Olympic dreams

GB stars aim to wow Paris with record medals haul

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG

TEAM GB are planning to turn Olympic dreams into a reality as they head to Paris for the Games which are just days away.

Our team, who embody the Olympic motto of Faster, Higher, Stronger Together, are travelling to the French capital from training camps all over the world intent on making sporting history.

The 328 GB athletes - 174 women and 154 men - are aiming for a record medal haul on foreign soil.

It will be quite a feat as in Rio in 2016 they won 67, including 27 golds, two more than at London 2012.

Our all-time record, set in London 1908, was 146 medals. So what are Team GB's chances? Well, we have an impressive 41 current world champions and reigning Olympic champs.

They include diver Tom Daley, swimmers Adam Peaty, Tom Dean and Matt Richards, BMX rider Charlotte Worthington and equestrian Charlotte Dujardin.

The Games' opening ceremony is a week on Sunday, although pool matches in some sports start on Wednesday.

Max Whitlock may become the first gymnast to win three consecutive gold medals.

World 1500m champ Josh Kerr has been preparing for years at altitude to make his bid for gold.

He will be flying in from the US for the race, as will 800m runner Jake Wightman, who has had to overcome a series of injuries to compete. Ben Pattison is another one to watch in the event, our quickest over 800m since Sebastian Coe's 1981 world record.

Sky Brown, who is just 16, the skateboard star at the Tokyo Games, held three years ago, is also based in the US, where she lives with her English dad and Japanese mum.