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How 1% Performance Improvements Led to Olympic Gold

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Sir Dave Brailsford became head of British Cycling in 2002. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, his squad won seven out of 10 gold medals. Sir Dave applied a theory of marginal gains to cycling. He gambled that if the team improved each element by 1%, they would achieve a significant increase in performance.

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How 1% Performance Improvements Led to Olympic Gold

An interview with the former head of British Cycling.

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hbr.org broke the news in on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
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