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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 make her Games debut.
Elliot Hanson: Laser (Men’s One Person Dinghy)
After being hampered by two seasons of injuries, claimed fifth place at the 2020 Laser World Championships.
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14 January, 2021, 7:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wears a protective mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the giant Olympic rings in Tokyo, Japan, January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
LONDON (Reuters) – Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England said on Wednesday he was confident the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead this year but athletes could expect them to be very different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Games, delayed from 2020 due to the novel coronavirus, are scheduled for July 23 to Aug. 8 but Japan has expanded a state of emergency in the Tokyo area with cases of COVID-19 rising steadily.
Seonaid McIntosh heads the Team GB shooting team for the Tokyo Olympics (Jeff Holmes/PA)
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World number one Seonaid McIntosh is set to lead a four-strong Great Britain shooting team into the rearranged Tokyo Olympics this summer.
Despite ongoing uncertainty over the event due to the coronavirus pandemic, the British Olympic Association is pressing ahead with confirming its athletes for the Games.
In addition, the British Paralympic Association has named its first set of athletes in the form of a six-strong shooting contingent.