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Post by Shireblogger on Mar 6, 2018 19:34:26 GMT 1
JAMIE MURRAYThis weekend Jamie Murray won his 20th Tennis doubles final, in Mexico. This total includes 5 Grand Slam titles. His 20 doubles titles puts him well ahead of any other British player of the open era (and maybe all-time). The closest I can find are:- Sue Barker with 12 doubles titles (no Grand Slams); Colin Dowdeswell with 11 (no Grand Slams), although only 4 of these were whilst representing GB, given he also played as a South African and Swiss; and Roger Taylor with 10 (2 Grand Slams). I'm sure that Jamie would be a much more acclaimed sportsman in Britain if he hadn't spent his entire career in his brother's shadow.
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Post by rubcale on Mar 8, 2018 14:04:01 GMT 1
Is this just Men's or does it include Mixed?
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Post by Shireblogger on Mar 8, 2018 14:10:40 GMT 1
Is this just Men's or does it include Mixed? Both
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Post by Shireblogger on Mar 21, 2018 7:48:37 GMT 1
MENNA FITZPATRICK & MILLIE KNIGHTTeam GB won 7 medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, finishing 13th in the medal table. The 7 medals exactly matched the pre-event target, with 1 gold, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. This represents an improvement versus 2014, when GB won 1 gold, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes. Menna Fitzpatrick won 4 of them, all in the Alpine Skiing B2 vision impaired category. Guided by Jennifer Kehoe, she won gold in the slalom, silvers in the giant slalom and the super combined, and bronze in the super-giant slalom. Menna is 19 years old and comes from Macclesfield. She is only GB’s second ever Winter Paralympic gold medallist, following Kelly Gallagher who won gold in Sochi in the visually impaired super-giant slalom, and was awarded the MBE in the 2014 Birthday Honours list. Menna’s medal haul puts her in 1st place on the all-time GB table, surpassing Jade Etherington, who won 3 silvers and a bronze in Sochi, also in Alpine Skiing B2 vision impaired events. Millie Knight won the other 3 medals, also in the Alpine Skiing B2 vision impaired category. Guided by Brett Wild, she took silvers in the downhill and super-giant slalom, and bronze in the slalom. Millie is also 19 years old, comes from Canterbury, and was GB’s youngest ever winter Paralympian when she competed in Sochi four years ago. And thus, from the last 2 Winter Paralympics, Team GB has won 12 of the 30 medals available Women’s Alpine Skiing B2 visually impaired category.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 1, 2018 16:13:35 GMT 1
ANTHONY JOSHUAConfidently beat New Zealand's Joseph Parker on points in front of 78,000 fans at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium to win the WBO World Heavyweight title. Joshua now has the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, leaving just the WBC title, which rests with the American Deontay Wilder. Guess who promoter Barry Hearn wants as Joshua's next opponent ?
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:12:26 GMT 1
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2018
United Kingdom athletes won 229 medals on the Gold Coast. I do not intend to give all of them a mention, but will pick out the most notable performances.
To help guide this, I compiled the table below showing what proportion of medals in each of the sports were won by competitors from Commonwealth nations, at the 2016 Olympics. (* Or, in the case of the 3 sports marked by an asterisk which are not Olympic events, at the most recent World Championships).
Netball * 100% Rugby Sevens 100% Bowls * 89% Triathlon 67% Athletics 36% Badminton 33% Cycling 33% Diving 29% Swimming 25% Hockey 17% Gymnastics 15% Shooting 9% Boxing 6% Wrestling 3% Basketball 0% Beach Volleyball 0% Squash * 0% Table Tennis 0% Weightlifting 0%
So this tells us that the Netball and Rugby Sevens tournaments on the Gold Coast were absolutely world class, but the Beach Volleyball and Weightlifting weren’t.
The other table I compiled is a list of nations and dependencies ranked by the medals they won per 1 million people. At the top we have a series of very small entrants, each of which won 1 medal. Samoa (5 medals) and Cyprus (14 medals) stand out.
