The Winter Sport Administration Center of the State General Administration of Sport and RiGour, focusing on Hawkeye technology and whose products have been used in many professional competitions, reached an agreement for establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership on Jan 13 in Beijing.

Hawkeye is a technology widely used in competitions such as tennis and fencing to help with judgments through high speed video cameras.

RiGour owns the independent intellectual property rights of Hawkeye technology in China. The firm committed to devoting itself to serving winter sports in China and the Winter Olympic Games' preparation.

The Winter Sport Administration Center of the State General Administration of Sport and RiGour reach an agreement on the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership on Jan 13 in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadailycom.cn]

Specifically, the Hawkeye will be fully integrated into Olympic sports including ice hockey, curling, short track speed skating, and figure skating.

Jiang Shicai, deputy director of the Winter Sport Administration Center said, “Athletes can do better with high-tech preparation.”

"China's Hawkeye can not only capture details, but also evaluate the athletes’ postures, body positions, and skill moves through video recordings. Thus, coaches and athletes are able to more visually and comprehensively review their training data," said Li Xinyuan, CEO of RiGour.

Li added, "Take short track speed skating as an example; the Hawkeye is good at analyzing the athletes' tracks and identifies when they are at their best."

Li revealed that the first version of the Hawkeye, known as Snow Hawkeye, will be available for each national team in two or three months.