contained in the 40-page report<\/a> he will receive could prove invaluable in providing insight that leads to tweaks in his nutrition and training regime.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749813130_359_\")
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Jah-Nhai Perinchief is benefiting from genetic testing (Photograph by Alastair Grant\/AP)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not like Jah-Nhai has less talent than any of his competitors, but they may have more support,\u201d Weldon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow with these insights Jah-Nhai will know exactly what is under the hood and he can optimise his training, his nutrition and his recovery to up his game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe recovery section has proved a big hit with athletes, and the data covers your injury risk, optimum recovery time, inflammation markers \u2014 all key pieces of information. But we don\u2019t just give you the information and leave you with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe give you all the data and it\u2019s 40 pages long. But the reason it is so long is that we go through the science, what it means and give you the references and links to the science so you can check it out for yourself. It\u2019s about empowering athletes to know their bodies and how to work out in their daily routine.\u201d<\/p>\n
While elite athletes have already chosen their sporting path, the test could help talented teenagers identify the sport that most reflects their genetic profile and help them to make the choice of speciality.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour DNA is the cards you are dealt with, but the way you play those cards is up to you \u2014 and that is what this is about,\u201d Weldon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody is very different and it is now pretty much recognised in medicine that the one-size-fits-all approach does not work.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tailor medical treatment to the individual and this testing will lead to all of us, and particularly sportspeople, doing the same for lifestyle and physical activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
But while your DNA profile may help inform decisions, it is also important to ensure that it does not define you. Weldon has learnt from elite athletes who have taken the test \u2014 such as cyclist Caitlin Conyers and tennis player Gavin Manders \u2014 that it cannot be used in isolation.<\/p>\n
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Carika Weldon, the founder of CariGenetics (File photograph)<\/p>\n
\u201cCaitlin Conyers had this test and said, \u2018I definitely didn\u2019t get this sport from my parents\u2019.\u201d Weldon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe results may not have shown her that she should have gone into cycling, but it means that her intense dedication helped her to perhaps overcome the physical challenges that showed up in her DNA.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe opposite is true for Gavin Manders. He\u2019s from a very sporty family and that was reflected in the genetics. So as a parent, it is useful to see what your child may genetically be expected to be good at, but that does not mean that they shouldn\u2019t try other things because they may still love it and find something they are passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Weldon has held preliminary talks with a number of national sports governing bodies and is hoping to bring on board some sponsors in the hope that as many of Bermuda\u2019s athletes as possible can benefit from the test.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had conversations with the Bermuda Football Association and the Bermuda Cricket Board,\u201d Weldon said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of our national team players have full-time jobs and this could really help them be more efficient. If there are any corporations who want to sponsor athletes and teams to take the test, we are willing partners and will be happy to talk to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 For more information on the Fitness DNA Test and an example of a genetic testing report, visit the CariGenetics website atcarigenetics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Genetic testing could unlock potential for budding sport stars Think of genetic testing in sports and the likelihood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3846],"tags":[267,70,32744,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-180926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-spotlight","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114675761082867338","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}