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Look up "dream" in a dictionary and phrases pop up like "cherished ideal" or "distant ambition, especially an unattainable one". Even the word "fantasy" will be there.

After being involved with the team, producing content for the Sport website for the last eight months, I wonder what the athletes being filmed would make of these words.

The programme is following some of Britain's stars as they aim for glory at the , or Beijing for some, with the new series transmitting every Tuesday night at 2235 BST over the next few weeks.

The Olympics suddenly seemed a lot closer once the shooting team was named, and it really hit home that I was going to Beijing when I got all my kit for my first Games.

We had to go to the NEC in Birmingham to pick it up, and there's loads of it - I even got a camcorder, so you might spot me filming everything at the opening ceremony on 8 August. I'm really looking forward to it.

The GB team was , and there are five of us in the shooting events - Richard Faulds, Jon Hammond, Steve Scott, Elena Little and me.

After gymnastic mother Larissa Latynina and her medal-winning achievements, we move on to the "Mother of Gymnastics", as became known.