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Fitbit Making Push Into Elite Athlete Training With English Rugby Club Partnership

Photo: Richard Lane/Richard Lane Photography. Wasps Training. Aviva Premiership. 02/03/2016. Wasps' Nathan Hughes, Matt Mullan and Christian Wade wear their new Fitbit Flex fitness tracker. Fitbit are new partners to Wasps.

The Wasps RFC, an English professional rugby union club, has partnered with Fitbit to be the club’s official wearable technology partner.

As Fitbit is trying to fix sinking stock value it makes sense for the company to work with professional athletes. If they can successfully reach fitness-minded consumers while also serving top athletes then they have a powerful business mix on their hands.

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