Peaty named in GB s strongest ever swimming team at Tokyo Olympics
Adam Peaty at the British selection trials at the London Aquatics Centre.
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Britain will send its strongest ever swimming team to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after an initial squad of 28 was announced on Tuesday, officials said.
Reigning Olympic 100m breaststroke champion and world record holder Adam Peaty was pre-selected in January alongside double Olympic relay silver medallist Duncan Scott, and first-time Olympians James Wilby and Luke Greenbank in a lineup which includes multiple medallists.
More names could be added in June after the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest and a marathon swim qualifier in Portugal.
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Budapest in Hungary has emerged as the likely replacement for London as the host city for the rearranged Tokyo 2020 European boxing qualifier.
insidethegames understands the International Olympic Committee s (IOC) Boxing Task Force (BTF), which is organising the qualifier, is in talks with Hungarian officials regarding staging the European event in June.
Sources with knowledge of the situation said the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena has been provisionally booked for a period in June by the Hungarian Boxing Federation, an indication that the organisation plans to host the competition.
The Copper Box on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park had been due to stage the event, which began in March last year before being suspended after three days of competition due to COVID-19, from April 22 to 26.