The Science Behind Paige Maddens Olympic Breakthrough in Paris [Video]

Courtesy: Dr Ken Ono & Will Tenpas

Wearable sensors are everywhere. Over half a million diabetics in North America alone wear a glucose monitor paired with an insulin pump to manage their condition, and millions more wear smartwatches and fitness trackers to record and monitor health-related metrics. The idea of wearable sensors in healthcare has gone from revolutionary to ubiquitous. And in sports, tools from sleep trackers to golf club swing speed monitors have moved from a niche to the norm. With World Aquatics allowing wearables in competition (as of January 2023), swimming is now on track to benefit from these technological breakthroughs as well.

Here we highlight the impact swimming’s new wearable – eo SwimBETTER – can have on a swimmer, an impact that contributed to one of the most impressive success stories out of a historic Paris Olympics.

While there was rampant speculation going into the 800m free, nearly all of it centered around the brewing battle between Ariarne Titmus and world record holder Katie …