Just like any team in the sporting world, Sailing Team Germany (STG) was looking for a competitive advantage. After failing to medal at the London Olympics in 2012, they knew they needed to do something different. STG approached SAP with an idea on how to create that competitive advantage for their sailors. As a result, […]
We are less than two months away from the Opening Ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Olympics. From a tech perspective, numerous storylines are already starting to play out about the execution of the games. But with the athletes themselves, there is an increasing trend of them turning to hi-tech training products and techniques to prepare for the competition of a […]
With the opening ceremony less than two months away, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is inching closer and closer to a launch of their official Olympic Channel—a digital, over-the-top (OTT) network. The new Olympic Channel just announced agreements with 27 International Sports Federations (IFs), some of the big ones being the International Basketball Federation, the […]
Before the U.S. Olympic athletes leave for Brazil, Visa rolled out some new technology that it announced at a promotional event in Manhattan last Tuesday. They wanted their sponsored Olympians to board the plane to Rio with some new gear in hand. U.S. Olympic fencer Ibitihaj Muhammad showcased what 45 Olympic hopefuls will be given before the […]
Paralympic long jump champion, Markus Rehm, is leaping towards victory, and proving his doubters wrong along the way. After findings collected from a study by the German Sport University were observed, researchers deemed the results inconclusive concerning Rehm’s use of a prosthetic blade. With help from the University of Colorado and the National Institute of […]
