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The London Games are full of surprises: the queen’s grand entrance with 007, Japan’s victory over China in women’s volleyball, and what about those colorful strips of tape arranged in strange, hieroglyphic patterns on so many athletes’ bodies? Do they represent a new, cutting edge medical technology that boosts athletic performance by a minuscule but possibly critical margin, or are they just the latest fad in the sports world because magnetic bracelets are so 2008? While it’s clear that many athletes think the tape offers benefits, a scientific review of the data concludes otherwise.
