When Science Collides: The Blake Leeper Controversy Unpacked
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Pistorius vs. The 400 Meter Race
Pistorius had a 10 second advantage over the 400 meter race, which at that time was news. Their counterpoint went in. And I think there really wasn't a lot of scientific heft and what they said. The only thing Matt and I felt was legitimate was that they said you've only got an end of one, which was true. But but at the rebuttal stage, because this was the first place we publicly introduced the fact that Pistorius from from our analysis had a roughly a 10second advantageover the 400 metersRace 2: South Africa's Olympic team is still trying to decide whether or not it will be allowed to compete for gold again next year. Race 3:
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