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team named. Men : Joe Choong, Jamie Cooke Women: Kate French, Joanna Muir

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

I think had he gone he'd have been more likely to team up with Skupskl who he's played with a fair bit.

Kyle Edmund is recovering from an operation so can't play.

Earlier in the year he expressed doubts about attending due to Covid. Joe Salisbury who has won Grand Slam titles in both men's and mixed doubles in the past eighteen months is GB's top doubles player, while Neal Skupski is ranked second ahead of Jamie. Skupski has also developed a good partnership with Dan Evans this year reaching the finals of two big tournaments. Really surprised that Evans is going after declining an invitation in 2016 and indicating he wouldn't attend last year. Equally surprised that Cam Norrie isn't going.

Apart from boasting about not boasting. ?

The riders or the horses or both?

I think it's the tension surrounding the question of the Irish weightlifting quota that has driven the debate on to a slightly less contentious issue. ?

Male - Ed Clancey (cycling) although I'd also be happy with Mo Sbihi (rowing), Adam Dixon (hockey) or Geraint Thomas (cycling) - we've had a Scot the last two times , so we're due a Welshman). Female - Jade Jones (taekwondo) - another Welsh choice (No, I'm not Welsh!)

Overall it has probably helped. Just to take one sport namely rowing it has led to some changes of personnel in terms of both coaches and athletes. For example one rower (Tom Ransley, medallist in 2012/16) retired due to the delay but another (Helen Glover, double gold medallist 2012/16) has been able to come out of retirement after having three children. 33 of the 41 rowers we're sending to Tokyo are debutants and the extra year has allowed to them to gain greater experience and gel together as crews. I don't think there's any doubt that the squad is now stronger than it was a year ago and now has more realistic medal hopes. That's just one sport and it will vary from sport to sport and athlete to athlete but I think the delay has probably benefited GB in more cases than it has not.

Summer or Summer and Winter?

Oosthuizen and Hatton withdraw. https://www.golfchannel.com/news/new-olympic-wds-sergio-garcia-tyrrell-hatton-and-louis-oosthuizen Christiaan Bezuidenhout will replace Oosthuizen and Tommy Fleetwood comes in for Hatton.

You may find the reallocation reserve lists found on this page useful with details of the top five potential replacements for each player. https://www.igfgolf.org/tokyo-2020-olympic-golf-rankings The lists are being quickly updated with new information.

Perhaps, but Spain is a small country. Gymnastics is one of the most popular Olympic sports in countries with large viewing publics like China, Japan, Russia and the USA.

I think they watch whatever their local broadcasters are showing and amongst a multitude of sports tennis is pretty insignificant at Olympic level.

It is if it is irrational, yes. Why should you have the right to dictate how people live their lives if they are not doing any harm to you?

Swimming - 30 swimmers have been selected excluding marathon swimmers.

Was that second block meant to relate to archery or trampolining?

I'm pretty dubious about this. Unless you're a tennis fan I'm not sure that most people would necessarily notice that the sport was part of the Olympic programme given that sports like athletics, swimming and gymnastics tend to dominate coverage.

Which countries pay their medallists pensions linked to their Olympic success?

Rio 2016 - Zika virus, Wimbledon 2021 - calf injury, Tokyo - he has options. ?

Stenson needs one compatriot to drop out, Rose four and Kuchar doesn't have even a remote chance.

There are many sports where it is easier to win an Olympic medal as opposed to a WC medal simply because the OG qualification systems are designed to be more inclusive. Weightlifting is far from unique in that.

Men Tao Geoghegan Hart (RR & TT) Geraint Thomas (RR & TT) Adam Yates (RR) Simon Yates (RR) Women Lizzie Deignan (RR) Anna Shackley (RR & TT) The men's team is particularly strong with winners of all three Grand Tours.

Any particular event?