Travelling party will contain 201 female and 175 male athletesChef de mission hails 2021 ‘the year of the female Olympian’Team GB is targeting between 45 and 70 medals at the Tokyo Olympics after confirming it will send more
Women than men to a Games for the first time.
In a notable change in emphasis, however, the
UK Sport chief executive, Sally Munday, said the organisation would be taking a more “holistic approach” to evaluating success at the Olympics and Paralympics, rather than focusing solely on the podium.