Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, Luke Greenbank<\/strong> and James Wilby<\/strong> have been confirmed as the first swimmers to be named to Team GB<\/strong> for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n

The quartet earned their place on the team following their medal-winning performances in individual events at the 2019 World Championships<\/strong> in Gwangju with British Swimming revising its selection policy for the postponed Games.<\/p>\n

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James Wilby, left, Britain teammate Adam Peaty and Yan Zibei of China – Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer<\/p><\/div>\n
Peaty won the 50 and 100br in Gwangju \u2013 although the former is not on the Olympic programme \u2013 with Wilby second over two lengths as the pair claimed the first British one-two in worlds history.<\/p>\n
If Peaty was to win the 100br, he would become the first British swimmer to successfully defend an Olympic title.<\/p>\n
The world record-holder would also be only the second swimmer in history – after the great Kosuke Kitajima<\/strong> – to win the two-length event twice.<\/p>\n
Greenbank and Scott won bronze in the 200m backstroke and 200 free respectively – the latter also standing up for his beliefs and principles by refusing to share the podium with Sun Yang.<\/strong><\/p>\n
It means coach Mel Marshall<\/strong> has two swimmers on the team in Peaty and Greenbank with Wilby guided by Dave Hemmings<\/strong> in the same National Centre Loughborough pool and Scott trained by Steven Tigg<\/strong> at the University of Stirling.<\/p>\n
Peaty was the first member of Team GB to win gold at Rio 2016 when he stopped the clock at 57.13, then a world record which he subsequently eclipsed with the mark now standing at 56.88.<\/p>\n
In a statement from Team GB, Peaty said:<\/p>\n
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\u201cI’m very happy to make the Olympic team – it’s always a huge pride and honour to represent my country in what I do best.<\/p>\n
“Hopefully over the next few months we can come together even more as a country, back the full Olympic team, and we can come back from Tokyo with a very successful performance behind us.<\/p>\n
“There is a lot of work to do from now until then, but I’m very hopeful the Olympics will go ahead and it’ll see continued success for Team GB.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Peaty and partner Eiri Munro became first-time parents in September<\/a> when son George was born and following the announcement, the eight-time world champion posted on social media:<\/p>\n
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Never had a bigger motivation, a big year ahead boy \ud83c\udfc6\u26a1\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/a2tSQX7k3J<\/a><\/p>\n
— Adam Peaty OBE (@adam_peaty) January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n