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Scientists Analyze Olympic Swimmers’ Motions

A research team has isolated and analyzed Olympic swimmers’ and divers’ movements above and below the water’s surface using new motion capture techniques. Chris Bregler, a professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences; Courant spin-off company Manhattan Mocap; and the New York Times used motion-capture technology to study the motions of US Olympian swimmer Dana Vollmer and divers Abby Johnston and Nicholas McCrory. For example, the researchers utilized a specially created motion-analysis system called AquaCap to dissect Vollmer’s butterfly stroke and kick. They found that the kick resembles the motion of a dolphin swimming. The researchers were also able to track the divers from video without having to use motion-capture suits. (PhysOrg)(Scientific American)(The New York Times)(Manhattan Mocap) 

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