{
  "id": 15926396,
  "title": "Elite athletes don't have better basic eyesight than amateurs, but superior dynamic visual-motor skills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/elite-athletes-dont-have-better-basic-eyesight-than-amateurs-but",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:40:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-elite-athletes-dont-basic-eyesight.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Top athletes do not have sharper eyesight than athletes who compete at lower levels. Their advantage lies in visual skills that have to work at speed. A study of 598 athletes, led by researchers at the Second Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, found that professionals outperformed nonprofessionals on 6 of 10 visual-motor measures, including depth perception, reaction time and…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}