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

In the past, people had the ability to cheat but in modern days it has become harder to as technology has developed and been introduced into sporting activities to help recognise possible fouls and errors that cannot possibly be spotted by the naked eye (or the referee may have missed).

The Canadian Winter Olympics team have been accused of cheating in many winter sports, for example by double hitting in curling, but what is the point of cheating? High risk, high reward, but the risk is harder to accomplish than the actual winning part. In the winter games, there are recording cameras that would be able to be used to re-watch footage and slow it down or speed it up, therefore making it easier to identify cheating. There is where technology helps close the gap and is vital.

In tennis, we no longer use line judges; now they have been removed and replaced, again showing that technology is evolving and can be used to ensure fairness. Despite this, some believe technology has widened the gap between players. Sports used to be competitive, but people would show good sportsmanship, whereas now people come to win only and will do anything in their power to win – even if it means risking getting disqualified through using technology for illegal advantages.

In conclusion, I think some of the first recorded Olympic games may have had many manipulators who would cheat to win, and if technology had been used then, it would have made the games fairer.