Keri-anne Payne will compete in the 10km open water swim at her third Olympics

Keri-anne Payne will represent Team GB in her third Olympics after her place in Rio was rubber-stamped by the British Olympic Association on Thursday.

Payne will go for gold in the 10km open water swim, after winning silver in the inaugural event at the Beijing Games in 2008 and finishing fourth in the competition at London 2012.

The 28-year-old sealed her spot at Rio this summer with a second place finish in Saturday's qualifying event in Portugal.

She said: "To be on the Olympic team is an enormous honour and to do it for a third time feels like a huge bonus for me and my team.

"My vision was to stand on the starting line in Rio as the most well-rounded open water swimmer. We've taken a fun and unorthodox approach, I've loved it and looks like it has paid off."