Athletes health in international sport federations main documents participating at 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo

The International Olympic Committee sets the direction for the development of sport, and international sports federations are responsible for incorporating that direction into their rules to maintain their presence at the Olympics. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, 33 international sports federations...

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Published in:Kinesiologia slovenica 2023-01, Vol.29 (1), p.30-48
Main Authors: Čuk, Ivan, Filipcic, Ales
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Data collection
Disease
Drugs & sports
Epidemiology
Horseback riding
Illnesses
Martial arts
Mountain biking
Olympic games
Paralympic Games
Respiratory system
Sports injuries
Womens health
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Summary:The International Olympic Committee sets the direction for the development of sport, and international sports federations are responsible for incorporating that direction into their rules to maintain their presence at the Olympics. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, 33 international sports federations represented with their sports. We have analyzed the statutes of 33 international sports federations based on the keywords "health", "medicine", "doping" and "injuries". Doping is mentioned in all major documents, health is omitted by 30% of federations, medicine is not mentioned by 21% of federations, and only eight international sports federations mention injuries, representing 24% of federations. From the data on doping and injuries in sports, we can conclude that doping is a minor problem compared to injuries. The main reason for acute and chronic injuries could be related to the technical rules for practicing the sport, not to the constitution. If the number of injuries is to be reduced, the technical rules should be changed first, as the injury statistics per sport show. Mednarodni olimpijski komite določa smer razvoja športa, mednarodne športne zveze so odgovorne za vključitev te usmeritve v svoja pravila za ohranitev prisotnosti na olimpijskih igrah. Na olimpijskih igrah v Tokiu 2021 je bilo 33 mednarodnih športnih zvez zastopano s svojimi športi. Analizirali smo statute 33 mednarodnih športnih zvez na podlagi ključnih besed "zdravje", "medicina", "doping" in "poškodbe". Doping je omenjen v vseh pomembnih dokumentih, zdravje ni omenjeno pri 30 % zvez, medicine ne omenja 21 % zvez, le osem mednarodnih športnih zvez omenja poškodbe, kar predstavlja 24 % zvez. Iz podatkov o dopingu in poškodbah v športu lahko sklepamo, da je doping manjša težava v primerjavi s poškodbami. Glavni razlog za nastanek enkratnih in ponavljajočih poškodb bi lahko bil povezan s tehničnimi pravili za udejstvovanje s športom in ne s statutom. Če želimo zmanjšati število poškodb, se morajo spremeniti tehnična pravila, kot kaže statistika poškodb po športih.
ISSN:1318-2269
2232-4062
DOI:10.52165/kinsi.29.1.30-48