If Joe Clarke needs any Olympic inspiration all he needs to do is look across the breakfast table.
Clarke shares a house with Richard Hounslow, who won canoe slalom K2 silver with David Florence at London 2012.
And together they'll be part of a four-strong team of British paddlers in Rio this month.
Clarke has spent the last ten months familiarising himself with every foaming current of the canoe slalom venue in Deodoro, in a bid to gain a competitive advantage in his K1 class.
In total, he has spent 60 days since his selection last November preparing for his moment, starting with this afternoon's heats.
“We selected our team really early and that gave us ten months to totally focus on being at our very best here,” said Clarke, who secured his place at a highly-competitive winner-takes-all selection trials last year.
"I could choose what World Cups I did, some of them I used just as training events because I didn't want to be peaking too close to the Games.
“Home advantage is a massive thing in this sport and we’ve negotiated to spend as much time on the course as possible.
“All the time spent on the course is available. I know what the water feels like, I know what temperature to expect and everything has become the norm. It’s going to be like 'it's just another day at work'."
Clarke is following in the wake of club-mate Lizzie Neave, who finished 12th at London 2012 but narrowly missed a trip to Brazil after coming back from injury.
Neave, 29, is set to decide on her future in the weeks ahead but Clarke - just 23 - knows time is on his side.
"This could be the first of three or four Olympics for me but I'm going to treat this like my last Olympics and just really enjoy it," he added.
“It feels great to be here and wearing the kit. I got few hand me downs from the guys at London 2012 but this is real big thing for me to be able to wear the Olympic rings.
"I thought I had a shout at London but I was only 19 and I was probably a little bit too young. I was a bit disappointed that I didn't make that home Olympics but I put it into perspective and won all the selection races in 2013 and was the UK champion.”
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