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Ebook Higher, Further, Faster: Is Technology Improving Sport? (Part 2)

(BQ) In Higher, Further, Faster , Stewart Ross looks at these questions and much more. Starting with a description of technology's impact on elements common to various sports, such as bats, balls, pitches and special clothing, he then examines the controversies that arise almost daily, from golf club technology to the use of Hawk-eye in tennis. He also looks ahead to the techno-future of major sports such as football, tennis, golf, cricket, cycling and motor sport, and asks where they are going | 1 7 _J Gear Gadgets and Gismos Date 20 July 1984. Place Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark East Berlin. Event Javelin. A tall muscular figure wearing striped tracksuit bottoms and a matching singlet over a white T-shirt gathers speed down the approach. About four strides from the line he draws back his arm leans back and with a strangled cry of determination launches the javelin into the air. From a technical point of view the throw is just about perfect. The athlete East Germany s Uwe Hohn stops before the line and lifts his head to watch. A second or two later his face breaks into a grin and he raises his arms in delighted triumph. This is incredible The javelin is soaring across the stadium on an ideal trajectory. It s a world record certainly. But just how far will it go Officials and spectators 193 194 gear gadgets and gismos hold their breath and watch in a nerve-tingling mix of amazement and disbelief as the deadly missile finally hits the grass just a few feet from the edge of the running track. It was a truly extraordinary performance and Hohn s throw of 104.80 m beating the previous world record by an astounding 5 m has never been bettered. It is most unlikely to be too. Shortly afterwards the IAAF changed the javelin regulations to remove the possibility of a competitor hurling the instrument right out off the field and piercing an unfortunate official or fellow competitor. Few other events or athletic activities display more clearly the complex relationship between sport and technology in modern sport. After scientific training and javelin design had made Hohn s throw possible science was called on again to ensure that it could not be repeated. It was almost as if the officials were saying to the scientists You got us into this mess now get us out of it By 1984 ominous date the link between sport and applied science - and by definition technology -had become unbreakable. Hohn s throw can be seen on http www.youtube.com watch7v QGuVV7UYe7g From .