Britain’s Olympic success will be judged on athlete happiness – not just medals – at Paris 2024

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. UK Sport funds, via the National Lottery, the ambitions of 1100 athletes targeting next year’s Games, enabling them to train full-time and have access to world class coaching and medical support. We are about winning but it’s about winning well and also inspiring positive change and growing the sporting system.” On the face of it, a top five finish on the medal table for Team GB does not appear a high bar – the last time their athletes finished lower was two decades ago in Athens and tenth place, with 30 medals. Nielsen Gracenote’s projected virtual medal table has Team GB winning 65 medals in 20 different sports. open image in gallery Great Britain’s Olympic teams have exceeded expectation since London 2012 There are, of course, caveats, and there remains a major question mark over the involvement of Russian athletes, while it’s hard to imagine France – who won just 10 Olympic golds in Tokyo – won’t exploit home advantage.