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Press Releases
The Olympic countdown on 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra
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- Track Cycling World Championships, Manchester (26-30 March)
- British Swimming Championships, Sheffield (1-6 April)
- World Short Course Swimming Championships, Manchester (9-13 April)
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is bringing extensive live coverage from the Track Cycling World Championships, the British Swimming Championships and the World Short Course Championships – events that will determine who will travel to Beijing and represent their country in these popular Olympic sports.
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Coverage from the cycling in Manchester is presented by Peter Slater with commentary from 5 Live's cycling commentator Simon Brotherton.
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British medal hopes including Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Shanaze Reade will be battling it out for Olympic qualification/selection.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ swimming commentator Bob Ballard is poolside in Sheffield and Manchester and is joined by Olympic swimmer and World, Commonwealth and European medalist Karen Pickering.
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Olympic bronze medalist Steve Parry also joins the team for the British Championships in Sheffield. All eyes will be on David Davies, Kirsty Balfour and Liam Tancock as medal hopes.
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In the run-up to the Beijing Olympics, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 5 Live is following the narrative of the athletes headed to the Games, through comprehensive coverage of key competitions and a monthly Olympic preview show presented by Darren Campbell and Katherine Merry.
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5 Live Sports Extra brings a greater choice of live action to sports fans by offering alternative sports commentaries to 5 Live. The service offers commentary from the portfolio of sports rights already owned by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ as alternative coverage to that provided on other national ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ services.
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Listen to 5 Live Sports Extra via digital radio, digital television and at bbc.co.uk/5live.
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For up-to-date broadcast information see bbc.co.uk/5live/listings.
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