CYCLISTS PRAISE SUPPORT TEAM

Cycling’s successful Olympic Games campaign saw yesterday’s golden girl Victoria Pendleton and super-power Chris Hoy lay credit for their success firmly at the door of their support team, including several English Institute of Sport practitioners, many of whom have been working with the squad out in the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing.

Pendleton took the gold medal in the women’s sprint on Tuesday to record Great Britain’s seventh cycling gold at Beijing 2008, which was soon followed by the eighth when Chris Hoy made history picking up his third gold in the men’s sprint, the first British athlete to take three gold in one Games for a hundred years...

HOME ADVANTAGE

With the Olympic flag soon to be handed over to London ahead of 2012, so will the advantage of competing on home soil for UK’s athletes going into the next Games...

IN THE DEEP END

As the new Olympic event, the 10k Open Water swim, takes place tomorrow 20th for the women’s event and Thursday 21st for the men’s event, GB’s swimming prospects...

CHINA'S GOLDEN PLAN

Competition for success in elite sport is increasing with more nations now adopting strategic approaches towards the development of elite athletes and as a result...

ENDURANCE NUTRITION

Britain’s Triathletes will take up the challenge of the Beijing Games on Monday, 18th and Tuesday 19th August. Facing an endurance test over three events...