F1 technology inspires cutting-edge canoeing
The level of technical sophistication being sought by Britain's elite sports continues to know no bounds.
I've had an inside view of the kind of synergies being forged between such apparently unlikely bedfellows as the and Formula 1 legends .
You might wonder what Lewis Hamilton's 2010 F1 car and a canoe paddle have got in common? Hamilton's ride is a technological tour de force, a paddle is, er, for paddling with.
No longer.

I've been Radio 5 Live's Sports News and Olympics Correspondent since 1998. I'll be looking at the events behind the headlines in all sports but especially on the road to London 2012.