Jason Kenny has ended months of speculation by confirming he will return to the track at the Revolution Series in January, starting his quest to become the most successful British Olympian of all time.

Manchester triathlon star Georgia Taylor-Brown admits her ambition to compete at Tokyo 2020 burns even brighter after the addition of a new event to the Olympic programme.

From training in China with Shaolin monks, to the psychological warfare of the UFC and the heart condition that forced him to stop fighting, legendary fighter Dan Hardy has seen it all.

Four Olympic medals may already adorn the walls of the Brownlee family home, but Britain’s trailblazing triathlon brothers want more – two apiece, to be precise, at Tokyo 2020.

London 2012 Paralympics opening ceremony co-director Jenny Sealey brings The House of Bernarda Alba, Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca’s 1936 masterpiece, to Manchester’s unique Royal Exchange Theatre from February 3-25.

Manchester Para-Swimming coach Rob Greenwood insists it’s both a shock and an honour to be recognised for his work after being named High Performance Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards.

From winning the hearts of the public with his emotional interview after agonisingly missing out on taekwondo gold at Rio 2016, to winning the Children in Need Strictly special – Lutalo Muhammad now has only one thing on his mind and that’s winning Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020.

Laura Kenny has the best cure for those post-wedding blues – but she insists there’ll be no room for complacency as she resets her sights on Tokyo.

Kadeena Cox holds up her Team GB backpack. “Feel how heavy that is!” she says, before placing it down and reaching into it for a yoghurt.

Life for Keri-Anne Payne has been somewhat of a whirlwind since returning from the Rio Olympic Games, but Team GB’s self-titled head cheerleader wouldn’t change any of it for the world.

There was to be no golden goodbye to these most storied of Olympic Games, when mining medals seemed, at times, almost ridiculously easy.