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

Is technology able to make sports easier and more equal, or does it make competitions unfair and give people who can afford the tech a lot more advantage?

A way that technology can be fair is when the halo for Formula 1 was made. The tech was almost fully unbreakable and most people stopped dying or having serious injuries because of it. The halo was introduced in Formula 1 in 2018 as a compulsory safety measure to provide additional head protection for competitors in open-cockpit racing.

Another way that tech can be fair is Hawk-Eye innovations, an advanced, high-speed camera-based tracking system used in professional tennis to determine if a ball is in or out. It helps sports in some ways because games can be fairer and more accurate. Some flaws are that it doesn’t flow with normal tennis and a robot’s call makes it a bit creepier. Some people say that they don’t like it because it is taking away from the tradition.

Tech is not fair when:

• People use it to cheat.
• When it compromises the core values of competition.

In the 2025 Winter Olympics, there was a time when in one of the games, Marius Landvik and Johann Andre Forfang (the cheaters) used more tech to cheat the sports, but the competitors got banned from the skiing competition. This is an example of tech being used unfairly. If tech is to be used in sport, there must be rules that everyone should follow.