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500 days until Tokyo 2020: legendary coach Gröbler lauds role of data analytics in British Rowing’s Olympic preparations 13 March 2019With just 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, GB Rowing Team Chief Coach for Olympic Programme, Jürgen Gröbler, has emphasised the fundamental role that data analytics is playing in the Team’s preparations for the Games. British Rowing has also been working with analytics leader SAS to improve its talent identification and pathway programme.
Greg Rutherford discovers whether he could make it as a rower 27 November 2018Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European long jump champion Greg Rutherford wowed British Rowing coaches recently when the 32-year-old tackled assessments that make up one of the most successful talent identification programmes in the country, World Class Start. He even broke a record for one of the tests.
Talent ID project, supported by SAS, will provide long-term edge 20 September 2018At the 48th World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 13 British Rowing athletes, who began their careers on the specialist talent ID programme - World Class Start - have earned three medals between them as they start to build towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Analytics helps GB Rowing Team prepare for World Rowing Cup success 13 June 2018Data is an integral part of the sport and as the Official Analytics Partner of British Rowing, SAS provides a vital tool in helping British Rowing maintain success on a long-term basis and identify the rowers who will take to the water at future Olympic and Paralympic Games.
SAS announces extension to British Rowing partnership 20 March 2018SAS, the global leader in analytics, is delighted to announce that it has extended its partnership with British Rowing as Official Analytics Partner for a further three years, until December 2020.
"The art and the science” of coaching the GB Rowing Team 08 March 2018Paul Thompson, GB Rowing Team's Chief Coach for Women, has highlighted the crucial role of data analytics to coaching a successful international team, while on an overseas training camp with British Rowing’s women’s squad in Seville, Spain.
British rowers shift attention to Head Season as winter approaches 22 November 2017As Britain’s rowers return to club rowing up and down the country, the focus of their preparations now shifts from the summer’s regattas to the very different head racing season.
Winning gold gets GB Rowing Team’s James Fox fired up for the future 02 October 2017British rowing athletes at the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, USA, have revealed the importance of data analytics in working towards the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Indoor rowing a testbed for elite performance analyst 09 December 2016Moe Sbihi, British indoor rowing record holder and Olympic gold medal-winner, is ready to set the pace at the British Rowing Indoor Championships (BRIC) this Saturday.