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Wednesday, May 18, 2005Science on our sideREPORT: Athletes more likely to win if they are wearing red:
If winning is everything, British anthropologists have some advice: Wear red. Comments:Well, the year the Angels won was the year they changed to red. Of course, it hasn't helped the Arizona Cardinals. US, China, Cananda, Russia...do they win because of their uniforms or because they are simply highly populated, highly developed countries with a pride in their sports culture? I remember something just like this being published in the early 1980s, only it was black or red. Those colors were supposed to be the most initmidating. I think the Yankees and all of baseball can be dismissed in this discussion since it's only in recent years that teams wear anything other than white or gray. Doesn't the US wear blue more often than red at the Olympics? I know they've gone with red, white and blue uniforms in different sports at different Olympics, but I would have thought blue was more common than red. I can't remember what they wore in Athens. At least now people in Ireland will have a good reason why they can't win Olympic medals (unless your counting drug-taking swimmers & horses). The study only covered boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling - all sports where competitors wear either solid red or solid blue, corresponding with their corner. Though the story does imply that it translates into other sports as well. |
