Research Project
Researchers: Dr. Bahadorreza Ofoghi (Managed by) , Dr. Clare MacMahon , Dr. Dan Dwyer , John Zeleznikow , Prof. John Zeleznikow
Brief description The omnium is a newly introduced track cycling competition to be included in the London 2012 Olympic Games. It involves six individual events and, therefore, requires strategic planning for riders and coaches to achieve the best overall standing in terms of the ranking, speed, and time in each individual component. The goal of the project was to identify winning performance patterns of riders in the omnium based on the performance results. The unsupervised, supervised, and statistical analyses have been conducted on the men’s and women’s historical competition data in the World Championships since 2008 to find winning patterns for each gender in terms of the ranking of riders in each individual event. The project was started in January 2010 and is ongoing. Project Organization Unit: Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University