Sports are more competitive than ever and with growing number of countries and competitors going head to head for gold medals, having an edge is very important. There have been many cases of people doing unsavoury things to get an advantage, such as blood doping and even poisoning competitors before an event. As sporting bodies crack down on this type of rule-abuse however, many are turning to technology to improve their chances. Here are 3 ways that tech is aiding sport.

Training Conditions. Sports performers of old were sometimes quite limited in their training facility options. You might find yourself training in a nearby field one day and your neighbour’s garden the next. These days however, incredibly advanced simulation facilities can be used by many top athletes to train. In these rooms the trainers can vary temperature, air pressure, humidity, oxygen levels and whole host of other things using special equipment. This means you can replicate the exact conditions that the athlete will be competing in, allowing the body to adapt to them and giving a better chance of winning.

More Advanced Equipment. When looking for areas of improvement, many coaches and athletes often turn to the development of their equipment first. Depending on the sport, equipment can play an incredibly important role in performance.Compare something as simple as swimming costumes to how they looked a couple of decades ago, or how advanced archery bows now look. Advances in technology and materials are arguable as important as the athlete training, and provide us with such amazing things as carbon fibre mountain bikes and hydrogen filled running shoes.

Monitoring Tools. One of the most important developments in sporting technology, and one that shouldn

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