It’s 2020. An Olympic year. Come the end of July, the world’s attention will turn to Tokyo to watch the best of the best compete for Olympic glory. An estimated 11,000 athletes representing 206 nations are expected to compete.[1] But what does it take to reach such a high level of athletic achievement? Of course,…

Track and field isn’t a game. It’s not like rugby or tennis, it’s not something that you ‘play’. Track and field is high performance. It is sport in its purest, simplest form. In the 100m the margin between glittering success and heartbreak is often 0.01 of a second, a moment that defines your aptitude as…

Nobody likes a cheater. Growing up, we are taught the difference between right and wrong. We learn that good behaviours should be rewarded and that bad ones should be punished. We learn that it is wrong to cheat. Although we may start out with such moral codes engrained in our childhoods, not everyone lives their…