Newsletter - Weir And Cundy Star In First Podcast Of 2008

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UK Sport Newsletter | 10 January 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT WEIR AND CUNDY STAR IN FIRST PODCAST OF 2008 Two of Britain's main medal hopes for the Beijing Paralympic Games are profiled in this month's UK Sport Podcast. Swimmer turned cyclist Jody Cundy and athlete David Weir look ahead not only to Beijing, but also the Paralympic World Cup being staged in Manchester in May. Read More MORRISON AND RHODES SCOOP WORLD SILVER Beijing-bound sailors Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes got their Olympic year off to a medal-winning start, clinching silver at the 49er World Championships in Melbourne - the day after they were named amongst nine sailors selected as the first official members of Team GB for the 2008 Games. Read more TALENT TO TRAIN FULL TIME A year on from the outset of the GB Canoeing and UK Sport/English Institute of Sport (EIS) project to identify and develop World Class female sprint kayaking talent, a group of athletes are now training full time in Nottingham alongside the senior women's squad. Read more MANCHESTER'S YEAR OF WORLD CLASS SPORT Manchester is set to host the biggest year for sport since the 2002 Commonwealth Games, as the city launched its World Sport 08 campaign today. Read more NEW NUMBER FOR WHEREABOUTS UPDATES Athletes who are required to provide whereabouts information for out-of-competition drug tests are being advised that the number through which they can text late updates has changed. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF News from the UK's high performance sports community, including updates from Basketball, Diving, Volleyball and Water Skiing. UK SPORT PODCAST TICKET BOOTH 100% ME JOBS IN SPORT Latest Vacancies in British sport Please email all news and press releases concerning elite sport in the UK to news@uksport.gov.uk To advertise jobs on the website and in the newsletter please email details to jobs@uksport.gov.uk For all further enquiries, please email newsletter@uksport.gov.uk / tel 020 7211 5174. UK Sport: 40 Bernard St, London, WC1N 1ST - www.uksport.gov.uk If you do not want to receive this newsletter in the future, please click here to unsubscribe.