Greg Rutherford soars to new national long jump record, more tennis success and Rio quota place booked by British fencing team. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours:
Greg Rutherford made the best possible start to Olympic year as he jumped a world leading 8.26 metres in Albuquerque.
The Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth long jump champion improved Chris Tomlinson’s eight-year old British record mark of 8.18m.
Great Britain will have three players in the world’s top 100 after Naomi Broady won her ninth ITF singles title in Michigan.
Broady will join Johanna Konta and Heather Watson, currently ranked 28th and 85th, when the new standings are announced.
Elsewhere, Kyle Edmunds beat Dan Evans in the first all-British Challenger Final in ten years.
Edmunds won 6-3, 6-2 in Dallas and will now be ranked inside the world’s top 85.
Richard Kruse admits he and his team-mates can now start planning for an exciting summer ahead after Great Britain’s fencers ensured a men’s foil team will be heading to Rio 2016.
A ninth-place finish in the Bonn World Cup ensured that Great Britain are the highest European World ranked team outside the World top four, meaning that their Olympic quota places are secure.
Team GB won men’s team foil gold at last year’s European Games in Baku.
Elise Christie completed a superb weekend in Dresden by doubling her medal tally, although she admitted she will go away with plenty to work on.
The 25-year-old followed Saturday's 1500m gold medal winning performance with a silver in what was a tough 500m final.
Christie eventually lost out to Canadian Marianne St-Gelais after consistent lap times helped her to edge clear of Dutch duo Lara van Ruijven and Yara van Kerkhof.
“I'm really happy to get a medal as I don't often double medal at World Cups,” she said. “I know I've still got areas to improve on but that what makes the future exciting.
Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has been crowned Sportswoman of the Year at the British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards in London.
Ennis-Hill was recognised for a memorable 2015, in which she won her second world heptathlon title just 13 months after giving birth to her first child, Reggie.
She said: “It is always good to feel that what I do as an athlete can in someway influence others to get involved in sport in someway.
“Sport has played a great part in shaping who I am and has taught me a lot about coping with life’s ups and downs, but above all it has given me some amazing opportunities.”
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