Team GB to back any athletes who take a knee at Tokyo Olympics

<div class="pa_art"><p>The British Olympic Association will back any athlete who wishes to take a knee in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement at next year's rescheduled Tokyo Games.</p><p>Team GB chef de mission Mark England said he feels "quite strongly" about supporting any collective decision made by Team GB members over how best to express themselves in the wake of the global protests which followed the death of American George Floyd.</p><p>Representatives of the BOA's Athletes' Commission have been tasked with collating feedback and reporting their findings to the equivalent body within the International Olympic Committee.</p><!-- EMBED START Image --><figure id="embedded223738415"><img src="//image.assets.pressassociation. . . .