Are we reaching the limit of human performance? In the first part of an Olympic special in honor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games, we ask Prof. Steve Haake and Dr. Simon Goodwill of Sheffield Hallam University to find out if we are reaching the limits of human sporting performance, how Park Run is helping keep people healthy for longer, and how sports sensors are being used to protect athletes against Covid.

Professor Steve Haake is the founding director of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre as well as being the chair of both the Park Run Research Board and the Active Travel Advisory Board for Sheffield CIty. Dr. Goodwill is the head of Sports Engineering Research Group specializing in motion tracking systems that have been used extensively by team GB.