the 2023 worlds.  This squad has a very large gold medal potential, but there are a lot of tight margins (which we saw in the olympics don't always favour GB). Despite this, I expect the squad to easily outperform Tokyo in terms of golds and medals. 
 
My prediction - 15 golds, and 35 medals. 
 

Rowing
 
10 athletes in 4 events
 
Ben Pritchard - Men's PR1 Men's Single Sculls - 2022 + 2023 World Bronze
Lauren Rowles/Greg Stevenson - PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - 2023 World Champs
Sam Murray/Annabel Caddick - PR3 Mixed Double Sculls 
PR3 Mixed Coxed Fours - 2023 World Champs
 
All 4 squads are medal contenders, and both world champion teams should win. If there was ever a nailed on gold it is the PR3 mixed coxed fours, who have been utterly dominant in this event. Ben Pritchard looks fairly secure for bronze, as he has had a large gap between himself and 4th at both world championships. He also comfortably beat the world silver medallist at a world cup event. The main unknown is the PR3 mixed double sculls, who were 4th at last years worlds but won the European title this year, and came second at the world cup, beating half teams (1 different athletes) that won world silver and bronze very comfortably.  Given the athletes haven't really competed this year it is hard to judge form, but to me it looks like the team is trending in the right direction
 
My prediction - 2 golds 4 medals

Para Triathlon 
 
11 athletes in 7 events
 
Henry Urand - Men's PTS3 - WR 10 
Finley Jakes - Men's PTS4 - WR 11
Michael Taylor - Men's PTS4 - WR 10 
Dave Ellis - Men's PTVI - WR 1 - World Champion 2023
Oscar Kelly - Men's PTVI - WR 7 
 
Melissa Nichols - Women's PTWC - WR 6
Hannah Moore - Women's PTS4 - WR 4 
Megan Richter - Women's PTS4 - WR 9 
Claire Cashmore - Women's PTS5 - WR 1 - World Silver 2023
Lauren Steadman - Women's PTS5 - WR 11 - World Bronze 2023
Alison Peasgood - Women's PTVI - WR 11
 
GB won a medal of each colour in 2021, and based on the 2023 world championships, they are expected to match that result. Oscar Kelly hasn't lost a race since June 2023 so is a clear favourite. Lauren Steadman is the defending champion but has been suffering from long covid so her form is unknown.
 
My prediction - 1 Gold 4 medals
 

Track Cycling
 
15 athletes in 14 events
The Kilo/500m events are split into the same groups as the road races, C1-3, C4-5 and B, with times being adjusted for classes. The Individual Pursuit events are split for each class, except for the women's C1-C3 pursuit.
 
Men's B squad - James Ball - TT + IP - 2023 + 2024 TT silver, 
                          - Neil Fachie - TT + IP - 2023 + 2024 TT world champ
                          - Steve Bate - TT - 2023 bronze and 2024 silver
Men's C1-C3 Squad - Matthew Robertson - IP - C2
                                  - Fin Graham - TT + IP - C3 - 2023 + 2024 IP Silver
                                  - Jaco van gass - TT + IP -C3 - 2023 Double + 2024 IP gold
Men's C4-C5 Squad - Archie Atkinson - TT + IP - C4 - 2024 IP world champ
                                   - Jody Cundy - TT - C4 - 2023 + 2024 World champ
                                   - Blaine Hunt - TT + IP - C5 - 2023 + 2024 TT world champ 
 
Women's B squad - All TT + IP - Lora Fachie - IP paralympic champion
                                                     - Lizzie Jordan - 2024 double world champion
                                                     - Sophie Unwin - 2024 double world champion
Fran Brown - C1 - TT - 2023 world Silver
Daphne Schrager - C2 - IP - 2024 World champ
Kadeena Cox - C4 - TT - 2023 + 2023 World champ
 
