General
Belgium booked their ticket to Tokyo at the Olympic qualification event held in May 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Belgian team won the race, finishing 50 seconds ahead of their closest rivals.
At the 2020 World Championships in Hamburg, the Belgians recorded their highest-ever finish at the world championships, ranking fifth. The result continued a trend of improvement, with the team's previous best effort a seventh-place finish in 2019. Before that their highest ranking at the world championships was 14th. Belgium finished sixth at the 2019 World Series event held on the Olympic course in Tokyo, and in 2018 came close to making a World Series podium when they placed fourth in Edmonton, AB, Canada.
The Belgian team won bronze at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. At the 2019 edition they finished fourth.