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How have British athletes been faring in their quest to qualify for the Olympics?
At this stage, 64 athletes - 18 sailors, 37 swimmers, seven judo fighters and two synchronised swimmers - have been officially selected to be part of Team GB in Beijing.
Many others have qualified quota places for their nation or booked a place in Beijing for themselves as individuals, but all athletes must be nominated to the British Olympic Association by their sport's governing body in order to take up their places.
Use our clickable guide to see how the qualification picture is developing in each sport.
Archery
GB will send a full quota of six archers to Beijing. Barring any selection surprises, Alan Wills, Simon Terry and Larry Godfrey will compete in the men's events, and Alison Williamson (right), Naomi Folkard and Charlotte Burgess in the women's events.
Williamson won bronze at the Athens Olympics while Wills and Terry are ranked in the world's top 10, so hopes are high for both team and individual medals.
Athletics
Some GB athletes have already met the qualifying standard, such as Paula Radcliffe (right) in the marathon, Goldie Sayers in the javelin, and heptathlete Jessica Ennis. Others have until 23 July, with the UK trials set for 12-13 July.
All eyes will be on Radcliffe in Beijing as she targets that elusive Olympic gold.
Badminton
Qualification will be determined by world rankings on 1 May. Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms (right), who won silver in Athens, should again be GB's best medal hopes.
Baseball
The GB men's second place at the European Championships won them entry into the Olympic qualifying tournament in Taiwan in March. However, a lack of funding forced the team to withdraw and ended their hopes of playing in Beijing.
Basketball
There will be no British representation in Beijing, but plans to enter men's and women's teams for the London Games in 2012 are progressing well.
Boxing
After their best ever Olympic qualification campaign, Britain will have eight boxers in Beijing.
New lightweight world champion Frankie Gavin (right), from Birmingham, will aim to go one better than his former sparring partner Amir Khan, who won silver as Britain's only boxing representative in Athens in 2004.
Light-welterweight Bradley Saunders, bantamweight Joe Murray and light-heavyweight Tony Jeffries also qualified places for Beijing at the World Amateur Championships in Chicago.
Three more fighters - welterweight Billy Joe Saunders, flyweight Khalid Yafai and middleweight James Degale - earned their places during February's qualifying tournament in Italy, and super-heavyweight David Price made it through the final qualifying tournament in Athens.
Canoe/kayak
Medal hopes are high for flatwater star Tim Brabants. The bronze medallist at the Sydney Games in 2000 is the men's K1 1000m world champion and 500m silver medallist. His team-mates will chase Olympic places at the European Championships in Milan in May.
Athens silver medallist Campbell Walsh (right) is set to go for Beijing gold in the men's K1 slalom event, and GB have also qualified boats for the men's C1 and women's K1 events, thanks to David Florence and Fiona Pennie. Further places could be gained at the European Championships in Krakow in May.
Cycling
Expectations will be sky high for Britain's track cyclists in Beijing after a dominant performance at the world championships in Manchester.
Bradley Wiggins (right), Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Rebecca Romero will spearhead the challenge after helping GB to win gold in eight of the 10 Olympic events in Manchester. Britain is the only nation to secure places in all track events for Beijing.
Wiggins and Emma Pooley have qualified quota places for GB in the men's and women's road time trial events, and the men will get four places in the road race.
Mountain bike and BMX places will be awarded according to the world rankings. Providing she qualifies, Shanaze Reade will be a hot favourite for BMX gold.
Equestrian
Equestrian Team GBR will have a full complement of eventing, show jumping and dressage riders in Beijing.
World eventing champion Zara Phillips (right) follows in the footsteps of her mother, the Princess Royal, by appearing at an Olympic Games, riding Toytown.
The other eventers are William Fox-Pitt, Sharon Hunt, Mary King and Lucy Wiegersma.
There could be no less than three members of show jumping's Whitaker dynasty in the team if 21-year-old Ellen and uncles John and Michael are all selected.
Fencing
Alex O'Connell will be Britain's sole fencer in Beijing after he made it through the Istanbul zonal qualifier for the sabre competition.
Football
England's women had hoped to be able to compete as part of Team GB in Beijing, but football's world governing body Fifa blocked the plan.
There has also been opposition to proposals from the British Olympic Association to enter men's and women's teams at the London Olympics in 2012.
