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What about the substrate?
We chase speed. We seek out marginal gains. For those chosen to represent our nation as Olympic hopefuls, we prioritise athletes with the greatest inherent potential and then carefully monitor what they consume and how they develop themselves through training and ultimately, what powerto-weight ratio they bring into their boat. Their special and, these days, highly technical, scientifically conceived and designed clothing and kit, nutritional supplements for optimal recovery and stamina, plus equipment that includes speed/ stroke monitors, cleaver blades and carbon fibre boats, are all conceived and manufactured via the latest technological advances available to yield evermore increments of speed.