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Skiing
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Lindsey Vonn's skis didn't come off in her Olympic crash. A different binding system isn't close

Existing ski bindings often fail to release during crashes, highlighting urgent need for improved automatic-release systems to reduce severe injuries in downhill racing.
Skiing
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Grit vs the Nervous System: Lindsey Vonn's Olympic Crash

Under extreme pressure, adaptive nervous-system constraints—not only courage or determination—shape performance and can limit physical outcomes like Lindsey Vonn's crash.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Quality sports coverage matters now more than ever

Human drama and technical risk in sport create compelling, emotionally resonant moments that often overshadow pure athletic performance and draw broad public attention.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Joy of Six: stories of love in sport

The older I get, the more profoundly I appreciate that, when I'm writing about sport, I'm also writing about love. This makes perfect sense given these are mankind's two greatest inventions and the stuff we can least do without, but there's more to it than that: sport and love are both expressions of identity, creativity and devotion, pursued because they are right but also because it's impossible not to.
Running
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