Herald Express; Torquay (UK)

Knight Rider ; He's Done It All and Got the Medals to Prove It, but Sir Chris Hoy Will Not Be Basking in Past Glories in the Lead Up to London 2012, Writes Matt Mcgeehan...

WITH four gold medals already tucked away, one might expect Olympic cycling great Sir Chris Hoy to be sitting back and admiring the precious metal he has collected during his stunning career. But Hoy's desire to add to his haul - including three gold medals picked up in Beijing - in 1,000 days' time at London 2012 remains undiminished.

Size Matters for British Federations ; News

OLYMPIC sports federations believe every effort should be made to have the largest possible British team at the 2012 Games. The British Olympic Association's chief executive Andy Hunt (below) has opened a debate on the size of Team GB, as contrary to some beliefs he says having a home Games does not make it cheaper to send a team.

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1000 Days to Go

LET the countdown begin... It is now just 1000 days until the London 2012 Games swing into action, with the whole country ready to get behind our golden girls and boys.

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Pearson's Pursuit ; Equestrian

LEE PEARSON is looking to extend his 100 per cent record in Paralympic competition in London - and then he may call time on his international career. The 35-year-old from Staffordshire, who has won three Paralympic titles in Sydney, Athens and Beijing, will enter his fourth as the hottest of favourites.

Rivals Spur Teen Watkin ; Swimming

AFTER a four-medal haul at her first Paralympics, Louise Watkin slipped quietly back into the water with attention focused on Eleanor Simmonds. But Watkin, who won one silver and three bronze medals in Beijing, has lowered a clutch of national and European records in 2009 and returned from October's European Championships with five gold and two silver medals.

Golden Givers ; Volunteers Are Already Playing a Starring Role in London 2012

OLYMPIC organisers are under starter's orders to find what London 2012 chair Lord Coe calls "the face of the London 2012 Games". It is not a beauty contest but the grand search, beginning in 2010, to recruit up to 70,000 gold medal people to be volunteers for the event.

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Lisa Hoping for London Inspiration ; Athletics

LISA DOBRISKEY has proved she can compete with the best after claiming the 1,500metres silver medal in the World Championships. But the 25-year-old Kentborn star admits that while she missed the top prize in Berlin by just onehundredth of a second, becoming an Olympic gold medalist is still some distance away.

Mills' Finn Focus ; Sailing

BRITAIN'S 2012 hopefuls are taking advantage of the fact that the country's greatest Olympic sailor, Ben Ainslie, is focusing his attention on the Americas Cup. That's the message from Andrew Mills, who is campaigning to represent Great Britain in the highly competitive single-handed Finn class.

The Marshall Plan ; Boxing

SAVANNAH MARSHALL shrugs off suggestions she is a star in the making for London 2012, but the way the Hartlepool teenager has started her senior career will ensure she cannot keep the hype at bay for long. Aged 18, and with only two full bouts behind her after stepping up from the junior ranks, Marshall bludgeoned the best the European Union had to offer to claim her first major title in June.

Action Jackson

JO JACKSON began the year in the shadow of close friend, team- mate and rival Rebecca Adlington. While the 23-year-old won bronze in the 400metres freestyle at the Beijing Olympics, Adlington understandably commanded all the headlines with her two gold medals and bubbly personality. However, Jackson started her 2009 season with a time less than two seconds outside the world record in the 400m free, an effort then followed by her demolition of Federica Pellegrini's world mark in Sheffield in M...

Building the Dream ; How the 2012 Venues Are Coming Together...

OLYMPIC STADIUM The hub of activity for the Games will host all athletics events and the opening and closing ceremonies, before being converted to a 25,000-capacity venue afterwards. Work started: May 22, 2008 Scheduled completion: 2011 Events:Athletics, Paralympic athletics Capacity: 80,000 AQUATICS CENTRE The 50m competition pool, a training pool and the 25m diving pool will all be housed in the Park's south-east corner, with water polo in an adjacent venue. Work started: July 2008 Schedule...

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The National's Olympics ; the Whole of the Uk has Come Together to Provide the Services and Expertise That Will Make It an Olympics to Remember...

SCOTLAND The Scottish firm Barr is one of the businesses that will be building the temporary basketball arena. The Legacy Trust has invested Pounds 2.57 million along with Pounds 1.5 million from the Scottish Arts Council to the Making Waves project which aims to connect people across different aspects of civic life. NORTHERN IRELAND Triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards launches the WildCats Activ8 programme of multiskills clubs for five to 11-year-olds on November 18. The clubs t...