Keen Welcome UKA and EIS Partnership

 

by James Skitt - 25.02.09

UK Sport Director of Performance Peter Keen has welcomed the partnership investment between UK Athletics and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) which was announced last week.

The partnership, which will see UK Athletics retain their investment in sports science and sports medicine with the EIS within the athletics World Class Performance Programme leading up to and during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, builds on the strong relationship of collaboration between the two organisations over the last five years.

Keen said: “Following last year’s strategic review of the EIS, it is great to see that UKA are leading the way in embracing the new model and ensuring that EIS support plays an integral part in their performance ambitions for 2012.

"The NGBs now have the freedom to develop and shape service provision to create a performance impact for their programmes and we hope the EIS, providing a unique network of dedicated elite sports medical and scientific personnel, will be the provider of first choice for the majority of those services across all Olympic and Paralympic sports.”

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