Defeated leadership candidates Andy Burnham, Ed Balls and Diane Abbott are among 49 MPs standing for elections to Labour's shadow cabinet.

BBC: Shadow cabinet elections: 49 MPs enter ballot

Two others insiders are watching closely are editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal and op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof.

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Wiggins, who won individual pursuit gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics then added gold in individual and team pursuits in Beijing four years later, joins Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke and Andy Tennant for the five-man, four kilometre team pursuit.

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