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Welcome to Road To Rio. This is the show where every month we take an

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in-depth look at the preparations for this summer's Olympic and

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Paralympic games. Coming up, Mack they won three medals at London

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2012. An ABB charge Britain's swimmers to the two better in

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Brazil? Is British cycling in crisis? Could discover nation

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allegations affect medal potential? And gold at the qualifiers. One of

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nine boxes to secure a spot. -- boxes. It is nice to think I'm doing

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it for my country. I would like to thank everybody at home for

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supporting me. Let's get that gold in Rio. And we look at the new dish

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outfits for the Olympic and Paralympic games. -- artist. --

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British. We start with swimming. The other big trials for the British

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athletes were held. For some is all delivered under pressure. A few new

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names also emerged. Here's a round-up of what happened in

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Glasgow. -- for swimmers. James guy is absolutely world-class! Fabulous

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swim. He punches the air. Superb there from Chloe. Probably the most

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anticipated event of the week, the men's brushwork. What a swim! --

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breast wrote. The main job was just to qualify. I really happy. Superb

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swim. He has taken 20 seconds off his personal best. This is a girl

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who missed out on going to the Olympics in London. She got it spot

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on tonight. It means so much to me. I've been really an emotional, and

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to come away with the time on my last swim is a massive relief. One

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of the swim is of his live, you can just -- dust off his passport. More

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than good enough to get her on the plane. Adam will touch here. Inside

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the qualification time. Then will be British champion. What an excellent

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swim. A few surprise results at the British trials. To discuss the

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implications, I enjoyed by someone who knows a fair bit, Becky

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Adlington. The trials looked fantastic. Adam and James certainly

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impress in, but some tough nullification standard set by your

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old coach. He likes to make things challenging and that is the setting.

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I understand the reason behind it. It is one of those things a lot of

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athletes in the past have said it is my dream to make the team, which is

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great, but it should be a dream to get a medal at the Olympics, not

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just make the team. It is changing that mentality. It is focusing to

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try to stand up against the rest of the world and be a country to be

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feared. We mentioned Adam and James winning last year, and someone who

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also impressed was Jazz Carlin. I'm so happy she qualify. She has always

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just missed out, and this he is a brilliant opportunity for her to be

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the athlete we know she is. Let's look at the full squad. Eight of

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this woman's got the automatic qualifying times. 15 he be secondary

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standard. Three were lucky to receive our cards. Who really

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impressed? Chloe was phenomenal. Close shot everyone. That is what I

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love about Olympic year -- Quarry shocked everyone. She obviously

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deserved it. There are so many people that stepped up. You have

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Matt, Duncan... Loads of people that just did really step up. Is this a

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team that makes you miss competing? It seems like a good group. No. No.

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Don't miss the training? Definitely not. This is the whole point of

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athletes moving on, said the new breeds,. It is their opportunity to

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shine. My advice to them would be to just keep it simple. Don't walk

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around the whole village and get totally starstruck by everyone.

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Sometimes you can get caught up in the event. You just need to keep it

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simple and remember you just put your goggles on and go for a swim.

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It is not life and death. Three medals in London four years ago, can

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the squad better that in Rio? I think the colours is the difficult

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one to pinpoint on anyone. We have very in Beijing, three in London

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different colours. We could see four or five if everyone is on form,

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touch wood. It is a great team and they have got opportunities there.

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It will be exciting to watch. Thank you. From a sport for the optimism

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to one plunged into tomorrow. With less than 100 days to go, which is

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cycling has lost its technical director, Shane Sutton. He quit his

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post following allegations about his conduct. He was surrendered after

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claims of and discrimination. An independent review has been modest.

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He said in a statement as British athletes begin final preparations

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for Rio it is crucial they can do so without destruction. But the

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development of his position were becoming that. As sports editor

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spoke to the chief executive and ask him if the departure would affect

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written's medal potential. ! Written. Hopefully not. We have a

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fantastic set of coaches. So no, we don't figure will affect that

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performance in Rio. It would be great to have shown there, but with

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the destruction around him at the minute, it would've been

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detrimental. It is a tough environment. This programme is built

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on being the best three riders in the world and international success.

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It is about staying ahead of the world. However, we have to balance

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that without duty of care as well, and it is our duty of care to

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everyone in the system. That is why we need to do this independent

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review. We will keep you up-to-date. We have really shown you how the

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British swimming team is shaping up. They were the only British athletes

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to excel. He is a glimpse of what the other Rio levels are up to. --

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hopefuls. Still to come, Mike Jenkins shines

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in the Gold Coast Suns. We will round-up the latest from the British

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triathletes. Any hockey playing brothers who could both be heading

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to regard and representing different countries -- Rio. The Team GB squad

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is growing quickly. Now includes nine boxes. That is after the

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European event held in Turkey where British fighters enjoyed more than a

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little success. Our sports reporter was there.

