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session. He will start from last on the grid tomorrow. The BBC News it

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is rude to Rio. Hello and welcome, this is Road

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to Rio, your monthly round-up of the biggest Olympic

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and Paralympic News. The games are fast approaching,

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here's what's coming up Who will be in the boat come Brazil

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and can GB continue their domination of Olympic rowing this summer

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after mixed results Is GB tae kwon do set

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for their best ever games? They claim a hat-trick

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of European titles. We'll meet the Fiji rugby sevens

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team hoping to win their country's first ever Olympic medal

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with their British coach. And we catch up with the British

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diving partners and best mates Jack Laugher and Chris Mears,

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who have a novel take Imagine you're in a giant washing

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machine and then one minute it turns this way and then

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suddenly it turns that way. We'll also hear from golfer

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Rory McIlroy and speaking all things Usain Bolt with athletics

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legend Michael Johnson. Lets start with rowing

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and at European Championships in Germany there were some strong

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British performances Great Britain, heads up,

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looking powerful, looking strong. Great Britain's Glover,

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a stunning job, well done. These could be the strongest British

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4 we have seen. Really bouncy out there and you've

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got a lot to do, it is a real strap. Really bouncy out there

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and you've got a lot to do, And the British now

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will come through. Absolutely brutal, the entire

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way down the course, Into the line, they are

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through on the line. They are two lengths

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up, enjoying it. And they are actually

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rowing incredibly well. Great Britain getting the gold

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in the lightweight men's pair. We were not quite ready,

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but we wanted to get some racing No matter how bad it is,

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they're still digging in. So, as expected, plenty of medals

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for Britain's rowers at the Europeans and to tell us

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what it all means, we're joined by the five-time Olympic

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champion Steve Redgrave. Are they the closest thing we have

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to a guaranteed gold? Obviously you can never guarantee

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anything, but they are the closest They are unbeaten for

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the last four years. Before 2012 they are unbeaten

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and every time that anyone has put their best crews out

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against them they've Their only issue possibly

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could be complacency. They don't seem to have that and now

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getting so close to Rio I can't see We must speak about comebacks,

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you are famous for it for yourself. Katherine Grainger is the big story

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going into Rio after many people thinking she'd

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step out after London. What you make of her comeback

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and how difficult is it as an athlete to step away

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from a sport? Being out of sport, even though

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she was dabbling with some bits and pieces in between,

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being out of that for 2.5 years A big ask at the age of,

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I won't say what age she is, but she's older than me

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when I competed at my last Olympics. To get back to that

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level is really tough. With that in mind, why do people

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want to come back, we've seen how much pain you put yourself

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through and the squad You don't see it as the pain,

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you see it as the enjoyment You forget all the times you push

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yourself to your limits within training, forget

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about all the tough races where it did not quite work out for you,

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you remember the good times and think, I would like

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to keep that going. Nine medals in London 2012,

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what is a realistic target I would certainly say two

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golds, possibly three. I can't see it being much below six,

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possibly could creep up Six or seven medals

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is what I predict Now, rowing is not the only spot

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covers European Championships in the last few weeks,

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British swimmers and tae kwon do Their successes feature

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in our round-up of the best A good month for Bianca Walkden,

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defending her European A timely moment to catch up

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with her ahead of what will be her I think because I missed the first

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time it was devastating and heartbreaking and nothing else

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could go wrong. This time, because I thought,

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I'm not going to let it happen again, the worst thing that

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could happen, but if you bring yourself down to it you probably

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wouldn't go again and I thought, Doing well at the Olympics

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was amazing and has pushed the sport up a lot more,

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especially in the media. Hopefully now we can go to Rio

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and get more medals than we did in London and if it just keeps

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going it will get bigger and bigger. Everyone is stressed

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because they want to do well, but at the same time everyone

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is buzzing because it's As the games approach,

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problems in Brazil persist, particularly concerns over these

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Zika virus that is carried by mosquitoes and can cause

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serious birth defects. One authority suggested the games

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should be to postponed but the International Olympic Committee

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guided by The WHO insists the virus It is causing some potential

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Olympians to consider I've been reading a lot of reports

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about Zika and there is some articles coming out saying it might

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be worse than what they say, so I have to monitor that situation

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as well, because there will be a point in time over the next couple

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of years were we will have to think about starting a family and I don't

