Cristiano Ronaldo Wears Fitness Ring – Not much can marry British royalty to competitive football and boxing, but Cristiano Ronaldo provided the missing link on Tuesday while training with his Portugal teammates.
Manchester United ace Ronaldo wore the distinctive Ōura ring – an unusual Finnish fitness device designed to track sleep, heart rate and brain function – as he exercised at Lisbon’s Cidade do Futebol.
The unusual accessory was first worn by Prince Harry during his trip to Australia with Duchess Of Sussex Meghan Markle in 2018.
The Duke of Sussex favoured Ōura’s state-of-the-art titanium sleep and activity tracker, described online as ‘the world’s most advanced wearable technology’.
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Main man: Not much can marry British royalty to competitive football and boxing, but Cristiano Ronaldo provided the missing link on Tuesday while training with his Portugal teammates
More recently former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wore a similar ring from the same brand during an appearance at UFC Fight Night on Saturday evening.
The London based bruiser initially prompted speculation that he had secretly married after wearing the ring on his wedding finger while posing alongside Dana White, Eddie Hearn, Derek Chisora and Frazer Clarke at the event.
Designed to track sleep and physical activities, the wearable electronic device works by taking constant readings of body temperature, heart rate and movement and feeds back to a smartphone app that allows the wearer to see the results.
Curious: The Manchester United ace wore the distinctive Ōura Ring
an unusual Finnish fitness device designed to track sleep, heart rate and brain function
Fitness first: Ronaldo appeared to be tracking his heart rate while preparing for Portugal’s World Cup qualifier against Turkey
The ring, which comes in four different colours – silver, black, stealth and gold – is available for $299 (£225).
In 2020 the National Basketball Association shared plans to reopen the league during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including asking players to wear smart rings that monitor symptoms of the virus.
The league shared its plan with players, coaches, and other staff in a 100-page memo titled ‘Life Inside the Bubble,’ which included having players wear the Ōura Ring.
Striking: The Duke of Sussex favoured Ōura’s state-of-the-art titanium sleep and activity tracker, described online as ‘the world’s most advanced wearable technology’
The ring was initially designed as a commercial device for people interested in monitoring their sleep quality, with access to biometric data collected collected overnight made accessible through a smartphone app.
In March 2020, Oura announced it would test its rings as a COVID-19 screening tool with healthcare workers in San Francisco, and in April, the company announced a nationwide testing program in partnership with West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.
Early results from the testing were promising, showing it can detect COVID-19 symptoms up to three days before symptoms appear with a 90% accuracy rating.
There it is: More recently former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wore a similar ring from the same brand during an appearance at UFC Fight Night on Saturday evening
