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Performance scientist Dominique Condo reveals how subtle language changes can help elite female athletes overcome body image concerns that hurt their performance. Her research offers simple shifts that help athletes focus on strength instead of appearance.
A new sports medicine school in Ghana is training professionals to fight the country's rising health crisis, where non-communicable diseases now cause 45% of all deaths. The program combines cutting-edge sports science with public health to transform how doctors prescribe exercise as medicine.
Human athletic performance continues to improve generation after generation, unlike racehorses whose speeds plateaued decades ago. The secret? We compete against history itself, armed with better technology and an ever-expanding belief in what's possible.
Researchers finally figured out why the quadruple axel seemed impossible until Ilia Malinin mastered it at age 17. The answer? Jump higher than anyone thought necessary.
After 20 years of research, physicists have cracked the code on why a football's nose tilts downward during a perfect spiral pass. The answer involves a hidden second rotation that's been happening all along.
New research reveals that record-breaking athletic performances aren't just about superior talent. Changes in technology, equipment, and even body types explain most of the improvements we've seen over decades.
British skeleton racers are using new markerless video technology to analyze their explosive starts, potentially giving them the edge to add to their world-leading nine Olympic medals. The AI-powered system captures movements without bulky equipment, analyzing technique frame by frame to shave crucial hundredths of seconds off their times.
Scientists are studying an 82-year-old runner whose body shows the fitness levels of someone 60 years younger. His remarkable health could reveal secrets to aging well for everyone. #
A major review of 52 studies involving over 6,000 people reveals transgender women perform comparably to cisgender women in strength and fitness tests. The findings challenge widespread assumptions about inherent athletic advantages in women's sports. ##
A UC Davis researcher found a way to make athletes stronger without adding muscle by training their tendons instead. His breakthrough methods are now helping elite teams and everyday athletes stay injury-free and perform better.
Researchers have discovered practical solutions to keep the Winter Olympics and Paralympics alive as global warming threatens snow sports. Simple scheduling changes and snow technology could protect the Games for decades.