Britain Women: Women and Football Team

britain women: Britain sent 164 women and 202 men as part of a 366-strong team for the Rio Olympics, according to The Guardian. However, a combination of factors, including heavy investment in women's sport, the strength of the Britain women's football team and the International Olympic Committee's move towards gender balance, means BOA chiefs are confident history will be made in Tokyo. With 500 days to go before the Tokyo Games, internal Team GB data strongly indicates that for the first time women athletes will make up the majority of the squad. Radical Diamond League plans will cut meeting length and ditch long races Read more The Team GB chef de mission, Mark England, told the Guardian that, while most athletes still had to qualify for their events, their internal data based on world rankings and recent performances suggested that around 370 British athletes would be selected the majority of whom would be women. It speaks to the strength of the high-performance system and the investment that has been made across all the national governing bodies over the last 20 years. All indications are that it will happen for the first time, which will be wonderful, he said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.