In this month's podcast we hear from Olympic gold medallist Tim Brabants and UK Sport's Performance Lifestyle Consultant Phil Gallagher on the challenges of life as a world class athlete while Dr Scott Drawer encourages the British public to get involved with the Ideas 4 Innovation programme.
Andy Parkinson, Acting Director of Drug-Free Sport at UK Sport, has welcomed plans to re-test samples taken at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that samples will be re-tested for Cera – a form of EPO.
UK Sport announced last week that following a meeting of its Board earlier this week it has agreed to support the newly reconstituted British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) as the lead body driving forward Olympic success for 2012.
Britain has secured a strong future for Swimming at the most recent Ligue Européenne de Natation Congress in Zurich. The Elective Session saw British Swimming's Chief Executive, David Sparkes, who is on a mentor on the UK Sport International Leadership Programme, welcomed onto the LEN Bureau.
Manchester is set to welcome the best squash players from around the globe as the men's and women's world championships are held concurrently for the first time in the UK. The event, taking place between 11-16 October, is the sixth World Championship to be supported by UK Sport's Lottery funded World Class Events Programme in 2008.
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