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34 articles · updated July 30, 2026

Olympic Science

Marginal gains once the easy gains have already been taken

The approach that transformed several Olympic programmes has become a slogan detached from the conditions that made it work. Those conditions are more restrictive than the phrase suggests.

Vikram Singh··3 min read

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Tapering: why doing less produces more, and when it goes wrong

Reducing training before competition improves performance reliably enough to be near-universal in endurance sport. Understanding the mechanism explains why the common way of getting it wrong is so common.

Neha Gupta··3 min read