By: Jonathan Symcox
Team GB’s incredible Olympic performance in London and Rio is no flash in the pan.
If there were fears that an amazing record of 29 golds and 65 medals overall at our home Games, London 2012, would never be repeated, they were put to bed in Brazil this summer.
Cutting-edge data techniques were again at the heart of Britain’s Olympic haul, 27 golds and 67 medals this time.
The Performance Data Management System (PDMS) has been used by competitors in a range of Olympic sports from cycling and gymnastics to women’s rugby, canoeing and hockey.
PDMS is available to all athletes, coaches and EIS sport scientists. It brings together data from a variety of sources.
This information-led approach allows athletes and coaches to better manage and understand health and fitness and reduce the incidence and impact of illness.
GB Hockey, whose women won gold in Rio, used the PDMS app as part of its athlete monitoring.
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