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High altitude training camp, July 2008 |
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For the last 3 weeks, I have been at over 2000m above sea level in a remote location in the Austrian Alps with my coach and crew. We come here once a year in the summer to train our bodies harder than at any other point in the season in what is known as a ‘work camp’. |
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...until the Olympics start and the BBC have put out a promotional video that makes your hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. They've also put together an interactive map of Beijing so that you can explore all the Olympic venues including the Shunyi rowing lake. |
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TV: Olympic Dreams 2nd series |
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A second series of BBC programme Olympic Dreams starts weekly on Tuesday 15th July at 10:35pm on BBC1. It will follow GB sportsmen and women aiming for a gold medal in 2012. The rowers will be shown on Tuesday 5th August. |
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I am pleased to have been asked to join TEAM ADIDAS as one of their Olympic Symbols for the Beijing Olympics 2008. adidas is also the official Olympic kit supplier for Team GB. I recently took part in a photoshoot on the Thames with Jude Edgington who took some beautiful photos of all the adidas athletes in a local setting that inspires us to compete. |
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Photos of Olympic rowing venue |
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The rowing will be held at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park at Mapo Village in the Shunyi District of Beijing. The venue opened on 28th July 2007. Water is the inspiration for the park design, which includes boat-shaped stands, oars on bridges and wave-shaped roofs. It will also be the venue for the canoe/kayak (flat-water and slalom) and marathon swimming. View a BBC flyby video of the venue. |
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The GB Olympic Rowing team was announced to today at a press conference at our training facility and I'm so pleased to be part of it in the coxless four. The full team line up can be viewed on the BOA's website |
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