So the Olympic equestrians take their horses out there;
The Olympic cyclists take their bikes out there.

Do the Olympic sailers and rowers take their boats out there? (Just trying to imagine how you fit yachts into a jetplane, or are they shipped in which case that takes weeks so you'd need lots of yachts so you could still train, or are yachts much more standard-issue than cycles or horses so you just get to Beijing and are supplied with a yacht/scull/rowing boat.