Niels Bohr should know something about reactions and reaction times - in 1905 he played professional football (soccer) for Akademisk Boldklub, playing goalkeeper.
I can't tell if you're joking or not ... are you? Given the context it seems odd that you should interpret the anecdotes as being entirely serious and make such a serious comment, but perhaps I'm just having a sarcasm-detect failure ...
It's dual-purpose. Anyone who thought the article was tongue-in-cheek can assume that I too am being light-hearted. Anyone who thinks the article took Bohr's results seriously can take my comment seriously. Between the dry humor of Brits and the general idiocy of science reporting, I don't think there's any way to tell which is more appropriate.