From Keely Hodgkinson to Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Peaty – here’s where talkSPORT’s Olympic experts predict Team GB medals
Team GB have high hopes of winning big at the Paris Olympics this summer - and two Olympian legends have had their say.
With the Paris Olympics getting underway later this month, British athletes will get the chance to shine on the biggest stage of all, with live coverage on talkSPORT.
It is the first time in 100 years that the Games will be held in the French capital and the Brits will be travelling over the Channel anytime now to make their final preparations.
At Tokyo 2020, Team GB came away with 64 medals, finishing fourth in the overall leaderboard.
And this year will see a distinct change to the rules with prize money now on offer for winning medallists.
Great Britain have had immense success in several sports over the years including in cycling, boxing and rowing - winning a total of 232 medals in these three sports alone.
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Olympics legend Sir Steve Redgrave had a hand in that, winning gold medals for his rowing prowess in five consecutive Games from 1984 to 2000.
And while sprinter Adam Gemili might not have won a medal at the Olympics, competing in 2012 and 2016, the British sprinter is a three-time European champion in the 4 x 100 metres relay and the 2014 European champion at 200 metres.
The two, speaking to talkSPORT, have had their sights set on who can do the business for Team GB this summer in Paris and some big names have been included such as Josh Kerr, Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Adam Peaty.
Adam Gemili
“In terms of track and field, I feel like we've got very good opportunities to get some, not just medals, but gold medals.
“I think Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon, and Keely Hodgkinson in the 800 metres can definitely win it.
"She can medal at minimum, but I think she could definitely win it.
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“Josh Kerr versus Jake Wightman, again, two world champions that we've got who will go head-to-head.
“More recently this year, Molly Caudery in the pole vault. I think she could really put a good series together.
"I don't see why she couldn't come back with a gold medal as well. So there's definitely Brits to watch, old school and new athletes.”
Johnson-Thompson might be one of Team GB's best hopes for an Olympic medal, something she has never managed before, though she has had painkilling injections on her Achilles to cast doubt over her fitness.
Hodgkinson won silver in Tokyo three years ago at the age of 19 and has high hopes of going one better in Paris this summer, having already become the fastest British woman in history of the 800m, doing so in 1:54.61.
Kerr is also eyeing gold in Paris and is already a double world champion at the 1500m while his fellow Scottish runner Wightman is looking to overcome injury troubles to rival a spot on the podium.
In the pole vault, Caudery took bronze at the 2024 European Athletics Championships earlier this year and currently holds the British national record for the women's pole vault, with a best of 4.92m.
Adam Gemili's Olympic medal hopefuls
Katarina Johnson-Thompson - Heptaphlon
Keely Hodgkinson - 800m
Josh Kerr - 1500m
Jake Wightman - 1500m
Molly Caudery - Pole vault
Steve Redgrave
“Starting with rowing, there are 14 gold medals that are given out at the Olympics. Equal men and women.
“The lightweight women's double, of Emily Craig and Imogen Grant, is where you would put us as firm favourites to win.
"They were fourth place three years ago on a photograph finish. It was quite a dramatic finish to the race but they just missed out by literally a fraction of a second.
“Since then they have dominated the world. I don't think they've been beaten, certainly unbeaten this year as a combination.
"They had a slight problem with the Europeans where one of them had a back injury and they put the spare in and they obviously didn't do well there.
"If you change 50 per cent of the crew you expect it not to go quite as well as it did before. But they're on song.
“You've got the men's eight, women's and men's fours, women's quadruple skull, men's pair all got a chance of gold medals.
"So of those 14 golds, 10 of them I think are going to be divided between ourselves and the Netherlands.
“Other sports you've got Emma Wilson who was bronze medalist at windsurfing three years ago.
“She's at the top of her game, has been for a number of years. Now a highlight of winning bronze three years ago. The event has slightly changed. It's now a foil windsurf.
“But she's been around first, second place for the last couple of years and very much looking forward to turning her bronze into gold.
“It will be really interesting to see how Adam Peaty's doing. Obviously with well-publicised mental processes of struggling a little bit, but coming back after having a break from sports.
“He’s obviously a multiple gold medalist at the Olympics. We always have big hopes. Having that break, will that interfere? I know he's been back on form the last couple of times he's raced.”
Craig is a three-time world champion rower and has won gold in lightweight quadruple sculls and lightweight double sculls, most recently in the 2023 European Championships in Bled.
Grant was Craig's partner in Bled and the two will be eyeing up further success in Paris.
Steve Redgrave's Olympic medal hopefuls
Emily Craig - Rowing
Imogen Grant - Rowing
Emma Wilson - Windsurfing
Adam Peaty - Swimming
Wilson won bronze in Tokyo and seems to be going from strength to strength with a silver medal at the iQFoil World Championships in Lanzarote this year, winning 15 of the 20 races in the competition.
Peaty, meanwhile, should be a clear favourite to earn a third successive Olympic gold medal in the 100m breaststroke, but mental health struggles means he is only just returning to the pool after a hiatus from swimming.
He still holds world records in the 50m and 100m breaststroke events, becoming the first man to swim under 26 seconds in the 50m and the first to swim under 57 seconds in the 100m.
He has won three Olympic gold medals already, which is remarkable considering he was late to the sport and overcame a fear of water.
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Peaty has sought help for his personal problems, too, having spoken with a psychiatrist as he emerges from 'three years of hell', while he has also credited his Christian faith with his successful recovery.
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