Team Commonwealth would do real well regardless of gender.
A "Commonwealth" man from NZL (e.g. Docherty, Carter), AUS (Robertson, Kahlefelt), GBR (Lessing, Smith, Don, Brownlee), CAN (Whitfield) has a good shot based on WC and Olympic medals count.
The list of women is just as impressive.
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First with the head, then with the heart. -- HG