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How to monitor a top swimmer's heart rate

10 January 2014 Last updated at 23:37 GMT

British swimming teams are hoping a new National Performance Centre in Manchester will help unearth the next generation of Paralympic stars.

British Disability Swimming lead physiologist Nicola Rowley has told the BBC's Paralympic sports reporter Nick Hope how a new heart rate monitor has helped to benefit swimmers-in-training.