Team GB Athletes Return Home With 14 Gold Medals

Published on August 12, 2024

Team GB athletes will return home from the Paris 2024 Olympics with 14 gold medals, 22 silver, and 29 bronze, putting the UK in seventh place in the medals table. The UK won their highest number of gold medals in any one sport in rowing, gaining three across men’s and women’s categories. Team GB won 11 more golds in events including athletics, equestrian events, shooting, and swimming. Athletes also saw success in newer sports that had been added to the games, including taekwondo, trampolining, and skateboarding, with Team GB winning its first-ever medals in sport climbing. Despite securing a spot in the top 10 nations, the UK fell to its lowest position since finishing 10th at the Athens 2004 games and won eight fewer gold medals than it had at the Tokyo games in 2021....

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