Giles in five-strong GB judo team for Olympics

Britain's Chelsie Giles will look to add another Olympic medal to her tally after being named in the judo squad for the Paris Games.

Giles, 27, won Britain's first medal of the Tokyo Games three years ago with bronze in the women's -52kg event.

She went on to win European gold and world silver in 2022, and has won three medals so far this season.

Giles is one of five British judokas who will compete at this summer's Olympics.

Lucy Renshall (-63kg), a four-time British champion and European bronze medallist, will also be making her second Games appearance.

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

"We are confident that we have a team that can compete with the best in the world," said British Judo performance director Nigel Donohue.

Giles almost missed the Tokyo Games after receiving a false positive result on her pre-tournament coronavirus test.

Her coach sent a rowing machine to her flat so she could continue to train and, after returning a negative test, she was allowed to travel to Japan.

There were limitations on crowd sizes in Tokyo because of the pandemic but, three years on, it has been estimated there will be 15 million visitors, external to Paris during the Games.

"Judo is quite big in France and the Paris Grand Slam is - other than the World Championships and Europeans - the biggest one that you want to get medal at," Giles told BBC Sport earlier this year.

"The crowds are amazing and I think that's what makes it even more exciting to go back and compete there.

"I also picked up my first medal in Paris this year, so it kind of got the excitement going. I can't wait to be out there competing again."

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