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New sports, COVID-19 and the heat: sports injuries and illnesses in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics

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2022

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Torbjørn Soligard, Debbie Palmer, Kathrin Steffen, Alexandre Días Lópes, Natalia Grek, Kentaro Onishi, Tomoyuki Shimakawa, Marie‐Elaine Grant, Margo Mountjoy, Richard Budgett,
British Journal of Sports Medicine

Abstract

Overall, 9% of the athletes incurred an injury and 4% an illness during the Games. Comprehensive countermeasures helped mitigate both COVID-19 and exertional heat illnesses.

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