Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Do protective policies in elite sports safeguard athletes?

With the 2024 Summer Olympics around the corner, all eyes are on Paris. Over 10 thousand of the best athletes from around the world will gather to compete in 32 sports, push the boundaries of athletic achievement and break records along the way. But behind the athletes, their tremendous skill and accomplishments are protective policies designed to protect athlete health, well-being and the spirit of fair play. Think age-eligibility restrictions, anti-doping policies and Paralympic classification, which determines which athletes with disabilities can compete against each other. In her new book, “Regulating Bodies: Elite Sport Policies and Their Unintended Consequences,” Jaime Read More

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