Panasonic technology and athlete Thomas Röhler team up for the Olympics. from Tokyo

Olympic javelin champion Thomas Röhler relies on AV technology from Panasonic to overcome the training barriers due to the pandemic and compete in the imminent Tokyo Olympics.

Japanese technology Panasonic and the German javelin thrower Thomas Röhler have joined forces for the training of the athlete before the Tokyo Olympics, that will start next 23 July, and achieve his second gold.

Panasonic's technical teams are facilitating the preparation of this athlete for the competition in a period marked by the pandemic. For this, the athlete uses the laser projector PT-MZ16KL from this manufacturer to simulate the Tokyo Olympic Stadium and specifically train visual orientation, in a situation as similar as possible to a competition.

Thomas Röhler has been training for several months dedicated to perfecting his aim in the javelin throw before the big Olympic competition. The athlete, Known for having developed many innovative training methods with his trainer, he claims that “From October to April we throw balls against a tarp in the pavilion. In total, there are about five hundred balls per week of training. to my coach, Proud Schwuchow, came up with the idea of ​​simply projecting images of the competition venues on this canvas to better train visual orientation”.

The technology requirements are very special to achieve this, as Röhler explains: “We train in daylight and throw balls between 300 grams and 2 Kg. against a canvas at high speed and pressure. However, the image has to be clearly visible so that we can orient ourselves optically”.

To respond to the athlete's requirements, the idea of ​​using the Panasonic PT-MZ16KL laser projector was proposed.. How the Halle team has to disassemble after each training session, a compact device was chosen, but also powerful.

The competition light is simulated with a power of 16.000 lumens. The optics of the projector were chosen after 3D simulation, so that it would be installed optimally without disturbing the start-up. The shift of its lens is used to project the image in front of the approach path.

In big competitions, as in the case of the Olympic Games, Athletes perform very few test throws’ on site before participating in it, but thanks to the simulation with the projector it is possible for the athlete to adjust to the specific conditions foreseeable in each place.

Panasonic is also promoting a new level of analysis of camera launches Lumix FZ 2000 y AG-CX10, that capture videos in 4K resolution, which Thomas Röhler also uses in his training.

These cameras allow you to capture high resolution videos, share them immediately, play them and enlarge them so that the trainer can analyze the details of the movement on a television OLED 4K de Panasonic, thus facilitating and optimizing, athlete's training.

a motto: sharing the passion

Panasonic has supported the values ​​of the Olympic Games and live image transmission in almost all countries in the world such as Official global partner of audio and video equipment since the Calgary Olympic Games (Canada), in 1988, and since the year 2006 it is also of the Paralympic Games.

As he emphasizes Junichi Suzuki, CEO of Panasonic Europe, “With the technical support of Thomas Röhler and the young athletes on his team, we are building the company's Olympic history, which has included bringing the passion of sport to living rooms around the world with our knowledge and products for over thirty years. 'Sharing the passion’ It's not just an advertising slogan, but the drive and motivation to increasingly improve products and services, something very similar to the work of Thomas Röhler”.