Powerade,
the Official Sports Drink of the London 2012 Olympic Games, is offering
athletes from around the world the unique opportunity to train with
professional athletes and coaches at the Powerade Sports Academy during London
2012. Six South Africans will attend this once in a lifetime experience after
entering the Powerade Train Like an Olympian competitions that have been
running over the past couple of months.
As part
of the Powerade “Train Like an Olympian” campaign for London 2012, the amateur athletes who live and breathe
sports every day will attend the week long Academy. Specialist coaches and
athletes including Olympic Athlete and former World Champion Mechelle Lewis
Freeman (US), NBA basketball star John Amaechi (GB) and Great Britain’s head
Olympic swimming coach Ben Titley (GB) will tailor sessions to strengthen and
condition participants to become better all-round athletes.
The
Powerade Sports Academy will focus on teaching skills in five different Olympic
sports – athletics, swimming, football, cycling and basketball – and will
include a program of inspirational lectures and tips on training and hydration,
as well as meals designed specifically for the Academy by leading nutritionist
Beatriz Boullosa.
Rockefeller
Phillips from KZN (44) could not believe his luck when he was told he had
won. “I was driving at the time and had
to control myself to prevent an accident.
What a lifetime opportunity this is.
I will be participating in as many activities as possible for as many
sporting codes as possible and I plan to come back and go into the townships
and rural areas to teach the kids what I learnt.”
John
Knapton (66,) who is retired and living in Vereeniging, will be looking at the
experience in a different way. “Firstly, my son is extremely envious of me and
believes he should be the one to go as he is so much younger. What I want to gain from the experience is to
have fun and meet as many people from different parts of the world as possible.
I played interprovincial soccer and Varsity hockey in my day so am curious to
see how athletes now days prepare, not just for the Olympics, but for any
event.”
John
Amaechi comments, “The Powerade Sports Academy is designed to give people who
are passionate about sport a taste of life as a world class athlete. Coaches
step in at that moment when athletes hit the wall and think they can’t go on.
You could say that Powerade provides a similar type of motivation - helping to
push athletes from breaking point to breaking through. I’m looking forward to
meeting the participants and coaching them to be the best they can be at the
Academy this summer.”
Powerade on the
field of play and at the Olympic Athletes’ Village
As Official Sports Drink of the London 2012
Olympic Games, Powerade will be front and center at London 2012, hydrating more
than 10,000 athletes across 26 sports on the field of play both in training and
game venues. In addition to providing product on the field of play, the
‘Powerade Hydration Center’ inside the Globe at the Olympic Athletes’ Village
will allow athletes to customize their own Powerade Sports Bottles, order the
Powerade PRO Sports Hydration powder and get hydration tips to help them perform.
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