Yet because of Covid the athletes will once again perform in front of much smaller audiences than normally expected. However, the pandemic has actually permitted psychologists to make an assessment as to whether an audience has an effect. They found that the men ran faster with an audience present but did not perform as well in shooting. They ran slower when an audience was present, but they performed better at shooting and had faster shooting times. This was the first time that a study was able to show a different effect of the audience on men and women.

Source: Express February 10, 2022 20:30 UTC