With Olympic fever gathering pace, more and more people are being inspired to take up sport but what does it take to succeed and actually represent your country?British rowers Louisa Reeve and Jo Cook know all about what it takes: 'You need to have

Inside the VelodromeWow! Standing beside the spanking new indoor Olympic cycling track leaves sprint cyclist Lizzie Armitstead almost speechless.'It makes me realise how close we are to the actual Olympics, seeing this all finished and ready to use

Rebecca Adlington, 22, swimmerTrophy cabinet highlight: double gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics'People think my place in 2012 is guaranteed but I still have to qualify. We're all going to be fighting for two places in each event and there are all

To get your hands on some of the 6.5 million tickets to the London Olympics, you'll need to get your skates on: registration for next year's must-see event closes at midnight tonight April 26.Some events, like the marathon or the road race cycling

of miniature cyclists dressed in Team GB racing kit, two handheld controllers, 15 track pieces and a banked Velodrome circuit, you can get practising your circuits right now.OK, so it's meant for kids - but why let that stop you? Go Olympics mad with your own

for the London 2012 Olympics, has signed to be the face of the brand new Olay ESSENTIALS range, launching in March 2012.Procter &Gamble's Cecile Budge, Beauty Marketing Director for UK and Ireland says: 'Jessica and Olay both believe in pushing the limits of what

This just in! The much anticipated Team GB official 2012 Olympic Games kit was today revealed at an exclusive launch in the Tower of London - with Zest there to watch history being made. More than 30 Lympic athletes including Jess Ennis and Shanaze

Lack motivation sometimes to get you to the gym?  Olympics 2012 hopeful Joey Duck knows how you feel.  At 14 Joey was ranked number one in Europe in her age group at 200m and UK No 1 for the 100 metres, for which she has a PB of 11.60.Right now Joey

Katie Dawkins is senior squad member for the GB synchronised swimming team - look out for them come the London Olympics in July 2012, where as a home nation team they'll be competing at the Stratford Aquatic Centre.Their training regime is a

She's done it! Keri-Anne Payne powered her way to victory at the World Championships to become the first Great Britain athlete to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics.Keri-Anne, aged 23, took gold in the 10km open-water race at Shanghai in 2hr 1min