Twelve months after Sir Steve Redgrave gave the call to arms in Trafalgar Square for tall people to come forward to try out as 'Sporting Giants' ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport have announced that 34 rowers, 11 handball players and seven volleyball players have been successfully integrated into British squads.
An exciting weekend for British sport saw several World Cup medals claimed - including Katy Livingston winning modern pentathlon gold - as well as Olympic qualification for young diver Tom Daley.
John Fahey, President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), this week spelt out his desire to protect the principle of fair play through stepping up the global fight against doping in sport.
Britain's Kristan Bromley clinched the men's bob skeleton World Championship crown on Friday, making history in the process as he became the first person to hold the World Championship, European Championship and World Cup titles in the same season.
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