i takes a look at the top British prospects expected to strike gold in Paris, with Team GB predicted to bring home more than Tokyo
However, there are some events in which GB will be undisputed favourites.A number of factors need to bend in an athlete’s direction to arrive at the Olympics with such heavy favouritism, but it really feels like her time has come after three successive silver medals at major global championships.
As the whitewater whistles by, one missed gate can be the difference between gold and stone dead last. The glory brought by two-time Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton gave way to acrimony and a high-profile falling out between coach Shane Sutton and Jess Varnish that ended in an employment tribunal. The upshot was that Team GB failed to qualify a women’s sprint team for Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.The event has shifted to a three-rider discipline, the programme fell into the hands of an inspirational coach in Australian Kaarle McCulloch and in Finucane, they landed upon a generational talent.
With Britain totally dominating the global scene, two or three different teams could have been named and they all would have been favourites to take top step, with Tokyo gold medallist Oliver Townend missing out and 2022 world champion Yasmin Ingham named only as an alternate rider. Choong has only grown as an athlete since winning gold with a Games record score at Tokyo 2020 and is well-positioned to end his Olympic career by retaining his title.
Grant, whose rowing journey began when she signed up for a taster session in exchange for two free drinks in Freshers Week, completed her medical degree at Cambridge in 2023 and the pair were named World Rowing Crew of the Year that same year. When it comes to the strongest chance of gold, that probably lies with Gimson and Burnet who are as consistent as they come in Nacra 17 despite the vagaries of life on the ocean wave.
Brown has won two X Games and a world title since then, becoming Britain’s first-ever skateboarding world champion.
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