Reigning Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones returned from a knee injury to secure one of three British golds at the German Open while Callum Hawkins finishes eighth in the London Marathon. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours:
Reigning Olympic champion Jade Jones began her comeback from a knee injury in superb style with -57kg taekwondo gold in the German Open.
Wales' Jones – who topped the podium at London 2012 – won her first four fights in Hamburg to secure a spot in the final.
And then when her opponent Canada’s Ivett Gonda was forced to withdraw Jones had secured victory at her first event after being forced to sit out the Dutch Open and the Presidents Cup in recent weeks.
The 22-year-old will now have her sights set on the European Championships in Switzerland later this month.
There were also gold medals for Bianca Walkden and Charlie Maddock, and a bronze for Feyi Pearce.
Walkden claimed victory in the +73kg final against Katherine Rodriguez, while Maddock beat Zeliha Agris on a golden point in the -49kg category.
Pearce, 19, won a bronze medal in the -58kg category, losing 8-7 to Germany's Amir Mohammad Hosseini in the semi-finals.
Callum Hawkins was on cloud nine on Sunday after finishing eighth in the Virgin Money London Marathon inside the Olympic qualifying standard for Rio.
The 23-year-old Scot finished in a personal best time of 2:10:52, as Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won his second successive London Marathon, in the second-fastest time ever recorded.
Tsegai Tewelde was second of the Brits, in 2:12:23, also inside the qualifying standard, while Hawkins’ older brother Derek was third over the line.
And the younger Hawkins explained that he’d needed to dig deep but was delighted to have put himself into the frame for Rio.
"I was feeling brilliant at halfway and put in a big effort," said Hawkins.
"The last couple of miles I was really hurting and just tried to hold on. I think I got a slight negative split. I didn't even run with a watch, I was just running.
In the women’s event Alyson Dixon emulated Hawkins in finishing top of the British competitors, coming home 13th, inside the Olympic qualifying standard.
That was just ahead of Sonia Samuels, who came home eight seconds further back, but also under the qualifying time.
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Great Britain's Tom Daley admits he will take a lot of confidence from his silver medal on Sunday in the in the men's 10m platform at the Diving World Series in Kazan, Russia.
The Olympic bronze medallist from London 2012 finished in between the strong Chinese pair of Aisen Chen, who took gold, and Qiu Bo, who took bronze.
And the 21-year-old Daley – who tookbronze in Canada last week in the World Series – insists he is heading in the right direction.
"There are still things I have to improve, but I'm very happy with the silver medal," he said.
"It was fun to battle against Chinese divers to see who can come out on top."
"This is the last chance to compete against them before Rio. That's exciting and nice to know that going into Olympic Games I can be very close to the Chinese."
Attention now switches to the European Aquatics Championships in London next month, a key part of Daley's preparations for Rio.
"It will be a very special competition," he added. "I live in London, train in London. But it's going to be tough."
Non Stanford insists there is more to come after she became the third British woman in three years to win the Discovery World Triathlon Cape Town.
Jodie Stimpson made it a British one-two as she secured silver over the sprint distance course.
The British duo caught Flora Duffy of Bermuda on the run and it was Stanford who stormed clear to follow in the footsteps of Vicky Holland who won here 2015 and Stimpson who topped the pile in 2014.
And Stanford, who was making her 2016 season debut, was delighted with the result.
“I came here to see where I was, and I think everything is on track. I’m definitely not in my ideal race shape, so it means there is more to come, which is exciting,” she said.
Meanwhile in the men’s event there was a surprise victory for Fernando Alarza – his first World Triathlon Series victory.
The Spaniard came home just ahead of Jonathan Brownlee, with France’s Dorian Coninx third.
And after a difficult few weeks following his collapse at the Gold Coast event, Brownlee was relieved to have performed so well, even if it came as a surprise to him.
He said: “I didn’t finish in a stretcher, so that was a start! The last few weeks I have felt terrible since the Gold Coast, it just takes a lot out of you doing that.
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