Olympians including Dutch marathon runner Abdi Nageeye are using a new tool they hope will boost their medal chances this summer: tiny monitors that attach to the skin to track blood glucose levels.
FILE PHOTO: Dutch runner Abdi Nageeye wears a CGM on his upper left arm as he competes in the 2022 Rotterdam marathon, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, April 2022. NN Running Team/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Diabetes patients remain the CGM specialist's commercial focus, he told Reuters, but Dexcom is also working with researchers on future use to optimise athletic performance. He would not disclose details. Abbott said it is targeting the non-diabetic consumer market. It is eyeing a U.S. launch for its Lingo device and smartphone app for health and wellbeing, available in Britain since January at a cost of 120-150 pounds per month.
CGM use has guided Nageeye, who has qualified for Paris, to work on sleeping and eating patterns so that he expends a minimum of energy during training. While companies see growth potential in the gadgets, sports nutrition scientists see a promising field of research. "Most researchers cannot give you the exact answers. In five years, we will know 10 times as much as we do now."
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