Mixed Team Sprint - Paralympic Champions - 2023 and 2024 world silver
 
The team won 6 golds and 14 medals in Tokyo. The squad has changed a bit since then, but 5 of the gold medal winners are still there, with the exception of Sarah Storey, who is just focusing on the road. Kadeena Cox has suffered an injury, so her form is a bit unknown, but she was so dominant that she could still win at 90% health. Neil Fachie and James ball have gone 1-2 and the TT at the last 2 worlds comfortably, so that gold looks pretty safe, same with both women's B events, and the men's C3 IP. Archie Atkinson was dominant at the worlds earlier in the year, and with GB having both double world champions in the C4-C5 TT, they are favourites there also. Schrager is a bit of an unkown, she qualified fastest (WR), at the 2023 worlds but was miles off her time in finals, she won in Rio, and was quicker then the winner C3, who she will be up against. I don't think she will win but she will likely medal. The mixed team sprint (Apparently mixed, but all 3 of Chinas athletes are male), will be a likely fight between GB and China, with china the favourites, especially if Cox is injured. 
 
My prediction - 6 golds and 14 medals, the same as Tokyo.
                                    

Badminton 
 
4 athletes in 4 events
 
Daniell Bethell - Men's singles SL3 - WR 2 - Paralympic Silver Medallist
Krysten Coombes - Men's singles SH6 - WR 6 - Paralympic Bronze Medallist
Jack Shephard - Men's Singles SH6 - WR 8 - 2022 world silver
Rachel Choong - Women's singles SH6 - WR 4 
Mixed Doubles SH6 - WR 1 - 2022 World Bronze
 
In Tokyo, the sport made it's debut and the team brought home a silver and a bronze. On paper all 4 athletes could medal and even win but I don't think any of them are favourites in their categories.  The strongest chance is Dan Bethell, having narrowly lost in the many global finals he has competed in.
 
My prediction - 1 Gold, 3 medals

Archery
 
4 athletes in 4 events.
 
Nathan Macqueen - Men's Individual Compound : WR 3 and 2023 world silver medallist.
Jodie Grinham - Women's Individual Compound : WR 11
Phoebe Patterson Pine - Women's Individual Compound : WR 13 and 2021 Olympic Champion
Victoria Kingstone - Women's Individual Recurve : WR 9
Mixed Team Compound - WR 4 and European champions
 
In Tokyo the team sent 7 athletes and won a Gold and a Bronze. No golds are expected but are certainly possible, with the strongest chances being Nathan Macqueen and the Mixed team compound. 
 
GB have won every Women's Compound Gold since 2008 and both athletes have the ability to continue this streak.
 
My prediction - 0 gold, 2 medals

Should say thanks btw for creating all these threads.  Big help.

