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Britain's elite sports professionals congregated at The Belfry for the opening of UK Sport's World Class Performance Conference.

UK Sport has today taken a major step to secure a more certain environment for Olympic and Paralympic sports in the current economic climate, with the combination of vital new investment from the Team 2012 initiative and adjustments to funding awards allowing for the mission to London to be kept firmly on track

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

Girls4Gold Ambassador Shelley Rudman was recently crowned European Champion and is currently top of the world rankings. Meanwhile, athletes recruited via the Girls4Gold talent identification campaign have been attending talent assessment camps for the winter Olympic sport at the University of Bath

Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Sport, has announced that Philip Kimberley has been appointed as a Board Member of UK Sport

UK Sport's Podium Innovation Partner BAE Systems has today launched a nationwide initiative to inspire the next generation of British engineers and help Britain's top athletes become even more competitive