Wales send biggest Olympic contingent in over a century

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The olympics are just about to get underway, with two weeks of world class sport on the way. Wales are set to take their largest contingency in over a hundred years, with 31 Welsh athletes ready to take on the very best of the world, with boxers, gymnasts and table tennis players all in action.

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00:00Wales doesn't have its own Olympic team, but if it did, it would be the 65th biggest

00:05contingency of this year's Games in Paris.

00:08It's the biggest team that Wales have sent to an Olympic Games in over a century, with

00:1231 Welsh athletes taking part, smaller only than in 1908, when Wales sent a full hockey

00:18team that won bronze, so slightly skews the number.

00:22There are Welsh athletes we can cheer for in a number of different events, from boxing

00:25and cycling, two events that athletes have often competed in, to some that Wales have

00:30never competed in before, like table tennis.

00:33That sole Welsh table tennis athlete is 18-year-old Anna Hersey from Swansea, who has been a name

00:38spoken about since she was selected for the Commonwealth Games for Wales way back when

00:42she was just 11 years old.

00:44In particular, Wales has a number of cyclists, hockey players and swimmers out in Paris,

00:49with plenty of gold medal hopefuls among the lot.

00:51With 12 athletes as young as 17 and as old as 39 at the Games, there's a big mix and

00:56a hope of some Welsh gold medals.

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