Day 5 - 2nd September 2024
 
07:20 - Triathlon - Women's PTWC - Final - Melissa Nichols (8th)
08:25 - Triathlon - Men's PTS3 - Final - Henry Urand
09:23 - Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke S3 - Heats - Ellie Challis (Q1)
09:24 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles MS7 - Round of 16 -   Bayley vs  Messi
09:33 - Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 - Heats - Harry Stewart
09:41 - Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke SB14 - Heats - Louise Fiddes, Olivia Newman-Baronius
10:35 - Athletics - Women's 1500m T54 - Round 1 - Kinghorn, Woods, Rainbow-Cooper
11:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles - Round 3 -  Hewett vs  Arai
11:00 - Tennis - Quad Singles - Quarterfinal -  Kaplan vs  Lapthorne
11:00 - Tennis - Quad Singles - Quarterfinal -  Sasoon vs  Slade
11:00 - Tennis - Women's Singles - Round 2 -  Li vs  Shuker
11:00 - Tennis - Men's Singles - Round 3 -  Reid vs  Miki
11:00 - Triathlon - Men's PTVI - Final - Dave Ellis, Oscar Kelly
11:05 - Triathlon - Women's PTVI - Final - Alison Peasgood
11:15 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles MS6 - Round of 16 -  Rosenmeier vs  Karabardak
11:25 - Triathlon - Men's PTS4 - Final - Finley Jakes, Michael Taylor
11:35 - Triathlon - Women's PTS5 - Final - Claire Cashmore, Lauren Steadman
11:40 - Triathlon - Women's PTS4 - Final - Megan Richter, Hannah Moore
12:00 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles MS6 - Round of 16 -  Seidenfeld vs  Perry
12:00 - Badminton - Men's Singles SL3 - Final -   Nitesh vs  Bethell
12:30 - Rugby - Open Tournament - Bronze Final -  vs 
16:00 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC4 - Final -  Chica Chica vs  McGuire
16:50 - Archery - Mixed Team Compound - Quarterfinal - 
17:05 - Swimming - Women's 50m Backstroke S3 - Final - Ellie Challis 
17:13 - Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 - Final - Harry Stewart (P)
17:19 - Swimming - Women's 100m Breaststroke SB14 - Final - Louise Fiddes, Olivia Newman-Baronius (P)
17:30 - Archery - Mixed Team Compound - Semifinal - GB (P)
18:05 - Archery - Mixed Team Compound - Bronze Final - GB (P)
18:15 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles MS8 - Round of 16 - Billy Shilton
18:15 - Basketball - Men's Tournament - Group Stage -  vs 
18:25 - Archery - Mixed Team Compound - Gold Final - GB (P)
18:50 - Athletics - Men's 100m T64 - Final - Jonnie Peacock
19:45 - Table Tennis - Men's Singles MS8 - Round of 16 - Aaron McKibbin
20:25 - Athletics - Men's 1500m T54 - Final - Maguire, Sidbury, Weir
21:10 - Badminton - Men's Singles SH6 - Final -  Coombs vs  Noakes
 
 
Summary
 
Daily Medals - 0G 0S 0B - 0
Total Medals - 23G 12S 8B - 43
 
Tokyo Daily Medals - 7G 7S 3B - 17
Tokyo Total Medals - 23G 19S 18B - 60
 
GB Gold Medal events - 14
 
Quieter day after yesterday, but I predict 4 golds.
 

Imagine what it would have been with Triathlon

12 golds for  today? 

Third grade sports like swimming , cycling and diving should be completely scrapped from commonwealth games. Shooting and Kabaddi should be included.

So the  Fighter was winning 8-2 vs  in the final when she mistimed a kick and accidentally kicked her opponent in the face, which means she would be disqualified if the  fighter could not continue and the kick was deemed to be intentional. Clearly watching the replays it was not intentional as the kick hit the shoulder and then slipped up onto the head, and that's what the judges agreed. The controversy was that the  fighter chose not to compete in the hope the  fighter would be DQed, even though she was deemed fit to compete by the neutral medical doctor.

If that had gone the otherway that would have been the biggest farce ever.

I agree, and these are just sports that could all be fit in one venue. You could probably fit netball in instead of a couple of sports, as the courts aren't that big.

@TeamGBThe table tennis semi finals are also medal events, because (as just happened) you get a bronze for losing

