Tokyo 2020: North West's Ones to Watch
Join Granada Reports sports correspondents David Chisnall, Chris Hall and Mike Hall as they discuss their favourite Olympic memories and hear from five of the athletes they tip for a place on the podium in Tokyo.
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The North West medallists:
GOLD (eight events, 10 medallists)
Freya Anderson - Swimming: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
Stuart Bithell - Sailing: 49er
Kathleen Dawson - Swimming: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
James Guy - Swimming: Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay and Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
Anna Hopkin - Swimming: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
Jason Kenny - Cycling track: Men's Keirin
Laura Kenny - Cycling track: Women’s Madison
Georgia Taylor-Brown - Triathlon: Mixed relay
Charlotte Worthington - Cycling BMX: Women’s Freestyle
Matt Walls - Cycling: Men's Omnium
SILVER (seven events, seven medallists)
James Guy - Swimming: Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
John Gimson - Sailing: Mixed Nacra 17 class
Keely Hodgkinson - Athletics: 800m
Jason Kenny - Cycling track: Men’s team sprint
Laura Kenny - Cycling track: Women's team pursuit
Georgia Taylor-Brown - Triathlon: Women’s Individual
Matt Walls - Cycling track: Men's Madison
BRONZE (six events, seven medallists)
Karriss Artingstall - Boxing: Women’s Featherweight
Holly Bradshaw - Athletics: Pole vault
Josh Bugajski - Rowing: Men's Eight
Fiona Crackles - Women's hockey
Tom Ford - Rowing: Men's Eight
Bryony Page - Trampoline Gymnastics
Bianca Walkden - Taekwondo: Women +67kg
TOKYO 2020 OLYMPICS NORTH WEST'S ONES TO WATCH:
Cycling: Only one place to start and that's with Bolton's Jason Kenny who became Great Britain's most successful Olympian with a gold and silver medal on the track.
His six golds and one silver from London and Rio sit him joint top of the GB Medal chart alongside his former teammate and good friend Sir Chris Hoy.
He's never been one for the spotlight but all eyes will be on Jason when he rides in the Sprint, Team Sprint and Keirin events in the Izu velodrome.
He didn't quite achieve the gold in the men's team sprint - settling for a silver instead - but overtook former cyclist Sir Chris Hoy as the most successful British Olympian with a gold in the men's Keirin.
It also makes Kenny the first Briton to win nine Olympic medals - winning gold at four consecutive Games.
Sports Correspondent Chris Hall on the British Cycling Team going for gold in Tokyo
Also hoping for track success was 2020 World bronze medallist in the Omnium Matt Walls from Oldham.
He took the velodrome by storm winning gold in the Men's Omnium and silver with teammate Ethan Hayter in the Men's Madison.
Athletics: While Liverpool's Heptathlon World Champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Preston pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw will get a lot of attention watch out for up and coming track star Keely Hodgkinson who will be making her Olympic debut.
The 19-year-old from Atherton in Greater Manchester has already broken numerous international junior records and stormed to victory in a highly competitive 800m final at the British Championships to seal her qualification for Team GB. She secured a Tokyo 2020 silver medal after powering her way through the field in the final 200m.
Sadly it was not to be for Liverpool's Katarina Johnson-Thompson, after she pulled out of heptathlon with calf injury, halfway through the event.
Sports Correspondent Mike Hall profiled Keely Hodgkinson ahead of the British Championships
Boxing: After Liverpool's Peter McGrail went out in the first round in the men's featherweight competition, Macclesfield's Karriss Artingstall claimed Bronze in the Women's featherweight contest.
The 26-year-old the Royal Artillery soldier has already made history by becoming the first female boxer from the UK Armed Forces to qualify for an Olympics.
Sports Correspondent David Chisnall previews Karriss Artingstall's history making Olympic bid for boxing gold
Rowing: While most siblings grow up rowing (arguing), sister and brother Emily and Tom Ford grew up rowing (with oars).
The pair from Holmes Chapel in Cheshire represented Great Britain in their first Games in the women's and men's Eights.
Tom, and Stockport's Josh Bugajski, helped the men's team secure bronze, finishing behind New Zealand and Germany, while the women's Eights failed to qualify for the final.
Meet the rowing brother and sister going to Tokyo 2020
Swimming: Bury's James Guy completed a hat-trick of medals. He claimed gold in the men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay, gold in the mixed 4x100 metres medley relay, setting a world record with Chorley's Anna Hopkin, Warrington's Kathleen Dawson, and silver in the men's 4x100 metres medley.
Sailing: Finally at the age of 38, Congleton's John Gimson will become an Olympian when he competes in the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull class on the waters at the Enoshima Yacht Harbour
John and his partner Anna Burnet went into the Games off the back of a successful 2020 where they were crowned World Champions - and brought home the silver medal.
Rochdale sailor Stuart Bithell also claimed the gold medal in the men's 49er alongside his teammate Dylan Fletcher.
Taekwondo: The Covid pandemic meant Liverpool's Bianca Walkden spent much of last year training in her garage with her flat mate and double Olympic champion Jade Jones.
In Rio five years ago it was silver for Bianca but the triple World Champion doesn't like settling for second best.
She had her sights set on gold in Tokyo, but missed out on a chance to fight for the medal by seconds. Instead Bianca fought back her disappointment to clinch bronze.
Lockdown's noisiest neighbours? Bianca Walkden and Jade Jones train in their garage in 2020
Trampolining: Crewe's Bryony Page was jumping with joy after jumping to Britain's first ever Olympic trampolining medal at Rio.
Going to Tokyo the silver medallist from 2016 has been helped by the delay to Games which has given her more time to recover from an injury she picked up following her success in Brazil. She bounced her way to a bronze medal in the trampoline final.
Weightlifting: From beauty queen to power machine, Preston's Sarah Davies made her Olympic debut in Japan.
The 28-year-old went into the Games in medal winning form after collecting a silver at the European Championships earlier in the year, but it wasn't to be in Tokyo and she finished fifth.
NEW SPORTS
BMX Freestyle and Sport Climbing: Two of the five new events at this year's Olympics have medal potential for North West competitors. Both Runcorn Sport Climber Shauna Coxsey and Manchester BMX Freestyler Charlotte Worthington are trailblazers in their adrenaline packed sports and have won medals at World Championships.
Former cook Charlotte served up a gold medal for Team GB in the BMX freestyle when she landed the first-ever 360 backflip to be performed in women’s competition.
On the latest From the North podcast, David, Chris and Mike discuss their favourite Olympic memories and hear from five of the athletes they tip for a place on the podium in Tokyo.
Listen above, or you can stream all episodes wherever you get your podcasts from.