Daley and Waterfield win individual medals

Tom Daley won the Silver medal and Pete Waterfield took Bronze in the 10m platform diving at the platform diving at the Fina Diving World Series in Sheffield, England.

Daley took the early lead with a high scoring first dive, but China’s World Champion Huo Liang went to the top of the leaderboard with a great performance in his third dive (an armstand back triple somersault) whilst Daley slipped into second place having over-rotated on his inward three-and-a-half somersaults dive.

In the fourth round, Waterfield moved into second place with the back three-and-a-half somersaults.

Daley fought his way back into the silver medal position, producing hardly a ripple in the water on his fifth round dive, the back three-and-a-half somersaults.

Liang claimed the gold medal, while Daley won Silver just ahead of team-mate Waterfield. Cuba’s Jeinkler Aguirre finished in fourth.

The 10m individual platform diving takes place on the 23rd August 2008.

Daley and Aldridge win World Series Gold

Tom Daley and Blake Aldridge won a Gold medal in the 10m synchronised platform diving at the Fina Diving World Series in Sheffield, England.

Thomas Finchum and David Alasdair Boudia of the United States won the Silver, while Cubans Jose Guerra and Eric Fornaris took Bronze. Konstantin Khanbekov and Oleg Vikulov of Russia had been in medal contention they were given a failure for an incomplete dive.

Athens 2004 Olympic silver medallists duo Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor did not compete as Taylor (who is Daleys mentor) is recovering from injury. They will hope to contest an eliminator at the Olympic trials in Leeds on 21-22 June. But Daley and Aldridge must now be favourites to take the Olympic place.

The 10m synchronised platform diving takes place on the 11th August 2008.

Two Women achieve Olympic Qualification

Britain has two women in the top four at the Triathlon World Cup in Madrid, Spain.

Helen Tucker finished second with Hollie Avil (fourth). Both women achieved the Olympic triathlon qualification criteria.

The podium race was decided on the second (bike ride) stage when the four leaders created a 2min 35 lead. The Portugese reigning world champion, Vanessa Fernandes, was first away into the run leaving Tucker, Avila and Daniela Ryf, of Switzerland, to contest the minor places

G – Vanessa Fernandes (Portugal) 2:04:46
S – Helen Tucker (Great Britain) 2:05:49
B – Daniela Ryf (Switzerland) 2:06:10
4 – Hollie Avil (Great Britain) 2:06:19
5 – Lisa Norden (Sweden) 2:07:35
6 – Elizabeth May (Luxembourg) 2:08:00
7 – Christiane Pilz (Germany) 2:08:05
8 – Carole Peon (France) 2:08:19
9 – Eva Dollinger (Austria) 2:08:19

Hollie Avil leads the 2008 World Cup Series

1. Hollie Avil (Great Britain) 118
2. Lisa Norden (Sweden) 114
3. Daniela Ryf (Switzerland) 111


The Women's Olympic Triathlon takes place on 18th August 2008.

Three Men achieve Olympic Qualification

Britain has three men in the top six at the Triathlon World Cup in Madrid, Spain.

Alistair Brownlee finished third with Tim Don (fourth) and Will Clarke (sixth). All three achieved the Olympic triathlon qualification criteria.

Javier Gomez of Spain won the race in front of his home crowd. With Ivan Vasiliev of Russia clinching the Bronze medal. Christian Prochnow finished fifth to claim the final spot on the German Olympic team ahead of established German triathletes Maik Petzold and Andreas Raelert.

G – Javier Gomez (Spain) 1:56:25
S – Ivan Vasiliev (Russia) 1:56:44
B – Alistair Brownlee (Great Britain) 1:56:53
4 – Tim Don (Great Britain) 1:57:04
5 – Christian Prochnow (Germany) 1:57:13
6 – Will Clarke (Great Britain) 1:57:15
7 – Maik Petzold (Germany) 1:57:23
8 – Laurent Vidal (France) 1:57:39
9 – Steffen Justus (Germany) 1:57:41

Tim Don continues to lead the 2008 World Cup Series

1 – Tim Don (Great Britain) 155
2 – Javier Gomez (Spain) 150
3 – Ivan Vasiliev (Russia) 105

The Men's Olympic Triathlon takes place on 19th August 2008.

