• Online training programme to be used before Tokyo 2020• Hygiene comes into focus in the hunt for marginal gains
British athletes will be taught how to wash their hands properly before Tokyo 2020, as hygiene becomes a new frontier in the hunt for marginal gains.
The English Institute of Sport is to recommend that athletes use SureWash, an online training programme used by professionals in the NHS, before the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year. It follows long-term research which has found respiratory illness – including coughs and colds – to be the primary cause of lost training days among elite athletes.