Who are Britain’s best gold medal bets for Tokyo?

Published on July 9, 2021 - Duration: 02:27s

Who are Britain’s best gold medal bets for Tokyo?

Team GB will target over 50 medals amid unprecedented circumstances when the Tokyo Olympics get under way later this month.

Britain’s 376-strong squad is its biggest for an overseas Games, and women will outnumber men in the team for the first time.

But with the Games due to take place amid a state of emergency due to rising coronavirus rates in Japan.

Here we look at what to expect, and who the key team GB athletes are.


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