Multimedia Collection
Can Science Build a Champion Athlete
VHS
60 minutes
GV436.5 .C21 1993
An Olympic sharpshooter concentrates on firing his rifle during the fleeting intervals between heartbeats, when a laser training device shows that his aim is surest; a javelin champ strives to throw his spear at a precise angle of 36 degrees, the trajectory that aerodynamic analysis proves produces the maximum distance ... Athletes of every kind are training smarter and performing better, thanks to high technology. In this program, NOVA covers the record-setting trend of champions past, present, and potential, including Mark Spitz, Jackie Joiner-Kersee, Trent Dimas, Linford Christie, and Darra Torres; it also examines the tools of sport transformed by technology, and the excesses to which science can go when it seeks to build champions.
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