GB could use cycling pacemakers in a bid to win their first Olympic triathlon medals at London 2012.
Rather than allowing all entrants to battle for medals, a cycling “domestique” would aid the top medal contender.
“It’s a really important aspiration to win at least one medal,” said British Triathlon chief Zara Hyde Peters.
“We will do that however we best can, using potentially the entire resources of the team at our disposal.”
Other countries have employed the policy since triathlon made its Olympic debut at the Sydney Games in 2000.
Unlike open-participation triathlon, the Olympic discipline allows cyclists to ride in packs, as conventional road racers traditionally do in events such as the Tour de France, where team riders are known as “domestiques”.
That allows the opportunity for a cycling specialist to work for the team and push team-mates harder during this phase, between the swim and the run.
However, Britain’s former Under-23 world champion Will Clarke, external says he is concerned about the potential use of pacemakers.
“I’m not sure there’s actually anyone strong enough who could do the domestique job,” said Clarke.
“I think that we have so many good athletes that they’d just be missing out on another chance of a medal.”
GB are hoping to gain positions for six athletes at the Olympics, external, equally split between men and women.
With 2009 world champion Alistair Brownlee, external and his brother Jonathan, external unlikely to be toppled from their positions as GB’s top two men, Clarke’s ambition of reaching the London Games could be made more difficult if a cycling specialist were picked.