13 August 2012
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London 2012 celebrated young athletes when seven promising British sportsmen and women lit the Olympic flame at the star of the Games, but who will be the young talent aiming for gold for Britain at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016?
Still a teenager, diver Tom Daley won bronze in London and will expect to feature on the podium in four years' time
Michael Jamieson, 24, earned a superb breaststroke silver medal in the pool and will hope to go one better in Rio
Lizzie Simmonds, 21, was just a place away from a 200m backstroke medal in London and will be hoping to go at least one better in Rio
Mixed doubles silver medallist Laura Robson - still only 18 - will hope to be a contender in the women's singles as well in 2016
Sophie Hitchon, 21, burst into the limelight with a new British hammer record at London 2012. Can she grab a medal in Rio 2016?
Watch out Jess Ennis, 19-year-old Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be aiming for heptathlon gold in Rio after finishing 15th in her first major competition in London
London 2012 high jump bronze medallist Robbie Grabarz, 24, will have gold in his sights in South America in 2016
A European junior champion in 2009, 110m hurdler Lawrence Clarke will be 26 in Rio and should be reaching his peak come 2016
Team GB's disqualification in the 4x100m relay should not mask 18-year-old Adam Gemili's emergence as Britain's next great sprinting hope
Cycling tyro Philip Hindes, 19, will be hoping to repeat his team sprint gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016
Double gold medallist Laura Trott, 20, is set to take over Victoria Pendleton's mantle as Team GB's track cycling poster girl in the lead-up to Rio 2016
Rowers George Nash and Will Satch, aged 22 and 23 respectively, will be hoping they can better their London bronze medal in the men's pair in Brazil
Teenager Max Whitlock was part of a successful men's gymnastic team in London, and his pommel bronze bodes well for 2016
Alistair, 24, and Jonny Brownlee, 22, won triathlon gold and bronze respectively at London 2012 and will be looking to maintain that momentum all the way to Rio
Hannah Mills, 24, snatched a sailing silver in Weymouth and will be looking to go one better in significantly sunnier climes in four years' time
Charlotte Dujardin, 27, made history with Britain's first ever team and individual dressage golds. Dujardin and her horse Valero already have Rio in their sights
Teenager Jade Jones upset all the odds to become Great Britain's first Olympic taekwondo champion in London. The pressure will be on her to repeat the feat in 2016
Team GB will also be going for gold in two new sports in Rio as rugby sevens and golf join the party. England sevens star Dan Norton (right), 24, is one of the most lethal runners in the truncated form of rugby union and will be in his prime in four years' time
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