Video: London 2012 Olympics: Team GB's training camp is 'best kept secret of sport in Britain' A giant banner bearing the slogan "Where history begins" hangs from one of the walls of Loughborough's vast gymnasium. It is a catchy enough slogan, but the British Olympic Association will be hoping it proves more than just a soundbite this summer. The East Midlands university, the alma mater of some of the greats of British sport over the last 60 years, will add a new chapter to its illustrious annals when it becomes the operational nerve centre and training base for Team GB in the build-up to the Games. It's probably the best kept secret of sport in this country. It's just got the most fantastic facilities, fantastic people and the most fantastic environment for athletes." said Tim Garfield, deputy director of sport at Loughborough University. Around British athletes will pass through the campus in June and July to receive around 70 individual pieces of sports kit and 20 pieces of parade and formal clothing - the "kitting out" process seen as crucial in setting the tone for the Games period. Then, from July 1 when the men's basketball squad check in to the four-star on-campus hotel, Burleigh Court, the university will be transformed into the country's main pre-Games preparation camp. Some 13 Olympic sports will be making Loughborough their training base, including the men's and women's volleyball and handball squads, weightlifters, wrestlers, fencers, taekwondo fighters, triathletes and endurance runners. Vikki Underwood, performance operations manager at the English Institure of Sport, outlined the key benefits of the base. One of the great things about having a home camp is that we are able to integrate and use as many of our practitioners and sports science experts, sports medicine experts into those final stages of preparation before athletes move down into the Games.