Mel Marshall and Jane Figueiredo – coaches to Adam Peaty and diver Tom Daley respectively – today marked the start of a new UK Sport leadership programme seeking to more than double female representation across the Olympic and Paralympic high-performance community by Paris 2024.

UK Sport announced in November that Marshall would be one of six women heading the leadership initiative with Figueiredo one of a further two coaches selected to the six-month project, providing key support and development opportunities for the next, aspiring generation of elite coaching staff.

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