Slalom canoeist David Florence competed for Team GB at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016, winning a silver medal on each occasion. Here he shares his memories of the opening and closing ceremonies at those Games.

Ice hockey has got off to a thrilling start at the Kwandong and Gangneung Hockey Centres at PyeongChang 2018. Japan, Korea and Switzerland have each achieved milestones in the women’s preliminaries. Upsets ruled the day as the men’s preliminaries got underway on 14 February.

Relive Thursday 11 August 2016 in Rio on olympic.org. Michael Phelps made winning his 22nd gold medal look easy; Simone Biles lit up the individual all-around artistic gymnastics competition; and the Fijian rugby wizards were in seventh heaven!

France’s Denis Gargaud-Chanut, Great Britain’s Joseph Clarke, Spain’s Maialen Chourraut and Slovakian cousins Ladislav and Peter Skantar topped the four podiums in the Rio 2016 canoe slalom events, held at the Deodoro Whitewater Arena.

Slovakian cousins Ladislav Skantar and Peter Skantar took gold in the men's canoe doubles (C2) to maintain their country’s fine tradition in the event. Athletes from Slovakia have now won the men’s C2 at four of the last five editions of the Games.

Great Britain, Slovenia, France and Austria all hailed winners at the International Canoe Slalom in Deodoro, but the biggest praise was reserved for a demanding course that will produce worthy Olympic champions next year.

Canoeing at London 2012 saw veterans shine again and new, emerging talent firmly establish itself on the international scene.