Sports Science
On Transgender athletes and performance advantages
2019-03-24: Ok, here goes. I’ve been meaning to write this for a while, but time and energy have not allowed it. But I’ve just been involved…
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4-bullet Friday: More on the age-elite athlete thing, you all rock, plus “My most interesting” links for you
2019-02-08: Real quick-fire today, with some links and things I found interesting this week: On Wednesday, I wrote a short thought on whether the conventional wisdom…
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The aging of elite performance: “Geriatric champions” and have the rules for getting older changed?
2019-02-06: Yesterday, I was sent this link. It says that Dwain Chambers, he of THG and a doping ban in 2004 (!), is making a comeback,…
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NUDGE: A data-driven attempt at reducing concussion risk in rugby. A process explained
2018-10-16: Rugby, like many contact sports, faces a concussion issue. Over the last three years, I have been involved in research and subsequent law change…
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Letter to BJSM reinforcing call for retraction of IAAF research on testosterone in women
2018-08-02: Along with two prominent scientists, we have recently called for the research study on testosterone's effects in women athletes to be retracted. This research…
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Can we trust the Tour, Sky and Chris Froome: Le Monde Op-Ed
2018-07-06: The French newspaper Le Monde asked me to write an Op-Ed on the 2018 Tour de France, specifically addressing the question "Can we trust Chris…
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The physiology of the cold: Why might women out-‘survive’ men?
2018-04-19: Boston 2018 was one for the archives. A brutally cold, wet and windy day made for incredible, unpredictable elite races, and a whole lot…
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Pacing physiology and the limit to performance: A #fourminute mull
2018-02-15: The latest four minute mull explores pacing strategies, physiology and fatigue. In so doing, I offer a theory for the limits to human performance…
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Team Sky and Marginal Games
2018-01-15: UKAD sent a scathing letter to British Cycling, outlining a series of improper and sub standard processes and governance issues in the aftermath of their…
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