Rio 2016: Jessica Ennis-Hill believes Team GB can bring home biggest-ever away medal tally

JESSICA ENNIS-HILL believes Team GB can bring home their biggest-ever medal tally at an away Olympics.

The Brits have a target of at least 48 medals — a record away haul — ahead of the Games’ opening ceremony in Rio tonight.

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Team GB won 47 medals at Beijing in 2008 and a record 65 in London four years ago, including 29 golds.

And heptathlon champion Ennis-Hill, who memorably won gold in 2012, insisted: “I’m hoping we can finish high in the medals table. We had amazing Games in London but have moved on in quite a few of the sports and there are some really good medal hopes.”

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Ennis-Hill arrives in Rio tomorrow from her training camp in Europe.

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She starts her bid to be the first British woman to win back-to-back Olympic track titles a week today.

Chris Froome should clinch a first gold in the  road cycling tomorrow.

And Ennis-Hill added: “It is a case of getting it under way, bringing home some medals and  hopefully carrying that momentum through.”