Team GB Olympic playlists: Chris Tomlinson, long jumper

'I'm quite against chart music. I can't stand all that Lady Gaga or Rihanna'A lot of athletes listen to music just before they compete. I used to do that but I don't anymore. I felt I would get very pumped up and then you turn the music off and your adrenalin levels could go down – it would almost make me lose focus.What I use music for is training: as an athlete, you do a lot of rehab work which is literally a case of stretching for half an hour or walking over hurdles and that can get quite ...

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