Mo Farah has revealed his next step in his preparation for Rio 2016 while Charlotte Gilmartin explained what she has planned over the next two years before the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours.
Mo Farah will compete at the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff as he ramps up his preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympics this summer.
Farah will defend the 5,00m and 10,000m Olympic titles in Rio, both of which he claimed in spectacular fashion at London 2012.
With that goal in mind, the 32-year-old has made himself available for the British team for the World Half Marathon Championships on March 26 – a race he has never competed at before.
Farah is the British and European half marathon record holder and admits he hopes the race in Wales will help build his endurance ahead of the summer.
And he acknowledges that the opportunity to add to his ever-growing medal collection was too good to turn down.
"It will be a good chance to try to claim another world title,"said Farah. "I know the standard is incredibly high with athletes who really target and train specifically for the event, so I know it will be a hard race.
"I always get amazing support whenever I race in the UK and I hope this will help me along the way.
"My primary aim for 2016 is the Olympic Games in Rio in August but this race will be a good way to build my endurance before I return to the track in the summer.
"I hear the course in Cardiff is very fast and it may take a personal best to win the race but I'm up for the challenge."
Charlotte Gilmartin already has a World Cup bronze medal to her name this season and ahead of the European Championships, she is looking to the future.
With speed skating entering the second half of the Olympic schedule in the build-up to PyeongChang in 2018, it’s an important season for Gilmartin.
And she admits her rivalry with compatriot Elise Christie has really pushed her and hopes it can also attract more British talent in the future.
“From a girl’s point of view it would be great to inspire girls to take up the sport and I think with people like Elise doing so well the profile is there for people to want to access the sport,” she added.
“Elise is a similar age to me and has won so much already but I feel like year on year I am improving and just moving at a different pace and I’m on my own journey.
“I feel like now I am at a point where I am the best I have been and it is all starting to come together for me on the ice.
“It’s been a long time since I started in the sport but I still feel like there is a long way to go for me.
“I want to push as hard as I can and go against the best girls in the world.
“Luckily some of those are in Britain and working with people like Elise pushes me on and I want to challenge myself against the best and beat them. I think it is a testament to our programme though that we have such strength in depth.”
British Lionhearts kicked off the World Series of Boxing with a narrow success over the USA knockouts thanks to Lawrence Okolie’s split-points win in the decider against Cam Awesome.
The British heavyweight claimed a 48-47 win with two of the judges in the five-round contest, and that proved just enough as Awesome got the other decision by the same score.
Okolie went into the bout with the teams level at 2-2 after Harvey Horn had helped the Lionhearts into an early lead at light flyweight, which was then cancelled out by Shakur Stevenson in the Bantamweight.
Pat McCormack responded for the Lionshearts at light welterweight and despite Charles Conwell’s middleweight success, Okolie came through in the crucial bout.
This weekend's European Championships may represent Jack Whelbourne's first major international competition in a number of months but the short track speed skater insists he has to hit the ground running.
Two-time Olympian Whelbourne struggled with a back injury last year, causing him to miss the start of the World Cup circuit.
He was back on the ice at the turn of the year though for the British Championships before scooping 500m, 1000m and the overall title at the Star Class International competition in Nottingham a little under two weeks ago.
The level of competition will step up again this weekend for the European Championships in Sochi – scene of the last Winter Olympics.
But with the World Championships in Seoul, South Korea also fast approaching in March, a refreshed Whelbourne is eager to leave his mark.
"I was a bit nervous when I came back at the British Championships after so long out. I was definitely race rusty so it was good to get out there on the ice in a competitive environment," said Whelbourne, who won World Championship relay bronze in 2014.
"There were a few issues I needed to sort out. But the British Championships and Star Class event were all good preparations for the Euros.
"With my injury it was good in a way to take a step back from the competitive environment.
"It was the first time in my career that I had spent that amount of time off the ice. Before then I had never normally been injured for more than a couple of weeks.
"It was hard being out for so long and it took a while to get my head around but I like to look at the positives.
"The Europeans will be a stepping stone to the World Championships. I have a number of competitions before the World Championships so I'm hoping to learn from my mistakes and be on top form by then." The Team GB Club has now officially launched! Be rewarded for your support and join Team GB on the road to Rio 2016 with our Club – check it out here. Sportsbeat 2016