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In pursuit of glory, women cyclists aim to be fastest ever

Two Team GB cyclists today pledged to go "faster than anyone has ever gone" in the Olympics Comments (3)

Olympic rents four times higher than last summer

Who put the sex into cycling?

Make-up, good grooming and a preference for designer gear - Britain's young cyclists are a sponsor's dream, says Matt Majendie Comments (1)

Death on the Roman road

Like too many athletes, Knud Enemark Jensen believed drugs would give him the edge. Instead, as Steve Redgrave recalls, they killed the 23-year-old cyclist Comments

Road cycling with Lizzie Armitstead

The Evening Standard's Bella Blissett goes to Richmond Park to cycle with British Olympic hopeful Lizzie Armitstead Comments (1)

Ross Edgar: They say millions of condoms are taken. A lot more people take them than use them

The Evening Standard's Cathy Wood speaks to track cyclist Ross Edgar Comments

Up for the challenge

Matt Majendie had shocks galore as he went from rookie racer to finishing a 100km ride

Life on the road

Exclusive: Globetrotting athlete Mo Farah on why living away from family is a price worth paying

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JLS join athletes to back Sport Relief

Boy band JLS backed the Get London Running campaign urging readers to enter the Sport Relief Mile Comments (2)

'Best of British' concert to mark end of Olympics

The Olympics will sign off with a spectacular concert in Hyde Park with the Rolling Stones, Adele and Blur all being courted for a "Best of British" night Comments (9)

What's purple all over? It's a 2012 BorisPod

Scores of bright purple Olympic information kiosks will be set up around the capital to help tourists get to the Games event Comments (1)

London Games tickets flown in from 'Wild West' US state

EXCLUSIVE: An American firm has been handed the multi-million-pound contract to print the tickets for the London Olympics, sparking fury among British companies, the Standard reveals Comments (33)

London children will train with top US athletes

London children will train with top US athletes

Schoolchildren from Tower Hamlets will train with top US athletes at the American team's high-security training base as part of an Olympics legacy deal Comments (1)

Coe charms on Games tour

London 2012 chief Sebastian Coe has embarked on a world tour to drum up international enthusiasm Comments (3)

Games Makers are up and running

Some of the volunteers aiming to make the London Olympics tick have told of their delight at being at the heart of the Games Comments (9)

Let's get this party started

The Games may be happening in east London, but west London is where most sponsors and dignitaries will be pressing the flesh. Matthew Beard reveals who's doing what, and where Comments

Learn how to take a running jump for an Olympic gold

Marie Winckler discovers the art of the running jump by talking to Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford Comments

Schools in Olympic tickets windfall

Thousands of schools across the capital find out how many free tickets they are to receive for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Comments

Into the o-zone with Anna Lord

Anna Lord, 26, PR account executive, lives in the Old Kent Road and talks to the Evening Standard's Lucy Tobin Comments

Olympic milestones: the black power salute

In an occasional series, five times gold medallist Steve Redgrave picks legendary moments from the Olympic Games' 116-year history, starting with the unsung Australian who made the iconic picture of the black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games possible Comments (1)

Plea to holiday at home this summer and watch Games

Britons will be asked to holiday at home and watch the Olympics this summer instead of flying abroad - in a TV advertising blitz funded by the Government Comments (39)