Can technology make sports more equal, or does it only widen the gap between competitors?

Throughout the Winter Olympics, there have been a few cases of competitors using technology to gain an unfair advantage, and I believe this only widens the gap between countries.

One example that supports my opinion is that tech is not only used in the winter games, but at other times too. For example, in August 2025, there was a ski-suit scandal where Norwegians snuck reinforced threads into their suits. Because of this, they were disqualified, showing that technology is being used to widen the gap.

On the other hand, athletes can cheat without the use of technology as we saw in the curling event where Canadian curler Marc Kennedy was accused by Sweden of double tapping the stone (which was found to be true according to news reports from the BBC). However, the majority of cheating scandals have involved unfair advantages from using tech.

A second example that supports my opinion is the fact that some players and countries use different types of technology which are hard to spot, for instance, in one of the Australian ashes events, a player used sandpaper on the ball to make it harder for the batsman. Although there are some occasions where technology helps sport (like Video Assisted Referees and Hawk Eye in tennis games), it results in putting people out of a job, making careers more difficult.

In conclusion, I think that technology needs to be carefully reviewed for equality so that gaps are prevented.