Graeme Obree and Chris Boardman are locked in technological combat on the cycle track. Diver Bob Morgan dreams of Olympic gold and is haunted by an instrument that shows what he must do to win. Sixteen-year-old Zita Lusack, one of Britain's top gymnasts, is losing out because the equipment she uses is designed for children's bodies. Boxer Danny Williams now fights a computer as well as an opponent every time he enters the ring.
Tonight's programme, Tools of the Trade, asks: is technology helping today's athletes or is it torturing them?
Series producer Richard Dale
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