As the U.S. women’s ice hockey team skated to its first Olympic gold medal since 1998, stitched into the sweaters on the backs of every player was a small motion sensor weighing fewer than 10 grams and transmitting reams of data over a dedicated frequency to antennas installed throughout the arena. Combined with camera-tracking of […]
Like other timed sports, speedskating is decided often by mere fractions of a second. To amplify those photo finishes and minute details that can make or break a skater’s time, Omega has technology at the Olympics in Pyeongchang. That technology includes a light- and sound-emitting starting gun and a digital lap counter, but most of […]
It’s widely known how some Olympic sports work, like hockey or figure skating. Other events, though, feature athletic feats that seem impossible to the spectator’s eye. When the Olympics open in Pyeongchang next week, Olympic timekeeper Omega will be there to quantify — and perhaps demystify — those sports, like ski jumping, whose practitioners can appear […]
With the 2016 Rio Olympics underway, officials are ensuring that every athlete’s performance is accurately measured, hiring 480 professional timekeepers on site, along with 450 tons of equipment and 125 miles of cable. These measures are taken for proficient officiating, but Swiss time keeping company Omega is adding more innovative layers to improve upon how performances are recorded […]
