‘They get anxious but still win gold’: Team GB’s psychologist on nerves, negativity and self-doubt

Jess Thom hopes a handful of mental strategies will give British athletes an edge at the Paris OlympicsTop Olympic tips for mental resilience to enhance successParis 2024 Olympics – live updatesAs they pace to the start line, heart pounding, adrenaline pumping, even the world’s best athletes can be struck by the niggling voice of self-doubt. But while in the past competitors were urged to silence negative thoughts, in this Olympics Team GB athletes have instead been encouraged to giv