Scotland women are one of five teams tied at the top of the table at the World Curling Championships after picking up their fourth win, while Team GB will be represented in synchro swimming at this summer’s Olympic Games. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours
Scotland women continued their strong start to the World Curling Championships with a 6-5 win over USA.
Eve Muirhead’s Scotland took their tally to four wins and one defeat in Canada to move joint top of the table.
They fell behind earlier on but Muirhead hit back for two points to level before eventually coming through 6-5.
Team GB will be represented in synchronised swimming at the Olympic Games in Rio this summer, after an official quota placed was confirmed by international federation Fina.
The news comes following the performances of Katie Clark and Olivia Federici who finished in first place in the Duet Free second round at the Olympic Gamews Synchronised Swimming Qualification Tournament in Rio.
Synchronised swimming lead Karen Thorpe said: “Achieving the Olympic quota place is a real testament to the hard work that has been done not only by Katie and Olivia but also Genevieve and Jodie.
"Our national coach Katie Chapman has worked tirelessly to make sure the athletes were in the best position to secure that vital quota place for the Games. Read more here.
British eventer William Fox-Pitt is set to return to competitive action in April, six months on from a serious head injury suffered while riding.
Three-time Olympic medallist Fox-Pitt was placed in an induced coma after falling at the World Young Horse Championships in France on October 17.
He returned to riding in December and has now confirmed entry for Burnham Market, which takes place from April 1-3, with four horses.
"It is all systems go here and everything is on target," said Fox-Pitt, winner of 20 major championship medals. "I hope to be competing soon."
He may have already gone through a previous Olympic cycle and emerged triumphant but Alex Gregory admits the sacrifices currently being made in the run up to this summer’s Games will be worth it even more if he can taste success in Rio.
This week sees rowing take priority over family time again as the British Olympic trials get underway today with the country's best rowers aiming to push their claims for selection for Rio.
And while results in training give Gregory reason for optimism ahead of the trials, the 32-year-old admits it’s his family which gives him extra drive.
“Leading up to London I had motivation to win and I got a gold medal for myself. That’s what I wanted to do and that’s the goal I set myself,” he said.
“Whereas now I have these children who are starting to understand what I do, they watch what I do, they see I go training seven days a week.
“Hopefully trials go well and in Rio I can show them and they’ll be able to understand what I was doing all this for. This one is for them.” Read more here.
Tom Bosworth believes he showed he means business this summer after breaking the long-standing British 20km walk record this weekend.
The 26-year-old had already been in promising form going into the latest IAAF Race Walking Challenge competition in Slovakia after breaking three other records in the last three months – the indoor 3000m twice and 5km record.
And he added to his list of accolades with a personal best performance of 80:41 to break Ian McCombie's record of 82:03 set for the 20km at the Seoul Olympics back in September 1988 – one year and four months before Bosworth was born.
"I know I'm in the form of my life and have been desperate to break the 20km record to complete my set," Bosworth told British Athletics.
"I did that and I know I have more in the tank to give. Exciting times for the World Race Walking Cup in May and of course Rio."
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