Between the Olympics in 1908 and 2004, the British cycling team won just three gold medals. ____ British cyclist had even come close to winning ____ world's greatest cycle race, the Tour de France. Yet over the next 12 years, the British team won more than 25 gold medals and had two winners of the Tour. How could the team perform so____ better? The first thing was that cycling received ____ more funding ____ it had had before and, thanks also to a new Olympic track in Manchester, the team could train ____ intensively. The coaches also began to focus on making small improvements in lots of areas. This was not just about training ____ and eating ____ healthily, but also included things like teaching the cyclists to wash their hands properly and finding the ____ comfortable pillow for them to use at night! ____ their hands, ____ colds and viruses the cyclists pick up, and ____ training they can do. If they do not get ____ ____ sleep as they need, they may ride 1% ____ the next day. ____ more of these small improvements you can make, the ____ the difference compared to your competitors. With the recent successes in British cycling, there are ____ more people cycling in the country than there used to be and having a ____ bigger pool of riders improves the chances of finding talented cyclists to continue that success. We often set ourselves big goals which aren't so easy to achieve when perhaps we should focus on all the things we can do ____ better. Small changes can add up to a big difference.

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