Three-times world champion in sailing Marcelien de Koning has been appointed the world's first ‘chef de emission’. With this NOC*NSF wants to promote making sports and society more sustainable. “An excellent idea”, according to professor Andy van den Dobbelsteen, Sustainability Coordinator at TU Delft. TU Delft has a long history of working with NOC*NSF on innovations in top-level sports and will be the first one helping the chef de emission with knowledge in the field of sustainability.

TU Delft, NOC*NSF, KNSB and Innovation Lab Thialf have been using the Ring of Fire measuring system to analyse top Dutch speed skaters. The measuring system was used last week in Heerenveen to measure and visualise the air resistance around a moving skater.

Sports Engineering Institute is therefore part of the SportInnovator network, the sports innovation network in the Netherlands.

Zeilen en surfen zijn misschien wel de schoonste sporten ter wereld. Maar de coach vaart er met een vervuilende boot naast. Tot nu. De motor van de boot van bondscoach Jaap Zielhuis kan nu op waterstof varen.

He has a reputation as the leading researcher on bikes, a topic that elicits a certain level of scepticism in academic circles. Despite this, the research has been undeniably productive, not only in terms of fundamental knowledge, but also practically. For example, last year saw the launch of the steer-assist system as a way of combating the increasing number of accidents involving cyclists.