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Eric Edmond, already a Gold medallist in the British Biology Olympiad, confirmed his place to read Medicine at Christ Church, Oxford, with three A * s and an A grade.

Gary Doyle, a former WorldSkills UK Competitor and Gold Medallist in Plumbing at WorldSkills São Paulo said: «The opportunities I have had as a result of being involved with the WorldSkills UK and WorldSkills Competitions have been unreal.

A gold medallist in her post graduate, she also received the «Biomedical Excellence Award» during her postdoctoral fellowship for her diligent research and published multiple peer reviewed articles.

Whitehead, who is already a three - time world gold medallist in the T42 200m, believes his role as a judge adds to the excitement of this year's championships.

Already an Olympic Gold medallist in GB's team pursuit in Rio — the rider is keen that cycling's troubled past is behind it.

Jones, nicknamed «The Headhunter» because she prefers to score points from her opponent's head, was also a gold medallist in the -57 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 European Games.

So too will Charlie Maddock, 19, in the women's competition after she became Britain's first female European Games gold medallist in Baku, beating teammate Jones to the punch by 24 hours.

Rowsell, Olympic gold medallist in the women's team pursuit and reknowned individual pursuiter recorded a time 16 seconds quicker than Armitstead on the opening lap and nearly doubled that gap by the time she finished the 49 - minute test.

Saturday will be her first race at any distance since the August 25 1500m final in Beijing where she finished fifth and headed the last two World Championships gold medallists in a high - class race.

Not exact matches

In Amsterdam Ruth Walczak, 2013 World single scull bronze medallist, World U23 gold medallists Brianna Stubbs and Ellie Piggott along with exciting senior debutante Charlotte Taylor will race in a lightweight quaIn Amsterdam Ruth Walczak, 2013 World single scull bronze medallist, World U23 gold medallists Brianna Stubbs and Ellie Piggott along with exciting senior debutante Charlotte Taylor will race in a lightweight quain a lightweight quad.

Many Oxford oarsmen go on to compete internationally: in Sydney four Gold medallists came from Oxford, and at the Athens Games in 2004 Oxford oarsmen brought home two Gold medals and a Silver.

The multiple global gold medallist delights the London crowds with a winning performance in his last race ahead of the World Championships

Olympic bronze medallists Ellis and Chris Langridge will go for gold in the men's doubles after dispatching Goh V Shem Goh and Tan Wee Kiong 15 - 21 21 - 16 21 - 15 in their semi-final, while Smith also teamed with Sarah Walker to book a place in the women's doubles final by defeating home favourites Gronya Somerville and Setyana Mapasa 21 - 15 21 - 15.

Vicky Thornley battled through a testing semi-final in the women's single scull, finishing third behind Poznan gold medallist Magdalena Lobnig and Annekatrin Thiele while a second - placed finish behind Poland in the repechage saw the women's quadruple scull also qualify for their final.

And there have been a couple of all - British battles on the Gold Coast with Wales» Tesni Evans defeating two - time women's singles silver medallist Laura Massaro in the squash.

Among the other Olympic champions in the race were 1984 figure skating gold medallist Robin Cousins and Denise Lewis, who won heptathlon gold 15 years ago in Sydney.

Olympics 5000m silver medallist, Eliud Kipchoge, World Cross junior champion, Geoffrey Kipsang, World 10,000 m junior gold winner, Dennis Masai and his elder brother who is the Olympics fourth finisher over 25 laps, Moses Masai are other top names in the list.

That matched the silver he won alongside Noah Williams, who finished fourth in the individual, in the 10m synchro — where they missed out to four - time Commonwealth gold medallist, four - time European gold medallist, three - time world champion and two - time Olympic medallist Daley and his partner Dan Goodfellow.

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The cyclists particularly shone in Australia as Elinor Barker — already an Olympic gold medallist and three - time world champion — confirmed her status as one of the sport's elite by winning the women's point race in the velodrome before turning domestique on the road to help Dani Rowe claim a hard - fought bronze.

With Commonwealth Games bronze and silver medals from the double trap already in her collection, shooter Rachel Parish will be looking to complete the set on the Gold Coast, while 2014 silver medallist Matt French and two - time Commonwealth gold medallist Steve Scott are ones to watch in the men's double tGold Coast, while 2014 silver medallist Matt French and two - time Commonwealth gold medallist Steve Scott are ones to watch in the men's double tgold medallist Steve Scott are ones to watch in the men's double trap.

There was no perfect finale for Sir Bradley Wiggins in Team Sky colours, but the London 2012 gold medallist insisted he was still content with how his Paris - Roubaix panned out.

And there was more success for our Team GB Olympians in the men's event as London 2012 team bronze medallist Sam Oldham won parallel bars gold, with Tbilisi 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival champion Joe Fraser winning his first all - around title on Saturday.

In the women's event, world indoor champion Yulimar Rojas takes on a field including two - time world gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen and world indoor bronze medallist Paraskevi Papachristou.