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This is the Turkey Black Sea coast. It may look like a nice place for a

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holiday, but for Great Britain's boxes, they came here for one of the

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most important weeks of their careers. With no Brits yet qualified

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for Rio, there were fighting for Olympic places. Only the finalists

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in the women division could book births, and Nicola Adams, that never

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looked in doubt as she eased her way to the flyweight gold medal. The

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first edition box -- boxer to qualify. I'm on the way to Rio, and

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it is an amazing feeling. The main three Rio places where on offer at

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each weight. Five boxes all qualified, winning goal. Obviously

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you start wanting to become champion. I've been working for it

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since I was a kid, and now I am here. Never thought in a million

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years I would be here, but I am right now. Two silver-medallists

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sealed spots, while a win or bust third fight God and Hanif through.

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-- got Adam Fowler through. With more chances to qualify in the next

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couple of months, that number could grow.

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Despite the qualifying process for Rio already begin under way, radical

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new proposals have been put forward by the governing body which could

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see amateurs fight alongside professionals this summer. It is

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controversial. Let's hear what Anthony Joshua makes of it, and from

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the President of the Association. Boxing is probably the last Olympic

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sport, and the lipid medal is supposedly ordered to the best

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athletes in the sport. I think for me as president, the IOC agenda made

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it very clear every international federation should consider bringing

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the best possible professional boxer. It is a good opportunity for

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people who don't want to rush to become professional and still want

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to represent the country, but it gives them the opportunity to

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compete with professionals. It makes for tougher competition, but it is

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just how it is regulated. It will only grow with experience. Certainly

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interesting to see what happens there. Time for the mother catch up

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with what is happening on the ground in Rio. The BBC South America

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correspondent joins us now. Thank you for joining us. Tell us more

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about the impeachment scandal and possible removal of the President

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Dilma Rousseff. It continues to gather momentum. What impact could

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this have if it happens before the games? It is huge. Everybody's

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attention is focused on the political crisis in Brazil. And not

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on the other big games. Dilma Rousseff faces imminent impeachment

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and suspension overcharges in Congress. The last act as president

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could be to receive the Olympic torch when it arrives. After that,

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she may have to step aside and be suspended for the duration of the

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impeachment trial. It is humiliating for her. It is a big moment for

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Brazil and has somewhat deflected attention away from the other big

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games. The problems don't stop. Two people have lost lives as a result

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of a cycle lane claps billed for the lyrics. 11 people may have died as a

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result of construction on venues gone wrong. -- cycle lane collapse

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build for the Olympics. The collapse of the limbic cycleway was a big

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concern because it may have been rushed. -- Olympics and stop there

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are questions whether the correct precautions were taken. The pressure

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to get these finished on time will be round-up and hopefully they will

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not at corners in terms of safety. Another of events have taken place

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successfully. Is the general consensus that this went well? The

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sporting venues around's book to be going well. About 98% of the work is

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complete and most of the sporting venues are complete. The velodrome

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is causing problems. The test event had to be delayed and there are

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problems laying the specific would track in the velodrome. It is not

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the sporting venues themselves causing problems it is the

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infrastructure, especially the main Metroline, which is a critical part

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of linking the city of Rio to a big part. That will be touch and go

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whether that is ready. Thank you. Weightlifting has had a test event

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by gigabits were not there. One woman and one man had secured a

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place in Rio but we don't know who will take up the slots

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place in Rio but we don't know who will take up the slots yet but the

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leading contender to take up the women's place is that we Smith who

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was a London Olympian. Here is her real notebook. I gave up school to

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focus on the training for the Olympics four years ago -- Rio. It

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takes over your whole life and it can be really difficult and when

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weightlifting starts going wrong and it is your whole life, where'd you

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go from there? What have you got to distract you? It can be tough but we

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do it for the love of it. The buildup to Rio is entirely different

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to the buildup to London. For London we had host nation spots so we had

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five of them in the end. Five people definitely going in and it was just

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a case of beating a teammate to get to the place where you can go and I

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did. This time you have to work harder to go and I have had to work

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really hard to qualify for a space in Rio. The women's team have come

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on so much and we have got Rebekah Tiler now who is 17 years old and is

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breaking records left, right and centre and it is amazing to see and

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I think it is inspiring for many children her age and younger. Since

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London, women have formed a strong contingent in the UK and have been

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working so hard. Unfortunately the men's team lost their funding last

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year so now it is just the women's team. It is great to see so many

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more women just be in the media for weightlifting. Another sport which

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has certainly grown over the last Olympic cycle is triathlon. Few knew

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much about the sport for the Brownlee Brothers began winning

