It’s only 20 years since the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, although a look at Team GB’s historic medal performance makes it feel like ancient history.
Two decades ago British athletes won just nine golds, 30 medals in total and finished in 10th place for the second Olympics in a row.
Since then Team GB has enjoyed a truly golden era in which they have never come lower than fourth in the medal table.
At each of the last three Games, British competitors have won more than 20 golds and surpassed 60 medals in total.
After a peak of 29 golds at London 2012 and second place in the medal table at Rio 2016, results tailed off slightly in Tokyo.
So will their fortunes continue to decline at Paris 2024? Or will Team GB bounce back at the closest thing to another home Olympics?
UK Sport’s Team GB medal prediction
We examined three rigorously researched medal projections for Team GB in Paris – and the most striking aspect is probably how alike they are.
UK Sport, the body responsible for distributing funding, forecasts that British athletes will win between 50 and 70 medals at this summer’s Games.
