Olympic Champions and Successful Scholars

A grounded theory of psychological resilience in Olympic champions

Objective: Although it is well-established that the ability to manage stress is a prerequisite of sporting excellence, the construct of psychological resilience has yet to be systematically examined in athletic performers. The study reported here sought to explore and explain the relationship between psychological resilience and optimal sport performance. Design and method: Twelve Olympic champ...

Kinanthropometric profile of Cuban women Olympic volleyball champions.

INTRODUCTION Athletes' kinanthropometric profiles are widely addressed in the scientific literature. Such profiles are particularly important in volleyball because absolute size contributes a significant percentage of total variance associated with athletic success. As in other team sports, volleyball players' kinanthropometric attributes correlate with the game's tactical demands. From 1992 th...

Training Diaries during Altitude Training Camp in Two Olympic Champions: An Observational Case Study.

Traditionally, Live High-Train High (LHTH) interventions were adopted when athletes trained and lived at altitude to try maximising the benefits offered by hypoxic exposure and improving sea level performance. Nevertheless, scientific research has proposed that the possible benefits of hypoxia would be offset by the inability to maintain high training intensity at altitude. However, elite athle...

Anomaly Graphs and Champions

A scan statistic methodology for detecting anomalies has been developed for application to graphs. We equate anomalies with vertices that exhibit high local connectivity properties. In particular we look for cases where all vertices have similar local connectivity, except for one vertex (a champion) that has much higher connectivity at a certain level. For example, a neighborhood champion is a ...

Jumping Champions