Former British No.1 high jumper Ben Challenger is training in Sweden as he bids to revive his top-flight career.

The 31-year-old from Woodhouse Eaves shot to prominence 10 years ago by winning the World Student Games and European Under-23 Championships with lifetime-best leaps of 2.30 metres.

But he has struggled with injuries in recent years, most crucially a ruptured Achilles tendon in 2007, and has not gone higher than 2.15m since 2005.

Now Challenger, a Commonwealth silver medalist in 1998 and a bronze medalist four years later, is in Gothenburg where he is working under leading high-jump coach Yannick Tregaro.

Challenger said: "It's been tough training and hard work, but Yannick is a superb coach to work with."

Leicester Coritanian Craig Sabin tackles two events at the European Masters Indoor Championships in Ancona, Italy, this weekend.

The 48-year-old races the 3,000 metres, having set a personal-best of 9min 17.9sec as a veteran in 2002 soon after joining the over-40 ranks. Earlier this month, Sabin ran 10.03.05 for fifth place at the British Masters Indoors.

Sabin will also contest the cross-country event in Ancona.