Des Linden, a two-time U.S. Olympian, used a digital twin of her heart to improve her performance at the 2024 Boston Marathon.
Runner Des Linden greets fans after crossing the finish line during the 128th Boston Marathon on April 15, in Boston, Mass..Located around the halfway mark, the stretch over the Queensboro Bridge in the TCS New York City Marathon is infamous for its arduous climb and lack of cheering section. In the race’s 2022 edition, two-time U.S. Olympian Des Linden said the bridge was the point at which she entered into a deep “suffer fest.” But two years later, as she crested the same climb, Ms.
Linden, 41, was racing with an advantage that gave her the confidence to dig deeper and lean into the pain – a digital twin of her heart telling her how her body would react. “There’s always a big move there and I think I really chipped away at it more than I would have without this information because I was so afraid of it in the past,” she said. Ms. Linden finished the 2024 race in about two hours and 29 minutes – roughly three minutes faster than her attempt two years prior. A digital twin is like a digital copy, but slightly more advanced. Both are digital versions of something physical, like a heart. However, while a digital copy is a representation of something in the moment it was copied, a digital twin is regularly updated with information fed to it by sensors, which are attached to the physical item that’s being replicated. Ms. Linden is one of six elite and recreational runners who worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services and consulting company and title sponsor of several international marathons, including the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, to have a digital twin made of her heart. Titled the “Future Athlete Project,” its results demonstrate the potential for digital twins to be used in personal health care and wellness applications. From a training tool for athletes to an early-detection device for dangerous diseases, experts say the use of digital twins in personalized health care is closer to becoming reality than you may thin
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