The ten terrific Team GB stars hoping to strike gold at the Paris Olympics - from a swimmer dating Gordon Ramsay's daughter to the skateboarder who became Britain's youngest ever medal winner

With the Paris Olympics starting tomorrow, expectations are high for Team GB to bring home a host of medals in a variety of events, from swimming to gymnastics.

Indeed, sports data boffins Gracenote have published their final predictions for the Olympics and have forecast Great Britain will finish fourth in the medal table on 63, behind just USA, China and hosts France.

UK Sport – the Olympic funding agency – last month said they wanted Team GB to win between 50 and 70 medals and finish in the top five. 

If Gracenote's prediction proves correct, Britain would comfortably meet that target but fall short of the top of UK Sport's medal range, which would be a post-war and overseas record haul. 

Here are ten terrific Team GB stars to keep a close eye on - and details of the finals they're aiming to win:

Adam Peaty (Swimming)

Sunday 28 July, 8.54pm, Men's 100m Breaststroke Final

Saturday 3 August, 8.33pm, Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final

Sunday 4 August, 6.12pm, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final

By his own admission, Peaty has endured 'three years of hell'. 

After defending his 100m breaststroke title at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and following a stint on Strictly Come Dancing, a combination of injury and a bad break-up saw him suffer with depression and turn to alcohol. 

Peaty took six months out from swimming last year to deal with his demons but, helped by a blossoming relationship with Gordon Ramsay's daughter Holly, he is now back in the water and nearing his best.

The 29-year-old is bidding to become only the second man after the great Michael Phelps to win gold in the same event at three separate Olympics. 

He could also claim medals in two relay events.

Tom Daley (Diving)

Monday 29 July, 10am, Men's Synchronised 10m Platform Final

After winning an emotional first Olympic gold in Tokyo, Daley did not intend to return to diving. 

But a family visit to the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado changed his mindset, when his son Robbie said to him, 'Papa, I want to see you dive at the Olympics.' 

This will be a fifth Games for the 30-year-old, who will compete in the synchronised 10m platform with a new partner, Noah Williams. 

He is not diving in the individual event.

Kieran Reilly (BMX Freestyle)

Wednesday 31 July, 1.45pm, Men's Park Final

A new name to British supporters, Reilly will be competing in his first Olympics in the popular urban sport of BMX freestyle, which made its debut in Tokyo. 

The Geordie, 22, won gold at the World Championships in Glasgow last summer and there are high hopes he could repeat that result this summer. 

Reilly's mullet hairstyle came about by accident in 2022, but he has vowed to keep it for the Olympics after it became a lucky charm.

Helen Glover (Rowing)

Thursday 1 August, 10.50am, Women's Four Final

After claiming Olympic golds in London and Rio, Glover retired from rowing to start a family. 

Yet she made a remarkable return in time for Tokyo despite having three children under three. 

The first mother to row for Britain at an Olympics, Glover finished fourth in the pair with Polly Swann three years ago. 

Now she is looking to land gold in Paris having moved up to the women's four, winning the European Championships and two World Rowing Cup regattas already this year.

Max Whitlock (Gymnastics)

Saturday 3 August, 4.10pm, Men's Pommel Horse Final

The 31-year-old privately decided to quit gymnastics after the Tokyo Olympics. 

However, his secret retirement sent his mental health spiralling, admitting he felt like a 'waste of space' and a 'complete failure', so he opted to return for a fourth and final Games.

Whitlock – who has a five-year-old daughter Willow - is already Britain's most successful gymnast ever, with three golds and three bronzes at the Olympics. 

But he's now bidding to become the first gymnast in Olympic history to claim four medals on the same apparatus when he competes on the pommel horse in Paris.

Emma Finucane (Track Cycling)

Monday 5 August, 6.58pm, Women's Team Sprint Final

Thursday 8 August, 6.11pm, Women's Keirin Final

Sunday 11 August, 11.45am, Women's Sprint, Finals – Race 1; 12.15pm, Women's Sprint, Finals – Race 2; 12.44pm, Women's Sprint Finals – Decider

Laura Kenny has retired but Britain have a new queen of the velodrome in Wales's Finucane. 

Kenny herself has tipped the 21-year-old to become the first female cyclist to win three gold medals at the same Olympics. 

Finucane, who is making her Games debut, will ride in the individual sprint, which she is the world champion in, as well as the keirin. 

She will also lead Britain in the women's team sprint.

Keely Hodgkinson (Athletics)

Monday 5 August, 8.45pm, Women's 800m Final

The Wigan runner made her name at the last Olympics when, aged only 19, she won a silver medal in the 800m and broke Kelly Holmes's British record. 

She followed that up with silvers at the last two World Championships but is a huge favourite to finally land the gold this summer. 

Hodgkinson is unbeaten over 800m this season, has the fastest time in the world this year, and her main rival, American Athing Mu, will not be in Paris to defend her title.

Hodgkinson went to secondary school with Ella Toone, who starred for the Lionesses when they won the Euros in 2022. 

Sky Brown (Skateboarding)

Tuesday 6 August, 4.30pm, Women's Park Final

By winning a bronze medal at Tokyo at the age of 13, Brown became Britain's youngest ever Olympic medallist. 

She's now back for her second Games aged 16 and goes in as one of the favourites in the skateboarding park event having won the world title in 2023. 

Japanese-born Brown had also hoped to compete for Team GB in surfing at Paris but just missed out in qualifying.

Josh Kerr (Athletics)

Tuesday 6 August, 7.50pm, Men's 1500m Final

The Scot won a bronze medal in the 1500m at Tokyo but is looking to go two better at Paris. 

Kerr raised expectations last summer when he won gold at the World Championships, beating Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen – and sparking a war of words between the two rivals. 

The 26-year-old – whose brother Jake is a Scotland international rugby player – lives and trains in America.

Kerr wears dark sunglasses when he runs whatever the weather, as he doesn't like to let his opponents look in his eyes before races. 

Molly Caudery (Athletics)

Wednesday 7 August, 6pm, Women's Pole Vault Final

The pole vaulter is bidding to become the first British woman to win Olympic gold in a field event since Tessa Sanderson in the javelin in 1984. 

After finishing fifth at last year's World Championships, the Cornishwoman has had an incredible rise this year. 

She won the world indoor title in Glasgow in March and broke the British record of her team-mate Holly Bradshaw last month. 

That jump of 4.92m is the best in the world this year, making Caudery – who boasts almost 300,000 Instagram followers - the favourite for gold in Paris. 

Caudery almost lost her left index finger in a freak weightlifting accident in December 2021, when it was '90 per cent off' after she caught it between the rack and the bar. 

She needed three surgeries to fix it.