Topical sports science and analysis

Here at the Science of Sport, our objective is to give the second, third and fourth level of insight into sports news. So having learned WHAT happened in your local paper or on the television, our goal is to tell you WHY and HOW it happened.

So below is a list of some of the topical sports stories we've covered here in The Science of Sport. Each one is a link, so click to be directed to the article:

• Ed Coyle and Lance Armstrong: The scientific "fraud"
  

1. Introduction: What Coyle found, and why it was challenged as false
2. The "minor miscalculation" - Coyle's error is revealed by fellow scientists
3. Fact and philosophy - Coyle's arrogant response to the challenge
   

• Oscar Pistorius articles AFTER the CAS verdict: Evaluating the "science"

1. The CAS verdict. Pistorius is cleared, and Pandora's box is opened
2. The implications of the CAS verdict: Running community opinions
3. The Law vs. Science: How marketing won the day in the courtroom
4. Exposing some of the lies and myths of Oscar Pistorius
5. The remarkable physiology of Oscar Pistorius
   

• Oscar Pistorius - should he be allowed to run?

1. Open letter to the IAAF - the start of the debate
2. Science and Engineering in Pistorius - full discussion of the theory why Pistorius has an advantage
3. Analysis of Pistorius' debut 400m race in Europe - evidence of an advantage
4. Preliminary reports from IAAF suggest that Pistorius will be BANNED
5. Scientific analysis and interpretation of the IAAF test result - Pistorius is banned with a large advantage
6. Pistorius will challenge the ban - but on what grounds?
7. Pistorius continues to provide no scientific support - the latest round of weak science and why science does not matter to Oscar Pistorius
8. Oscar Pistorius announces that he has conducted his own tests to prove he has no advantage
9. Science for sale: The incentive clash between Oscar Pistorius and the IAAF

• The swimsuit revolution: High-tech doping or necessary evolution?
  
1. The Speedo LZR Racer: Introduction and debate: Does Speedo's "supersuit" make world records irrelevant? The line between "tech-doping" and innovation.
2. Speedo's LZR: The role of swimming technique in progress - the suit or the style?
3. The swimsuit wars begin: Arena enters the fray, and what goes into suit design
4. Adidas launches its swimsuit: Are we watching swimmers or "human-powered boats"?
5. Arena attack Speedo: Arena seeks to have the Speedo LZR Racer banned
6. Arena's threat of legal action: Suddenly the integrity of the sport is at stake
7. World records disappear by EIGHT seconds: The swimming crisis

• IAAF world Championships in Osaka, 2007

• Women's 10000m final and men's marathon analysis
• Men's 100m final - Gay beats a choking Powell
• Men's 10000m final with Bekele claiming 3rd title
• Men's 1500m final - Lagat claims first of his two golds
• Men's 5000m and 800m finals - Lagat doubles, and Yego sneaks the win in the 800m
  

• Preview of 2008

• Look ahead to sport in 2008, including:
• The Olympic Games of 2008
• The future of the marathon event
• Cycling in 2008 - can it remain dope-free?
  

• Review of 2007
• A look back at some highlights of 2007, including:
• Highs and lows - sudden death of athletes and great victories
• Performance of the year
• Athlete of the year
• Choker of the year
• Undo a lifetime of achievement award
• Losing sleep over the future award

As more stories hit the news, we'll do our best to cover them, and post those links right here!