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Team GB results from this week's Yonex German Open. Men's Singles: No British representation. Women's Singles: Kirsty Gilmour was the 8th seed but lost in the first round 21-17 / 17-21 / 19-21 to Sin Yan Happy Lo. Men's Doubles: Ben Lane & Sean Vendy were the top seeds. They took out Wen Jun Sun & Yi Jun Zhu 21-16 / 21-12 in the first round before taking out Ching Heng Su & Guan Xun Wu 19-21 / 21-13 / 21-7 in the round of 16. A 21-11 / 21-14 win over Cheng Kuan Chen & Bing-Wei Lin in the quarter-final set up a semi-final against 7th seed Won Ho Kim & Seung Jae Seo where they lost 14-21 / 19-21. Alexander Dunn & Adam Pringle lost out to 7th seed Won Ho Kim & Seung Jae Seo 16-21 / 18-21 in the first round. Christopher Grimley & Matthew Grimley dispatched Hang Yee Low & Eng Cheong Ng 21-14 / 21-14 in the first round before losing out to 5th seeds and eventual finalists Christo Popov & Toma Junior Popov 14-21 / 21-14 / 14-21. Callum Hemming & Ethan Van Leeuwen lost in the first round to Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy & Sai Pratheek.K 20-22 / 19-21 Women's Doubles: 4th seeds Julia MacPherson & Ciara Torrance defeated Lucie Amiguet & Caroline Racloz 22-20 / 21-16 in the first round before advancing to the quarter-finals when they were awarded a walkover against Tea Margueritte & Flavie Vallet. Their tournament came to end in the QF against 6th seed Wen Mei Li & Yi Duo Wang 19-21 / 21-19 / 12-21. Abbygael Harris & Lizzie Tolman ran the 8th seeds Bengisu Ercetin & Nazlican close but came out on the wrong side of a 17-21 / 18-21 result in the first round. Sian Kelly & Anne Lado lost in the first round against pairing Debora Jille & Sara Thygesen 14-21 / 12-21. Mixed Doubles: Gregory Mairs & Jenny Mairs lost in the first round against Rasmus Espersen & Amalie Cecilie Kudsk 24-22 / 15-21 / 17-21. Callum Hemming & Estelle Van Leeuwen also fell in the first round in a close match against Presley Smith & Jennie Gai 21-18 / 19-21 / 20-22. Alexander Dunn & Julie MacPherson lose in the first round to Jones Ralfy Jansen & Thuc Phuong Nguyen 18-21 / 11-21

Doesn't look like GB Boxing have been able to make huge steps forward since the relative disappointment of Paris... 76th International Coxing Tournament 'Strandja' 2025 Men's Results Flyweight (51Kg): Scott Richards lost to Nijat Huseynov in the first round Ellis Trowbridge lost to Asilbek Jaliliov in the first round Featherweight (57Kg): Owain Harris-Allen lost to Orazbek Assylkulov in the first round. Lightweight (60Kg): Jack Dryden - defeats Maksud Khasmetov in the first round before losing to Adam Hession in the quarter-final. Light Welterweight (63.5Kg): Patris Mughalzai defeats Malik Hasanov in the first round before losing to Dean Clancy in the quarter-final. Light Middleweight (71Kg): Patrick Hewitt lost in the first round to Farukh Tokhtassunov. Light Heavyweight (80Kg): Dimeji Shittu defeats Steliyan Starhilov in the first round, follwoing that up with a victory over Alfred Commey in the quarter-final to guarantee himself a medal.. Cruiserweight (86Kg): Teagn Stott defeats Murad Allahverdiyev in the first round. He then lost to Nurbek Oralbay in the quarter-final. Heavyweight (92kg): Isaac Okoh lost in the first round to Turabek Khabibullaev. Super Heavyweight (+92Kg): Damar Thomas defeats Abdurakhmon Rustamov in the first round. He then defeats Ordan Morehon in the quarter-final. He leaves with a bronze after withdrawaing from his semi-final. Women's Results Light Flyweight (50Kg): Kelsey Oakley lost in the first round to Gulnar Turapbay. Bantamweight (54Kg): Lauren Mackie lost in the first round to Anel Sakysh. Featherweight (57Kg): Sameenah Toussaint lost in the first round to Aidana Zabynbekova. Light Welterweight (63Kg): Sacha Hickey defeats Linda Desmond in the first round and books her place in the final with a win over Polat Berfin. Welterweight (66Kg): Dione Burman loses to Kabak Berfin in the first round (but still takes home a bronze medal). So, at the end of the competition, will emerge with 4 medals but 60% of the squad lost in their first fight.

men finished off their 2025 Eurobasket qualifying campaign with a 96-75 win over in Newcastle this evening. They had already confirmed their spot with victory over last week but they'll be happy to have reversed the earlier 90-82 defeat from the away leg last year.

