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Lani Belcher and Angela Hannah are set to be confirmed as part of the Great Britain canoe squad for the Olympics, Sky Sports News HQ understands. The K2 kayak sprint pairing thought their chances of going to Rio next month had been dashed, but they appear set to benefit from a ruling by the International Canoe Federation.ICF has opened up a number of spots across their competitions in Brazil after banning all 11 competitors selected by Romania. They are alleged to have been a part of a widespread doping system involving the use of the banned substance Meldonium that has been in the headlines since the turn of the year.Belcher and Hannah finished third behind the Romanian boat of Elena Moronic and Roxana Borha at the World Canoe Championships in Milan last year.Monday is the last day for athletes to be confirmed as competitors for Rio and the British Olympic Association is awaiting ratification of all names by the International Olympic Committee before confirming Belcher and Hannahs inclusion on Tuesday.They had needed to win their European qualifier in Duisburg in May to secure an automatic place in the team but could only finish third behind teams from Sweden and Austria. Also See: Russia state sponsored doping Meadows retires after missing Rio Adrian Wilson Womens Jersey . In a matter of days, he went from unwanted to wanted, from fired to hired, from discarded by the Philadelphia Eagles with reputation tarnished to rock star treatment and a new fat contract from the Washington Redskins. Kyler Murray Youth Jersey . I wondered how NHL coaches would feel about a playoff schedule that allowed them to open a best-of-seven series on the road, which many claim to favour, yet still gave them the precious home-ice edge for a seventh game. http://www.thecardinalsshoponline.com/kyler-murray-cardinals-jersey-yp/ . Appearing on TSN 690 Monday afternoon, Mike Babcock said he had conversations with both P.K. Subban and Carey Price about those on-ice traits during Hockey Canadas summer orientation camp. Mike Babcock: McGill experience, P. Andy Isabella Youth Jersey . - The Clippers have signed guard Dahntay Jones to a second 10-day contract. Adrian Wilson Jersey . He reps the 4-1-6The insecurity of Canadian basketball fans is not what it once was with the home grown talent making its way to the big leagues, but it is still nice to see the local kids remembering where they come from once they make their way south.LILLEHAMMER, Norway -- Alex Harvey was the top Canadian on Saturday, finishing 16th in the 15-kilometre event at a cross-country skiing World Cup event. Harvey, from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished the Nordic track filled with steeps climbs and fast descents in 35 minutes 50.2 seconds. "This is heavy racing right now being an Olympic year. Many of the Norwegians, Swedes and Russians are all fighting for spots at the Games so are skiing extremely fast," said Justin Wadsworth, the head coach of Canadas cross-country ski team. "Right now there is no Olympic pressure on us so we need to keep calm and stay focused on the process because you dont want to be going this hard this early in the game." Norways Paul Golberg won the mens classic ski race with a time of 35:00.0. Alexey Poltoranin of Kazakhstan skied to the silver medal time at 35:14.2. Norways Didrik Toenseth was third in 35:15.5. Ivan Babikov of Canmore, Alta., placed 35th at 36:23.6, Devon Kershaw (37:03.7) of Sudbury, Ont., finisheed 56th and Jesse Cockney (37:44.dddddddddddd2) of Canmore, Alta., was 68th. "Obviously we are hoping for a bit better, but it is coming slowly," said Wadsworth. "This is all normal where nobody is feeling very good coming off such a high volume of training. It is just the way it is and we have to be patient." No Canadian women suited up on Saturday. Polands Justyna Kowalczyk won the womens 10-kilometre classic ski race with a time of 25:59.4. Kowalczyk finished 12.4 seconds ahead of Charlotte Kalla of Sweden. More impressively, Kowalczyk beat triple Olympic champion Marit Bjoergen of Norway by 25.6 seconds to send an early message ahead of the Sochi Games. Bjoergen finished third ahead of fellow Norwegian Therese Johaug. "My skis were perfect today and I was really good," the Polish skier said. "Its a really good feeling." Kowalczyk has now won 13 of the last 19 classical-style distance races on the World Cup. ------ With files from the Associated Press ' ' '