A presentation that summarizes and explains the history of the Pistorius debate, and why carbon fiber blades give an advantage
Olympic Games
London 2012 recap: Track athletics, a review & previews
Apologies for missing a day on the recaps – trying to follow the Olympics and work has left me feeling a little like Ryan Lochte began looking in his last few events in the pool. And he has gold, silver and bronze medals to show for it! But here are some thoughts from the track. […]
London 2012 Day 4: Quick thoughts
Four thoughts on yesterday’s Olympic action 1) le Clos wins gold by 0.05s from Michael Phelps in the race of the Games so far South Africa is celebrating a gold medal today, after Chad le Clos and Michael Phelps produced one of the great races of the Games in the 200m butterfly. It was le […]
Science of the Olympics Part 2: Doping
So the other day I showed you the , specifically the swimsuits. Today, it’s part 2, and it deals with doping. I tried to explain the biological passport concept, how it evolved out of the realization that traditional anti-doping methods were relatively ineffective, and that our insistence on finding a “smoking gun” in order to […]
London 2012 Day 5: Sporting Giant claims gold
Two very quick thoughts on medal-stories from the day’s action 1) The “Tall and talented” programme bears fruit So the hosts got on the Gold medal board today, courtesy Heather Stanning and Helen Glover who absolutely dominated the women’s pair rowing final at Eton Dorney. It was the cue for relief and wild celebration for […]