AOC to respect Nick Kyrgios’s decision if he pulls out of Olympics

  • Tennis star has hinted he may not travel to Tokyo
  • Australia announces 472-strong Games team

Nick Kyrgios “knows he is welcome” at the Tokyo Olympics as the tennis star weighs up whether to be part of Australia’s 472-strong Games team, which features a record number of women and Indigenous athletes.

Australia’s contingent for the Games starting on 23 July includes 254 women and 218 men, with 16 Indigenous athletes. The number of female athletes is 40 more than the nation’s previous most at a Games, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the 16 Indigenous athletes is four more than in Sydney in 2000.

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