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medals but Alastair and Johnny are no longer the only headline names

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for Great Britain. Others have proved themselves on the world

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straight like Helen Jenkin -- stage. A recent win for her in Australia

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confirmed her place in Team GB in Rio. Let's look at how the squad is

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shaping up. Victory. Hollans takes the win in Edmonton. A stunning

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result and that last Jonathan Brownlee wins. To find a dominant

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force in world triathlon you don't have to look far. The Brownlee

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Brothers are strong favourite for Rio but who will join them on the

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Copacabana? To decide the final women's spot it came down to a

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shootout on the Gold Coast between Jodie Stimpson and two-time world

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champion Helen Jenkins. We have one spot and Jodi and are ranked one and

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three in the world and it is almost crazy that one of us will be going

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to the games. She's a very hard competitor to go up against that it

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makes it more exciting and gigabits have got some great athletes. In the

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race, Jenkins proved stronger and took the wind and a shot at the

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Olympics. I really feel for her. Just our team is so strong. It just

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isn't fair that she might not be going to the games. It is an

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exciting position to be in and they think we are blessed as a country in

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Great Britain because we have got a great amount of talent. She has

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pushed them all away. As for the men third-place is still up for grabs.

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The contenders are Tom Bishop and Gordon Benson. Neither have gold

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medals but they show the potential in the Gold Coast to support the

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Brownlee Brothers in Rio. We were still not great come out we need to

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be the best we can be. While there may be the odd wobble before the

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Olympics come just ask Johnny, more moments like this are highly

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likely. It is great to be part of team Great Britain and to be part of

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the system here. We're going there to make a splash. We mentioned the

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British swimmers trying to get to the Olympics earlier in the show. It

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has also been a crucial month for the Paralympic counterparts as their

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trials were hosted for Rio. A total of 25 athletes made the

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qualification time over five days of competition. Now we go to our

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correspondent. It has been a successful five days for Britain's

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Paralympic swimmers in Glasgow. 25 athletes achieve the qualification

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standard for Rio and world records have been broken in D 250 metres

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freestyle and the 400 metres freestyle. Simmons admits even she

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was surprised by her performance. I am so chuffed. I didn't really want

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to go that fast that trials, I wanted to try to keep it for Rio but

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I am really happy and I'm happy to have pushed myself to that time and

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now I can look back and work towards the things that I need to do in Rio

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because that is where it counts, not here where you can go smashing get

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the gold medals. To there are also exciting new talents that have

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achieved the qualification standard including 12-year-old Abby Kane and

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teenagers Rebecca Redfern and Ellie Robinson. And the national director

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is confident that these youngsters will only help strengthen the

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development of the team. That upward pressure from our development

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athletes keeps our podium on athletes honest and working hard. It

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puts pressure on them looking behind them for their place over their

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shoulder and it is good for us and for team Great Britain to have that

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happening. The next opera many of these athletes is the European

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championships in Portugal next week and then it is back to training and

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if this week is anything to go by, British Paralympic summing is in a

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very good place ahead of Rio. Athletes born in Northern Ireland

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can decide who they want to compete for, team Great Britain or Northern

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Ireland and in hockey this has thrown up the unusual scenario of

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two brothers from Antrim who could be heading to Rio de Janeiro but

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playing for different teams. Now we go to our correspondent. Two

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brothers both born in Northern Ireland but representing different

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countries and both hoping for success in Rio. But the competitive

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sibling rivalry started a long time ago. We played all sports when we

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were younger, not just hockey, cricket and rugby and football and

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golf and tennis, everything we could get our hands on and every game

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wound up in an argument. The funny story would be on Sunday lunch when

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our grandma, you couldn't close your eyes in grace because half your food

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would be missing. It was over a century waiting for Ireland. Their

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trip to Rio booked when Australia claimed the Oceania cup. It is one

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of those situations where you have got relief at the start and it has

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been such a long wait. And then there was the realisation that we

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have really done something special here. But then we really have to

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focus on going there in performing and not just taking part. While

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Ireland will be metal outsiders: the expectations for Great Britain are

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much higher. We are a metal target. We have our podium programme. That

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is the goal for us but I cannot speak for the Irish guys. I'm sure

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Paul will but we're going there to win medals. You would like your

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friends and family to be doing well as long as it is at your own

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expense. A bit of a dilemma for the family if they come against each

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other. That is just about it for another action-packed show. We will

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leave you with a look at some of the major Olympic events to look out for

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over the next month, all of which you can follow here at the BBC as we

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continue on the Road to Rio. I will start off by giving you

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a quick sense of what is to come over the next two or three days

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through the bank holiday weekend. Thankfully, I am sure many of you

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will say hurray, at last, it will be less cold and there will be some

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sunshine and less rain at times.

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