Wales’ outstanding performance is reflected in the table, where they finish ahead of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the other home nations. Scotland also did better than Australia, and Northern Ireland weren’t far behind the hosts. England did, at least, beat Canada (25th)
1. Norfolk Is :: 500.0 2. Nauru :: 100.0 3. Cook Is :: 50.0 4. B Virgin Is :: 33.3 5. Dominica :: 28.6 6. Samoa :: 25.0 7. Grenada :: 20.0 8. Bermuda :: 16.7 9. Cyprus :: 15.6 10. Isle of Man :: 12.5 11. Wales :: 11.6 12. Seychelles :: 11.1 13. Jamaica :: 10.0 14. Bahamas :: 10.0 15. New Zealand :: 9.4 16. Scotland :: 8.1 17. Australia :: 8.0 18. Vanuatu :: 6.7 19. N Ireland :: 6.3 20. St Lucia :: 5.6 21. Malta :: 5.0 22. Fiji :: 4.4 23. England :: 2.5 .. 43. Bangladesh :: 0.01
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:16:02 GMT 1
NETBALLENGLAND – gold For the first time ever, the Commonwealth gold medal did not go to Australia or New Zealand. England went into the competition ranked #3 in the world, and secured victories against New Zealand (ranked 2nd in the world), Uganda (7th), Malawi (6th), Scotland (9th) and Wales (10th) in the group stage. The semi-final saw them edge Jamaica (4th) by 56-55. And in the final they came from behind to defeat Australia (1st) 52-51, with the winning point coming in the final second of the match. England are coached by Tracey Neville, sister to ex-Manchester United and England footballers Gary and Phil. The entire squad deserves a mention for their outstanding achievement: Ama Agbeze, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Jade Clarke, Beth Cobden, Kadeen Corbin, Jodie Gibson, Serena Guthrie, Joanne Harten, Natalie Haythornthwaite, Helen Housby, Geva Mentor, Chelsea Pitman
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:17:33 GMT 1
RUGBY SEVENS
ENGLAND MEN – bronze ENGLAND WOMEN – bronze
England men lost 12-17 to New Zealand (gold) in the semi-finals, before beating South Africa 21-14 for bronze. England women also lost to New Zealand (gold) in the semi-finals, by 5-26, before beating Canada 24-19 to take bronze.
PARA-TRIATHLON
JOSEPH TOWNSEND (Eng) & JADE JONES (Eng) – gold
The concurrent running of over 30 paralympic events was one of the highlights of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. English athletes won gold in the men’s and women’s para-triathlons, which were new events for 2018. The competitors started with a 750m swim, followed by 20km using handcycles, and finishing with 5km of wheelchair racing.
In addition to her triathlon gold, Jones also won bronze in the T54 marathon on the Gold Coast, having won bronze in the 1500m in Glasgow.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:19:21 GMT 1
LAWN BOWLSScotland finished 2nd in the medal table, behind Australia, with Wales 3rd and England 8th. DEREK OLIVER (Sco) & RONNIE DUNCAN (Sco) – 2 golds (Triples & Fours) ALEX MARSHALL (Sco) & PAUL FOSTER (Sco) – 1 gold 1 silver (Fours & Pairs) DARREN BURNETT (Sco) – 1 gold (Triples) DANIEL SALMON (Wal) & MARC WYATT (Wal) – 1 gold (Pairs) 51 year-old Alex “Tattie” Marshall, from Edinburgh, now has 5 Commonwealth Games gold medals, the all-time highest for any Scottish athlete in any sport. He also has 19 World Championship gold medals.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:21:58 GMT 1
