PETER KEEN - Director of Performance, UK Sport

Published: April 20, 2012, 12:30 a.m.

The official Olympic creed says it\u2019s not the winning that counts but the taking part. Try telling that to the elite professional athletes and their coaches who have dedicated their lives to the quest for a gold medal.

With the London games now fewer than 100 days away HARDtalk\u2019s Stephen Sackur speaks to Peter Keen, Performance Director for UK Sport. In Beijing four years ago, his strategies helped deliver a record medal haul for team GB - in London the aim is to do even better.

But has the cult of winning gone too far?