LONDON (Reuters) – Mark England can be Chef de Mission for the British Olympic team for the third consecutive Games at Paris 2024, the BOA introduced on Thursday.
England, who led the British team at the Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics the place the nation secured a mixed 131 medals, is simply the fifth particular person to serve at three Games.
“There stays no better honour than being requested to steer Team GB as Chef de Mission at the Olympic Games,” he mentioned.
“Paris 2024 can be an unbelievable Games for Team GB and the British public can look ahead to one other fantastic summer season of sporting achievement from the nation’s most interesting athletes.”
England, awarded an OBE for his companies to Olympic sport in 2016, oversaw a 374-strong athlete delegation in Tokyo final yr and was praised for making certain it was totally COVID 19-free.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken Ferris)