ATHLETICSA lot more bronze medals than golds or silvers for Brits in the Track & Field, as England finished 3rd in the table behind Australia and Jamaica, with Wales 11th, Scotland 20th and Northern Ireland 22nd. KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON (Eng) – gold in Heptathlon, to add to her World Indoor gold from earlier this year. She took the competition lead after event 2 (High Jump) and never looked in danger, winning by 122 points, which is about 9 seconds in the final event, the 800m. NIAMH EMERSON (Eng) from Derbyshire took bronze at the age of just 18, suggesting that GB’s conveyor belt of world class heptathletes continues to roll. NICK MILLER (Eng) – gold in Hammer, setting a new Commonwealth Games and GB record of 80.26m in the process. MARK DRY (Sco) took bronze. ENGLAND MEN’S 4x100m RELAY TEAM (Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Reuben Arthur, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty) – gold. GB won the 4x100m relay at the 2017 World Championships, but none of that victorious team were in the England team on the Gold Coast. ENGLAND WOMEN’S 4x100m RELAY TEAM (Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Bianca Williams, Lorraine Ugen) – gold, setting a new British record of 42.46 seconds in the process. Remarkably, Ugen was drafted into the team on the day of the final, following an injury to Corinne Humphreys. Ugen is a long-jumper (finishing 4th on the Gold Coast), who had not run a relay for 4 years. But she still managed to hold off Olympic champion Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) on the home stretch. DINA ASHER-SMITH also won bronze in the 200m. SOPHIE HAHN (Eng), OLIVIA BREEN (Wal) & HOLLIE ARNOLD (Wal) – gold in T38 100m, T38 Long Jump & F46 Javelin respectively. Arnold set a new World Record of 44.43m to win her event. TOM BOSWORTH (Eng) – silver in the 20km walk, setting a new GB record in the process. EILIDH DOYLE (Sco) – silver in the 400m Hurdles for the 3rd consecutive Commonwealth Games.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:25:29 GMT 1
BADMINTONEngland finished a close second to India in the Badminton medal table, winning one third of the available gongs. MARCUS ELLIS (Eng) – 1 gold (men’s doubles), 1 silver (mixed doubles) & 1 bronze (mixed team) CHRIS LANGRIDGE (Eng) – 1 gold (men’s doubles) & 1 bronze (mixed team) CHRIS ADCOCK & GABBY ADCOCK (Eng) – 1 gold (mixed doubles) & 1 bronze (mixed team) LAUREN SMITH (Eng) – 2 silvers (women’s doubles & mixed doubles) & 1 bronze (mixed team) SARAH WALKER (Eng) – 1 silver (women’s doubles) & 1 bronze (mixed team) RAJIV OUSEPH (Eng) – 2 bronzes (men’s singles & mixed team) CHLOE BIRCH, BEN LANE, JESSICA PUGH (Eng) – 1 bronze (mixed team) KIRSTY GILMOUR (Sco) – 1 bronze (women’s singles) The mixed doubles final was an all-English affair, with Chris and Gabby Adcock retaining the title they won in Glasgow before they got married. Gabby’s participation on the Gold Coast was in doubt until the last minute because of an ankle injury. The Adcocks are also the current European champions, and finished 3rd in last year’s World Championships. Marcus Ellis won a medal of each colour, but managed to avoid playing against his wife, Nicki Chan-Lam of Mauritius. With Chris Langridge, they won bronze at the Rio Olympics, but at the Gold Coast they beat the Malaysian pair, who won silver in Rio, at the semi-final stage.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:27:54 GMT 1
CYCLINGBritish riders won 29 cycling medals in Australia (39% of the total), including 9 golds (35%). ANNIE LAST (Eng) gold & EVIE RICHARDS (Eng) silver in the Mountain Bike Cross-Country. The inappropriately named Last, from Bakewell in Derbyshire, finished 4th in Glasgow, but rode a brilliant race to take gold on the Gold Coast. Richards had been a spectator in Glasgow, and was inspired to take up mountain biking after watching Last in action. Still only 21, she has already won the Under-23 World Championships twice, the first of which was her international debut event. KATIE ARCHIBALD (Sco) gold in the Individual Pursuit, silver in the Points Race. Older brother JOHN ARCHIBALD (Sco) silver in the Individual Pursuit. ELINOR BARKER (Wal) gold in the Points Race. MARK STEWART (Sco) gold in the Points Race. CHARLIE TANFIELD (Eng) gold in the Individual Pursuit and silver in the Team Pursuit. Older brother, HARRY TANFIELD (Eng) silver in the Time Trial. NEIL FACHIE (Sco), with guide/pilot MATT ROTHERHAM, 2 golds in the Tandem Sprint and Tandem 1km Time Trial. Fachie now has 4 Commonwealth golds, putting him joint 2nd on the all-time Scottish list, behind the aforementioned Tattie Marshall. He also won gold at the London Paralympics (and silver in Rio) and has 10 World Championship golds. In both Gold Coast finals, he beat JAMES BALL (Wal) with guide/pilot PETER MITCHELL.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:34:05 GMT 1