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want anything to affect that. So right now I'm ready to go

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to the Olympics and go to Rio Is there a chance you might not go

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if that gets worse? I mean, yes, I'm going to get my

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injections for all of that, so at least I will be

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immunised if I do get bitten Right now I'm going,

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and I'm looking forward to it. We will get the latest on that

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in our next Road to Rio Still to come on this show we get

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the latest from Paralympics GB as they announce swimming,

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wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball squads

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for the 2016 games. And we meet with the little-known

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British coach who is a megastar in Fiji as he looks to win that

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country its first ever Let's turn our attention

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to the track and the biggest star in athletics, Usain Bolt,

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he's dominated the last two Olympics, winning six gold medals,

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but Rio will be his last games, hoping to bow out with more titles

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and a man who knows him well is the four time Olympic champion

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Michael Johnson. Delighted to say he

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joins us from the USA. This will arguably be the biggest

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challenge of his career, First, anyone with Usain Bolt's

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talent, you just never bet But I think that last year's

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World Championship performance when he came under more pressure

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than he has ever come under in his career, he was still able

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to pull out a victory and not having had the best preparation leading up

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that championship and Justin Gatlin was in probably the best form

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we seen him in the last few years. I think that Usain Bolt showed

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at that point something special, so I would not bet against him

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to deliver another 100, 200 and 4x100m relay

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victory in Rio this summer, Fascinating, what is it

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like for an athlete at this stage of their careers,

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because you've been through it yourself, you want the success to go

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on but you also want to bow out I'm sure you've spoken

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with him about that? I think, and we've spoken about this

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and retirement and when is the right time to retire and I think that

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you want to maintain a level of excellence while you're out

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there and bow out at the same level, that becomes increasingly more

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difficult as you get older as an athlete after having gone

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through so many championships because then the focus

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becomes remaining healthy. That is difficult and not

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quite as much fun, so not That is a difficult position to be

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in and a difficult one to navigate. You mentioned Justin Gatlin earlier,

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to many he represents the negative side of the sport with the drugs

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cheating that we've seen in athletics, what do you make

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of the current state of the sport I've been asked that question a lot

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and I've never shied away from giving answers on issues

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and difficult issues. At this point, to be completely

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honest I have no perspective on what is going to happen with this

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sport because I could not have possibly imagined any of the things

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that have happened that have transpired over the last year,

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I'm just hopeful that something good will come out of this and the sport

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will come back to a point where there is trust from the fans

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and athletes in the sport. Next to the Paralympics

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and a new sport for the games - Britain have two gold-medal,

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two silvers and a bronze at the recent World Championships

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so are in a strong There are six events in Rio

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and expectations are Mark Chadlow has been to meet two

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of their medal hopes. This British squad are full-time

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athletes and believed their journey into Para-Canoe has given them

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the physical and mental toughness I was on a gap year in Australia

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working on a farm at about six weeks in I contracted a virus,

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we don't know where from still, that basically paralysed my arms

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and legs overnight. Nick Beaton was an Army

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captain and Afghanistan I was about 40 metres away from our

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base and I stood on an IED - an improvised explosive device -

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so I was injured Sport has been key to

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rehabilitation, many of this squad reached elite level

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in other para sports. Nick in rowing, Emma at sitting

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volleyball, both competed in London. But the new Paralympic sport opened

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up of bridge and it is that Emma was But the new Paralympic sport

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opened up opportunities, Emma was spotted on the talent ID

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Day three years ago I've done a bit of kayaking but not

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much, certainly not To go from starting in March

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to being world champion that Great Britain have qualified to six

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ports for real, who will be in them will be decided in early

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June as the team aim to change their target of three

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medals in the sport's We are very focused and very

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determined to achieve Our medal target and beyond,

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is a real driving force. That para-canoe squad is yet to be

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named but Paralympics GB have pitched their teams

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in wheelchair rugby, basketball and swimming

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pools picked their teams in wheelchair rugby,

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basketball and swimming pools A squad of 31 operatives para

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summing A squad of 31 British swimming athletes have been selected

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for Rio will be to improve on the seven golds they won

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in London and amongst those, champion Ollie Hind, who has won

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every major title since 2012. So he knows all eyes will be

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on him the games. Obviously you never expect that

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all of the success will come but I've worked really hard for it,