BBC reporting that Jennifer Gadirova has sustained ACL injury Jennifer Gadirova: Great British gymnast suffers ACL injury - BBC Sport She missed pretty much all of last year through injury if I recall. Still better for it to happen at the start of the Olympic cycle rather than towards the sharp end. In addition, it looks like Courtney Tulloch, Ruby Evans and Charlotte Booth all picked up injuries at the World cup event in Cottbus

HSBC SVNS Perth | Vancouver, Canada Men 1. Argentina 2. South Africa 3. Spain 4. Fiji Women 1. New Zealand 2. Fiji 3. Australia 4. New Zealand Vancouver Full Results Next stop - on 28-30 March. Looking forward to seeing the action live in the new Kai Tak stadium.

Finals Results - Day 2: MAG Vault: 1 Artur Davtyan - 14.900 (14.900/14.900) 2 Nazar Chepurnyi - 14.216 (14.233/14.200) 3 Niccolo Vannucchi - 13.899 (13.933/13.866) 4 Abdulaziz Mirvaliev - 13.649 (14.133/13.166) 5 Shohei Kawakami - 13.166 (13.833/12.500) 6 Beno Kunst - 13.066 (12.600/13.533) 7 Tom Schultze - 12.749 (12.466/13.033) 8 Jose Lopez - 12.633 (13.066/12.200) Parallel Bars: 1 Kaito Sugimoto - 14.300 2 Nazar Chepurnyi - 14.266 3 Jermain Gruenberg - 13.966 4 Ilia Liubimov - 13.333 5 Askhab Matiev - 13.033 6 Kacper Garnczarek - 12.666 7 Ricards Plate - 11.200 8 Joshua Nathan - 10.966 Horizontal Bar: 1 Shohei Kawakami - 14.400 2 Robert Tvorogal - 14.333 3 Mert Efe Kilicer - 13.966 4 Jermain Gruenberg - 13.800 5 Lorenzo Bonicelli - 13.800 6 Ilia Liubimov - 13.533 7 Kacper Garnczarek - 13.200 8 Noah Kuavita - 12.466

Finals Results - Day 2: WAG Balance Beam: 1 Zhou Yaqin - 14.766 2 Zhang Kexin - 14.266 3 Chiharu Yamada - 13.466 4 Lai Pin-Ju - 13.066 5 Diana Lobok - 12.433 6 Christina Zwicker - 11.866 7 Lin Yi-Chen - 11.800 8 Bianca Frysak - 11.766 Floor: 1 Zhang Yihan - 13.433 2 Lihie Raz - 12.933 3 Zhang Kexin - 12.633 4 Maria Drobniak - 12.300 5 Bilge Tarhan - 11.233 6 Keisha Lockert - 11.100 7 Diana Lobok - 11.066 8 Charlotte Booth - 10.000

For those who are interested, I have been pulling together a calendar of events across the summer Olympic sports (at least the ones where GB are active - sorry any wrestling fans) I'm also in the process of gathering the details of the elite squads so that we can track the athletes we could see in the mix for qualification when Los Angeles comes around. It is still a work in progress so if there are any suggestions for additions, just shout out. 2025 Calendar.xlsx

Track Cycling National championship - Day 3 Women's Sprint: 1.) Lauren Bell 2.) Rhian Edmunds 3.) Georgette Rand Men's Keirin: 1.) Matthew Richardson 2.) Peter Mitchell 3.) Hamish Turnbull Women's Points Race: 1.) Katie Archibald 2.) Danielle Watkinson 3.) Cat Ferguson Men's Scratch Race: 1.) Noah Hobbs 2.) Sam Fisher 3.) William Gilbank