DIVINGEngland and Scotland secured half of the gold medals in the Diving. JACK LAUGHER (Eng) – 3 golds in 1m Springboard, 3m Springboard & Synchronised 3m Springboard with CHRIS MEARS. Leeds-based housemates Laugher and Mears won gold in Rio, in Glasgow and in the 2016 European Championships, so this was one of England’s more predictable podium toppers. Laugher also retained his Commonwealth gold in the 1m Springboard, but upgraded his silver from Glasgow in the 3m. Laugher’s girlfriend, LOIS TOULSON (Eng) won bronze in the 10m Platform. TOM DALEY & DANIEL GOODFELLOW (Eng) – gold in Synchronised 10m Platform. Daley is now 23, and Goodfellow 21, so there should be more medals to come from this duo that took bronze in Rio. They beat MATTHEW DIXON & NOAH WILLIAMS (Eng) into 2nd place on the Gold Coast. 17 year-old Dixon, from Plymouth, won a second silver medal in the 10m Platform. GRACE REID (Sco) – gold in the 1m Springboard. Two years ago, Edinburgh-born Reid became the first Scot in over 60 years to win an individual diving medal at the European Championships. She has now followed that up with a Commonwealth gold. Reid is Tom Daley’s diving partner in mixed synchro events, and they have a World silver and a European gold together. JAMES HEATLY (Sco) – bronze in the 1m Springboard, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Peter Heatly, who won Commonwealth Diving golds in 1950, 1954 and 1958 before going on to become Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:37:12 GMT 1
SWIMMING39 British medals in the pool (26% of the total), in a sport dominated by Australia. DUNCAN SCOTT (Sco) – 1 gold in 100m Freestyle, 1 silver in 200m Individual Medley & 4 bronzes in 200m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 4x100m Freestyle Relay and 4x200m Freestyle Relay. The 20 year-old Glaswegian collected more medals on the Gold Coast than any other British athlete. In fact he took home more gongs than the 210 million people of Pakistan managed to achieve. JAMES WILBY (Eng) – 1 gold in 200m Breaststroke, 2 silvers in 100m Breaststroke and 4x100m Medley Relay & 1 bronze in 50m Breaststroke. Wilby finally beat the all-conquering Adam Peaty to win a surprise gold in the 200m Breaststroke. The final positions were reversed in the 100m. BEN PROUD (Eng) – 1 gold in 50m Freestyle & 2 silvers in 4x100m Freestyle Relay and 4x100m Medley Relay. ADAM PEATY (Eng) – 1 gold in 100m Breaststroke & 2 silvers in 50m Breaststroke and 4x100m Medley Relay. SIOBHAN MARIE O’CONNOR (Eng) – 1 gold in 200m Individual Medley & 2 bronzes in 4x100m Freestyle Relay and 4x200m Freestyle Relay. Only half the number of medals for O’Connor on the Gold Coast compared to Glasgow, where she was the most decorated British medallist. ALYS THOMAS (Wal) – 1 gold in 200m Butterfly & 1 bronze in 4x100m Medley Relay. Proving the perseverance can be rewarded, Thomas won her first major title at the unusually mature (for a swimmer) age of 27. SARAH VASEY (Eng) – gold in 50m Breaststroke. AIMEE WILMOTT (Eng) – gold in 400m Individual Medley. JAMES GUY (Eng) – 4 silvers in 100m Butterfly, 4x100m Freestyle Relay, 4x200m Freestyle Relay and 4x100m Medley Relay & 1 bronze in 400m Freestyle.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:41:39 GMT 1
