Great Britain's men's ice hockey team face Ukraine in the World Championships Division 1B final today, while the Virgin Money London Marathon is a chance for a number of athletes to match the Olympic selection standard. Here's our review of the last 24 hours:
Robert Farmer stated Great Britain will do “whatever it takes” to win gold today as they look to secure promotion to the second tier of world ice hockey.
Great Britain men’s impressive 6-1 victory over Romania yesterday made it four consecutive wins at the World Championship Division 1B in Zagreb and they will now face Ukraine needing just a point in today’s promotion decider, which takes place at 12pm BST.
“We will do whatever it takes to win the gold medal,” the Nottingham Panthers forward told Ice Hockey UK.
“We want to take all the good things we have done this week into the game.
“Everyone is very focused and excited about the game with Ukraine.
“We have had a great week so far and all the boys have worked so hard every night.
“We have a great spirit in the room and I think that has shown out on the ice.”
It was Jonathan Phillips who once again opened the scoring against Romania and Great Britain ended the first period two goals to the good thanks to Jonathan Boxill.
And Farmer, Colin Shields, Matthew Myers and Jonathan Weaver also scored for Pete Russell’s men before Ervin Moldovan pulled one back for Romania late on.
Any type of victory would mean Great Britain would win the group outright.
And a point would be enough to top the table if Lithuania beat Croatia in regulation time thanks to Great Britain’s 8-0 victory over Lithuania on Wednesday as it would come down to the head-to-head criteria if level on points.
Susan Partridge has a simple approach to this weekend’s Virgin Money London Marathon - she’s going to ‘run as fast as she can’.
Partridge is one of four British woman looking to secure the Olympic selection standard, a match race within a race that throws all the rules out the window.
Sonia Samuels and Alyson Dixon have already achieved the Olympic qualifying time of 2:31:00 but Partridge and fellow Scot Freya Ross are optimistic that target is in their sights.
But only the first two Brits across the line on Sunday - with the time - will fulfil the selection criteria for Rio.
Partridge is coached by former London winner Steve Jones and boasts a personal best of 2:30:46, run over the same course three years ago.
And she knows pre-planned tactics won't count for much in a straight shoot-out for selection.
“I think splits and specific game plans are not really Steve’s thing,” she said.
“It’s just run as fast as you can, race and respond to other people. If you think you can do it, go for it, if you need to hold back you need to hold back.
“If you asked him to set specific times, specific split times, the first thing he’d asked would be, ‘How do you know you can’t go faster? How do you know that’s the time you want to go?’
"You have to be able to just have the confidence and be brave. If you’re feeling it then go for it.
“I’m an experienced athlete and I still get it wrong. I might do on Sunday, but I think now I’ve got a fair idea of when to go for it and when not to. Even making a decision that I know might be a bit of a risk, but deciding to take it anyway.”
Samuels ran 2:28.04 in Berlin last year, carving three minutes off her personal best to rank top of last year’s national standings.
And she’s feeling confident after months of warm weather training in Kenya, the United States and Alicante.
“If you’re building on each marathon and you’re getting stronger, then improvements are there to be made,” she said.
“It’s gone really well off the back of Berlin. It’s nice to build on the two marathons last year and continue to get stronger.”
Bill Furniss knows all about Olympic success. Under his guidance Rebecca Adlington became Britain's most successful Olympic swimmer in a century, striking double gold in Beijing and double bronze four years later in London.
Now he's looking for more success in Rio with a much bigger brief as British Swimming's head coach.
Furniss looked almost looked relieved after finally confirming the 26-strong British swim team for this summer's Games, the speculation of last week's trials in Glasgow can now stop and the focus can switch to training and delivery, two things he’s proved he does best.
Four years ago the Olympic swim team was 38 strong but Furniss and performance director Chris Spice like their ‘lean and mean' approach and claim no-one is making it up the numbers, with world champions Adam Peaty and James Guy backing the small and focussed approach.
"We don't talk about medals, we talk about delivering season best performances or even lifetime bests, when it counts on the day," said Furniss.
"If we can get a high percentage of our team doing that, then the medals will come. Anything can happen at an Olympics and it is on the night in Rio. Chris and I have said from the beginning that it is not about the trials.
"The trials are the first step on the ladder. In the past we have had very good trials and then struggled when it counts. This time we have been pleased with our trials but our focus is very much on Rio.
"The one thing we have done a lot of work on is belief. You have got to have that absolute certainty of belief before you can do anything.
"UK Sport set a medal target for each sport. I don't discuss it with the athletes, I don't discuss it with the coaches and I am not going to discuss it with the media.
"Every athlete on this team, if they get it right, is within two per cent of getting on to the podium right now. Some events will move on but we have put a lot of time and effort into how we select our team that gives us the most chance of securing medals. That's what it is all about."
You can also hear from performance director Chris Spice here.
Andy Murray plans to play in Great Britain's Davis Cup quarter-final against Serbia in July as long as injuries and fitness don’t rule him out.
The Scot was pivotal to Great Britain winning their first Davis Cup in 79 years in November and they face a trip to Belgrade in July as they look to defend their title.
But the fixture with Serbia, which will be played on clay, comes five days after the Wimbledon final on grass and Murray is also focused on defending his Olympic gold medal in Brazil on hard courts in August.
"The plan is to play but it is going to be difficult," the 28-year-old told BBC sport at the launch of his own charity event Andy Murray Live.
"I need to play it a little bit by ear, as well, because I just don't know how the body is going to respond."
"These next couple of months are going to be extremely difficult,” he added.
"Changing surfaces - almost on a weekly basis - does increase the chance of injury significantly: not many players would go from playing a grass court tournament one week straight onto the clay the following week with only a couple of days of preparation time.
"So I need to make sure my body is good and healthy through the summer because it's going to be a long summer with the Olympics, many long flights, change of surfaces, different continents and different conditions - so I just now need to respect how my body feels as well."
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