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Meet Scotland's 53 Olympians for the Tokyo Olympics. ... the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is a sporting pinnacle. ... in the Rio 5,000m as she becomes just the third Scottish woman to compete at three ...
- Tokyo Olympics: Meet Scotland's 53 athletes for the 2021 Games - BBC Sport
Meet Scotland's 53 Olympians for the Tokyo Olympics. Ross...
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A 53-strong Scottish contingent, across 16 sports, are in...
- Tokyo Olympics: Meet Scotland's 53 athletes for the 2021 Games - BBC Sport
Jul 27, 2021 · Duncan Scott wins Scotland first medal of the Tokyo Games and makes history in the pool for Team GB, while there's progress for Andy Murray among others.
- Athletics. Scotland is currently enjoying a golden generation of middle-distance track athletes. The men's 1500m world champion, Josh Kerr, took a brilliant bronze in Tokyo before his crowning moment in Budapest last year.
- Cycling. Katie Archibald was one of three Scottish athletes to win gold three years ago, claiming the Madison title with Laura Kenny, as well as silver in the team pursuit.
- Swimming. When you think of Scotland in the pool, you think Duncan Scott. The Alloa swimmer made history in Tokyo by winning four medals, the most any British athlete has gathered at a single Olympics.
- Rowing. Rowan McKellar and Karen Bennett finished an agonising fourth in the women's four in Tokyo. Any regrets at missing the podium could be laid to rest come the summer.
Olympic Games. Scottish athletes have competed at every Olympic Games, since the inaugural modern Games, as part of the Great Britain and Ireland team (prior to Irish independence) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in 1896 in Athens
The result is that athletes from England, Wales and Scotland compete as Great Britain at the Olympics, while athletes from Northern Ireland can choose whether to compete for Team GB or Ireland.
Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee, and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park. Scotland is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England ...
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