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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid's gold medal in the Wheelchair Tennis Men's Double event secured the milestone.

English Institute of Sport unveils new identity as UK Sports Institute to better represent the organisation’s role.

Local ski slope in Pendle come together to celebrate local athlete Ryding's Olympic journey.

Sochi 2014 silver medalist Michael Goodfellow joins young curlers at Bruce Mouat's and Jen Dodds' first curling club.

High-performance community celebrated as PLx award winners announced.

The EIS' Director of Athlete Health discusses his role and the emphasis now placed on an athlete's Mental Health.

Find out about two of our athletes who have out their Games time dreams on hold to help the NHS.

No host nation had ever topped their medal tally in the following away Games, until Team GB eclipsed London 2012 in Rio

Records tumbled and history was written during 15 days of British sporting glory in Rio de Janeiro

The best ever overseas medal haul eclipses the 47 medals won at Beijing 2008 with many more athletes still to compete.

EIS practitioners give over 4,500 each week to support athletes in four year Rio cycle

Nigel Walker, the National Director at the English Institute of Sport, discusses what makes a high performance athlete

Dan Purvis talks to us about getting old, his all-around routine and the World Championships on #EveryRoadtoRio

The new Taekwondo world champion talks about her injury problems, recent success and the future of the sport in the UK

Olympic Champion Heather Stanning helps launch talent ID programme to find Olympians within Army ranks.

As we approach two years to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games..

It wasn't just our World Class Programme athletes who enjoyed success at Glasgow 2014, graduates of our ECAP programme did too.

We caught up with snowboarder Aimee Fuller to hear about life since Sochi 2014.

New training hub will allow athletes to access world-class facilities on road to Rio.

We speak to Paula Dunn, head coach of the Paralympic team at British Athletics.

Jenny Jones wins Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal on snow at Sochi 2014.

We take a look at the sports of ski and snowboard and explore their journey to Sochi 2014.

We speak to Britain's first ever taekwondo Olympic Champion, 20-year-old Jade Jones.

Plan to ensure UK high performance system is in best possible shape for Rio 2016 and beyond revealed.

We speak to the Performance Director of British Athletics about his session at the WCPC and the ECAP.

We speak to GB's most successful ever female diving partnership about the Road to Rio, training and Girls4Gold.

We speak to one of British Weightlifting's rising stars, 14-year-old Rebekah Tiler

The Brownlee brothers have sensationally secured a double medal win for Team GB this morning at Hyde Park.

Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott claimed Britain's first ever canoe slalom Olympic gold medal, with David Florence and Richard Hounslow.

William Fox-Pitt, Nicola Wilson, Tina Cook, Mary King and Zara Phillips win silver.

Coaches and managers responsible for the identification and development of elite sporting talent set to reconvene this week.

Talent graduates join Taekwondo elite academy.

50 cycling legends, including UK Sport's Director of Performance Peter Keen, were inducted into British Cycling's Hall of Fame

Talented scientists, engineers and inventors are encouraged to make an impact on British performances in 2012 as applications reopen for Ideas4Innovation, which has been granted the Inspire Mark

Zoe Gillings, the country's number one snowboarder will soon be challenging for a medal in Vancouver.

Twenty-four female athletes who responded to Victoria Pendleton's call for Girls4Gold last summer attended an intensive five day camp with British Cycling last week, all bidding for the once in a lifetime opportunity to earn a place on a development programme with one of Great Britain's most successful Olympic sports

A brief review of the work of Sports Medicine and Science, Coaching and Performance Lifestyle over the past 12 months

Since December 2006, GB Canoeing, in partnership with UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) has been focused on a nationwide search to unearth potential female talent with the necessary attributes to become a medallist for the GB sprint kayak team at London 2012

Identification of sporting talent is as much about science as it is an art, which is why the EIS and UK Sport are working together to recruit athletes onto what is known as the Talent Transfer Programme - often referred to as the talent 'swap shop'

Two new appointments have strengthened UK Sport's Performance Directorate, with Simon Le Fevre joining as Head of Operations and Glenn Hunter due to take up the post of Consultant in Sports Science and Sports Medicine in the New Year

With the margins between returning home from international competition a medallist or a near miss narrowing with every event, the focus on the expertise behind our top athletes is growing ever more intense

Former British Cycling Performance Director Peter Keen will be joining UK Sport as Performance Adviser from the beginning of April 2004

Alex Coomber won Britain's first medal in Salt Lake after finishing third in the Bob Skeleton on day thirteen of the Games. The women's curling team are assured of at least a Silver after making the final

Sport England have announced an award of up to £23,540,000 for the English Institute of Sport Sheffield project. This multi-sport facility forms part of the UK Sports Institute network

A one million pound four-year plan was unveiled this week by UK Athletics to give the UK's leading athletes unprecedented scientific support through to the 2004 Olympic Games and beyond