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The future Australian Olympic champions will be chosen according to genetic selection - so writes the "Daily Telegraph" newspaper published in Sydney. "Researchers at the Australian Institute of Sport and the Department of Genetic Research at Prince Alfred Hospital located two genes that significantly affect physical strength and endurance," the newspaper wrote. "And these two components, related to the muscles and the heart, could be used to locate future sports stars and direct them to the field in which they may excel."
Australia finished the Athens Olympics in fourth place, with 49 medals, including 17 gold medals. An impressive achievement, considering the fact that the country's population is about 20 million. It managed to get Japan, Germany and France, equally developed countries with a much larger population. However, the Australians fear that they will not be able to maintain their status for much longer. An official told the "Daily Telegraph" that "if the country wants to continue to belong to the group of the most sporting nations, it must use the best scientific and medical research, including genetic research."
"The Australian state commission that studied the legal and ethical implications of the procedure sides with it," the newspaper wrote. According to Prof. David Weisbrot, chairman of the committee, "this genetic technology is the way to be adopted to locate the next generation of superstars. We made proper use of technology to build sailing ships, which sailed faster and faster, to build more sophisticated tennis rackets. Why, then, not do the same for athletes?”
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