By our tally, Dartfish enhanced athletes hung four hundred and sixty two medals around their collective necks in Rio. That’s 47% of all medals won by athletes and teams using Dartfish in training and competition. And that figure has climbed from 42% in London, reflecting both Dartfish’s global reputation and how video analysis continues to grow as an essential part of the development armory.
Of course, we cannot say how much each individual athlete has benefited from software owned by a coach, sports institute or national team but the importance placed in video is reflected by both Brazil and Great Britain investing in the development of new Dartfish technologies to assist with video capture during the games.
Plus, if you have been following our Facebook feed during the Olympics, you’ll have discovered we have some pretty big name advocates. Being a fan of Dartfish adds a whole new dimension to who you get to cheer for! In this video, Olympic Champion Christian Taylor, with Dartfish Express, explains technique in the run up to Rio
On the broadcast side, viewers were again treated to some stunning Stromotion images and US readers can watch this Simulcam comparison of vaults by Simone Biles and Maria Paseka.
There have been so many great contests and so many great stories to come out of the last few weeks but perhaps we are most proud of those moments where Dartfish had a decisive hand in shaping the result. This year Taekwondo judges have turned to video technology to ensure a fair decision is reached and we saw them using the judging and instant replay system developed by Dartfish throughout the competition.
Which brings me (being British) to one of my favorite dramatic moments of the Games. The Men’s Keirin final in the velodrome almost threw up a shock disqualification for the Olympic Champion. The race was stopped as officials adjudged Jason Kenny to have prematurely passed the pace bike. There were centimeters in it but it looked to everyone that a third gold medal was not to be his… until the Team GB analysts came down from the stands clutching their Dartfish laptop with newly captured footage proving no infringement. Read the full story
