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Revamped Olympic Athlete Hub Looks To Empower Olympians Like Never Before

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on February 24th that they have revamped and redesigned the Olympic Athletes’ Hub in preparation for this summers’ Games in Rio. Get The Latest Sports Tech News In Your Inbox! The Olympic Athletes’ Hub started before the 2012 Summer Games in London; the idea was to create a one-stop shop […]

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Top Track And Field Performance Center Partners With Sports Genetics Analysis Company To Reach New Levels Of Athlete Training

Earlier this month we covered the $1.55 million seed funding that Athletigen Technologies Inc. received to continue to build its sports-based DNA testing and analysis program. Athletigen has now officially partnered with Altis to help provide genetic information and feedback for the Olympic level Track & Field training center in Phoenix, Arizona. The future of sports […]

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A New Kind of Athlete Sponsorship: The Crowdfunding Sponsors  

Do you remember selling candy bars, setting up lemonade stands and hosting bake sales to fund your little league team? Or perhaps it was your pee-wee soccer, basketball, or football team. The point is, crowdfunding isn’t a new concept. But it is a concept that’s more accessible and has grown exponentially in recent years thanks […]

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An Early Data And Tech Preview Of The Rio 2016 Olympics

With the Rio Olympics Games being just around the corner, it’s time for us sport-crazed, data lovers to get our geek on! Want to know something about the 2016 Olympic Games? Chances are we’ll have a statistic for you here, so without further ado: Rio 2016 This is the first time in history that the […]

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Richmond Olympic Experience Implements Sports Simulators For Snow Sports Experience

The Richmond Olympic Experience (ROX) hosted in Vancouver, Canada is set to bring some hi-tech simulations to winter sports fans via D-BOX Technologies Inc., who designs and manufactures cutting-edge motion systems. Olympic sport simulators for kayak, bobsleigh and sit-ski and secondly, an immersive theatre, allowing visitors to experience live action sports through the eyes of the […]

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