Pacific Games gold medallists Fiji and reigning Asia - Pacific Womens Sevens champions Papua New Guinea will also feature in the nine team tournament with the top three placed teams qualifying directly for RWC Sevens 2013.

O'Hare and his fellow Scot Jake Wightman form part of a strong field in Birmingham and among their rivals are two previous winners in 2014 champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti and 2012 gold medallist Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco, who go into the race ranked fastest with their respective season's bests of 3:35.39 and 3:35.79.

The multiple Olympic and world gold medallist's winning streak came to an end earlier this month but she's back in action again at the Anniversary Games

Also out in the field and New Zealand's shot put star Valerie Adams extended her unbeaten streak to 55 competitions, her first throw of 19.96 m her best to claim victory ahead of Germany's Christina Schwanitz, while Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor leapt his best in the final round of the long jump to move from fifth to first and beat Commonwealth silver medallist Zarck Visser of South Africa by just one centimetre — 8.09 m to 8.08 m. Britain's Greg Rutherford — gold medallist ahead of Visser in Glasgow — leapt a best of 8.04 m for fourth as just eight centimetres separated the top five.

Kenya's world and Olympic 1500m gold medallist Asbel Kiprop ran a meeting record in the Emsley Carr Mile event, his 3:51.89 enough to see him cross the line clear ahead of world indoor 1500m champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti with 3:52.07.

Another top name confirmed for the Jamaican Invitational in Kingston on May 20 is Olympic and world triple jump gold medallist Caterine Ibarguen from Colombia.

The world and Olympic triple jump gold medallist says being the defending champion in Rio will give him an edge over his rivals

In the women's 800m, Brenda Martinez got some great scalps as she ran 1:58.84 to beat Lynsey Sharp — the Briton just missing her PB with 1.58.94 — together with Commonwealth gold medallist Eunice Sum of Kenya and European champion Marima Arzamasova of Belarus.

World, Olympic and now Commonwealth gold medallist Kirani James of Grenada was the man to beat in the 400m and although Botswana's Isaac Makwala came closest in the closing stages, James still easily crossed clear, clocking 44.59 to his rival's 45.02.

Kenya's Commonwealth champion and world indoor 3000m gold medallist Caleb Ndiku, who returned to action in Lausanne following injury, suffered a fall with around 600m to go, but being at the front meant Farah was ahead of the danger.

Olympic silver medallist in 2008 Kerron Stewart of Jamaica ran 11.22 to win the women's 100m from France's Myriam Soumaré with 11.25 as Britain's Asha Philip — part of the gold medal - winning GB 4x100m relay team in Zurich — was third with 11.26.

The six - time Paralympic gold medallist hinted at further frustrations with national governing body British Athletics in a series of tweets

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir has said this will be his last Paralympic Games and after finishing sixth in the 800m final he hinted that the two - lap event in Rio could have been his last individual track race too.

Ahead of the Diamond League action a great head - to - head battle saw Olympic 200m champion Allyson Felix claim 400m victory in 50.05 from Olympic 400m champion Sanya Richards - Ross with 50.29, while world indoor and outdoor gold medallist Mohammed Aman won the 800m in 1:44.92 from Commonwealth champion Nijel Amos with 1:45.06.

Despite initially sitting second behind Michelle Carter's 19.51 m thrown in the first round of the shot competition, Valerie Adams reasserted her dominance in the fourth round to eventually win with a best of 19.68 m from her fifth throw — the four - time world champion and two - time Olympic gold medallist extending her winning streak to an incredible 50.

The six - time Olympic gold medallist is set to compete on the first evening of the two - day Diamond League meeting as he continues to work towards the Games in Rio.

Two - time Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams was just a single centimetre off her own shot put meeting record from 2014 as she threw 19.68 m in the fifth round for victory.

European indoor relay gold medallist Eilidh Child on being named as GB team captain for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot this weekend

In the men's 200m, GB's 2014 European champion Adam Gemili will go up against Netherlands» European 100m gold medallist Churandy Martina, USA's former world and Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt and Panama's former world silver medallist Alonso Edward.

David Weir has posted an emotional message on Twitter in which the six - time Paralympic gold medallist apologised for what he described as a «terrible» performance at Rio 2016, adding that he felt like he had let his country and British team - mates down.

Two world gold medallists will meet in the men's 100m, a non-Diamond League event, as Kim Collins and Justin Gatlin go head - to - head.

The gold and silver medallists in the men's event are also going to the Games.

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir goes up against local favourite Marcel Hug and USA's Joshua George over 3000m, while other British athletes competing in Zurich include Daniel Talbot in the 200m, Lynsey Sharp and Shelayna Oskan - Clarke in the 800m, Niall Flannery in the non-Diamond League 400m hurdles and Charlie Grice in the 1500m.

Commonwealth gold medallist Vicky Holland insists she is yet to reach her peak in triathlon, while Johanna Konta's rapid rise continues as she is named inside the top 30 players in the world following the latest rankings.

In his farewell track season, the four - time Olympic gold medallist will run at his last Anniversary Games in JuIn his farewell track season, the four - time Olympic gold medallist will run at his last Anniversary Games in Juin July