Union flags, tea bags, Connect 4 and even a red phone box! Team GB will feel right at home at Tokyo 2020 after 40 containers of creature comforts sent to spur them on at the Olympic Games
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Union flag deckchairs, limitless cups of tea and a red telephone box — were it not for the glorious views of Tokyo Bay, it would feel just like home for Team GB’s athletes.
Leaving no expense spared, officials have shipped 40, 40ft containers 6,000 miles to ensure the nation’s Olympians have all of their creature comforts as they go for gold on foreign soil.
The floors of the 12-storey block they are occupying feature 80 union flag rugs, while there are 35 boxes of jelly babies and a giant Connect 4.
Team GB departing for Tokyo 2020, where they will be followed by 40 containers of