Technology from spacecraft, Formula One and fighter jets
helps Team GB athletes reach their peak
In three days Britain’s Paralympians take the spotlight. And
London 2012’s second blast of sporting glory will showcase not only the finest
athletic talent... but the best of British engineering too.
Science and technology have become vital training partners
for the Games’ 4,200 competitors.
The UK is leading the field. Technology from spacecraft,
Formula One and fighter jets helps athletes reach their peak. This innovative
equipment is a long way from gear at the Paralympics’ 1948 forerunner, the Stoke
Mandeville Games, when wheelchairs weighed up to 23kg (nearly four stone).
Modern carbon-fibre chairs weigh just 2kg.