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PETER KEEN - Director of Performance, UK Sport

PETER KEEN - Director of Performance, UK Sport

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Peter Keen on London Olympics. Has the cult of winning gone too far?

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The official Olympic creed says it’s not the winning that counts
but the taking part. Try telling that to the elite professional
athletes and their coaches who have dedicated their lives to the
quest for a gold medal.

With the London games now fewer than 100 days away HARDtalk’s
Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Keen, Performance Director for UK
Sport. In Beijing four years ago, his strategies helped deliver a
record medal haul for team GB - in London the aim is to do even
better.

But has the cult of winning gone too far?