Is this our first confirmed 2028 qualification pathway confirmed? [World Taekwondo] World Taekwondo Changes Olympic Ranking Points Cycle I think we were already aware that there would be a change to ranking system for LA. It's now confirmed that World Taekwondo are switching to a 2-year ranking cycle. The first ranking period runs from July'24 - June'26 with the second period running from July'26 to June'28. Ranking points from the first phase will be used to determine entry and seeding for Grand Prix events in the second phase. Only the points acquired from July'26-June'28 will count towards Olympic qualification. As per previous cycles, the top five athletes in each of the relevant weight categories based on the Olympic rankings published in January'28 will automatically qualify for the LA Olympics. Another qualification criteria confirmed relates to the Grand Slam Champion Series. In previous qualification pathways, if the top ranked athlete in the Grand Slam merit points was also qualified through the Olympic rankings, the quota was reallocated to the next highest ranked Olympic athlete. For Los Angeles, this quota would be reallocated to the athlete ranked No. 2 in Grand Slam merit points. If this athlete is also within the top-5 in the Olympic rankings, the quota will be given to the next highest ranked athlete in the Olympic rankings.

Have been wondering whether the women will qualify for the World Championships in Singapore. Water Polo Qualification Currently Qualified: Host Olympic Games: Olympic Games: Olympic Games: 3 x Quotas - World Aquatics World Cup Final 2025 3 x Quotas - European Championships 2024 2 x Quotas - Asian Championships 2 x Quotas - American Championships 1 x Quota - African Championships 1 x Quota - Oceania Championships finished 7th in the 2024 European Championships behind and . With Spain and Netherlands already qualified, GB would be 5th in the continental qualifying standings. The next qualifying opportunity comes in April at the World Cup Final where there are 5 European nations in the quarterfinal line up: v v v v With 3 of the 8 nations already qualified, a top-6 finish could be enough to secure qualification. With Greece taking on Italy, we're guaranteed at least 1 non-qualified European nation in the Semis so barring disasters, it looks pretty good for to get a spot in Singapore.

A couple of retirements announced in the last few weeks with both Toby Robinson and Daniel Jervis calling time on their competitive careers.

Track Cycling National championship - Day 2 Men's Team Sprint: 1.) Team Inspired/GTRC: Lyall Craig / Harry Ledingham-Horn / Niall Monks / Matthew Richardson 2.) Team Inspired B: Marcus Hiley / Ed Lowe / Oliver Pettifer 3.) Team Inspired A: Alistair Fielding / Hayden Norris / Harry Radford / Hamish Turnbull Women's Keirin: 1.) Lauren Bell 2.) Emma Finucane 3.) Rhian Edmunds Men's Points Race: 1.) Will Perrett 2.) Henry Hobbs 3.) Ben Wiggins Women's Individual Pursuit: 1.) Anna Morris - WR 4:24.060 2.) Izzy Sharp 3.) Grace Lister

Triathlon World Cup - Napier Men's Elite 1.) David Castro Fajardo 2.) Brayden Mercer 3.) Callum McClusky Women's Elite: 1.) Desirae Ridenour 2.) Emma Jeffcoat 3.) Ainsley Thorpe

Finals Results - Day 1: WAG Vault: 1 Teja Belak - 13.299 (13.066/13.133) 2 Tjasa Kysselef - 13.266 (13.233/12.900) 3 Oksana Chusovitina - 13.249 (13.233/12.866) 4 Christine Kubon - 13.033 (13.033/13.033) 5 Bilge Tarhan - 12.633 (12.266/12.600) 6 Keisha Lockert - 12.516 (12.800/12.233) 7 Katrina Jurevica - 12.433 (12.166/12.300) 8 Daniz Aliyeva - 12.383 (12.866/11.900) Uneven Bars: 1 Zhang Kexin - 13.900 2 Charlotte Booth - 13.300 3 Chiharu Yamada - 13.033 4 Emily Roper - 12.533 5 Zhang Yihan - 12.533 6 Bianca Frysak - 12.300 7 Lihie Raz - 11.733 8 Silja Stoehr - 11.300

Finals Results - Day 1: MAG Floor: 1 Milad Karimi - 14.133 2 Kazuki Minami - 13.666 3 Niccolo Vannucchi - 13.533 4 Amine Abaidi - 13.366 5 Sergio Kovacs - 13.133 6 Kacper Garnczarek - 13.100 7 Unai Baigorri - 12.966 8 Daniel Mousichidis - 12.866 Pommel Horse: 1 Shiao Yu-Jan - 14.433 2 Ahmad Abu Al Soud - 14.233 3 Edoardo De Rosa - 13.966 4 Mamikon Khachatryan - 13.800 5 Joshua Nathan - 13.800 6 Vladyslav Hryko - 13.433 7 Daniel Mousichidis - 12.166 8 Hamlet Manukyan - 12.166 Rings: 1 Vahagn Davtyan - 14.133 2 Nikita Simonov - 14.066 3 Mehmet Ayberk Kosak - 14.000 4 Artur Avetisyan - 13.966 5 Sokratis Pilakouris - 13.666 6 Jose Lopez - 13.500 7 Lin Guan-Yi - 13.266 8 Kaito Sugimoto - 13.133

