Cycling: Track joy for James
Victoria Pendleton has given up the track for Strictly Come Dancing and a wedding next summer, but British Cycling's succession planning means her heir is already hoovering up the titles. This week Becky James added the 500m time trial and sprint titles at the national track championships to her achievements and hopes to make it a hat-trick by defending her keirin title on Sunday night. The 20-year-old from Abergavenny capped a fine week for her family – her sister Rachel was fifth – and for Wales, with Owain Doull becoming the men's individual pursuit champion and Tredegar's Paralympic gold medallist Mark Colbourne winning the 200m FS time trial and 3km Para-Cycling Pursuit titles.
Equestrian: Springsteen's swoop
Two of TeamGB's quartet of team showjumping champions, Peter Charles and Scott Brash, will get a rousing reception at the Horse of the Year Show that begins at Birmingham's NEC on Wednesday. Charles, though, will not have his winning horse, Murka's Vindicat W, with him, having accepted an offer to sell the 10-year-old gelding to the US jumper Jessica Springsteen. The Boss's daughter missed out on a place in the London 2012 team but is reported to be determined to make it to Rio in 2016 and sees the multimillion dollar purchase of "Vinnie" as vital to her ambition of glory in Brazil.
Gymnastics: Thomas on show again
Tickets at the Olympics were oversubscribed, but there is a chance to see some live action in Glasgow on 8 December. Kristian Thomas, who won team bronze in August, this week confirmed he will compete at the World Cup event at the new Commonwealth Arena, which should give handy experience of the venue before 2014. Tickets available at tinyurl.com/8rj65au
Sailing: Another medal to come?
Great Britain's 121st medal of the 2012 Paralympics may yet be won in the middle of October, six weeks after the closing ceremony. That is when a ruling from the court for arbitration in sport is due on ParalympicsGB's appeal against the penalty imposed on John Robertson, Stephen Thomas and Hannah Stodel, which relegated them from third to fifth in the Sonar class and deprived them of a bronze medal. "The Games is over but it's not over," Stodel told the BBC. "We're in limbo, waiting to find out whether we've got the medal that we won on the water."
And finally …
USA's Kerri Walsh‑Jennings, who won beach volleyball gold with Misty May, has revealed she was carrying her third baby while competing in London … Tom Daley will return to the pool for the first time since winning Olympic bronze when he competes at the World Junior Diving Championships in Adelaide, Australia, from 8 October … Oscar Pistorius will play in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns starting on Thursday.