Infectious Diseases Outbreak Management Tool for endurance mass participation sporting events: an international effort to counteract the COVID-19 spread in the endurance sport setting

Endurance events are estimated to generate over US$3 billion/year in the USA alone.3 Taking the example of road running, 17.6 million people registered for road running events in the USA in 2019.4 Endurance sports, thanks to the competition format, allow elite and amateur athletes to compete togethe...

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Published in:British journal of sports medicine 2021-02, Vol.55 (3), p.181-182
Main Authors: Adami, Paolo Emilio, Cianca, John, McCloskey, Brian, Derman, Wayne, Steinacker, Juergen Michael, O'Connor, Francis, Migliorini, Sergio, Budgett, Richard, Yamasawa, Fumihiro, Lereim, Inggard, Bigard, Xavier, Troyanos, Chris, Garrandes, Frederic, Bermon, Stephane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisory Committees - organization & administration
Community
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 - transmission
cross-country skiing
cycling
Discussion
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Humans
Infectious diseases
Pandemics
Physical Endurance - physiology
Public health
Risk Assessment
Risk Reduction Behavior
Rowing
running
SARS-CoV-2
Sports
Sports - economics
Sports - physiology
Task forces
Trends
Triathlon
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Summary:Endurance events are estimated to generate over US$3 billion/year in the USA alone.3 Taking the example of road running, 17.6 million people registered for road running events in the USA in 2019.4 Endurance sports, thanks to the competition format, allow elite and amateur athletes to compete together, attracting large crowds of participants (e.g. Henley Royal Regatta, Vasaloppet, Gran Fondos, International Triathlon Union World Championship Grand Final). [...]the cessation of endurance events represents a huge societal loss. [...]endurance events planners and stakeholders were added as an advisory working group, to provide perspective and support to the medical task force. The tool provides a macroscopic, multisport perspective taking into consideration local health and safety regulations, the individual event’s characteristics and the local community needs.
ISSN:0306-3674
1473-0480
DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2020-103091