Percy, DF ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2733-3855
2019,
'A comparison of Olympic and Paralympic performances'
, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 70 (3)
, pp. 446-458.
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Abstract
In 2012, Oscar Pistorius created history as the first amputee sprinter to compete in the Olympics.
Other athletes achieved amazing feats long before the Paralympics were introduced, including gymnast
George Eyser who won six medals at the 1904 Olympics with a wooden leg, and others who competed in
both Games. An exciting challenge of considerable interest is to compare performances of Olympic and
Paralympic athletes, so contributing to improving integration of the two competitions.
We generalize the recent dynamic shrinkage method for class handicapping and apply it to competition
results from equestrian individual dressage at the London 2012 Summer Games and cross country skiing
at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. Our analysis generates promising results and surprising revelations. It
also offers a fair method for comparing performances by athletes from other diverse groups, with potential
benefits of extra incentive and reward systems for motivating unified sporting participation in general
settings.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools: | Schools > Salford Business School |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 0160-5682 |
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Depositing User: | Professor D. F. Percy |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2018 14:17 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2019 13:00 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/46106 |
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