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

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

London 2017 has confirmed two key appointments through to the delivery of the championships in 2017

UK Sport has announced targets of at least 48 Olympic and 121 Paralympic medals for British teams at Rio 2016

Liz Nicholl shares a good luck message on behalf of UK Sport as British Paralympians strive to better London medal haul.

Heroics from Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley and fireworks in the velodrome light up day six.

Tom Daley and Dan Goodfellow dived to a dramatic bronze with shooter Ed Ling also on the podium.

Charlotte Dujardin strikes gold with a mesmorising display on Valegro and Mark Cavendish gets his first Olympic medal.

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

More history made by Great Britain on the penultimate day of Rio 2016.