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Future Paralympic stars will have the chance to be fast-tracked on the road to Rio 2016 thanks to an exciting new initiative.

Britain's most successful female rower, Katherine Grainger CBE, helps launch new Girls4Gold campaign.

Olympic rowing champion Heather Stanning is backing a new campaign to discover new talent in the British Army.

Helen Glover has become a double Olympic champion after being fast-tracked to rowing by a pioneering talent ID campaign.

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

Today's marking of 2012 days to go until London 2012 rams home the fact that one fifth of our total preparation time has gone.

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'

UK Sport has announced the individuals from across the entire sport sector to be a part of the inaugural programme.

Team GB selections this week have included two more athletes identified by talent ID programmes run by the UK Talent Team.

The first Gold medal for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games has been won by Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.