Expectations are high for Team GB at the Paris Olympics. UK Sport, the Olympic funding agency, expects British athletes to win at least 50 medals and achieve a top-five finish in the overall table. That must count as the bare minimum and there is every chance that Britain could do even better than this.
Why the confidence? Britain boasts 41 current World Champions across all the main Olympic disciplines. Paris is also the first games in a European time zone since the London 2012 Olympics, which helps with preparation and conditioning. Performing well at the Olympics is becoming routine: Team GB won 51 medals in the Beijing Games in 2008, followed by 65 medals at London 2012, 67 medals in Rio 2016, and a tally of 64 medals at the delayed Tokyo Games three years ago.
Who to watch out for? The list of British hopefuls is long and exciting. The swimmer Adam Peaty is challenging for a third successive gold medal.
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