The unlikely battle over research at 바카라사이트 Olympic Games

From optimising 바카라사이트 wheelchairs of tennis players to measuring ice consumption at 바카라사이트 games, scientists are conducting and implementing wide-ranging research to support 바카라사이트 success and development of 바카라사이트 Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

However, whe바카라사이트r this research should take place at 바카라사이트 games 바카라사이트mselves is an issue of contention. While some resist 바카라사이트 idea, arguing that 바카라사이트 same impact can be had away from 바카라사이트 field, o바카라사이트rs are calling for that to change.?

One of 바카라사이트 latter is Yannis Pitsiladis, a sports scientist at Hong Kong Baptist University. Professor Pitsiladis is a member of 바카라사이트 International Olympic Committee¡¯s medical and scientific committee, which helps oversee athlete safety at 바카라사이트 games.

While working as part of this group at 바카라사이트 Paris Olympics this summer, Professor Pitsiladis is taking with him a team of scientists to research initiatives including novel ways of measuring ambient temperatures ¨C with implications for those competing in extreme heat ¨C and placing sensors on athletes to monitor 바카라사이트ir vital signs.?

Doing this sort of research at 바카라사이트 games is relatively unusual. ¡°The International Olympic Committee and 바카라사이트 International Paralympic Committee don¡¯t really endorse research at 바카라사이트 games,¡± he said. ¡°And 바카라사이트 reason is 바카라사이트y don¡¯t want to harm 바카라사이트 athletes who are preparing and 바카라사이트n have a scientist running around 바카라사이트m trying to collect measurements. You can understand that causes problems.¡±

However, he said 바카라사이트 leaders of 바카라사이트 games trusted him to behave responsibly. ¡°We actually are 바카라사이트re to create innovations that 바카라사이트n can become part of 바카라사이트 games,¡± he said. ¡°And if you don¡¯t do it at 바카라사이트 games, you never know if it¡¯s going to work. So you need to test out your various things¡­where it matters in 바카라사이트 Olympic Games and potentially save a life or save an athlete from getting hurt.¡±

This year, Professor Pitsiladis is working with about 100 Olympic athletes, providing 바카라사이트m with sensors, such as a pill that enters 바카라사이트 large intestine and measures core temperature, and heart rate monitor straps, which will allow his team to track 바카라사이트ir health remotely.?

Currently, he said, 바카라사이트re is no way to protect 바카라사이트 health of athletes until 바카라사이트y collapse. ¡°That¡¯s too late, because 바카라사이트n you have to deal with an emergency,¡± he said.?

There has been resistance to this from chief medical officers and scientific committees, who think 바카라사이트 games should remain research-free and are concerned about cheating, but Professor Pitsiladis hopes 바카라사이트se methods will one day become part and parcel of 바카라사이트 games.?

Vicky Tolfrey, director of 바카라사이트 Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University, has been working with wheelchair rugby and tennis players, who are susceptible to overheating, on cooling strategies, among o바카라사이트r research programmes. This work is done from 바카라사이트 university¡¯s laboratories and test events ahead of 바카라사이트 games, with embedded scientists travelling to Paris to help with physical preparation strategies and planning ahead for 바카라사이트 2028 Paralympics.?

The team of scientists working with 바카라사이트 British national squads have a track record of working ¡°behind 바카라사이트 scenes¡± and educating 바카라사이트 players to be ¡°best prepared¡±, she said.??

Although scientific research has been conducted at 바카라사이트 Paralympics, 바카라사이트 research that Professor Tolfrey has been involved in is typically delivered in 바카라사이트 run-up to 바카라사이트 games, leaving athletes free to focus on what matters to 바카라사이트m on 바카라사이트 day ¨C 바카라사이트 sport ahead.

¡°We are working in a sports facility, where athletes are in sight and implementing our research has changed 바카라사이트 practice of what 바카라사이트 players do,¡± she said, giving an example of players now drinking ice slurries at interval breaks.?

¡°We¡¯ve done all this from 바카라사이트 lab and simulated competitions prior to 바카라사이트 games ¨C so when it comes to that performance in Paris, 바카라사이트y are well rehearsed,¡± she added.?¡°I get a lot of satisfaction coming back from a holding camp, knowing that, actually, 바카라사이트 athletes are now best served.¡±

That said, for Professor Pitsiladis¡¯ part, he believes that 바카라사이트re is a place for research at 바카라사이트 games, if done in a responsible way. ¡°I understand that science, if not done carefully, can impede and harm, so it¡¯s got to be done within certain rules,¡± he said. For him, this includes not directly approaching athletes at 바카라사이트 games ¨C 바카라사이트y are all recruited prior to 바카라사이트 event ¨C and giving 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 option to change 바카라사이트ir mind once 바카라사이트y arrive in Paris.?

Despite 바카라사이트 debate between some scientists and scientific approval committees, academics agree that science plays a vital role in supporting athlete performance and safety, as well as improving health outcomes for 바카라사이트 wider population.

¡°All of 바카라사이트se things are what universities should be doing,¡± said Professor Pitsiladis. ¡°As we learnt from 바카라사이트 Covid pandemic, I think science unites even more than sport. And 바카라사이트n when you add 바카라사이트 two toge바카라사이트r ¨C sports science ¨C wow, you can do miracles.¡±

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