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Britain's Olympic hopefuls followed in new Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two documentary series Olympic Dreams
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With the 2012 London Olympic Games drawing ever closer, many British
athletes will embark on the long journey towards fulfilling their
ultimate goal of winning gold in front of a home crowd.
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Olympic Dreams is the new Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two documentary series which will follow the fortunes of
our rising British stars as they endure the hopes and heartaches,
troubles and triumphs on the road to London 2012.
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Each 45-minute episode will join British hopefuls on
their epic quests to win gold including
heptathlete Jess Ennis; the elite Coxless Four rowing team of Alex
Partridge, Peter Reed, Andy Triggs-Hodge and Steve Williams; gymnasts
Lizzie Beddoe, Jessica Hogg and Venus Romaeo; table tennis players Paul
Drinkhall and Darius Knight; BMX champion Shanaze Reade; cyclist Ben
Swift; diver Tom Daley and Paralympic Dressage Champion Lee Pearson.
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The series offers an intimate insight into the British athletes'
gruelling training schedules, daily sacrifices, highs of victory, lows
of defeat, and the pressure of coping under the weight of growing
expectation.
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With such strong competition not every athlete will make the grade and
they must face many rounds of selection and competition to be the best.
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On their journey the athletes struggle to overcome a variety of
obstacles, ranging from lack of training facilities, nerves, injury and
teenage hormones in order to succeed.
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A second instalment of the series will air next year.
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In the intervening 12 months, you can follow the journey of these
athletes via Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport's Olympics website – bbc.co.uk/olympics – through
a combination of news, reports, video clips and regular diary entries.
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Notes to Editors
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two will broadcast series one over the course of a week in mid-December.
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Preview DVDs are available upon request for the press.
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Episode 1
 Paralympic dressage: Lee Pearson
Rowing - The Coxless 4: Steve Williams, Alex Partridge, Peter
Reed,
Andy Triggs Hodge
Cycling: Ben Swift
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Episode 2
BMX: Shanaze Reade
Paralympic dressage: Lee Pearson
Rowing - The Coxless 4: Steve Williams, Alex Partridge, Peter
Reed,
Andy Triggs Hodge
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Episode 3
Heptathlon: Jess Ennis
Rowing - The Coxless 4: Steve Williams, Alex Partridge, Peter
Reed and
Andy Triggs Hodge
Table Tennis: Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight
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Episode 4
Diving: Tom Daley
Table Tennis: Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight
Heptathlon: Jess Ennis Ìý
Episode 5
Diving: Tom Daley
Gymnastics: Lizzie Beddoe, Jessica Hogg and Venus Romaeo
Table Tennis: Paul Drinkhall and Darius Knight
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Details correct as at 21 November 2007 and may be subject to schedule changes. Ìý
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