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Australia confirm team of 472 for Tokyo

FILE PHOTO: The Australian Olympic and Paralympic swimwear uniform is unveiled in Sydney [Reuters]

Australia will take 472 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced on Monday, the country's second largest team for an overseas Summer Games.

 Some of the 254 women and 218 men who will compete in 33 sports are already in Japan making their final preparations for the Games, which were postponed for a year because of the global health crisis.

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