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 athletes across sports and an increased number of female events at the Games.
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Team GB is 376 athletes strong, its biggest ever cohort to travel to an overseas games. It means that medal opportunities will come thick and fast for Great Britain, with no shortage of opportunities on the first Sunday of the games. Here are all the Team GB medal hopes and events taking place today. What are GB s medal hopes today? Lots of medals are up for grabs for Team GB today.
Archery The women s team will go in the archery today, facing Italy in the elimination rounds at 1:30am (BST). If successful, they will proceed to semi-finals and finals later in the day.