Great Britain at the Olympics been gold. Great Britain's Olympic lacrosse debut was in 1908. Great Britain's Olympic modern pentathlon debut was in 1912 when the it was first included in the Olympics. Since the women's event was added in 2000, Great Britain has medalled in that event at every Games. The most successful Games was in 2000, when Great Britain won the gold and bronze medals. Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the debut of Olympic polo. Three of the five teams had British players, and those three teams took both the top two places and split the third place
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics Great Britain and Northern Ireland (often referred to as "Great Britain") is competing at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. UK Athletics announced a team of 60 athletes in July in preparation for the competition, although it was known that some athletes might not compete due to injury. Christine Ohuruogu entered the competition as the defending 400 metres champion. Selected athletes had achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards. Ohuruogu, Jessica Ennis, and Phillips Idowu were identified as the athletes with the greatest chance of