Athletes as community; athletes in community: covid-19, sporting mega-events and athlete health protection

Affiliations

¹ Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK rm537@exeter.ac.uk.
² Centre for Qualitative Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
³ Politics and Government, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA.
⁴ Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

Editorial

Robert H Mann et al. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;54(18):1071-1072.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102433. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

¹ Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK rm537@exeter.ac.uk.
² Centre for Qualitative Research, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
³ Politics and Government, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, USA.
⁴ Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.

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Keywords: olympics; performance; public health; sporting organisation; surveillance.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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