Yes, elite sport is about passion, determination, superhuman levels of fitness and moments of inexplicable genius. But it’s also now just as importantly about data. When Artem Dovbyk ripped off his shirt to celebrate scoring the winning goal against Sweden in Euro 2020 last week he revealed what looked like a sports bra; in fact, that piece of kit contained a GPS tracker monitoring his every move. These devices have been about for a number of years now, with the information gathered being crunched, analysed and used by managers to fine tune every aspect of their players’ future performances.
是的，競技體育是關於激情、決心、超人的體能水準和難以言表的天才時刻。但現在數據也同樣重要。當多夫比克(Artem Dovbyk)在上週的2020年歐洲盃上撕下他的襯衫來慶祝對瑞典的勝利進球時，他露出了一個看起來像運動胸罩的東西；事實上，那件裝備包含一個GPS跟蹤器，監測他的一舉一動。這些設備已經存在了很多年，收集到的資訊被壓縮、分析，並被教練團隊用來微調他們球員未來表現的各個方面。