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I'm really proud of what I've been able to achieve but it is looking

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forward for me now, what else there is that I want to achieve

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and looking into Rio there's plenty of things that I want to achieve

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and focusing on those. The only female selected

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is Coral Beattie, competing She is more than happy to be treated

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like one of the guys. It is no different, we still have

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to train as hard and we It's been a lot of hard work

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going into it. Sometimes twice a day,

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obviously now it's shown that There is a mixture of youth

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and experience selected for the women's wheelchair

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basketball squad, debutant Sophie Cargill has overcome the odds

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to make the team following a tough I was rushed into hospital,

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I had something wrong with my bowels I remember saying to my mum

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and my boyfriend at the time, I'm not going to Rio but obviously

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the road back has been a struggle and it's been difficult

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and the amount of support I've had has really pulled me

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through and to be able to get myself of British athletes that have been

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selected for Rio so far. With ten more sports expected

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to make the announcement in June. Wheelchair rugby was one of the most

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popular events at London 2012 but rugby sevens

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will make its debut in Rio. One of the leading contenders

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for goal will be Fiji, who are led One of the leading

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contenders for gold will be Fiji, who are led by British coach

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Ben Ryan, they've just won the Sevens World Series

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for the second year in a row. David McDaid cough up with them

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on the Canadian leg of the tour with a swap the white sand

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of the Pacific Islands for something This is the first time

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for me to feel the snow Inexperienced, perhaps on snow,

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but experts on the rugby field. The Fiji sevens team

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is the world's best. Something they are keen

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to underline this summer by winning their nation's first ever

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Olympic medal. Sevens rugby is going on,

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it stops the nation. It will be really something special

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for Fiji, the first time But we are not there

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just to win a medal, Trying to help them achieve

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that is their English coach. Whose success has already made him

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a major celebrity in Kids have been named after me,

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I cannot go from there, to difficult, I will have a couple

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of hundred photos a day We have a very good side

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that is playing at the moment, one of the best side Fiji have ever

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had and I am lucky I'm part of that They really like him,

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he is there for us and that's how we want to play,

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we want to play Fiji rugby in open Fijian success comes

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despite the islanders humble But Ryan believes that can help them

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achieve their Olympic dream. The fact they've got no money,

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that this will turn them into household names forevermore

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back in Fiji is driving the team. And I think it is a real positive

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and a real advantage that the negative of not having

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any money can really be If we will win a gold medal

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at will not be because of money, it will be because of heart

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and ability and the local boys from the local

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villagers doing their thing. From a seven man team to double act,

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Jack Lord Chris Mears won gold at what was a record-breaking

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European champions at the British Jack and Chris are best

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mates and live together, but as we discovered they're not

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always silly in sync. Are you going to

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literally prompt us? I'm Jack Law, and I'm

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a British Olympic athlete. I was going to go in there

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saying I'm Chris Mears. I would say were the worst

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people to work with. After eight minutes

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were done four lines. We competed at London 2012

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and that was an amazing experience, In 2014 we had the Commonwealth

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Games and we came home victorious with a gold medal and in 2015 world

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championships we came home It was fantastic to get the third

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place because it meant we qualified a spot for the real Olympics,

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which took the pressure off Something you might not know that

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Chris is he is an up and coming DJ and music producer and he is working

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that I support him every step of the way, is touring Zurich

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and London clubs doing a bit of it. Something you might not know

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about Jack Law is that every living second he is not in the pool

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or in the gym he is, in fact, on many games,

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most of them are first person down This is the big dive

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I was speaking about. This year we've learnt a new dive,

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for the viewers who don't know much about diving,

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imagine you're in a giant washing machine and one minute it turns this

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way and suddenly it turns that way. To have the Commonwealth and now

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the European gold medal around our neck is an achievement

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will remember for All of the training

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is about what will help us perform, maybe even

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better, on that big stage. There's not been many Olympic

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medals, there has been For us to do that would be something

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that I can only dream of since I've been a kid, that is fantastic

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when you win anything but a win alongside your best buddy

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is the best feeling in the world. Jack and Chris, two great characters

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that about it for another action packed show, we will back in a month

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and will leave you with a glimpse of what is coming up

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on the Road to Rio. Many places in June plenty of

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sunshine today if you can see the satellite picture. Central and

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western areas getting the best sunshine.

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