Sign up for The Torch to receive email updates about all things Olympics - from Team GB and beyond Athletes from Greater Manchester won an astonishing 16 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, including a staggering eight golds.
The incredible haul would have given our region an 11th place finish in the medal table, above nations such as Canada, Brazil, Kenya and Jamaica.
Bury swimmer James Guy led the way with two golds and a silver, while husband and wife cycling superstars Jason and Laura Kenny became Britain's most successful male and female Olympians of all time as each claimed gold and silver medals.
In fact if the Kenny household in Chelford just outside Alderley Edge had competed as an independent nation their silverware would have
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