Final weekend, Nice Britain’s ladies’s and males’s hockey groups each earned wins that secured their locations in Paris.
Describing the double qualification as “actually essential”, particularly after England’s Lionesses did not safe a spot for British ladies’s soccer final month, Anson mentioned he was assured Staff GB might obtain a fifth successive top-five end within the medal desk.
“We predict [that] is a practical, ongoing sustainable goal, however what drives us is ensuring all of the athletes there have the perfect atmosphere to organize and prepare, and go into competitors with the perfect probability of succeeding,” he mentioned.
Staff GB’s 376 opponents completed in fourth place on the final Olympics in Tokyo, with 65 medals, 22 of which had been golds, their second-best abroad Video games.
Talking at a ‘Path to Paris’ occasion on the Greystone Skatepark in Salford, Anson mentioned he believed the city sports activities in Paris would have “a large influence” with youthful viewers, particularly now venues could have spectators after they had been banned due to Covid in Tokyo.
“We have got some superb skateboarding and BMX athletes,” mentioned Anson. “The break-dancers try to qualify.
“I take a look at the outcomes we had on the observe within the biking European championships [where Britain topped the medal table], our BMX riders have been nailing all of it all over the world.
“You consider how effectively we did within the World Athletics Championships, and simply the considered all these completely different athletes in all these completely different sports activities hopefully being profitable simply makes it probably the most thrilling potential yr forward.”