Badminton Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Badminton members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
Gail Emms & Donna Kellogg	Women’s Doubles	15 August
Tracey Hallam	Women’s Singles	16 August
Andrew Smith	Men’s Singles	17 August
Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms	Mixed Doubles
Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg

Canoe Slalom Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Canoe Slalom members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
Campbell Walsh	Men’s Kayak Single	12 August
David Florence	Men’s Canoe Single
Fiona Pennie	Women’s Kayak Single	14 August

Taekwondo Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Taekwondo members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Michael Harvey was named ahead of Tyrone Robinson for the -58kg event, despite the fact that Robinson had earned the quota slot.

Athlete	Event	Final
Michael Harvey	Men’s -58kg	20 August
Aaron Cook	Men’s -80kg	22 August
Sarah Stevenson	Women’s +67kg	23 August

Athletics Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Endurance Athletics members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
Paula Radcliffe	Women’s Marathon	17 August
Liz Yelling
Mara Yamauchi
Johanna Jackson	Women’s 20K Walk	21 August
Dan Robinson	Men's Marathon	24 August

Tim Brabants wins European Gold

Tim Brabants won the Gold medal in K1 1000m at the European Championships in Milan, Italy.

1. Tim Brbants (Great Britain) 3:33.493
2. Gabor Kucsera (Hungary) 3:33.563
3. Max Hoff (Germany) 3:34.960

The Men's K1 1000m event takes place on 22nd August.

Folkard wins European Silver

Britain's Naomi Folkard won silver in the European Archery Championships in Vittell in France.

Berengere Schuh of France defeated the Briton 104-99 in the final.

The Women's Individual event takes place on 14th August 2008.

Campbell Walsh wins European Gold

Campbell Walsh, won Gold in the Men’s K1 event at the European Slalom Championships in Krakow, Poland.

The Men's K1 Event takes place on 12th August.

Cook wins Gold at World Juniors

Aaron Cook won the Gold Medal at the World Junior Championship in Izmir, Turkey.

Medals in the Men's -78kg category

Gold Medal : Cook Aaron (Great Britain)
Silver Medal : Yeong Rae Shin (Korea)
Bronze Medals : Keles Celal (Turkey) & Xinwei Wang (China)

The Taekwondo Men’s -80kg category takes place on 22nd August 2008.

Heather Fell wins World Cup Bronze

Britain’s Heather Fell won Bronze in the fifth round of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Kladno, Czech Republic. Mhairi Spence finished fourth on 5644 points, with Team GB’s Athens 2004 bronze medallist, Georgina Haarland, sixth on 5600 points.

Women’s final positions:
1. Aya Medany (Egypt) 5808 points
2. Eva Gretchichnikova (Russia) 5748 points
3. Heather Fell (Great Britain) 5688 points

The Olympic Women's Pentathlon takes place on 22nd August 2008.

Ainslie wins European Gold

Double Olympic champion, Ben Ainslie, secured his fourth Finn European Championship
at the at La Marina di Scarlino, Maremma, Tuscany, Italy


Ainslie made up the 8 points that separated him from Guillaume Florent of France, who finished the medal race in 8th position, due to the aggressive hunting of the British champion in the prestart.

1 Ben Ainslie (GBR)
2 Ivan Gaspic (CRO)
3 Guillaume Florent (FRA)

The Olympic medal race takes place on 16th August 2008.

Richard Faulds wins World Cup Silver

Richard Faulds won the Silver Medal in the Men's Double Trap at the at the World Cup in Kerrville, Texas.

Hakan Dahlby of Sweden won the Double Trap Final with 190 hits. 2000 Olympic Champion Faulds won Silver against American Jeffrey Holguin, 14-13 in a shoot-off, after both finished second with a score of 189.

Britain's other Olympi hopeful, Steve Scott, was ninth.

The Olympic Trap Shooting is on 12 August 2008

Equestrian Eventing Team for Beijing

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Equestrian - Eventing members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
William Fox-Pitt	Eventing	12 August
Sharon Hunt
Mary King
Zara Phillips
Lucy Wiegersma

Trampoline Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Trampoline member of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
Claire Wright	Women’s Individual	18 August

Fencing Team for Beijing 2008

The British Olympic Association (BOA) have selected the Fencing member of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Final
Alex O'Connell	Men's Individual Sabre	12 August

David Davies wins Silver in Open Water

David Davies won the silver medal in the Open Water event at the World Championships in Seville, Spain.

Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia won the gold medal in a time of 1:53:21.0. Davies won silver and Olympic qualification in a time of 1:53:21.3. The bronze was won Thomas Lurz of Germany in 1:53:27.2.

The Men's Open Water event takes place on 21st August 2008.