A Comparison of Two Commercial Swim Bench Ergometers in Determining Maximal Aerobic Power and Correlation to a Paddle Test in a Recreational Surfing Cohort by James Furness, Linley Bertacchini, Lisa Hicklen, Dane Monaghan, Elisa Canetti, Mike Climstein

“…The recent addition of surfing to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has fueled a surge in commercial and research interest in understanding the physiological demands of the sport. …”
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Necessity and challenges for the post-pandemic Hangzhou Asian Games: An interdisciplinary data science assessment by Jianwei Guo, Jianwei Guo, Xiangning Zhang, Xiangning Zhang, Dandan Cui, Dandan Cui

“…For challenges, we used Johns Hopkins COVID-19 data and Tokyo 2020 Olympic data to quantify the past impact of the pandemic on elite sport by another correlation analysis between pandemic variables and the change in the weighted score of medal share (CWSMS), built a transferable linear regression model, transferred the model to Jakarta 2018 Asian Games data, and eventually forecasted the possible impact of the pandemic on the results of the Hangzhou Asian Games.ResultsThe proportion of gold medal countries in the Asian Games showed a long-term upward trend (Pearson r(7) = 0.849, p < 0.05), and the share of medals won by Asian countries showed a significant increasing process (Pearson r(6) = 0.901, p < 0.05). …”
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Emotional Reactions and Adaptation to COVID-19 Lockdown (or Confinement) by Spanish Competitive Athletes: Some Lesson for the Future by José Carlos Jaenes Sánchez, José Carlos Jaenes Sánchez, David Alarcón Rubio, Manuel Trujillo, Rafael Peñaloza Gómez, Amir Hossien Mehrsafar, Andrea Chirico, Francesco Giancamilli, Fabio Lucidi

“…The world of sport has obviously been severely affected by the pandemic, as authorities progressively canceled all level of competitions, including the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. In Spain, the initial government-lockdown closed the Sports High-performance Centers, and many other sports facilities. …”
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How sport teaches values? The specific ability of intense bodily commitment to enhance norm adherence by Tess Kate Schweizer, Maxime Mauduy, Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor, Nicolas Margas

“…European Psychologist, 18(3), 191–202. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000155 International Olympic Committee. (2020). Olympic Charter. International Olympic Committee. https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/General/EN-Olympic-Charter.pdf Jonas, E., Kayser, D., Martens, A., Fritsche, I., Sullivan, D., & Greenberg, J. (2008). …”
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