The difficulties of being a lightweight rower

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GB rower Jono Clegg rows in the lightweight men's 4, which means he has to stay at 70kg (11 stone) while racing. So how does he manage it after burning 5000 calories in a day? "Two hours before the race we have to weigh in at 11 stone. There is no hiding from that and if you fail to do that you can't race." "We have to perfect that through the winter. We can't lose too much on the morning of racing, or put too much on in the week before." "We have a really good weight management policy within the GB set-up. "With the 3 sessions a day that we do, you can often burn 4500 to 5000 calories, so we can still eat a lot in the winter."