Source: Lynne Cameron - RFU

Team GB Rugby Sevens squads announced

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has confirmed the selection of 24 rugby sevens players who will represent Team GB at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Abbie Brown and Megan Jones will co-captain the women’s squad which features a number of players who have experience playing on the World Rugby Sevens Series and have played international

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Amber Hill to join Team GB shooters in Tokyo

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced Amber Hill as the fifth shooter selected to represent Team GB at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Amber will compete in Women’s Olympic Skeet and joins the already selected team of Kirsty Barr (Women’s Olympic Trap), Matt Coward-Holley (Men’s Olympic Trap), Aaron Heading (Men’s Olympic Trap) and

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Team GB reveal official Olympic Ceremony outfit

As an official supporter of Team GB, Ben Sherman is honoured to outfit the official delegation of Team GB athletes and British Olympic Association staff for the occasion of the Opening and Closing Ceremony to celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The team uniform premieres on June 14, during London Fashion Week, with a short

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Team GB Statement

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has written to the President of the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic Games to provide assurance that the athletes and staff of Team GB are “doing everything possible to minimise any risk to the people of Japan” ahead of the Olympic Games. In a letter to President Hashimoto, the

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Team GB and adidas unveil Tokyo 2020 kit

Today, adidas revealed the new kit that will be worn by Team GB athletes at the Games taking place in Tokyo this summer. Following a year of uncertainty, unprecedented challenges and unique circumstances, Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes will rise together in a kit that represents unity in diversity. The kit design features a contemporary

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Lizzie Simmonds selected new Chair of Athletes’ Commission

Two-time Olympian Lizzie Simmonds has been selected to be the new Chair of the British Olympic Association’s (BOA) Athletes’ Commission. Simmonds, 30, was elected to the role by Olympians sitting on the BOA’s Athletes’ Commission following a highly competitive process. She will also become a full Board member of the BOA as an athletes’ representative,

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First seven members of athletics squad selected for Tokyo

The British Olympic Association has confirmed the first seven members of the athletics squad who have been selected to Team GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Chris Thompson, 39, and Stephanie Davis, 30, secured their spots in Tokyo after victories at the British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial at Kew Gardens last week.

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