The University of Ottawa is part of the secret team!
OTTAWA, February 16, 2010 — Penny Werthner, professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences - School of Human Kinetics and her PHD Student Margaret Dupe collaborated to the special project “Own the podium” that was part of Canada's secret plans to dominate the Olympics.Professor Werthner’s part was to help the athletes to control their physical and mental response to gear up in the moments before a performance.
You can see part of the preparation work done with gold medalist Alexandre Bilodeau in a story prepared by Radio-Canada’s Découverte :« S’entraîner chez le psychologue » presented on February 13, 2010 (In French only).