Tag Archive for: Olympics

Martin Bingisser

Global throwing trends at the 2025 World Championships

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Championship track and field returned to Tokyo over the last week as they hosted the World Championship. Rather than the empty stadium at the 2020 Olympics, huge crowds cheered on the throwing events and led to some amazing performances. Beyond the individual stories there are some interesting stories at the country and regional level as well. Below as some of the most interesting trends we have identified after crunching the numbers.

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Martin Bingisser

HMMR Podcast Episode 320: Training by design roundtable

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Coaches education is filled with lessons on technique, methods, sport science, and more. What is often missing is how to put it all together. How to design a training session, training cyle, or training year is a key skill that many coaches struggle to learn in the trenches. On this week’s podcast we bring together an elite roundtable with Nick Garcia, Brian FitzGerald, and Jimmy Radcliffe to discussion their own mistakes in planning, putting together progressions, planning in-season training, defining themes, and much more.

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Martin Bingisser

GAINcast Episode 285: Training by design roundtable

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Coaches education is filled with lessons on technique, methods, sport science, and more. What is often missing is how to put it all together. How to design a training session, training cyle, or training year is a key skill that many coaches struggle to learn in the trenches. On this week’s GAINcast we bring together an elite roundtable with Nick Garcia, Brian FitzGerald, and Jimmy Radcliffe to discussion their own mistakes in planning, putting together progressions, planning in-season training, defining themes, and much more.

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Martin Bingisser

GAINcast Episode 284: Olympic debrief

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The Olympic Games wrapped up earlier this month in Paris. We had both personal connections at the Games, as well as a fan interest. On this week’s GAINcast we break down our insights from watching the Games.

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Martin Bingisser

HMMR Podcast Episode 319: Olympic throws review (with Don Babbitt)

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The throwing events at this month’s Olympic Games brought plenty of excitement. Paris had it all, from dominating performances in the hammer to drama in the shot put and Olympic records in the discus and javelin and drama. On this week’s podcast our friend Don Babbitt joins us again to break down the Olympic action, trends, and storylines that stood out the most to us.

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Martin Bingisser

Global throwing trends at the 2024 Olympics

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The Olympics in August offered lots of big throws and interesting storylines on the individual level, but beyond the individual stories there are some interesting stories at the country and continental level as well. Below as some of the most interesting trends we have identified after crunching the numbers.

» Learn more: listen to the HMMR Podcast for more commentary on the throwing events at the Paris Olympics.

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Martin Bingisser

GAINcast Episode 277: Books, travels, and Olympic preparations

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On this week’s GAINcast Vern shares his top 6 books of 2023, key insights after recent travels to Europe and Australia, plus thoughts as we look ahead at preparing for the 2024 Olympics.

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Craig Pickering

Sports Science Monthly – October 2021

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Every month we take a deep dive into the latest research in sports science. Continuing on from this site’s analysis of the Tokyo Olympics, our first research summary looks at sprint pacing strategies and distribution of effort across the rounds of championship. We then continue to look at new research on creating a high performance environment, mental health in elite coaches, the effectiveness of mentors, and much more.

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Martin Bingisser

August/September 2021 in review: Olympic debrief

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The site theme in August and September was debriefing the Olympics. Our team of contributors put together 7 new articles and 5 podcasts looking at difference aspects of the performances, coaching, lessons learned, and more. Find links to all of the new resources below.

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Pierre-Jean Vazel

Analyzing the Olympic 100-meter sprints

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As always, the whole world was focused on athletics this summer at the Tokyo Olympics took place. Within the athletics program, the men’s and women’s 100 meters were the in the spotlight. Behind the historic performances is a treasure trove of data that helps look in more detail at the event, learn about it, and identify the latest trends in sprinting. Below are some insights on overall performance levels, how well maximum velocity and acceleration correlate, top speed, speed loss, race modeling, and more.

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