Sporting extremes: The science of Olympic success

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

To mark the start of the Olympics, we're hosting our own science themed opening ceremony, centred on sporting extremes. We'll learn about potentially dangerously high temperatures at this year's Games and how athletes are reckoning with them. Then, we'll find out whether (really) cold therapy is the key to recovery, and what the mindset of a successful athlete should be. Then, it's the turn of a sport nutritionist to provide some tips on how to keep your body in with a chance of crossing the line in first place. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	I'm so genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring you science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	the glasses, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:15.0	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:18.0	Hello and welcome to the naked scientists, the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science technology and
0:24.4	medicine with me James Titco. Today we've got Olympic Fever. To mark the start of
0:29.6	the summer games we're looking at the sporting extremes athletes going for gold will have to
0:34.0	wrestle with to have a shot at glory. There are concerns over extreme heat. They
0:38.8	talk about actually the fear of dying. The psychological strain of extreme expectations
0:44.0	several of them have the opportunity to meddle. I encourage them not to deny that fact
0:47.7	because you can't. And extreme remedies for performance hindering afflictions.
0:53.0	Oh, wow.
0:55.0	That's quite something.
0:57.0	From Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,
1:01.0	this is the naked scientist.
1:03.0	We begin with concerns.
1:10.0	We begin with concerns about extreme heat at the games.
1:13.8	The Summer Olympics have been getting warmer,
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