Day 1 - 29th August 2024 
 
All times BST
 
08:00 - Archery - Women's Individual W1 - Ranking Round - Victoria Kingstone (6th)
08:10 - Badminton - Mixed Doubles SH6 - Group Stage -  Shephard/Choong (L 14-21, 12-21) vs  Subhan/Marlina 
08:44 - Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle S9 - Heats - Toni Shaw (Q6)
09:28 - Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly S14 - Heats - William Ellard (Q1), Cameron Vearncombe (Q7)
09:30 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC1 - Group Stage -  Smith (W 5-2) vs Oliveira 
09:30 - Basketball - Men's Tournament - Group Stage -  (W 76-55) vs 
09:35 - Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly S14 - Heats - Louise Fiddes (Q7), Poppy Maskill (Q1), Olivia Newman-Baronius (Q3)
09:45 - Table Tennis - Women's Doubles WD14 - Quarterfinal -  Korneliuss/Slettum vs  Pickard/Twomey (W 3-0)
10:30 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD18 - Round of 16 -  Chudzicki/Misztal vs  McKibbin/Stacey (L 2-3)
10:30 - Rugby - Open Tournament - Group Stage -  vs  (W 58-55)
10:31 - Swimming - Women's 200m Freestyle S5 - Heats - Tully Kearney (Q1)
11:00 - Track Cycling - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial - Qualifying - Kadeena Cox (Q2)
11:30 - Badminton - Men's Singles SL3 - Group Stage -  Bethell (W 2-0) vs  Czyz 
11:45 - Basketball - Women's Tournament - Group Stage -  vs  (W 69-34)
11:55 - Track Cycling - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit - Qualifying - Dafne Schrager (Q2)
12:00 - Archery - Women's Individual Compound Open - Ranking Round - Jodie Grinham (4th), Phoebe Patterson-Pine (7th)
12:00 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD14 - Round of 16 -  Karabardak/Shilton (W 3-0) vs  Dourbecker/Messi
12:41 - Track Cycling - Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit - Qualifying - James Ball, Stephen Bate (Q2) Neil Fachie
12:45 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD14 - Round of 16 -  Bayley/Perry (W 3-0) vs  Rau/Schnake 
12:45 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD4 - Quarterfinals -  Jang/Park vs  Davies/Matthews (L 0-3)
13:00 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC3 - Group Stage -  Arnott vs  Wilson (W 5-3)
13:30 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD17 - Round of 32  Stacey/Twomey (W 3-1) vs  Alabi/Obazuaye 
14:45 - Track Cycling - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial - Final - Kadeena Cox (DNF)
15:40 - Badminton - Men's Singles SH6 - Group Stage -  Shephard (L 2-0) vs  Lin
15:41 - Track Cycling - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit - Gold Final -   Dafne Schrager (L) - SILVER vs  Wang  Xiaomei  
16:00 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC4 - Group Stage -  McGuire (W 8-0) vs  Abdul Rahman
16:00 - Archery - Men's Individual Compound Open - Ranking Round - Nathan MacQueen 6th)
16:00 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD7 - Round of 32 -  Matthews/Shackleton (W 3-1) vs  Chen/di Toro
16:13 - Track Cycling - Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit - Gold Final -   Stephen Bate (L) - SILVER vs  Bangma 
16:40 - Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle S9 - Final - Toni Shaw (5th)
17:00 - Badminton - Men's Singles SH6 - Group Stage -  Chu vs  Coombs (L 1-2)
17:10 - Boccia - Women's Individual BC2 - Group Stage -  Taggart (W 10-1) vs  Leon 
17:10 - Boccia - Women's Individual BC2 - Group Stage -  Jeong vs  Haggo (L 1-3)
17:30 - Table Tennis - Women's Doubles WD14 - Semifinal -  Pickard/Twomey (L 1-3 - BRONZE)vs  Huang/Jin
17:36 - Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly S14 - Final - William Ellard (SILVER), Cameron Vearncombe (8th)
17:42 - Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly S14 - Final - Louise Fiddes (6th), Poppy Maskill (GOLD), Olivia Newman-Baronius (4th)
18:15 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD7 - Round of 16 -  Matthews/Shackleton (L 0-3) vs  Bruechle/Mikolasche
19:30 - Boccia - Women's Singles BC3 - Group Stage -  Oliveira vs  Kidson (W 5-1)
19:45 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD17 - Round of 16 -  Stacey/Twomey (W 3-0) vs  Chojnowski/Marszal
19:46 - Swimming - Women's 200m Freestyle S5 - Final - Tully Kearney (GOLD)
 