Gymnastics
GB's women have secured a team place and six individual places. Beth Tweddle looks set to be their best medal hope on the uneven bars.
There will also be interest in the men's competition, with Louis Smith (right) set for Beijing after winning world bronze on the pommel horse. His training partner Daniel Keatings is likely to get GB's other men's place.
Seven-time British champion Claire Wright will be Britain's sole representative in the trampoline.
Handball
There will be no British handball team in Beijing, but plans are already under way to put together a team good enough to compete at London 2012.
Hockey
The men and women will both be on show in Beijing after coming through qualifying.
The women's team made up for the disappointment of missing out on a place in Athens while the men won a qualifying tournament in Chile.
Judo
Britain will have seven judoka in Beijing.
Peter Cousins (men's -100kg), Euan Burton (-81kg, pictured) and Karina Bryant (+78 kg) secured places at last year's world championships.
Winston Gordon (-90kg), Sarah Clark (-63kg) and Michelle Rogers (-78kg) were named in the team after fighting their way through the European qualifying process, and Craig Fallon was preferred to James Millar for the -60kg place after both men met the qualification criteria.
Modern Pentathlon
Britain has already won the right to send the maximum quota of two women to Beijing. The places were secured by Katy Livingston and Heather Fell, but team-mates Mhairi Spence and Athens bronze medallist Georgina Harland (right) are competing with them for selection.
The men have until 1 June to make the qualifying standard.
Rowing
Britain has qualified boats in 11 of the 14 classes, including the flagship men's coxless four, who will be out to retain the gold medal they won in dramatic fashion when Matthew Pinsent was part of the crew in 2004.
Men's:
Coxless Four; Coxless Pair; Double Scull; Eight; Lightweight Coxless Four; Lightweight Double Scull; Single Scull.
Women's:
Double Scull; Eight; Lightweight Double Scull; Quadruple Scull.
The final Olympic qualifying regatta will take place in Poznan, Poland, in June.
Sailing
Hopes will be high for another strong Olympic showing, with GB qualifying in all relevant categories.
The RYA was the first governing body to name its team for Beijing. It answered sailing's big selection question by announcing double gold medallist Ben Ainslie (right) had beaten rival Ed Wright for the Finn place. Penny Clark was the final team member to be selected, seeing off Charlotte Dobson, Andrea Brewster and Lizzie Vickers in the battle for the Laser Radial spot.
The following have been confirmed by the BOA as members of Team GB for Beijing:
Finn: Ben Ainslie
Yngling - women's keelboat: Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson
49er - skiff: Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes
Laser - men's one person dinghy: Paul Goodison
Star: Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson
RS:X - men's windsurfer: Nick Dempsey
RS:X - women's windsurfer: Bryony Shaw
470 - men's two person dinghy: Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield
470 - women's two person dinghy: Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark
Tornado - multihull: Leigh McMillan and Will Howden
Laser Radial: Penny Clark
Shooting
GB shooters have qualified five places so far. Sydney 2000 gold medallist Richard Faulds (right) and team-mate Steve Scott sealed the men's double trap places, Lesley Goddard the women's trap, Elena Little the women's skeet, and Jon Hammond the men's 50m prone rifle place.
Softball
Britain will not have a softball team in Beijing. The sport will be making its final appearance at the Olympics before being dropped from the schedule.
Swimming
The GB swimming squad for Beijing was announced after the British Championships in Sheffield.
