sport news Tokyo Olympics: Greg Rutherford's FOUR Team GB athletes to look out for at the ...

sport news Tokyo Olympics: Greg Rutherford's FOUR Team GB athletes to look out for at the ...
sport news Tokyo Olympics: Greg Rutherford's FOUR Team GB athletes to look out for at the ...

After a year's delay, the Tokyo Olympics are finally here and it's time for fans to start putting up the posters of their Team GB heroes. 

Great Britain are expected to be one of the top-five nations in Tokyo this summer but the famous faces competing in this summer's Olympics have changed dramatically.

The likes of Mo Farah, Bradley Wiggins, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Nicola Adams are no longer competing, paving the way for a new set of British sport stars to lead the way in the Japanese capital this summer.

With many new faces expected to set our TV screens alight this summer, London 2012 long jump champion GREG RUTHERFORD, who will be working as a Team GB expert for Discovery and Eurosport out in Tokyo this summer, has told Sportsmail all about four faces to look out for...

After an extra year's wait, Tokyo Olympics are finally here for Team GB's biggest medal hopes

After an extra year's wait, Tokyo Olympics are finally here for Team GB's biggest medal hopes

Greg Rutherford has told Sportsmail of his four Team GB stars to look out for in Tokyo this year

Greg Rutherford has told Sportsmail of his four Team GB stars to look out for in Tokyo this year

DINA ASHER-SMITH

Sport: Athletics (sprinting) 

Age: 25

Place of birth: Orpington, Greater London 

RUTHERFORD: Dina has the opportunity of winning three medals in Tokyo this summer: the 100m, the 200m and the relay. 

What I love about Dina's story is - while it makes me feel old - her involvement in London 2012 was as a kid carrying boxes for the athletes, and now she has the weight of a nation on her shoulders in the spotlight herself.

Jessica Ennis was in the same position going into London and there's arguably more pressure because it was London. 

Dina Asher Smith will go into the Games as Team GB's biggest medal hope in the athletics

Dina Asher Smith will go into the Games as Team GB's biggest medal hope in the athletics

But athletics is a sport where I think Team GB will get very few gold medals, if I'm being totally honest, but Dina most certainly is our biggest hope for it. That is going to be incredibly special to see and what I love about Dina is her ability to cope with pressure is remarkable. 

Remember, Dina is very experienced at success in front of little to no crowds at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, when she won the 200m gold and 100m silver, but all of the athletes have had to deal with that anyway in the past 18 months. 

She pulled out of the last Diamond League meet in Gateshead and that's absolutely fine, I did the same at Crystal Palace before London 2012 because I had a hamstring issue. I managed to win long jump that summer and so could she across her races. 

The 25-year-old (right) won gold in the 200m World Championships in Doha two years ago

The 25-year-old (right) won gold in the 200m World Championships in Doha two years ago

SKY BROWN 

Sport: Skateboarding

Age: 13

Place of birth: Miyazaki, Japan 

RUTHERFORD: Sky Brown is somebody who is utterly remarkable. She will be 13 during the Games. She's going to be the youngest Team GB athlete ever and the second youngest of all time from any country.

Skateboarder Sky Brown will become Team GB's youngest ever Olympian at just 13 years old

Skateboarder Sky Brown will become Team GB's youngest ever Olympian at just 13 years old

Sky is going to be in a sport

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