The 8 Dark Horses of Houston: Coming from behind and ready to disrupt
The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals is in Houston next week, and amongst the favourites, previous winners and world number 1’s competing- there is a new breed of dark horses who are set to disrupt the event and shake things up. We’ve done the hard work and found 8 players to look out for […]
Paralympians to watch
Although many people feel the Olympics is over, that’s not true, the Paralympics kicked off this week, with over 539 events over 22 sports. With Covid lockdowns or work-at-home rules in place for various locations globally, there will be additional and interested viewing towards Tokyo again. In the words of the well-known Australian paralympian and […]
Changing tactics: Dimitrij Ovtcharov vs the Chinese players at the Tokyo Olympics
There’s the gut of the coach, there’s the intuition of the player — and, then there is data and analytics. Gerford AI’s technology did a deep dive into German player Dimitrij Ovtcharov’s key Olympic matches against Chinese power players Fan Zhendong (world no.1), and Ma Long, the eventual gold medalist. Many asked why Ma Long […]
What does it take to win a gold medal?
Using our AI game and player analytics tool, we’ve pulled the data and compared the Gold Medal Winners of the singles Table Tennis, Badminton and Tennis competition at this years Olympics. According to the numbers and metrics, Women’s Tennis Gold Medallist, Belinda Bencic has ‘climbed a big mountain’ to win her Gold Medal. Her metrics […]
The Extra 5%: What makes an Olympic champion
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, US Gymnast Kerri Strug found herself holding the weight of not just her team but her entire country on her shoulders. Her performance would be the difference between gold and silver for Team USA. Her first vault was a disaster. As she landed awkwardly on her feet, her ankle buckled […]