MathematicsJuly 8, 2024
‘Digital Twins’ Give Olympic Swimmers a Boost
In the Paris 2024 summer Olympics, swimmers will be guided by their digital twin. Here’s how they work to help the fastest swimmers break records
Stories by Katherine Douglass
Katherine Douglass is currently working on a statistics master’s degree at the University of Virginia (UVA). She received her undergraduate degree in statistics from UVA in 2023. During her time as an undergraduate at UVA, she was a member of the swim team and was a multiple-time team and individual National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) champion. Along with NCAA swimming success, she also won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games and is a multiple-time American record holder and world champion. She will be competing in the Paris Olympics in three individual events for Team USA.