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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!
Recent Posts
Sports Illustrated on Oscar Pistorius
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
***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?
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
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
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
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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