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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Great Britain’s Helen Glover and Polly Swann react after finishing fourth in the women’s pairs final
Comeback rower Helen Glover said she was proud to finish fourth with Polly Swann in the Olympic women’s pairs final and eager to return home to see her children.
Glover, the dual Olympic champion chasing glory at a third straight games after almost four years off to start a family, could not quite claim another medal as she and Swann trailed in winners New Zealand, the Russian Olympic Committee and third-placed Canada.
While the 35-year-old – who became the first mum to row for Britain at an Olympics – missed another chance at a medal, she said she was proud with her efforts as she confirmed these would be her last games.
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Tokyo Olympics: Helen Glover rules out another Games bid
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Britain s two-time gold medallist Helen Glover has ruled out another Olympics rowing bid after the mother-of-three s hopes of a fairytale finish at Tokyo 2020 were dashed.
Glover, 35, and Polly Swann, 33, finished fourth in the women s pair. In Rio I said it was my last one. This time I m saying no, it s definitely it , said Glover.
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