The monotony and endless heat of summer has been broken up this 2024 by the Paris Olympics, an event that brings people together from all over the world, and glues even the most disinterested of sports fans to their screens. Of course, one of the things we find fascinating about the Olympics is... How is the human body capable of such fantastic feats? And what makes one person better at a sport than others?

We speak with Kennedy McNeilly Anta is the running coach at Duke Kunshan University located outside of Shanghai, and is conducting research into the success of endurance sports in Spain. 

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