4052185

Sports innovation in the journey towards rowing gold: enhancement of performance and well being

The Olympic Games is considered to be the ultimate international sporting event, where elite athletes across the globe compete, and the margins between success and failure have become increasingly small. In the UK, rowing has over the years been one of our most successful sports with medal success and world rankings increasing significantly in the last decade. The recent success at the London 2012 games also saw a rise in participation in the sport with over 32,000 people signing up for rowing courses in the UK and 1,000 new applicants to GB Rowing's START talent ID programme which is seen as a gateway to elite performance…
© Copyright 2016 Sports innovation, technology and research. Published by World Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.

Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:technical and natural sciences endurance sports
Published in:Sports innovation, technology and research
Language:English
Published: London World Scientific Publishing 2016
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1142/9781786340429_0002
Pages:31-42
Document types:article
Level:advanced