Athletes scaled new heights during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the addition of seven new sports, including karate and climbing.
But while overall injuries remained comparable to previous games, some of the new sports contributed a disproportionately large portion of them.
"This might largely be attributed to the extensive countermeasures put in place to mitigate COVID-19, effectively reducing transmission of COVID-19 and all respiratory infections," IOC sports scientist Torbjørn Soligard and colleaguesThe overall injury rate of 9 percent was similar to that of the Rio Games in 2016 , London 2012 , and Beijing in 2008 .
– from weather conditions, venue, track or equipment design to awareness and adherence to injury prevention training.
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