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Who are Team GB's 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 male athletes (46.5%) to Tokyo thanks to impressive qualification performances from British female at...

Who are Team GB's 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 male athletes (46.5%) to Tokyo thanks to impressive qualification performances from British female at...

Who are Team GB's 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 (53.5%) and 175 male athletes (46.5%) to Tokyo thanks to impressive qualification performances from...

Britain's Olympic debutants While the Olympics represents a chance for established athletes to further etch their names into the history books, the Games equally provide a launchpad for others. A total of 76 athletes will make up the British athletics team in Tokyo, by far the biggest of any sport Team GB are contesting.  But who are the lesser names that we should be keeping an eye out for as their pull on the Olympic rings for the first time in their career? Ben Bloom takes a look.... Zharnel Hughes, 25 Men’s 100m and 4x100m Hughes has the fastest personal best of Britain’s 100m trio, ...

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 Tokyo. Niclas Baker: Athletics - men’s 4x400m Baker smashed his personal best to win the British 4...