GYMNASTICSAll four home nations won gymnastics medals, with England topping the medal table. NILE WILSON (Eng) – 3 golds on the Horizontal Bar, Individual All-Round and Team All-Round & 2 silvers on the Parallel Bars & Rings. England’s most successful athlete on the Gold Coast, 22 year-old Wilson picked up one more medal than he did in Glasgow. On the horizontal bar he is immense – twice Commonwealth champion, current European champion, and bronze in the 2016 Olympics. He also has a huge following on YouTube. COURTNEY TULLOCH (Eng) – 2 golds on the Rings and Team All-Round & 1 silver in the Vault. JAMES HALL (Eng) – 1 gold in the Team All-Round & 2 silvers on the Horizontal Bar and the Individual All-Round. ALICE KINSELLA (Eng) – 1 gold on the Balance Beam, 1 silver in the Team All-Round & 1 bronze in the Individual All-Round. An amazing Games for 17 year-old Kinsella who was only in the England team because of injuries to more experienced gymnasts. Her father is ex-Charlton, Aston Villa and Republic of Ireland footballer Mark Kinsella, and her brother, Liam plays for Walsall. GEORGIA-MAE FENTON (Eng) – 1 gold on the Uneven Bars & 1 silver in the Team All-Round. Also just 17, Fenton won Commonwealth gold in an event previously claimed by Beth Tweddle and Becky Downie. MAX WHITLOCK (Eng) – 1 gold in the Team All-Round & 1 silver on the Pommel Horse. DOMINICK CUNNINGHAM (Eng) – 1 gold in the Team All-Round & 1 bronze in the Vault. RHYS McCLENAGHAN (N Ire) – gold on the Pommel Horse. 18 year-old McClenaghan, from Newtownards, beat his hero, Max Whitlock to gold, by dint of a higher execution score after they had tied at the end of the competition. It was Northern Ireland’s first ever medal in Artistic Gymnastics. LAURA HALFORD (Wal) – silver in the Hoop, Britain’s only medal (of 18 available) in Rhythmic Gymnastics. Halford won 3 medals in Glasgow.
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 20, 2018 15:43:57 GMT 1
SHOOTING
39% of the medals went to British shooters, but a disproportionate number were bronze.
DAVID LUCKMAN (Eng) – 2 golds in the Queen’s Prize singles and Queen’s Prize pairs with PARAG PATEL, who won bronze in the singles. Luckman won the same two events in Glasgow, again with Patel in the pairs.
DAVID PHELPS (Wal) – gold in 50m Rifle Prone. Phelps’ 2nd Commonwealth gold in his 5th Games.
MICHAEL WIXEY (Wal) & DAVID McMATH (Sco) won gold in the Trap and Double Trap, respectively.
TIM KNEALE (Isle Of Man) – silver in the Double Trap. Kneale is world record holder in this event, with a score of 148 from a possible 150 maximum. Having won bronze in 2010, Kneale thus becomes the first Manx sportsperson to win two Commonwealth Games medals.
BOXING
Brits won more than a third of the Boxing medals, with England topping the table. But Northern Ireland will be disappointed, as all six of their finalists ended up with silver medals.
Gold medallists:- Galal Yafai, Peter McGrail, Pat McCormack, Frazer Clarke, Lisa Whiteside and Sandy Ryan (all Eng) plus Sammy Lee and Lauren Price (Wal).
BASKETBALL
England’s women finished with a highly credible silver. England doesn’t have a world ranking, but GB are 40th in the FIBA rankings. They beat Mozambique (76th), Jamaica (71st) and Canada (23rd) 65-53, in a semi-final upset, on their way to the final, where they went down 55-99 to Australia (10th).
SQUASH
JAMES WILLSTROP (Eng) – gold in Men’s Singles & bronze in Men’s Doubles (with DECLAN JAMES). The 34 year-old former world #1 from Harrogate claimed his first Commonwealth gold medal at the 4th attempt, having lost the singles finals in 2010 and 2014, and the mixed doubles final in 2006.
TABLE TENNIS
LIAM PITCHFORD (Eng) – 1 gold in the Men’s Doubles with Paul Drinkhall, 1 silver in the Mixed Doubles with Tin-Tin Ho & 1 bronze in the Men’s Team event. PAUL DRINKHALL (Eng) – 1 gold in the Men’s Doubles with Liam Pitchford & 1 bronze in the Men’s Team event. TIN-TIN HO (Eng) – 1 silver in the Mixed Doubles with Liam Pitchford & 1 bronze in the Women’s Team event.
