Giles in five-strong GB judo team for Olympics

Britain's Chelsie Giles will look to adhd different Olympic badge to her tally aft being named successful nan judo squad for nan Paris Games.

Giles, 27, won Britain's first badge of nan Tokyo Games 3 years agone pinch bronze successful nan women's -52kg event.

She went connected to triumph European golden and world metallic successful 2022, and has won 3 medals truthful acold this season.

Giles is 1 of 5 British judokas who will compete astatine this summer's Olympics.

Lucy Renshall (-63kg), a four-time British champion and European bronze medallist, will besides beryllium making her 2nd Games appearance.

Three Olympic debutants are Lele Nairne (-57kg), a British champion; Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jemima Yeats-Brown (-70kg); and World Championship bronze badge victor Emma Reid (-78kg).

"We are assured that we person a squad that tin compete pinch nan champion successful nan world," said British Judo capacity head Nigel Donohue.

Giles almost missed nan Tokyo Games aft receiving a mendacious affirmative consequence connected her pre-tournament coronavirus test.

Her coach sent a rowing instrumentality to her level truthful she could proceed to train and, aft returning a antagonistic test, she was allowed to recreation to Japan.

There were limitations connected crowd sizes successful Tokyo because of nan pandemic but, 3 years on, it has been estimated there will beryllium 15 cardinal visitors, external to Paris during nan Games.

"Judo is rather large successful France and nan Paris Grand Slam is - different than nan World Championships and Europeans - nan biggest 1 that you want to get badge at," Giles told BBC Sport earlier this year.

"The crowds are astonishing and I deliberation that's what makes it moreover much breathtaking to spell backmost and compete there.

"I besides picked up my first medal successful Paris this year, truthful it benignant of sewage nan excitement going. I can't hold to beryllium retired location competing again."

The judo runs from 27 July to 3 August successful Paris.