Qualifying Results - WAG Top 8 Qualify for Finals Floor: 1 Zhang Yihan - 13.466 2 Charlotte Booth - 12.933 3 Lihie Raz - 12.800 4 Lisa Woetzel - 12.700 5 Zhang Kexin - 12.533 6 Keisha Lockert - 12.266 7 Maria Drobniak - 12.233 8 Bilge Tarhan - 12.100 ----------------------------------- 9 Diana Tarhan - 11.800 10 Vita Prijanovic - 11.766 Vault: 1 Teja Belak - 13.583 (13.100/13.666) 2 Oksana Chusovitina - 13.116 (13.200/12.633) 3 Lisa Woetzel - 13.033 (13.033/12.633) 4 Christine Kubon - 12.900 (12.900/12.900) 5 Bilge Tarhan - 12.849 (12.833/12.466) 6 Katrina Jurevica - 12.699 (12.533/12.466) 7 Keisha Lockert - 12.499 (12.866/12.133) 8 Tjasa Kysselef - 12.433 (12.133/12.733) ---------------------------------------------------- 9 Daniz Aliyeva - 12.283 (12.700/11.866) 10 Naz Akturk - 12.066 (12.133/12.000) Uneven Bars: 1 Zhang Kexin - 13.866 2 Chiharu Yamada - 13.466 3 Charlotte Booth - 13.266 4 Lihie Raz - 13.133 5 Silja Stoehr - 13.100 6 Zhang Yihan - 12.600 7 Emily Roper - 12.466 8 Bianca Frysak - 12.366 ------------------------------------ 9 Christine Kubon - 12.100 10 Wiktoria Grzesikiewicz - 11.700 Balance Beam: 1 Zhou Yaqin - 14.700 2 Chiharu Yamada - 13.266 3 Diana Lobok - 12.833 4 Bianca Frysak - 12.800 5 Lai Pin-Ju - 12.666 6 Zhang Kexin - 12.633 7 Christina Zwicker - 12.400 8 Lin Yi-Chen - 12.400 ------------------------------------ 9 Silja Stoehr - 12.266 10 Lihie Raz - 12.233

Qualifying Results - MAG Top 8 Qualify for Finals Floor: 1 Niccolo Vannucchi - 13.833 2 Milad Karimi - 13.700 3 Kazuki Minami - 13.666 4 Sergio Kovacs - 13.633 5 Daniel Mousichidis - 13.433 6 Amine Abaidi - 13.433 7 Kacper Garnczarek - 13.400 8 Milan Hosseini - 13.400 ----------------------------------------- 9 Unai Baigorri - 13.233 10 Ilia Liubimov - 13.166 Pommel Horse: 1 Hamlet Manukyan - 14.466 2 Mamikon Khachatryan - 14.466 3 Shiao Yu-Jan - 14.200 4 Edoardo De Rosa - 14.166 5 Daniel Mousichidis - 14.000 6 Ahmad Abu Al Soud - 13.900 7 Vladyslav Hryko - 13.866 8 Joshua Nathan - 13.800 ---------------------------------- 9 Eyal Indig - 13.733 9 Lorenzo Bonicelli - 13.733 Rings: 1 Artur Avetisyan - 14.600 2 Courtney Tulloch - 14.500 3 Vahagn Davtyan - 14.233 4 Nikita Simonov - 14.033 5 Mehmet Ayberk Kosak - 13.933 6 Kaito Sugimoto - 13.500 7 Lin Guan-Yi - 13.400 8 Jose Lopez - 13.166 ------------------------------------------ 9 Sokratis Pilakouris - 13.100 10 Luka Bojanc - 12.966 Vault: 1 Artur Davtyan - 14.850 (14.800/14.900) 2 Nazar Chepurnyi - 14.400 (14.500/14.300) 3 Tom Schultze - 13.950 (13.900/14.000) 4 Niccolo Vannucchi - 13.916 (14.033/13.800) 5 Jose Lopez - 13.799 (13.966/13.633) 6 Shohei Kawakami - 13.766 (14.100/13.433) 7 Abdulaziz Mirvaliev - 13.716 (13.200/14.233) 8 Beno Kunst - 13.566 (13.600/13.533) ---------------------------------------------------- 9 Sergio Kovacs - 13.433 (13.533/13.333) 10 Yeh Cheng - 13.166 (13.833/12.500) Parallel Bars: 1 Nazar Chepurnyi - 14.000 2 Jermain Gruenberg - 13.833 3 Kaito Sugimoto - 13.766 4 Kacper Garnczarek - 13.466 5 Ilia Liubimov - 13.333 6 Ricards Plate - 13.200 7 Askhab Matiev - 13.100 8 Joshua Nathan - 13.066 ------------------------------------ 9 Kevin Buckley - 12.900 10 Thierno Diallo - 12.733 Horizontal Bar: 1 Shohei Kawakami - 14.200 2 Robert Tvorogal - 14.100 3 Noah Kuavita - 14.000 4 Mert Efe Kilicer - 13.633 5 Lorenzo Bonicelli - 13.600 6 Ilia Liubimov - 13.566 7 Jermain Gruenberg - 13.366 8 Kacper Garnczarek - 13.133 ------------------------------------ 9 Niccolo Vannucchi - 13.066 10 Jonas Rushworth - 12.933

