PLYMOUTH snowboarder Ben Moore has been confirmed in Great Britain’s squad for the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang. Moore will be one of nine alpine skiers or snowboarders in the GB team in South Korea. It will be the first time ParalympicsGB have sent snowboarders to a Winter Games. The sport was only added to … Continue reading
FORMER Ivybridge Community College weightlifter Sonny Webster has spoken of his devastation at receiving a four-year ban for failing a drugs test. Webster, who competed at last year’s Olympic Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games, tested positive for a substance called ostarine in an out-of-competition test four months ago. He has insisted he has never … Continue reading
OLYMPIC gold medallist Giselle Ansley was ‘overwhelmed’ on her return to Plymouth Marjon Hockey Club on Wednesday night. The Great Britain defender, who helped Team GB to their first women’s Olympic hockey title in Rio, started her career at Marjon before going to play for Loughborough Students and Surbiton. Current juniors from Marjon turned out … Continue reading
TOM DALEY’S hopes of claiming an Olympic gold medal in Rio are over after he sensationally failed to reach the 10m final. The 22-year-old had looked in stunning form in the prelims on Friday night, scoring a staggering personal best of 571.85 points, to leave the rest of the field in his wake. But it … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tom Daley produced a stunning display of diving in the Olympic 10-metre prelims on Friday night. The 22-year-old, who won a bronze medal in London four years ago, qualified first for Saturday’s semi-final with a massive score of 571.85 points, which was a personal best. His performance sent out a major warning to his … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Diving’s Tonia Couch admitted she was disappointed with her performance in the Olympic 10m individual final on Thursday evening. Couch finished 12th overall in Rio, having successfully progressed through the prelims and semi-finals. By negotiating the rounds, the 27-year-old kept her impressive record of having reached every global final since 2008. But this year’s … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Tonia Couch is hoping she can carry on Great Britain’s impressive Olympics in the diving pool. Team GB have enjoyed an historic Games in Rio, collecting a record-breaking three diving medals in Brazil and having an athlete in all the finals to date. Couch has made the women’s individual semi-final, which start at 2pm … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH divers Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow begin their individual campaigns at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday evening (7pm). Couch has already competed in Brazil, finishing fifth in the synchro platform event with West Yorkshire teenager Louis Toulson. Barrrow, though, has had to wait patiently for her chance to dive into the infamous Maria Lenk … Continue reading
FORMER Ivybridge Community College pupil Sonny Webster described competing at the Olympic Games as the most ‘amazing experience’ of his life. The 22-year-old finished sixth in Group B of the men’s 94kg category, with an overall total of 333kg, having lifted 148kg in the snatch and 185kg in the clean and jerk. “That was the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Leander’s Ben Proud just missed out on winning an Olympic medal in Rio in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 21-year-old University of St Mark and St John student finished fourth in an incredibly close men’s 50m freestyle final. Proud clocked 21.68 seconds, which was just 0.14 seconds outside his new British record … Continue reading