Summary
Daily Medals - 2G 3S 1B - 6
Total Medals - 2G 3S 1B - 6
 
Tokyo Daily Medals - 1G 4S 1B - 6
Tokyo Total Medals - 1G 4S 1B - 6
 
GB Gold Medal events - 7
 
 
Day 1 of the 2024 Paralympics starts with a bang, with lots of GB competitors across a range of different sports. 
The first watchable action will see Jack Shephard and Rachel Choong face the Indonesian reigning world champions of Subhan Subhan and Rina Marlina at 08:10 in the badminton mixed doubles SH6. The first guaranteed medal could come after the women's doubles WD14 quarterfinals at 09:45 which features 14 year old Bly Twomey and Felicity Pickard. Twomey faces a Paralympics baptism of fire with a potential 4 matches on the cards. 7 swimmers are in action from 8:30 in the heats, all of whom will be hoping to make it through to the evening finals session. GB are in action in 3 track cycling events, and have 2 reigning world champions hoping to add Paralympic titles to their CVs. Kadeena Cox could win the first finite medal at 14:45 in the women's C4-5 500m Time Trial, where she is the 2 time defending world champion. Boccia, badminton and table tennis matches keep the GB interest up through the day, and all 3 teams will begin their medal campaigns as well. Day 1 is rounded out by the swimming programme, where GB boast 2 world number 1's and World record holders as well as global medalists in all 4 events with GB entrants in the session.

Day 1 - 29th August 2024 
 
All times BST
 
08:00 - Archery - Women's Individual W1 - Ranking Round - Victoria Kingstone (6th)
08:10 - Badminton - Mixed Doubles SH6 - Group Stage -  Shephard/Choong (L 14-21, 12-21) vs  Subhan/Marlina 
08:44 - Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle S9 - Heats - Toni Shaw (Q6)
09:28 - Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly S14 - Heats - William Ellard (Q1), Cameron Vearncombe (Q7)
09:30 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC1 - Group Stage -  Smith (W 5-2) vs Oliveira 
09:30 - Basketball - Men's Tournament - Group Stage -  (W 76-55) vs 
09:35 - Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly S14 - Heats - Louise Fiddes (Q7), Poppy Maskill (Q1), Olivia Newman-Baronius (Q3)
09:45 - Table Tennis - Women's Doubles WD14 - Quarterfinal -  Korneliuss/Slettum vs  Pickard/Twomey (W 3-0)
10:30 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD18 - Round of 16 -  Chudzicki/Misztal vs  McKibbin/Stacey (L 2-3)
10:30 - Rugby - Open Tournament - Group Stage -  vs  (W 58-55)
10:31 - Swimming - Women's 200m Freestyle S5 - Heats - Tully Kearney (Q1)
11:00 - Track Cycling - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial - Qualifying - Kadeena Cox (Q2)
11:30 - Badminton - Men's Singles SL3 - Group Stage -  Bethell (W 2-0) vs  Czyz 
11:45 - Basketball - Women's Tournament - Group Stage -  vs  (W 69-34)
11:55 - Track Cycling - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit - Qualifying - Dafne Schrager (Q2)
12:00 - Archery - Women's Individual Compound Open - Ranking Round - Jodie Grinham (4th), Phoebe Patterson-Pine (7th)
12:00 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD14 - Round of 16 -  Karabardak/Shilton (W 3-0) vs  Dourbecker/Messi
12:41 - Track Cycling - Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit - Qualifying - James Ball, Stephen Bate (Q2) Neil Fachie
12:45 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD14 - Round of 16 -  Bayley/Perry (W 3-0) vs  Rau/Schnake 
12:45 - Table Tennis - Men's Doubles MD4 - Quarterfinals -  Jang/Park vs  Davies/Matthews (L 0-3)
13:00 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC3 - Group Stage -  Arnott vs  Wilson (W 5-3)
13:30 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD17 - Round of 32  Stacey/Twomey (W 3-1) vs  Alabi/Obazuaye 
14:45 - Track Cycling - Women's C4-5 500m Time Trial - Final - Kadeena Cox (DNF)
15:40 - Badminton - Men's Singles SH6 - Group Stage -  Shephard (L 2-0) vs  Lin
15:41 - Track Cycling - Women's C1-3 3000m Individual Pursuit - Gold Final -   Dafne Schrager (L) - SILVER vs  Wang  Xiaomei  
16:00 - Boccia - Men's Individual BC4 - Group Stage -  McGuire (W 8-0) vs  Abdul Rahman
16:00 - Archery - Men's Individual Compound Open - Ranking Round - Nathan MacQueen 6th)
16:00 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD7 - Round of 32 -  Matthews/Shackleton (W 3-1) vs  Chen/di Toro
16:13 - Track Cycling - Men's B 4000m Individual Pursuit - Gold Final -   Stephen Bate (L) - SILVER vs  Bangma 
16:40 - Swimming - Women's 400m Freestyle S9 - Final - Toni Shaw (5th)
17:00 - Badminton - Men's Singles SH6 - Group Stage -  Chu vs  Coombs (L 1-2)
17:10 - Boccia - Women's Individual BC2 - Group Stage -  Taggart (W 10-1) vs  Leon 
17:10 - Boccia - Women's Individual BC2 - Group Stage -  Jeong vs  Haggo (L 1-3)
17:30 - Table Tennis - Women's Doubles WD14 - Semifinal -  Pickard/Twomey (L 1-3 - BRONZE)vs  Huang/Jin
17:36 - Swimming - Men's 100m Butterfly S14 - Final - William Ellard (SILVER), Cameron Vearncombe (8th)
17:42 - Swimming - Women's 100m Butterfly S14 - Final - Louise Fiddes (6th), Poppy Maskill (GOLD), Olivia Newman-Baronius (4th)
18:15 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD7 - Round of 16 -  Matthews/Shackleton (L 0-3) vs  Bruechle/Mikolasche
19:30 - Boccia - Women's Singles BC3 - Group Stage -  Oliveira vs  Kidson (W 5-1)
19:45 - Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles XD17 - Round of 16 -  Stacey/Twomey (W 3-0) vs  Chojnowski/Marszal
19:46 - Swimming - Women's 200m Freestyle S5 - Final - Tully Kearney (GOLD)
 
