Tall people wanted for Olympics test (From This Is Wiltshire)

Tall people wanted for Olympics test

3:15pm Saturday 21st July 2007

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GB Rowing, alongside UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport, are set to test 2,000 people aged between 16-25 who responded earlier this year to a national call for tall people' to come forward to try out for future Olympic Games.

The testing, starting on July 28, will include physical and aptitude tests and will take place on five different weekends around the country.

Exceptional candidates at these auditions will go through to further testing before a group emerges that GB Rowing can put into its World Class Start scheme, sponsored by Siemens, and which has already produced athletes capable of winning world medals.

The aim is to strengthen Britain's potential for the 2012 Games and beyond.

One of the testing sessions will be held at the University of Bath on August 11.

* Tall applies to men aged 16-22 and over 1.9m (6'3") tall and to women aged 16-25 and over 1.8m (6'0") tall.

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