Newsletter - Pendleton And Rudman Seek Girls For Gold

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UK Sport Newsletter | 12 June 2008

LATEST NEWS FROM UK SPORT PENDLETON AND RUDMAN SEEK GIRLS FOR GOLD World cycling champion Victoria Pendleton and Olympic silver medallist Shelley Rudman this week launched 'Girls4Gold' - a mass recruitment drive for young athletic women by UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS). Read more PODCAST: "FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO BE IDENTIFIED," SAYS PENDLETON In this month's UK Sport Podcast, Victoria Pendleton and Shelley Rudman talk further about the opportunity that 'Girls4Gold' presents, and UK Sport's Research and Innovation Consultant, Dr Scott Drawer, highlights the work done to help athletes combat the heat and humidity in Beijing this summer. Read more FORMER ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL BACKS PITCH TO PODIUM England Under-21s Head Coach Stuart Pearce has given his support to 'Pitch2Podium', the Talent ID scheme launched last week by UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS). Read more WADA: SPORT SHOWING GREATER INTEREST IN GENE DOPING Following a Gene Doping Symposium in Russia, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that there are signs of a growing level of interest in sport in the potential of gene doping, and that progress is being made in terms of methods of detection. Read more SUCCESS FOR BRITISH WRESTLING AT INAUGURAL GB CUP Through its World Class Events Programme (WCEP), UK Sport supported the inaugural GB Wrestling Cup at the weekend, which took place at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield. Read more Subscribe to UK Sport RSS feed. IN BRIEF News from the UK's high performance sports community, including updates from Athletics, Paralympics GB, Shooting and Triathlon UK SPORT PODCAST TICKET BOOTH 100% ME 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.