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Team GB has confirmed Non Stanford, Helen Jenkins and Vicky Holland will compete in the womens triathlon at the Rio Olympic Games.The team heading to Brazil this summer is Britains strongest line-up with Stanford and fellow-Welshwoman Jenkins boasting three world titles between them, while Holland picked up two medals at the Commonwealth Games - a bronze and a relay gold - in Glasgow two years ago.,The calibre of the athletes is so high that Jodie Stimpson, who won individual gold at the Commonwealth Games and is a multiple winner on the World Triathlon Series, was not included in the team. Jodie Stimpson (Centre) won the opening race of the 2016 World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi However, 2013 World Champion Stanford is thrilled to compete at the Games, a feat she has been dreaming about from a young age. Its something that I have been working towards my entire life, she told Sky Sports News. At the age of nine I asked my mum if I would go to the Olympic Games so its taken me 18 years, but Ive finally made it.The aim of any Olympic team is to win medals and that is what the three of us are going there to do to win as many medals as we possibly can.Its an individual race, we get onto that run and its each girl for themselves. But up to that point we can function as well as we can as a team for mutual benefit. There will be tactics in place to make the race work for as many of us as possible. Jodie Stimpson (Left) and Vicky Holland (Right) will compete for Team GB in Rio 2016 The world champion is completing the final stages of her preparations before Rio as she and her fellow teammates head to the Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon in Leeds on Saturday.We race this weekend in Leeds, which is the last race on home soil before we go to the Olympic Games and then we have a couple more races.Myself and Vicky will then do altitude training at St Moritz then we will all meet up in Rio for the final countdown. Alistair Brownlee (right) beats brother Jonny Brownlee (left) to Commonwealth triathlon gold in 2014 The women will be joined by their male counterparts with Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee leading the way with brother Jonny, who won bronze in 2012, also selected for his second Olympics.They will compete in the mens race alongside 22-year-old Gordon Benson who staked his claim by clinching the gold medal for Team GB at the inaugural European Games at Baku 2015.Also See:Pavey worried about Zika threatWADA suspends Madrid testing labSon cleared to play in RioPain and joy for ScholarsJason Williams Kings Jersey . At a Manhattan federal court hearing, attorney Jordan Siev said his law office has gotten more evidence nearly every day to support its lawsuit accusing MLB and Selig of going on a "witch hunt" to ruin Rodriguezs reputation and career. He said the defendants went "way over the line. 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Juventus says Pirlo underwent tests on Monday which revealed he has "a second-degree lesion to the collateral medial ligament in his right knee.ROME -- After bringing in the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Miralem Pjanic, Dani Alves and Medhi Benatia, the top priority for Juventus is clearly the Champions League.Juventus has finished runner-up four times since it last won the trophy 20 years ago, including to Barcelona in 2015.Everyone says Juve will win everything -- the league, cup and the Champions League. But that hurts us, because we lose perspective, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. Weve got to play the matches and win them on the pitch.Juventus opens its campaign at home against Sevilla on Wednesday in Group H after impressing in its opening three Serie A matches.Higuain transferred from rival Napoli for 90 million euros ($99 million) after scoring 36 goals last season to break a 66-year-old Serie A record. He scored twice in the opening 10 minutes of a 3-1 win over Sassuolo on Saturday.Juventus will definitely be a protagonist until the end, Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti, a former Juventus coach, told the Gazzetta dello Sport. If you have a player who scores 30 goals per season thats really key -- it gives you fewer uncertainties.Here is a look at Wednesdays other matches:---GROUP ETottenham is back in the Champions League, and Monaco is returning after a one-year absence.Monaco, which reached the Champions League final in 2004, is leading the French league and travels to England unbeaten in four games. The team has been boosted by the return of striker Radamel Falcao, who came back from a five-week injury layoff last weekend.Meanwhile, Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season on Saturday as Tottenham beat Stoke 4-0 in the Premier League.The match will take place at Wembley Stadium because of construction work at White Hart Lane.Also, Bayer Leverkusen warmed up for CSKA Moscows visit with a 3-1 win over Hamburg on Saturday.Mexico striker Javier Chicharito Hernandez will again lead the front line against Moscow, which has lost on all five previous visits to Germany.---GROUP FLooking to become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titlees, defending champion Real Madrid opens its campaign at home against Sporting Lisbon.ddddddddddddIn the other group match, Borussia Dortmund will take on Legia Warsaw, Polands first Champions League representatives since Widzew Lodz in 1996-97.Legia Warsaws two biggest home losses in Europe came against German opposition. The club has never beaten a German team, losing five of its eight matches.---GROUP GThis is possibly the weakest of all the eight groups at this stage -- despite boasting the presence of the English champions.Leicester is making its debut in the Champions League after its unlikely title triumph in the Premier League last season and is joined in the group by two other inexperienced teams at this level.Club Brugge, Leicesters first opponent on Wednesday, is competing in the group stage for the first time in 11 years while FC Copenhagen has only gotten this far three times before.It leaves Champions League regular FC Porto -- a two-time European champion -- as comfortably the most experienced team in the group.Porto and Copenhagen both had to go through qualifying. Copenhagen won six matches to make it this far, while Porto overcame Italian side Roma in the playoff round with a 4-1 aggregate win.Leicester was the story of European soccer last season but the encore is proving tough. The team has won only one of the first four games and heads to Belgium on the back of a 4-1 loss at Liverpool.---GROUP HComing off a 3-1 loss in the French league that exposed its defensive frailties, Lyon will host Dinamo Zagreb.The seven-time French champions may have to play without striker Alexandre Lacazette because of a left leg injury. The France internationals absence is a problem for Lyon coach Bruno Genesio, who does not have proper cover on the bench.Dinamo has its own worries. The Croatian clubs unbeaten run of 103 league matches at home, dating back to 2010, ended over the weekend against Osijek. ' ' '