men have qualified for the 2025 Eurobasket tournament after fighting back to beat 73-69 last night in Den Haag. They'll join and progressing from Group F. Their final qualifying match is against in Newcastle on Monday night

The National Track Championships kicked off yesterday. Women's Team Sprint: 1.) Team Inspired A: Lauren Bell / Rhian Edmunds / Lowri Thomas 2.) Team Inspired B: Iona Moir / Rhianna Parris-Smith / Georgette Rand 3.) Wales: Amy Cole / Bronwen Howard-Rees / Eve James Women's Scratch Race: 1.) Anna Morris 2.) Katie Archibald 3.) Erin Boothman Men's Sprint: 1.) Matthew Richardson 2.) Peter Mitchell 3.) Marcus Hiley Men's Individual Pursuit: 1.) Josh Charlton 2.) Michael Gill 3.) William Perrett

2025 UEC European Track Cycling Championships - Heusden-Zolder Day 5 Results Women's Madison: 1.) Netherlands 2.) Italy 3.) France Men's Madison: 1.) Netherlands 2.) Germany 3.) Portugal Men's Keirin: 1.) Harrie Lavreysen 2.) Max Dornbach 3.) Tom Derache Women's Keirin: 1.) Steffie van der Peet 2.) Rhian Edmunds 3.) Hettie van de Wouw Final Medal Table NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total Netherlands 8 4 4 16 Italy 3 3 0 6 Great Britain 2 5 4 11 Germany 2 4 3 9 Portugal 2 2 2 6 France 1 1 3 5 Denmark 1 1 1 3 Neutral 1 0 1 2 Ireland 1 0 0 1 Norway 1 0 0 1 Belgium 0 1 2 3 Israel 0 1 0 1 Switzerland 0 0 1 1 Czechia 0 0 1 1

I'd assume that Patrick Huston would go back on to the WCP - he is the highest ranked British Archer in the world currently at Number 28, so it does seem strange that he wasn't on the programme.

The announcement is pretty ambiguous. Pitman said that the first year of an Olympic cycle was "the perfect time to see what else is out there, learn different skills, and to build a new career." She has now joined JP Morgan as an intern but hasn't ruled out being back for LA. Wise on the other hand has said that he "didn't have another 4 years of the grind left to give" - so I'm not expecting to see him in the mix for Los Angeles. He is however planning to compete in some national compound competitions. Finally, Bettles has explained her departure through the lens of injury - "The past few years since Tokyo have been a struggle for me with a string of injuries and struggles with my mental health." So, whilst it is probably unlikely, it's not impossible that she too could be back if that's what she decides she wants.

I don't think the performance squad is finalised yet. GB Triathlon have confirmed the athletes who have been retained on the program but haven't announced any additions yet. I would expect to see Stapely move on to the performance pathway in the next announcement

I don't think so. The individual races were yesterday so would have assumed that if they covered it, it would have been available on the iPlayer by now. But let's be honest, if it's not football. the BBC realy aren't all that interested