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The journey of each elite athlete is preciously unique – and this is particularly true of world 200m finalist Kyle Greaux.

Our writers choose the Olympians likely to make the headlines at the most anticipated sporting event of the year

For­mer na­tion­al women's team hock­ey duo, Reyah Richard­son and Ayan­na Mc Clean will be fly­ing this coun­try's flag high at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan af­ter be­ing hand­ed Fed­er­a­tion In­ter­na­tion­al Hock­ey (FIH) ap­point­ments.