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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 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...

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...

Stuart Bithell makes a clean sweep at the International Moth GP at the WPNSA © Dylan Fletcher After nine months since the Moth nationals at Weymouth, and a long winter with no racing, 33 Moth sailors descended upon Weymouth despite a windy forecast itching to dust off their boats and get some long-needed race practice. With the forecast being in the high 20s there were a lot of nervous faces in the boat park and a few competitors deciding that discretion is the greater part of valour. Race 1 started in a very manageable 15knts with Jim McMillan and David Hivey leading the fleet f...

Saturday, July 24 Adam Peaty begins the defence of his men's 100m breaststroke title in Saturday's heats session Credit: JULIAN SIMMONDS 23:30-07:30 First gold medal of the Games will be won in the women’s 10m air rifle - features Seonaid McIntosh 01:15-03:25 - 3x3 Basketball makes its Olympics debut with women and men's pool games 02:00-09:15 Men’s cycling road race - likely to feature Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas 02:00-11:00 Tennis singles and doubles first round - could feature Andy Murray 09:30-13:15 Hockey: Great Britain men's team play their first pool B match against South ...