A major leap in fitness tracking technology at the Paris Olympics
Summary
Analysing this combined data provides coaches and medical staff with a complete picture of an athlete’s journey and progress over time. This provides increased accuracy for decision making, injury prevention, training effectiveness and tailoring recovery and performance plans. The head of Athlete Health at EIS, Glenn Hunter, explained that the system they were originally relying on could not capture the full range of data needed to drive good decision-making by support staff. A specific use case of the PDMS application was during preparations for the Tokyo 2020 games, analysing how respiratory illnesses caused major setbacks during the competition. Emma Wiggs, a 2016 and 2020 games gold medallist stated that: “PDMS was crucial in the run-up to Rio… and a real step forward in terms of our daily training and allowing us to log everything.” PDMS has become an integral part of elite athlete training and management in Britain.