Perfecting this sporting life: BAE Systems' lead for its partnership with UK Sport is focused on those all-important marginal gains

摘要

At the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta, Great Britain took home just a single gold medal, the ever-reliable coxless pair of Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent topping the podium. Last summer in Rio, Team GB collected a total of 67 medals, 27 of which were gold. The dramatic improvement can be attributed to many factors, not least the huge amounts of lottery funding that UK Sport has funnelled towards Olympic athletes. Recently, however, technology's role in the UK's sporting success has become more pronounced.