MADRID, 12 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Royal Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) and Telefónica Tech presented this Tuesday the IMUS project at the High Performance Center (CAR) of Madrid at the Higher Sports Council (CSD), a new technology based on the use of units of inertial measurement for application in athletic walking and other disciplines with the aim of improving the performance and safety of athletes.
Present at the event were Víctor Francos, president of the CSD; Raúl Chapado, president of the RFEA; Elena Gil, Global Director of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data at Telefónica Tech; Diego García Carrera, runner-up and European bronze medalist in the 20 kilometer walk and José Antonio Quintana, national walk coach of world and Olympic finalists.
For Francos, this project “is a new public-private tool co-developed by the two entities, RFEA and Telefónica Tech.” No one is aware that we are in an era where technology is transforming everything, even sport,” he said from CAR in Madrid.
“The Government's investment is 75 million, which represents 25 percent of the European Funds. We have launched an ambitious project with which we want to lead sport through technology, we believe it will make a difference. Let's get it out of the way. the medals we get, we are already proud,” he highlighted.
For their part, Telefonica Tech was “excited and proud to participate in this project to position the Spain brand as a global benchmark.” “It is an example of public-private collaboration. We have the opportunity to transfer that data analysis experience to sport, improve athlete performance and I am sure it will help win medals,” Gil said.
Meanwhile, Chapado described this new project and collaboration as “intelligent”, to “place the Spain brand at the top.” “The discipline of sport demanded technology and now in real time our coaches and athletes will be able to have data to improve their work,” he said.
The general objectives of this project are to develop software and algorithms associated with wireless sensorization, which allow the precise and robust quantification of biomechanical and physiological parameters of the athlete during training and competition, in real time and subsequently helping the athlete to obtain better results. .
All this to improve the performance and safety of athletes in disciplines such as walking, endurance running, sprinting, triple jump, hurdles, discus and javelin races.