What does it take to make an Olympic champion? It’s a question that hundreds of the world’s greatest athletes will be hoping they have the answer to in the run up to the Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
Most would assume that only hard work and dedication, built on a foundation of raw talent of course, could get you on top of that podium with gold slung round your neck, but just how important is that natural instinct?
It’s a question that the Edinburgh International Science Festival are asking tonight, in an event chaired by Paralympian Dr Dan Gordon and featuring a panel of experts made up of Scottish Marathon Champion Megan Crawford, geneticist Yannis Pitsiladis and sports psychologist Edward Coughlan.
