OXFORD University are preparing to represent Great Britain at the first World University Powerlifting Cup in Belarus next month.

The quartet of Claire Sear, Lily Goodyer-Sait, Lily Erskine and Zoe Clark will compete in Minsk from July 11-17.

They secured their place by winning the British Championships earlier this year and in Sear, from Abingdon, they have the first woman to achieve a full Blue in the sport at Oxford.