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Technogym, Official Supplier Of The Olympic Games, Will Provide 25 Training Centers With Over 1,500 Pieces Of Equipment

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Published: 2021-05-11

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have chosen Technogym as Official and Exclusive supplier of fitness equipment and digital technologies for the athletes’ preparation. For Technogym, internationally recognized for setting the standard in athletic training, rehabilitation and wellness, Tokyo 2020 represents the 8th Olympic experience after Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Turin 2006, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Pyeongchang 2018.

In Tokyo, Technogym will equip 25 training centers for the athletes to train prior to and during the Olympic Games. A total number of about 1.500 pieces of equipment will be made available to the 15.000 athletes – between Olympic and Paralympic, coming from over 200 different countries and performing in 33 different disciplines. Moreover, Technogym will provide a team of professional athletic trainers to support the athletes as well as all related services (gym layout, installation and technical service).

The Olympic Village, located in the Harumi waterfront district of Tokyo, will serve as the main training center and will include Technogym’s portfolio of products that can be utilized to help prepare athletes excel in their different disciplines. They include but are not limited to: Skill Line, the product range specifically designed for sport performance training; Skillrun, the state of the art treadmill, Skillrow, the professional rower, Skillmill the functional non-motorized curved treadmill to train speed and power at the same time and Skillbike, the first indoor bike with real gear that allows athletes to train strength and endurance as well as maximizing efficiency. The Olympic Village will also feature a complete solution for strength training that includes Pure, the plate loaded strength training station conceived to combine safety and performance and Kinesis, Technogym’s unique patented concept to enjoy 360° freedom of movement and to train strength, balance and flexibility.

Technogym is globally recognized as the reference brand for elite sport athletic training.

Technogym’s partners include the most important European football clubs such as Juventus, Milan, Inter, the Ferrari and McLaren teams in Formula 1, and the renowned PGA Golf Tour. Accoladed sports veterans like Rafael Nadal choose Technogym to prepare for the Games in Tokyo.

Worldwide, many promising young athletes are training for the Olympics at hundreds of sports centers with Technogym products and digital solutions. They include: Oliver Zeidler, rower from Germany; Vincent Luis, triathlete from France; sprint runner Marlou van Rhijn; track and field athlete Dafne Schippers; the judokas Juul Franssen and Noël van 't End from Holland; Morgan Lake, heptathlete from team GB; and rower Sid Ali Boudina from Algeria. Tennis player Kei Nishikori will compete on their home turf, ready to defend the honor of the land of the Rising Sun in front of their compatriots. From the US sits Ben Kanute, a triathlete from Illinois who is filing the final details of a perfect preparation. In Italy, five young athletes are completing their approach to Tokyo: Leonardo Fioravanti will inaugurate the new Olympic sport of surfing; Letizia Paternoster and Elia Viviani for cycling; tennis champion Jannik Sinner; and Yeman Crippa will be tasked with writing new pages in the history of the middle distance.

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