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Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?
Athletes are training smarter, running faster, jumping higher and generally outperforming their predecessors—thanks to high technology. NOVA covers the record-setting trend for improving sports performance with science.
Aired: Feb 16, 1993 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 55m Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: GBH
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01: The Hunt for Saddam's Secret Weapons02: Can Bombing Win a War?03: The Deadly Deception04: Nazis and the Russian Bomb05: In the Path of a Killer Volcano06: Can Science Build a Champion Athlete?07: Diving for Pirate Gold08: Murder, Rape and DNA09: The Lost Tribe10: The NOVA Quiz11: Wanted: Butch and Sundance12: Secrets of the Psychics13: Dying to Breathe14: Shadow of the Condor15: The Real Jurassic Park16: Roller Coaster!17: Mysterious Crash of Flight 20118: Great Moments from NOVA19: The Best Mind Since Einstein20: Stranger in the Mirror