Many of us have successfully pursued a degree in computer science and defended a thesis. Probably, some theses were related to sport programming and could be interesting to the community. There are two well-known papers: dynamic 2-connectivity by Burunduk1 and recent eertree (palindromic tree) by droptable. There are definitely some others. Let's share!
A somewhat related thread: https://www.quora.com/Where-are-the-medalists-of-2000-2005-ACM-ICPC-finals-now. Many of the past ACMers who went into academia are mentioned there and their corresponding thesis titles can be found by searching their name.