EIS: WELCOME TO THE EIS: ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT: SUPPORTING ELITE SPORT IN ENGLAND: LONDON 2012
European gold medallist Mo Farah has acknowledged the importance of his support team after storming to victory in Tuesday’s men’s 10,000m ahead of fellow Brit Chris Thompson.
27 year old Farah, whose victory was Great Britain’s first gold medal of the Championships, has twice collapsed after finishing races in the past, a problem which has been put down to a magnesium and iron deficiency, but after a hard winters training and with the help of his support team around him, including English Institute of Sport (EIS) Physiologist Barry Fudge, he now feels stronger and healthier, as his performance in Barcelona proves...
For Alistair Brownlee, after being crowned World Champion after the season of his life, any athletes’ worst nightmare struck...
With the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games fast approaching on the 27th July...