DENHOLME'S Rebekah Tiler is facing what is in essence a two-tournament shoot-out in her bid to reach the Rio Olympics.

The 17-year-old is in competition with Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zoe Smith, who turns 22 this month.

Both have been named in the 14-strong Great Britain team for the European Championships in Norway, which starts on Sunday, and they are also competing in the Cybex British Championships at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on June 11-12.

Britain already have 46 points going into the Europeans, and the magical figure is 78, which will allow one weightlifter to go to Rio.

If they smash that number, there is a possibility that Britain will be able to send two athletes to Rio, but it will not be Smith and Tiler but more like Smith or Tiler.

Ilkley Grammar School PE teacher Sarah Davies is also among the seven women going to Forde, where a record-breaking 411 athletes from over 40 countries will take part in Norway.

Ashley Metcalfe, British Weight Lifting's chief executive officer, said: "We are sending our strongest team possible to Norway for the Championships, with the ultimate aim of securing Olympic places for both the men's and women's teams.

"It is going to be extremely tough, with a number of European nations still fighting for the remaining few places in Rio, but we are confident that our athletes' preparations provides us with very encouraging signs of achieving top performances and the best chance of qualifying for GB next month."

British Weight Lifting's performance director Tommy Yule added: "Qualification for this summer's Olympic Games remains extremely competitive, such is the standard of Europe's top athletes.

"Our elite lifters have proven themselves more than up to the challenge, however, and have a terrific opportunity in Norway to seal Olympic qualification.

"The whole team remains very motivated and focused on making this happen, building on what was a fantastic year of competition in 2015, capped off by the best World Championship performance in more than ten years, and we aim to emulate this on the European stage next month."

Great Britain squad – Women: Zoe Smith, Rebekah Tiler, Sarah Davies, Emily Godley, Mercy Brown, Hannah Powell, Norrin Gulam. Men: Jack Oliver, Sonny Webster, Gareth Evans, Owen Boxall, Chris Freebury, Sam Henderson, Darius Jorkazadeh.