Paris 2024: Meet the sporty siblings at this summer's Olympics

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Emily and Tom Ford are both Team GB rowers who compete in the eights. Paris will be their second Olympics, as they both took part in the last Games in Tokyo. The brother and sister duo have previously said that they are "super proud" of each other.
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Now, this could get confusing for their opponents! Identical twins Annie and Kerry Xu are competing together as a women's doubles team for Team USA in badminton. Annie is two minutes older than Kerry - and both sisters have been playing the sport since they were eight years old.
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Team Ireland have a number of siblings at these Olympics including canoe slalom athletes Madison and Michaela Corcoran, track athletes Jodie and Luke McCann - and boxers Aidan Walsh and Michaela Walsh (pictured). Both boxing siblings won gold at the last Commonwealth Games, could they repeat their success in Paris?
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Meet Maddison and Teagan Levi. They are both part of Australia's rugby sevens squad - and both sisters have been making quite the impact in Paris! Maddison recently broke the record for most tries in a single Olympic Games - with an amazing 14 tries in their win over South Africa. And her younger sister Teagan also scored in her Olympic debut.
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Team GB also has a set of identical twins in its athletics squad in Paris - Lina and Laviai Nielsen. They have won plenty of medals between them over recent years and now they have their sights set on Olympic glory! Laviai will be taking part in the 400 metres, while Lina will feature in the 400m hurdles.

1 August 2024

Taking part in the Olympics is a hugely proud moment for any athlete and their family - but what if your brother or sister was there too?

Well, that's exactly what's happened to Team GB's Emily Ford and her older brother Tom.

They are both rowers in the men's and women's eight crews - and they could both be coming home with medals, after qualifying for their Olympic finals this weekend!

And they're not the only ones - click through the gallery above to see some of the other siblings taking part in this summer's Paris Games.

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