Not wishing to knock their success, but Pitchford, Drinkhall and Ho are ranked #65, #52 and #114 in the world at the moment, which reflects the relatively poor standard of competition in this sport at the Commonwealth Games.
ANNA HURSEY (Wal) did not win a medal, although she did win two matches. At the age of 11 years and 9 months, she is the youngest ever British competitor at the Commonwealth Games.
WEIGHTLIFTING
GARETH EVANS (Wal) – gold in 69kg division.
EMILY GODLEY (Eng) – gold in 75kg division.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 8, 2018 6:37:03 GMT 1
MARK WILLIAMSA third World Championship at the ripe old age of 43 for Mark Williams MBE, from Ebbw Vale. In an absorbing and high quality final, Williams beat 42 year-old four-times World Champion John Higgins 18-16 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. It was the closest final in more than a decade. Williams failed to qualify for the televised stages of the World Championships last year, but in the 2018 tournament he dispatched Jimmy Robertson 10-5, Robert Milkins 13-7, Ali Carter 13-8 and Barry Hawkins 17-15. He even made good on his promise, and appeared naked at the post-victory press conference. Williams is the oldest World Champion since Ray Reardon won the 1978 tournament at the age of 45. Having lost the 1999 Final to Stephen Hendry, Williams won in 2000 against Matthew Stevens and in 2003 against Ken Doherty. He has 18 other ranking tournament victories to his name, and was ranked #1 in the world in 2000/01, 2001/02 and 2003/04. His provisional ranking for 2018/19 will be #3.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 9, 2018 8:09:55 GMT 1
OLIVER TOWNENDThe Three-Day Eventing Grand Slam is achieved by winning, consecutively, the three most prestigious competitions - Ketucky, Badminton and Burghley. It has only be claimed twice before - by Britain's Pippa Funnell in 2003, and by Germany's Michael Jung in 2015/16. The September 2017 Burghley event was won by Oliver Townend riding Ballaghmor Class. On 29th April 2018, Townend won Kentucky, aboard Cooley Master Class. And so, last weekend he entered the Badminton Horse Trials, in Gloucestershire, with the possibility of achieving the Grand Slam. He didn't quite make it. On Cooley SRS he finished 2nd, just 5.1 penalty points behind New Zealand's Jonelle Price. Townend also finished 6th, with Ballaghmor Class. Nonetheless, a 1st-1st-2nd outcome is spectacularly good, and has propelled 35 year-old Shropshire resident, Townend to #1 in the world rankings, overtaking Jung.
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Post by rubcale on May 9, 2018 11:27:24 GMT 1
Interesting one.
The British Three Day Eventers can usually be relied on to be there or thereabouts in the big Championships both Team and Singles competitons.
I can remember names like Pippa Funnell, William Fox-Pitt, Lucinda Green and Mary King but have never heard of Oliver Townend before despite his success.
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Post by Shireblogger on May 28, 2018 9:52:41 GMT 1
CHRIS FROOMEChris Froome has become the 1st Briton to win the prestigious Giro d'Italia 3 week cycling race. He has also become only the 3rd person of any nationality in the 80+ years of their existence, to simultaneously be the victor of the Tour de France, the Vuelta a Espana and the Giro, the world's 3 most important road races. (Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault are the other two). Froome struggled during the first week of the race after crashing badly in training on the day before the Giro started. But his target was to peak during the final week. Froome was still outside the Top 10 at the end of stage 13. But he won stage 14, which finished in a climb up the notorious Monte Zoncolan, in impressive style. This pulled him up to 4th overall. In a ride which will go down in cycling folklore, Froome then decimated the field in stage 19, when he attacked up one mountain, and then cycled away from the rest of the field over the final 80km, to take the lead. He ultimately won the Giro by 46 seconds, and also won the Mountains competition. There was other British success. Simon Yates won 3 stages, and was race leader for 2 weeks, before falling away at the end. And the British-based and British-managed Team Sky won the team competition, although Froome was their only British rider at this year's Giro.
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