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Olympic athletes should
be allowed to use new
technology to boost
their performances,
according to University
of the Sunshine Coast
health and sport
scientist Associate
Professor Brendan
Burkett.
Dr Burkett, a four-time
Paralympic swimmer and
world record holder,
will present this
argument when he
addresses a special
pre-Olympic convention
of sport scientists and
medical experts in
China, starting on 30
July.
The 2008 International
Convention of Science
Education and Medicine
in Sport will feature
speakers from many of
the world’s powerhouse
sporting countries
including the United
States, Germany, China,
France and the United
Kingdom.
Dr Burkett is one of two
Australian academics who
will speak at the 10-day
conference in Guangzhou.
The USC biomechanist
said introducing new
technology to aid
sporting performance was
often controversial,
with plenty of attention
focussed on items like
full-body swimsuits and
aerodynamically-designed
bicycles at recent
Olympics.
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“The question of whether
it is ethical to use
technology in sport is a
pretty interesting
debate,” Dr Burkett
said.
“The International
Olympic Committee
rulings on it are to do
with whether the
technology is acceptable
and whether it is
available to athletes in
other countries. For
instance, is it biased
to only those who can
afford it, especially
those from Western
countries?
“But if you don’t let
technological advances
go ahead in sport, you
stifle sport. It needs
to be encouraged.
“The advances that can
occur at an Olympic
level can then be rolled
out to the general
community through the
development of things
like better-designed
bicycles or better and
more comfortable running
shoes.”
Dr Burkett also will
present a second report
at the conference in
conjunction with
colleagues from the
German Sports
University. This report
will outline how
effectively a player
tracking system assessed
the performance of
competitors at the
recent Wheelchair Rugby
World Championships in
the United States.
After the conference, Dr
Burkett will briefly
return to Australia
before heading back to
China with the
Australian Paralympic
team as its Sports
Science Coordinator.
During the Olympics, Dr
Burkett also will
collect data for an
IOC-approved research
project into the
performances of athletes
in hand cycling and
wheelchair rugby.
Terry Welsh
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