{"id":1421,"date":"2016-08-23T14:32:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T14:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blnebeuk.serveur04.com\/blog\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2017-02-14T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T09:36:16","slug":"team-gbs-medal-hopefuls-get-rio-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.netbet.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/08\/23\/team-gbs-medal-hopefuls-get-rio-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Team GB\u2019s medal hopefuls get on at Rio 2016?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"(https:\/\/www.netbet.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/25\/olympics-predictions-britains-best-hopes-to-win-gold-at-rio-2016\/)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1422\" src=\"http:\/\/blnebeuk.serveur04.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/23-08-2016-Olympics-Team-GB.jpg\" alt=\"23-08-2016 - Olympics Team GB\" width=\"590\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.netbet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/23-08-2016-Olympics-Team-GB.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.netbet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/23-08-2016-Olympics-Team-GB-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAvid readers of our blog will remember that before the Olympics, we gave you our predictions as to who was most likely to win gold for Team GB. If you can\u2019t remember, just have a quick look through here. Everyone loves an opportunity to prove someone\u2019s predictions wrong, so let\u2019s see how our chosen athletes got on at Rio.<\/p>\n<h4>Adam Peaty<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 21<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in 100m breaststroke<br \/>\nPeaty was widely expected to win gold and he did, breaking his own world record twice in the process. He became Britain\u2019s first male swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since 1988.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 32.2222222222% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJDPdakgv_p\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Adam Peaty (@adam_peaty)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-13T13:31:36+00:00\">Aug 13, 2016 at 6:31am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Andy Murray<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 29<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in tennis<br \/>\n Murray became the favourite to retain his gold medal as soon as Novak Djokovic suffered an early exit from the tournament. The Scot duly delivered, beating Juan Martin Del Potro in the final and secured himself a second gold medal.<\/p>\n<h4>Laura Trott<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 24<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 2<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in Team Pursuit and Omnium<br \/>\n Trott became Britain\u2019s greatest female Olympian (twice) at these Olympics, winning gold in both the Team Pursuit and the Omnium. One half of cycling\u2019s golden couple, she showed her heart and desire when she was seen vomiting into a bag after winning her event. Her record now stands at 4 Olympic events competed in, 4 Olympic gold medals won.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJL8u1fhWuP\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Laura Trott (@laura_trott31)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-16T22:41:07+00:00\">Aug 16, 2016 at 3:41pm PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Mo Farah<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 33<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 2<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> 2 in 5,000m and 10,000m<br \/>\nPulses were racing at NetBet Towers when Farah fell over in the 10,000m, but they were lowered when he powered through to win the race. The 5,000m looked tougher, considering that he hadn\u2019t had much time to recover, although he won that as well, retaining both of his golds from 2012. He\u2019s now Britain\u2019s greatest track star.<\/p>\n<h4>Max Whitlock<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 23<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> 2 Gold, 1 Bronze<br \/>\nWe said before the Olympics that Whitlock\u2019s best chance of winning gold would be in the pommel horse and he duly delivered. Team GB had never won a gold medal in Gymnastics, but within an hour, Whitlock had won two, the other in the floor exercise event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 33.3333333333% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJbFuNEjqdD\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Max whitlock (@maxwhitlock)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-22T19:48:17+00:00\">Aug 22, 2016 at 12:48pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jessica Ennis-Hill<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 30<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Silver in Heptathlon<br \/>\n Ennis-Hill didn\u2019t replicate her achievements from London 2012 at Rio, but still left with silver. She was outclassed by Nafissatou Thiam in the javelin, leaving the Brit needing to win by 10 seconds in the 800m. She won by 8 seconds in the end, but it was not enough to claim gold.<\/p>\n<h4>Giles Scott<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 28<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in Finn class<br \/>\n Scott was the favourite to win gold in the Finn class and did so before the final race of the competition. All he had to do in the final race was finish, and he obliged with a second-place finish.<\/p>\n<h4>Helen Glover and Heather Stanning<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 29 and 31<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n <span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in Coxless Pairs<br \/>\n <\/span> Glover and Stanning were head and shoulders above their competition in the Women\u2019s Coxless Pairs. They started off in front and 7 minutes and 18 seconds later, they finished in front of everyone else.<\/p>\n<h4>Greg Rutherford<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 29<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Bronze in Long Jump<br \/>\n Rutherford struggled through the qualifying stages, and although he didn\u2019t win gold, he did remarkably well to leave with a bronze medal. He could have left with nothing, had the final jump from the American not been a foul jump.