Summary
Daily Medals - 2G 3S 1B - 6
Total Medals - 2G 3S 1B - 6
 
Tokyo Daily Medals - 1G 4S 1B - 6
Tokyo Total Medals - 1G 4S 1B - 6
 
GB Gold Medal events - 7
 
 
Day 1 of the 2024 Paralympics starts with a bang, with lots of GB competitors across a range of different sports. 
The first watchable action will see Jack Shephard and Rachel Choong face the Indonesian reigning world champions of Subhan Subhan and Rina Marlina at 08:10 in the badminton mixed doubles SH6. The first guaranteed medal could come after the women's doubles WD14 quarterfinals at 09:45 which features 14 year old Bly Twomey and Felicity Pickard. Twomey faces a Paralympics baptism of fire with a potential 4 matches on the cards. 7 swimmers are in action from 8:30 in the heats, all of whom will be hoping to make it through to the evening finals session. GB are in action in 3 track cycling events, and have 2 reigning world champions hoping to add Paralympic titles to their CVs. Kadeena Cox could win the first finite medal at 14:45 in the women's C4-5 500m Time Trial, where she is the 2 time defending world champion. Boccia, badminton and table tennis matches keep the GB interest up through the day, and all 3 teams will begin their medal campaigns as well. Day 1 is rounded out by the swimming programme, where GB boast 2 world number 1's and World record holders as well as global medalists in all 4 events with GB entrants in the session.

Oh good, another team sport where the GB team likes to play stupidly defensively and come off worse because of it.
 
Southgate must've become manager.

She joined the national training centre at age 9. 
 
To me that is incredibly concerning. If you think about the issues that have been uncovered with elite swimming in the UK and then think about how demanding the training set up would be China, and how lax the safeguarding and child protection laws are, it does worry me.