Workforce GB have matched their medal complete from London 2012 on the ultimate day of the Tokyo Video games.
That places Britain on 65 medals – equalling their efficiency as hosts 9 years in the past and making Tokyo their second-most profitable abroad Olympics after Rio 2016.
They claimed 22 golds, 21 silvers and 22 bronze medals in Japan.
Britain gained 67 medals on the Rio Video games – ending second within the medal desk – and UK Sport had set a medal goal vary of between 45 and 70 medals for these delayed Olympics.
GB’s most profitable feminine athlete, Laura Kenny, has been chosen to hold the British flag in Sunday’s closing ceremony at 12:00 BST.
Simon Gleave, head of sports activities evaluation at Nielsen Gracenote, stated: “At Rio 2016, Nice Britain grew to become the primary nation to enhance on its medal tally within the Olympics after being the host – and Workforce GB have now develop into the primary to equal or win extra medals at every of the subsequent two Video games.”
The Workforce GB efficiency in Tokyo has exceeded pre-Video games predictions of 52 medals and 14 golds – regardless of high-profile setbacks together with a shock first-round taekwondo defeat for Jade Jones, damage points for Dina Asher-Smith, Adam Gemili and Katarina Johnson-Thompson, and the withdrawal of potential gold medal shooter Amber Hill with Covid-19 earlier than the Video games began.
Workforce GB’s medal aspirations had been revised down by the governing physique to take account of the “extraordinary circumstances” offered to athletes and workers within the build-up to the Video games. UK Sport stated success would even be measured in a “broader and extra holistic” means than simply medals.
Workforce GB gained medals in 25 sports activities in Tokyo – greater than another nation. We have grouped some sports activities collectively for this chart
Workforce GB have completed Tokyo 2020 of their lowest place on the medal desk for the reason that 2008 Video games in Beijing regardless of matching their London 2012 complete
Workforce GB end Tokyo 2020 with 22 gold medals, 21 silvers and 22 bronzes, placing them fourth within the medal desk behind the USA, China and Japan – their lowest place on the medal desk since Beijing 2008.
Nonetheless, Gleave factors out, that is nonetheless Workforce GB’s second finest efficiency at an abroad Olympics, after Rio 2016.
Tokyo 2020 is Nice Britain’s second most profitable abroad Olympic Video games – after Rio 2016
King Kenny springs a shock
Jason Kenny efficiently defended his keirin title to develop into the primary Briton to win seven Olympic gold medals.
Nice Britain’s most embellished athlete shocked the boys’s keirin discipline as he sprinted clear with three laps remaining to assert victory and his ninth Olympic medal total.
After profitable gold, the 33-year-old stated he had “all however given up” earlier than Sunday’s last, however with October’s World Observe Biking Championships across the nook and the subsequent Olympics in Paris solely three years away, he admitted he might need purchased himself extra time.
Jason Kenny’s tally of seven golds is another than former team-mate Chris Hoy
Jason’s spouse Laura completed sixth in her bid for a 3rd successive omnium title.
The five-time Olympic gold medallist stated she felt “actually drained” after profitable gold alongside Katie Archibald within the madison on Friday.
The 29-year-old arrived on the fourth and last occasion – the factors race – down in ninth place and 38 factors adrift of prime place after a crash within the scratch race however fought again to complete sixth total.
The five-time Olympic gold medallist, who’s the primary British girl to win gold at three Olympic Video games, has been named Workforce GB’s flagbearer for the closing ceremony in Tokyo.
Worth makes Welsh historical past within the ring
Lauren Worth grew to become the primary Welsh fighter to win an Olympic boxing gold medal as she beat China’s Li Qian within the ladies’s middleweight last.
The previous taxi driver gained GB’s twenty second gold medal in Tokyo with a 5-0 factors victory on the Kokugikan Enviornment.
A former kickboxing world champion and Welsh soccer worldwide, Worth can be the reigning middleweight world, Commonwealth and European Video games champion.
Her gold completes Britain’s most profitable Olympics within the boxing ring since 1920, with six medals – two golds, two silvers and two bronzes.
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