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Science of Sport

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Science meets your passion at the Science of Sport, where we cast a scientific eye over sports events and athletes from all over the world. If you've ever wondered what makes teams and athletes tick, and what lies behind great sports performances, check it out!

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  • Sports Illustrated on Oscar Pistorius

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 17:00 in oscar pistorius, sports management, caster semenya

    Sports Illustrated covers Oscar Pistorius, and the latest on Semenya  Yesterday I did a post looking at the latest research on Oscar Pistorius, which sensationally claimed that his advantage was about 10 seconds in a 400m race.  Nothing ne...

  • Oscar Pistorius gets a 10 second advantage in a 400m race

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:52 in science of sports, oscar pistorius

    ***Note to visitors looking for info on the Caster Semenya debacle*** Please see our other posts we have written in covering that story: Leonard Cheune's survival Cover ups, lies, and confusion  Semenya's performance advantage:  An irrel...

  • Are marathon times getting faster or not?

    Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 16:39 in Marathon, running, elite athletes, african running

    A Further Analysis of Marathon Performances As US fans continue to drink in the first American victory in New York since 1982, we thought we would follow up the race report with a further analysis of marathon times.  If you read the comments to...

  • NYC Marathon 2009 race report

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 01:34

    A day of upsets!By now you would have heard the news and probably read much about it---in both races in New York the runners did not play to the script and there were big upsets all around. For some fans change might be hard, but we welcome it as it...

  • New York 2009: Race analysis and splits

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 17:12 in Marathon, elite athletes

    New York 2009: Splits and race analysisIf you've come here for live splits, I'm afraid I have been beaten by technology this time around. Between the feed from Universal Sports breaking up on me every 2 seconds, and the hotel wireless access in Bos...

  • New York Marathon Preview and predictions

    Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 09:48 in Marathon, running, elite athletes, african running

    New York, New York: The final swing on the 2009 Marathon calendarSunday sees the final marathon of the Fall season in the World Marathon Majors in New York, and it's one of the most exciting fields of the year (only London matches the men's field fo...

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