to start an interview but, as is soon apparent, if there's one thing the multi-talented 25-year-old athlete doesn't do with aplomb, it's dull.We've just met at St Pancras station in London. Jess has arrived by train from her home in Sheffield and is on her

way to start an interview but, as is soon apparent, if there's one thing the multi-talented 25-year-old athlete doesn't do with aplomb, it's dull.We've just met at St Pancras station in London. Jess has arrived by train from her home in Sheffield

after her 17th birthday. When she's not battling currents in two-hour open water swims, Keri-Anne is busy competing in the fast and furious pool-based 400m IM (individual medley) event. She competed in the 200m and 400m IM in Beijing, in addition to her

ASICS PRO Team sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson shares top strategies for setting targets, beating race day nerves and debriefing after the event.Whether it's a 5K or a spring marathon, your first race or your fiftieth, Dr Thompson's tips

'll start to feel a little more real.How do you cope with the pressure of being one of the leading contenders for a Team GB medal in the London 2012 open-water event?I must admit that I'm trying not to think about it. Ultimately, I can only control my own

and how he’s got his wife on side.What make you decide to take up this challenge?I organised a number of events while I was based in Cyprus, so when I knew I was going to get posted back to the UK, it was an event I wanted to do. It was also a great

it went ahead. And after the event?My main recollections are of relief – the relief of finding a sponsor, my father’s relief that everyone got round safely, that the press embraced it, that all the things that might have gone wrong hadn’t. Pride, too

of confidence in hurdling the barriers. The event was making me feel quite negative, so I made the decision not to do it anymore. I ran the 1,500m again, which I absolutely love - it's the event I started my running career with. I competed in the 1,500m

Back in April, we were honoured to meet Richard Whitehead - the marathoner turned men's 100m and 200m T42 sprinter. He told us about his blades, training regime and the power of the Paralympic Games.Catch up with this inspriring interview

in every sporting person’s career.If you get to the final at an Olympic games, anybody can win. Something happens at the Olympics, it’s not often the favourites who win or the ones you expect. If any British person gets into a final at any event, who knows