Newsletter - Radcliffe: Britain Leading The Way In Anti-Doping Education

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UK Sport Newsletter | 08 May 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT RADCLIFFE: BRITAIN LEADING THE WAY IN ANTI-DOPING EDUCATION With this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing fast approaching, Paula Radcliffe has said that Britain should be proud of its approach to anti-doping, during an interview for this month's UK Sport podcast. Read more SUE CAMPBELL HONOURED BY INAUGURAL "LEADERSHIP IN SPORT" AWARD UK Sport Chair Sue Campbell's lifelong commitment to sport and to improving opportunities for everyone from elite athletes to young children was recognised last week at the prestigious Sport Industry Awards dinner in London. Read more BEIJING HOPEFULS HEAD TO MANCHESTER FOR PARALYMPIC WORLD CUP Some of the world's best elite athletes with a disability from swimming, track cycling, wheelchair basketball and athletics have gathered in Manchester for this week's Paralympic World Cup (7th – 11th May), which is supported by UK Sport's Lottery funded World Class Events Programme. Read more UK SPORT INNOVATION PARTNER KEEPING CYCLISTS ON TRACK Systems and engineering technology provider Frazer-Nash Consultancy has announced the completion of a prototype cycling 'Ergometer' for use by Great Britain's elite cycling team in their pursuit of medal winning success. This project is one of a number supported by UK Sport's Research and Innovation programme. Read more OPEN WATER SILVER MEDALS FOR PATTEN AND DAVIES Britain's Cassandra Patten and David Davies secured silver medals at the weekend in the 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville and, in doing so, also secured a place in the inaugural Olympic open water competition in Beijing this summer. Read more COUNTDOWN TO IRB JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUES The countdown to next month's IRB Junior World Championships in Wales continues with commercial sponsorship to the value of £500,000 announced this week, in addition to investment of up to £400,000 from UK Sport's Lottery funded World Class Events Programme. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF News from the UK's high performance sports community, including updates from Disability Shooting, Drug-Free Sport, Paralympic World Cup and Rowing UK SPORT PODCAST 100% ME TICKET BOOTH JOBS IN SPORT The 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.