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The largest British delegation for an Olympics on foreign soil, Team GB also has more women than men for the first time at a Games

The largest British delegation for an Olympics on foreign soil, Team GB also has more women than men for the first time at a Games

Who are Team GBs athletes to watch Team GB is represented by its largest ever delegation for an Olympic Games on foreign soil, with 376 athletes and a further 22 reserve athletes competing across 26 sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games. It is second only to the 541 athletes selected for the London Olympics in 2012. For the first time in its 125-year history, Team GB has also taken more women than men to a summer Olympic Games. Of the 376 athletes selected, Team GB took 201 female (53.5%) and 175 ma...

Who are Team GBs athletes to watch Team GB is represented by its largest ever delegation for an Olympic Games on foreign soil, with 376 athletes and a further 22 reserve athletes competing across 26 sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games. It is second only to the 541 athletes selected for the London Olympics in 2012. For the first time in its 125-year history, Team GB has also taken more women than men to a summer Olympic Games. Of the 376 athletes selected, Team GB took 201 female (53.5%) and 175 ma...

Who are Team GBs athletes to watch Team GB will be represented by its largest ever delegation for an Olympic Games on foreign soil, with 376 athletes and a further 22 reserve athletes set to compete across 26 sports at the Tokyo 2020 Games. It is second only to the 541 athletes selected for the London Olympics in 2012. For the first time in its 125-year history, Team GB will also be taking more women than men to a summer Olympic Games. Of the 376 athletes selected, Team GB is taking 201 female ...

Dina Asher-Smith: Athletics - women’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m The headline act on the British team, Asher-Smith won three medals at the 2019 World Championships - including 200m gold - and has her sights firmly set on matching that achievement in Tokyo. Sam Atkin: Athletics - men’s 10,000m Based in the United States since moving there as a teenager for his studies, Atkin, now 28, made a huge breakthrough when he moved fifth on the British all-time 10,000m list in December 2020 to qualify for ...

Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey: 49erFX (Women’s Skiff) Sixth at her first Olympics, Dobson has partnered up with Tidey who previously represented Ireland at Rio 2016. Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell: 49er (Men’s Skiff) London 2012 silver medallist Bithell and Fletcher have won world and European gold together. John Gimson and Anna Burnet: Nacra 17 (Mixed Multihull) Gimson will compete at his fourth Olympics, while Burnet, the niece of great New Zealand yachtsman Sir Peter Blake, will...