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Other sports

London 2012: Dressage riders Bechtolsheimer and Dujardin selected for Team GBLondon 2012: Dressage riders Bechtolsheimer and Dujardin selected for Team GB

Four dressage athletes including Laura Bechtolsheimer and Charlotte Dujardin have been selected for Team GB for the London 2012 Olympics.

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London 2012: Judokas selected to Team GB

Fourteen judokas including Karina Bryant, Gemma Howell and Sally Conway have been selected to Team GB for the London 2012 Olympics.

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London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to fencing

Fencing is a fast, tense sport that takes place on an area called a piste, 14 metres long and between 1.5m and 2m wide.

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London 2012: Bluffer's guide to trampoliningLondon 2012: Bluffer’s guide to trampolining

Trampolining is the newest of the three Gymnastics disciplines on the Olympic programme. Since making its debut in the Sydney 2000 Games, the sport has continued to amaze, dazzle and inspire viewers.

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Equestrian: Zara Phillips keeps London 2012 dream alive

Zara Phillips kept her Olympic hopes alive after a third-place finish at the Bramham International Horse Trials this weekend.

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London 2012: Mhairi Spence and Samantha Murray selected for Team GB

World champion Mhairi Spence and Samantha Murray, who claimed bronze at this year’s World Championships, have been named by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as officially selected to represent Team GB in Modern Pentathlon at the Games. This exciting news comes with just 49 days to go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics.

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London 2012: Jade Jones and Sarah Stevenson selected for Team GB

Three athletes have today been selected by the British Olympic Association (BOA) to represent Team GB in taekwondo at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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London 2012: Fencers selected for Team GB

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced seven athletes as officially selected to represent Team GB in fencing at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Mountaineering: Bonita Norris becomes youngest British woman to summit Lhotse

Karrimor sponsored climber Bonita Norris successfully summated Mt Lhotse (8,401m) at the weekend, making her the youngest British woman to achieve the feat.

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Video: Jess Ennis’ mum on raising an Olympian

Alison Powell used to worry that the selfish streak once enjoyed by daughter Jessica Ennis as a child would ultimately be a character flaw that would hold the Sheffield heptathlete back.

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