<\/p>\n<h4>Nicola Adams<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 33<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold<br \/>\n Adams became the first British boxer to retain her gold since 1924 and seemed relatively untested in the competition. She now describes herself as the best British amateur boxer of all time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJY3TH1B2Ep\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Nicola Adams (@nicolaadamsmbe)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-21T23:03:46+00:00\">Aug 21, 2016 at 4:03pm PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Charlotte Dujardin<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 30<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 2<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in Dressage<br \/>\nDujardin became Britain\u2019s most successful female Olympian for a couple of hours, before Laura Trott equalled her medal tally. The horse dancing queen of 2012 retained her title with Valegro and has already targeted Tokyo in 2020.<\/p>\n<h4>Danny Willett<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 28<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n2016 Masters champion Willett was one of two members of Team GB\u2019s golf team at the Olympics, but it was the other member Justin Rose who won the gold medal. Willett unfortunately left with nothing.<\/p>\n<h4>James Guy<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 20<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> 2 Silvers<br \/>\nGuy missed out on the medal positions in the individual events, finishing fourth behind the controversial Chinese winner Sun Yang in the 200m freestyle and sixth in the 400m freestyle. But he thrived in the team events, being a part of the team who were runners up in the 4x200m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay.<\/p>\n<h4>Jason Kenny<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 28<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>3<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> 3 Golds<br \/>\nWe predicted that Kenny would leave with 2 golds. We couldn\u2019t have been more wrong as he left with 3! He was the favourite in the sprint and won, was a part of the team sprint which he also won and edged out the competition in a controversial keirin final.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJOADqbh7YL\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by @cycling_lemons<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-17T17:48:40+00:00\">Aug 17, 2016 at 10:48am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Lizzie Armitstead<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 27<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> None<br \/>\n Armitstead arrived at Rio in controversial circumstances, having missed a number of recent drugs tests and this appeared to weigh on her mind. She finished in fifth place in the cycling road race.<\/p>\n<h4>Jade Jones<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 23<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold in 57kg Taekwondo<br \/>\n We were unsure in our prediction as to how fit Jones would be after an injury blighted four years, but she proved us wrong and retained her gold in Taekwondo from 2012.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJVQhHOBl5C\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Jade jones (@jadejonestkd)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-20T13:27:10+00:00\">Aug 20, 2016 at 6:27am PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>David Florence<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 33<br \/>\n<strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Silver<br \/>\nFlorence was unable to break his gold medal duck in the Rio Games, finishing with just silver in the Canoe double. He was disappointing in the single event, finishing in tenth place.<\/p>\n<h4>Alistair Brownlee<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 28<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n<strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold<br \/>\n<\/span> The Brownlee brothers finished in first and second at the Rio Olympics, following on from their first and third place finishes in 2012, Alistair won both times, whilst one of the pictures of the Games will be the brothers hugging in celebration after the finish line.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 37.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJQwgHEBCfM\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Alistair Brownlee (@alistair.brownlee)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-18T19:30:27+00:00\">Aug 18, 2016 at 12:30pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Chris Froome<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 30<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Bronze<br \/>\n Froome was the favourite in both events that he was competing in, but left with just a bronze in the time trial.<\/p>\n<h4>Rowing Four<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 8<br \/>\n <strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> Gold<br \/>\n Team GB continued to be successful in this event, making it five victories in five consecutive Olympics. The pressure is on for the team in Tokyo in four years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<h4>Jazz Carlin<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Age:<\/strong> 25<br \/>\n <strong>Previous Golds:<\/strong> 0<br \/>\n <span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Medals won at Rio:<\/strong> 2 Silvers<br \/>\n C<\/span>arlin was an outsider to win gold and she narrowly missed out in both the 400m and 800m freestyle events. She\u2019ll be around in Tokyo for another shot at gold.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 36.4716636197% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BI2cKofgBHj\/\" target=\"_blank\">A photo posted by Jazz Carlin (@jazzcarlin)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-08-08T14:12:30+00:00\">Aug 8, 2016 at 7:12am PDT<\/time>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DominicTrant\">Words by @DominicTrant<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avid readers of our blog will remember that before the Olympics, we gave you our predictions as to who was most likely to win gold for Team GB. 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