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Trust Olympics project: Open call for physiology experiment research

Primary school children, sports day With just two years to go until the Olympics hits London in 2012, the Trust is developing a major biomedical science-related initiative to coincide with the Games....

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Teaching, physiology and sports: Olympics Project update

Primary school children doing gymnastics In April we mentioned that the Trust is developing a major education initiative to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. Since then we have commissioned...

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“We very rarely talk about winning”

Dr Mark Bawden Dr Mark Bawden is a sports psychologist who divides his time between working with the England cricket team and being Head of Sports Psychology at the English Institute of Sport. He...

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In the Zone launch

We’re very excited to officially launch our new Olympics tie-in for schools today. Endorsed by Sir Steve Redgrave CBE, In the Zone aims to engage young people and the general public with the science...

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Science Junkie gets In the Zone

Greg Foot BBC Science Presenter Greg Foot on bringing physiology alive during a summer of sport. This week is ‘Get In the Zone Week’. I know that because the last month has been a whirlwind of...

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In the Zone springs into action

Sir Steve Redgrave and pupils at St Paul’s Way Trust School The In the Zone initiative brings the science of the 2012 Games to schools. But what do schoolchildren think of the new experiment kits? I...

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Would lifting the ban on drugs enhance sport?

When the world’s fastest runners take their marks for the 100 metre Olympic final this weekend, how many will owe their place to performance enhancing drugs? According to Professor Werner Franke, half...

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Big Picture: The biochemistry behind Bolt’s briskness

Usain Bolt. Credit: José Goulão on Flickr On Sunday night, billions of people around the world will be watching Usain Bolt attempt to defend his title as the world’s fastest man. ATP (adenosine...

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Wellcome Image of the Month: Golden oldie

Team GB are flying at London 2012. So far we’ve racked up gold medals in cycling, sailing, tennis, equestrianism, canoeing, rowing, shooting and athletics. But how did we do exactly 100 years ago at...

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Replay: Living with Dwarfism – sport and “disability”

With the Paralympics starting this week I was reminded of a film interview I did a few years ago with Nichola Dean and Stefan Garde. Both have achondroplasia, or dwarfism, and are also keen...

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Real voices: Ellie Simmonds, Paralympic swimmer

Ellie Simmonds and Oscar Pistorius Later today, British swimmer Ellie Simmonds will attempt to win her second gold medal of the 2012 Paralympics, as she races in the 200m. Here, we meet Ellie and hear...

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Wellcome Film of the Month: Stoke Mandeville Games, 1972

It’s impossible to miss – London is currently playing host to the Paralympic Games, the most successful games in terms of tickets sales and gaining unprecedented media exposure for athletes with...

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