ETH Meets UCI World Championships

The 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships from 21 - 29 September in Zurich will be supported by ETH Zurich as an Institutional Partner in the field of science.

15.07.2024 by Community & Outreach
(ETH Zürich / Alessandro Della Bella)

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ETH Zurich, as scientific partner of the external page UCI Cycling and Para-Cycling World Championships in Zurich, is presenting various research projects and innovations at Bürkliplatz. These initiatives impressively demonstrate how ETH Zurich's scientific excellence and innovative approaches improve people's everyday lives and health worldwide. From developing novel technologies to promoting sustainable solutions, ETH Zurich is at the forefront of research, helping us all to lead better and healthier lives.

Visit our booth at the UCI Cycling World Championships from 21 to 29 September at Bürkliplatz and experience how research at ETH Zurich contributes to a better quality of life.

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Understanding one's own body is the key to improving athletic performance. ETH Zurich is researching the physiological basis of training. Through precise measurements and analyses, athletes can optimise their training methods, improve their performance and prevent injuries. The findings help both professional and recreational athletes to push their physical limits safely and effectively.

Eyes Open for Optimal Performance

myflow improves the mental health and performance of athletes through pupil-based neurofeedback training in VR glasses. It helps to identify personal mental strategies and to train specifically for stressful situations. With myflow, athletes learn self-regulation and thus improve their performance, contribute to their regeneration and promote their mental health.

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Listen to Your Breathing

The ETH spin-off BreezeLabs is pursuing an innovative approach to analyse breathing via the audio signal from standard headphones. This allows users to receive personalised training advice and to improve their health. Breathing provides unique information that is relevant for various aspects of sports performance and disease-related analyses. BreezeLabs is a pioneer in the area of breathing detection by leveraging the audio signal.

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Science Joins Your Workout

The Exercise Physiology Lab promotes the understanding of human physiology under different environmental conditions. The lab focuses on the development of efficient training strategies and innovative technologies. This research helps to better understand performance, fatigue and recovery to improve performance, health, and quality of life in the long term.

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AR-Sensors Get You Fitter

The Integrated Systems Laboratory and the Center for Project-Based Learning are developing energy-efficient circuits and smart multisensory systems. These devices are designed to bring augmented reality into sports and fitness applications. Their cutting-edge technologies are tiny and highly efficient and can be worn close to the body, enabling biofeedback to improve athletic performance.

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Pants That Measure Your Moves

The Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology Lab (BMHT) develops discreet, textile-based wearable technologies for motion monitoring in sports and health applications. Textile sensors are integrated into ordinary clothing to measure biomechanics for performance optimization and rehabilitation. Monitoring changes in biomechanics associated with training load and fatigue can help reduce the risk of injury.

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BMHT is looking for study participants at the ETH booth at the UCI Cycling World Championships from 21 to 29 September at Bürkliplatz. More information can be found Download here (JPEG, 411 KB)

Technological innovations play a crucial role in promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in sport and everyday life. Projects such as the CYBATHLON and the work of the Sensory-Motor Systems Lab in the field of rehabilitation technology show how advanced technologies can support people with disabilities. The CYBATHLON is a competition in which people with disabilities use innovative assistance systems to demonstrate their mobility and independence. These initiatives illustrate ETH Zurich's commitment to an inclusive society where everyone can participate actively and independently in life.

I can handle these bars

Para-cyclist Flurina Rigling has had a handicap in both hands and feet since birth. Due to the absence of the four rays, she is limited in her ability to grip and cannot use her calf muscles.

In his Master's thesis at the Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, ETH student Luca Hasler developed a process that enables quickly customised solutions for parathletes. This innovative process was then applied to Flurina Rigling's needs, with the result that she can now train and compete more safely and comfortably on the road. The procedure was subsequently repeated to give Flurina a higher power transmission at the handlebars in track cycling, so that she can accelerate better in shorter sprints.

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For a world without barriers

CYBATHLON provides a unique platform that encourages teams worldwide to develop innovative assistive technologies for the everyday lives of people with disabilities. By focusing on user-centered design, CYBATHLON promotes dialogue on inclusion and accessibility to break down barriers and improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. As a non-profit project of ETH Zurich, CYBATHLON is not only a competition but also a movement that puts innovations in assistive technologies and inclusion in the spotlight.

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Advances in movement biomechanics

The laboratory for movement biomechanics researches the movements and forces of the human body. The knowledge gained is incorporated into the development of technologies that improve the mobility and health of wheelchair users. One example of this is the innovative wheelchair steering mechanism from the spin-off “Versive”, which promotes trunk movement and increases propulsion efficiency, thereby significantly improving independence and quality of life. In particular, a wheelchair measurement wheel and a saddle pressure measuring system will be on display to illustrate the interaction between humans and technology.

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Where Geology Meets Cycling

The women’s elite time trial course of 29,9 kilometers

Explore how geology shapes the road races and time trials at the 2024 UCI World Championships in Zurich, influencing race conditions and the cycling experience.

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Contact

Alexandra Cron

Community & Outreach

Emailalexandra.cron@sl.ethz.ch

ETH Meets UCI World Championships

Visit our booth at the UCI Cycling World Championships from 21 to 29 September at Bürkliplatz and experience how research at ETH Zurich contributes to a better quality of life.

external page zurich2024 fan zones

Training

Eyes Open for Optimal Performance

Listen to Your Breathing

Science Joins Your Workout

AR-Sensors Get You Fitter

Pants That Measure Your Moves

Inclusion

I can handle these bars

For a world without barriers

Advances in movement biomechanics

Longevity

The City of the Future Runs on Two Wheels

Where Geology Meets Cycling