#PathwaytoParis catch up | The Birmingham contingent in Paris
The Athletics competition started, and in it were a few familiar faces – namely, Georgia Bell and Imranur Rahman starting off proceedings with their events. Ollie Morgan was back doing what he does best, and the women’s hockey team saw Hannah French score another goal for the GB side in what was to be their last Olympics appearance this year.
Athletics
Alumnus Imranur Rahman competed in the Men’s 100m for Bangladesh, and although he placed 6th in his heat and didn’t qualify for the next round, Imranur ran a season best of 10.73, with the quickest reaction time of his group. A pretty impressive effort with the eyes of the world on you!
News just in: alumna Georgia Bell qualified from her heat for the Women’s 1500m with a run of 4.00.29; second in her race! ‘Comfortably qualifying’ as well as GB teammate Laura Muir, Georgia will face the next rounds over the next few days, so we have everything crossed for her!
Hockey
The women’s GB team faced world number one side the Netherlands in the quarter-final yesterday, and despite a goal from alumna Hannah French – again! – at 20 minutes in at a penalty corner, the women just weren’t able to achieve the lead. The Dutch team sprinted off the first whistle strong, scoring less than one minute in, and then increasing their lead to 3-1 by full time.Â
Swimming
Ollie completed his debut games with a 200m Backstroke semi-final in which he finished 6th. Just a few days later, Ollie was part of the men’s 4x100m relay team alongside Olympic royalty Peaty, Richards and Scott, and it was here he produced his fastest time of the week, starting off the medley with a 52.83 split. Speaking to Eurosport, Ollie said:
‘I’m happy with that, it was my fastest this week so to be stepping up on day nine and producing that I’m really happy. We would’ve liked to be in the medals but I’m sure we’ll be back.‘Seeing all the support we get from back home and here, seeing countless GB flags around the arena, I’m just really happy to be stepping up with these three boys.’
Read about all of our confirmed athletes, coaches and support staff in Paris at the link below, and stay tuned for more #PathwaytoParis updates.
