Coming soon: Rewiring sport

Here is a summary of the podcast episode.

The FT Tech Tonic podcast is launching a new season titled "Rewiring Sport," hosted by sports editor Josh Noble. The season examines how technology is fundamentally altering the core principles of athletic competition, training, and fan experience. The trailer frames this transformation as a shift as profound as moving from the Stone Age to modern times, raising questions about what this means for the basic fairness and integrity of sport.

The Technological Revolution in Training

The episode opens with a strong claim: the current era of sports technology represents a "huge step forward" from previous methods. The examples given are concrete and visceral. Athletes no longer rely on the crude, often dangerous methods of the past, such as the extreme weight-cutting practices that were once common. Instead, technology is rewiring how athletes train, compete, and prepare their bodies. This is not about incremental improvement; it is a fundamental change in the approach to human performance. The implication is that the baseline for what constitutes a "well-trained" athlete has been completely redefined by data, wearable sensors, and personalized recovery protocols.

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