Great Britain will play in both the men’s and women’s Olympic Sevens in Tokyo next year after England won their qualifying tournaments.
England had been nominated as the selected domestic nation to symbolize GB in the qualification occasions, and the ladies’ team beat France to reach the very last. They then noticed off hosts Russia 19-zero in Kazan to win the match. In the men’s occasion in Colomiers, England also faced the hosts inside the very last, beating France 31-7. Having completed second in their organization on Saturday, the women’s crew overcame Ireland 17-7 in the sector finals. In that fit, England trailed, but Holly Aitchison responded on the stroke of half-time as they went into the break 7-5 down.
Deborah Fleming went inside the corner to position them before Matthews sealed victory simply before complete time. In the annoying semi-final, Matthews crossed to present England with an early lead before France leveled through Coralie Bertrand. Ellie Kildunne gave England the lead after the ruin, and despite Valentine Lothoz’s try, two conversions from Aitchison took them via 14-12.
Neither facet made the breakthrough inside the first 1/2 of the very last, earlier than Heather Fisher squeezed via for the whole attempt to set England on their manner to Olympic qualification. Emma Uren and Alex Matthews also scored against the hosts. “They are nevertheless a simply younger institution, and it is so exciting to think what the destiny holds for them,” train James Bailey stated. The guys’ crew beat Italy 35-zero within the final eight after tries from Harry Glover, Tom Mitchell, Will Muir, Ben Harris, and Will Edwards.
Dan Norton, Mike Ellery, and Muir positioned England 17-zero ahead on the spoil inside the semi-very last towards Portugal earlier than Charlton Kerr. Ben Harris also went over in a 29-12 win.
England led France 21-7 at half-time inside the final after Norton scored a hat-trick before they were destroyed. Ollie Lindsay-Hague’s interception caused a fourth try to settle the contest.
Britain’s ladies’ group finished fourth while rugby sevens made its Olympic debut at Rio 2016, dropping their bronze medal in shape 33-10 to Canada, while the guys won silver after a forty-three-7 defeat using Fiji in the final.
1904, St. Louis (MO) became the Games of the Third Olympiad website. Unequivocally, the 1904 Olympics had been inside the cognizance of the eye of the world press.
1904 In the Olympic diving event in Missouri, the Americans swept the primary three positions.
1904 Pittsburgh-born runner James Lightbody turned into the winner of the men’s 800m and 1,500m–He was the first male to win both those competitions at the same Olympics. Shortly after a while, he took several different foremost athletic titles, including the Intercalated Games in Greece.
1904 The host country’s group—made up of four stars: Herman T. Glass, Edward Hennig, Anton Heida, and George Eyser—claimed first place in the gymnastics match at the III Olympiad in St. Louis (MO).
1908 At the IV Summer Olympics in London (England), the US Olympic team became ranked 2nd within the medal remember -23 golds, 12 silvers, 12 bronzes-at the back of handiest Britain.
1908 With three wins (800m, 1500m, and medley relay), New Jersey’s runner Mel Sheppard had a top-notch year inside the British capital of London.
1912 Oklahoma-born Jim Thorpe received both the decathlon and pentathlon in the Summer Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Decades later, many sportswriters and experts selected Thorpe as “the greatest football participant and male athlete of the primary half of the 20th Century”.
1912 With three gold medals in the capturing match, New York City-born Alfred Lane became America’s most successful athlete at the V Summer Olympics on Scandinavian soil.
