twice finishing a close second to Paula Findlay in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series.But it's Olympic dreams that are driving Jenkins to push ever harder. The 2008 World Champion and two-time London Triathlon winner reveals her
after two years beset by injury. After making the 100m finals at the Beijing Olympics - the first British woman to do so since 1984 - you can bet she'll be putting up a good fight in front of the home crowds in 2012.We caught up with the bubbly 27-year
Just two years ago sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis considered giving up on running altogether after an Achilles injury forced him to take a year out. The World Junior Champion and Olympic gold relay medallist found the strength to continue after teaming
number of injuries. I had one in 2006 (an achilles tendon problem) which took me out for a year and a half, so the focus at the time was to try to get to the Olympics in Beijing. And last year I had a the knee problem two months before the Olympics which
Olympics was the lowest point in my career. Preparations had gone perfectly until my last race in Rieti, Italy, where I pulled my calf muscle.That 1500m Olympic final was just awful. A guy called Peter Rono of Kenya won the race. We let him win - Rono
Keri-Anne Payne's name is synonymous with open-water swimming. She won silver in the gruelling 10km marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, when open-water made its Olympic debut.With London 2012 quickly approaching, Keri-Anne is predicted
's leading contenders for an Olympic triathlon medal. With British triathlete talent booming, Jenkins explains why she'll be racing harder than ever - and how she keeps motivated. Q. How have you found the new World Championship Series format? A. It's a big
Gomez and Beijing Olympic champ Jan Frodeno.He finished second to Gomez (who went on to be crowned world champion for the second time, while Alistair faded alarmingly in the final 200m, finally struggling across the line in tenth place
Open water swimming's poster girl Keri-Anne Payne made history when she took silver in the very first Olympic 10K marathon swim in Beijing. A year later she followed this feat with gold at the 2009 World Championships.A true water baby, Keri
At the age of 18, Hollie Avil represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Four years on, she’s trying to make the team again. We caught up with her in Sydney recently.How is your training going?I’ve been training on the Gold Coast