Men:
50m freestyle: Mark Foster (University of Bath)
200m freestyle: Ross Davenport (Loughborough University); Robert Renwick (City of Aberdeen)
400m freestyle: David Carry (City of Aberdeen); Dean Milwain (Loughborough)
1500m freestyle: David Davies (Loughborough, pictured); Richard Charlesworth (Hatfield)
100m backstroke: Liam Tancock (Loughborough); Gregor Tait (City of Edinburgh)
200m backstroke: Gregor Tait (City of Edinburgh), James Goddard (Loughborough)
100m breaststroke: Chris Cook (City of Newcastle); Kristopher Gilchrist (City of Edinburgh)
200m breaststroke: Kristopher Gilchrist (City of Edinburgh); James Kirton (City of Sheffield)
100m butterfly: Michael Rock (Stockport Metro); Todd Cooper (Stirling)
200m butterfly: Michael Rock (Stockport Metro)
200m individual medley: James Goddard, Liam Tancock (both Loughborough)
400m individual medley: Thomas Haffield (City of Cardiff); Euan Dale (Loughborough)
4x200m freestyle relay: Ross Davenport (Loughborugh), Robert Renwick (City of Aberdeen), David Carry (City of Aberdeen), Andrew Hunter (Stirling); Ben Hockin (Swansea Performance)
4x100m freestyle relay: Simon Burnett, Adam Brown
Women:
50m freestyle: Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool)
100m freestyle: Caitlin McClatchey (Loughborough); Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool)
200m freestyle: Caitlin McClatchey (Loughborough); Rebecca Adlington (Nova Centurion)
400m freestyle: Rebecca Adlington (Nova Centurion); Jo Jackson (Derwentside)
800m freestyle: Rebecca Adlington (Nova Centurion), Cassie Patten (Stockport Metro)
100m backstroke: Gemma Spofforth (Portsmouth Northsea); Elizabeth Simmonds (Lincoln Vulcans)
200m backstroke: Gemma Spofforth (Portsmouth Northsea); Elizabeth Simmonds (Lincoln Vulcans)
100m breaststroke: Kate Haywood (Loughborough); Kirsty Balfour (City of Edinburgh)
200m breaststroke: Kirsty Balfour (City of Edinburgh)
100m butterfly: Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool); Jemma Lowe (Borough of Stockton)
200m butterfly: Jemma Lowe (Borough of Stockton); Ellen Gandy (Beckenham)
200m individual medley: Hannah Miley (Garioch); Keri-Anne Payne (Stockport Metro)
400m individual medley: Hannah Miley (Garioch); Keri-Anne Payne (Stockport Metro)
4x100m freestyle relay: Caitlin McClatchey (Loughborough); Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool); Julia Beckett (Loughborough); Jessica Sylvester (Nova Centurion)
4x200m freestyle relay: Caitlin McClatchey (Loughborough), Rebecca Adlington (Nova Centurion); Jo Jackson (Derwentside); Mel Marshall (Loughborough), Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool)
In the 10kmopen water swimming, GB women Cassie Patten and Keri-Anne Payne qualified for Beijing at May's world championships in Seville, as did David Davies for the men. The trio await official nomination to the BOA and Davies may opt to drop his open water challenge in favour of the 1500m freestyle.
Britain's divers have secured places in all four of the synchro teams (3m and 10m in men's and women's), as well as six spots in the individual events.
13-year-old diving sensation Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield have earned themselves individual places, but like most GB athletes are waiting for the Beijing trip to be rubber-stamped by the BOA.
There will be British synchronised swimmers at the Olympics for the first time since 1992 after Olivia Allison and Jenna Randall made it through the qualification process in the duet event.
There will be no GB water polo team in Beijing, but it is hoped the team will be good enough to compete in 2012.
Table Tennis
Young star Paul Drinkhall failed to reach the Olympics at the final world qualifying tournament in May, so GB will not be presented at the Beijing table tennis event - although Kelly Sibley has earned a berth on the list of reserves.
Taekwondo
Britain booked three out of a possible four places for Beijing.
Aaron Cook (-80kg) and Tyrone Robinson (-58kg) were successful at the recent qualifying tournament in Turkey, adding to the place already secured by Sarah Stevenson (+67kg, pictured). Stevenson is set for her third Olympic appearance, at the age of 25.
Tennis
Players will be selected according to the singles and doubles rankings on 9 June 2008, with Andy Murray likely to be GB's only medal chance.
Triathlon
It is likely that three GB men and either two or three women will go to Beijing. Team selection will take place after the event in Madrid at the end of May, with competition for places extremely fierce.
Volleyball
Beach volleyball pair Denise Johns and Lucy Boulton have an outside chance of qualifying but will need to make a storming start to the 2008 season. There will be no British representation in the indoor volleyball tournaments.
Weightlifting
No GB lifters made it through qualifying, but Michaela Breeze will find out in May if she is to receive a wildcard for Beijing from the International Olympic Committee.
Wrestling
Britain's freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestlers will have to raise their game at tournaments in April and May if they want to make it to Beijing.
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