Brazil’s Alan Oliveira continued his record-breaking tear, explained., smashing the 100m WR and reigniting a debate about prosthetic limbs. Here’s the science of the advantage
Archives for July 2013
On performance analysis: Common sense, guided
Performance analysis is never 100% definitive, but it guides understanding. Here’s why choosing blindness just because 20/20 isn’t on offer is a foolish response for cycling’s followers
A double amputee will soon medal in able-bodied Olympics
Alan Oliveira is a double amputee breaking records. By big margins. He’s asking the same questions Pistorius did. The answers are the same, but with increased urgency
Tour de France 2013: Alp d’Huez preview
Cycling’s most famous climb is featured twice in one stage in 2013. We look back at its history to look forward to what to expect this year.
A house of cards? Sprinting crisis as Gay, Powell and more Jamaicans fail controls
First reactions to a day when first Asafa Powell then Tyson Gay failed doping controls. Amid defences of contamination, the picture of world sprinting turned a lot murkier