{"podcast":{"title":"The Real Science of Sport Podcast","slug":"the-real-science-of-sport-podcast-495514","podcast_index_feed_id":495514,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/f3fb5c75-b943-4f5d-bd87-27c91611dd24","website_url":"https://play.acast.com/s/realscienceofsport","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6100856531fd81f125b34dac/1764253945895-a1ed9fa9-2a2e-4594-8b95-1aba16461fd4.jpeg","author":"Mike Finch","episode_count":338,"summary":"World-renowned sports scientist Professor Ross Tucker and veteran sports journalist Mike Finch break down the myths, practices and controversies from the world of sport. From athletics to rugby, soccer, cycling and more, the two delve into the most recent research, unearth lessons from the pros and host exclusive interviews with some of the world's leading sporting experts. For those who love sport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:19:01.121416+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-science-of-sport-podcast-495514"},"episode":{"title":"World Cup Water Breaks / What Will It Take to Break the 800m WR? / College Sprinting Goes Wild / Does Remco Have the Watts to Match Pogacar?","slug":"world-cup-water-breaks-what-will-it-take-to-break-the-800m-wr-college-sprinting-goes-wild-does-remco-have-the-watts-to-match-pogacar","published_at":"2026-06-17T10:13:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-science-of-sport-podcast-495514/world-cup-water-breaks-what-will-it-take-to-break-the-800m-wr-college-sprinting-goes-wild-does-remco-have-the-watts-to-match-pogacar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-science-of-sport-podcast-495514","url":"https://shows.acast.com/realscienceofsport/episodes/world-cup-water-breaks-college-sprinting-goes-wild-what-will","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/realscienceofsport/e/6a327365883f9289e9015e40/media.mp3","summary":"Become a Supporter, and get ad free podcasts, your exclusive Applied science show every week, and access to our listener community, with all its insights and opinions Show notes The Football World Cup is underway, and hydration breaks have been one of the early storylines . We discuss whether they are a genuine player welfare initiative, or a (very) thinly veiled advertising slot, whether there will ever be evidence they are changing the dynamics of matches, the concept of momentum (real or imagined?), and why a combination of heat and end of season fatigue might explain some lacklustre performances so far? Teenage phenoms had mixed fortunes in the Diamond League last week. Cooper Lutkenhaus flew (literally, across the line) to another win, this time over the Olympic champion in the 800m, while Gout Gout stuttered in his Diamond League 200m debut. Gout partly bounced back in Ostrava, but he highlights again the challenge of unrealistic expectations. Speaking of Ostrava, Werro was fast again, while Bol impressed in her debut, but is, for now, a generation and 3 seconds behind the big two. Can she improve enough to legitimately challenge them, and what will it take for Werro and Hodgkinson to get closer to that WR, from a pacing and race strategy perspective? We discuss. A genuinely wild NCAA Championships in Eugene produced what might be the best single meeting of sprint performances in history, headlined by a shock 110m hurdles world record from 20 year old Ja'Kobe Tharp . We work through the collegiate records that fell in the 400, 200 and 100, and ask when next these athletes will run as fast as they did last week? Adaejah Hodge was one outstanding performer, clocking the 5th fastest time ever over 100m, a 10.63s. Her backstory asks some uncomfortable questions about…","meta_description":"Become a Supporter, and get ad free podcasts, your exclusive Applied science show every week, and access to our listener community, with all its insights…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4279,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-real-science-of-sport-podcast-495514/episodes/world-cup-water-breaks-what-will-it-take-to-break-the-800m-wr-college-sprinting-goes-wild-does-remco-have-the-watts-to-match-pogacar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-science-of-sport-podcast-495514/world-cup-water-breaks-what-will-it-take-to-break-the-800m-wr-college-sprinting-goes-wild-does-remco-have-the-watts-to-match-pogacar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}