About Today’s Winter Champions Compete Against Legends of the Past (Documentary, 2018)
What if the greatest high-performance athletes – present and past – could compete against each other on a level playing field? If competitive conditions were equalized, would today’s stars come out on top? Or would they be beaten by the heroes of the past? In the original one-hour documentary, "The Equalizer", which recently aired in North America, Europe and Asia, we set out to reveal the answer. What that program did for summer sports, Champions vs Legends does for athletic events on ice and snow. For events that span skiing, bobsledding, speed skating, hockey and Paralympic sit-skiing, renowned sports scientist Steve Haake investigates whether today’s champions are really better than those of the past, or whether they get their edge from modern sports technology. In each matchup between a modern and a legendary hero, the result is enlightening and unpredictable. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Introduction ▷ 01:27 - Ski in Tyrol's Kaunertaler Glacier ▷ 11:13 - Speed-Skaters in Canada's Olympic Oval in Calgary ▷ 21:54 - Bobsleigh Run in St. Moritz in Switzerland ▷ 32:26 - Para-Alpine Skier ▷
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