MODERN Pentathlete Heather Fell continued her efforts to secure one of the two spots availbale for the British team in the London 2012 Olympics.

Heather, from Merrivale, competed with team-mates Freyja Prentice, Katy Livingston and Mhairi Spence and an international field at the second Modern Pentathlon World Cup of the year at Rio Janiero in Brazil on Saturday but the British women finished out of the medals

Beijing 2008 silver medallist Heather Fell was the highest finisher of the quartet of Brits in the women's final in in Rio de Janeiro, coming 13th.

France's Elodie Clouvel won her first World Cup gold with Russia's Ekaterina Khuraskina climbing from 16th place in the run/shoot to take silver, with Australia's Chloe Esposito taking bronze.

The British team were one of only two to qualify four women for the final – an achievement they shared with the Russians.

Heather was the best of the Brits in the pool, clocking a time of 2 minutes 15.98 seconds – the seventh fastest 200m freestyle time of the day – to climb to ninth overall. Fell's 1140 points saw her drop to 12th overall. Fell's 11 minutes 55.10 secs for the run/shoot saw her emerge as the highest placed of the Brits in 13th with 5,308 points.

The week before Heather competed at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup held in North Carolina, USA where she was seventh overall, with a total of 5,348, while her team-mate Mhairi Spence, with 5,456 took silver medal with the gold going to German Lena Schoneborn, with 5,492..

This year's World Cups are an opportunity for athletes to try to secure places on the team to compete at the World Championships in Rome in May, which is the next chance for athletes to achieve the Olympic qualifying standard.