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World Health Day: How the Olympic Games help keep …

The Olympic Games create wide-ranging benefits that can help their hosts adopt healthier and more sustainable lifestyles – often long before the Games begin, and long after they end. To celebrate World Health Day on April 7 – which this year focuses on keeping people and the planet healthy – we look at how past and future Games are helping create healthier environments for their host

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World Health Day: How sport and the Olympic Games …

WEBTo mark World Health Day 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is highlighting the role that sport and the Olympic Games can play in fostering healthy …

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How sport can have a positive impact on mental and …

WEBSport benefits: Both the physical and mental. While the physical benefits are numerous (more on that below), the UK's National Health Service (NHS) report that …

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The benefits of swimming: a beginner’s guide Olympic …

WEBSwimming is brilliant for both physical and mental health, with the list including weight loss, stress-relief and reduced risk of heart disease. While we can’t promise you’ll be as fast …

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IOC MENTAL HEALTH IN ELITE ATHLETES TOOLKIT

WEBIOC Mental Health in Elite Athletes Toolkit Foreword by Uğur Erdener, Sergey Bubka and Kirsty Coventry The well-being of athletes has always been and will always be the top …

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Simone Biles on her new role: mental health advocate

WEBSimone BILES Artistic Gymnastics. (2021 Getty Images) Simone Biles finds herself in a role she never imagined: mental health advocate. When the seven-time Olympic artistic …

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Winter Olympic athletes speak out about mental health

WEBTaking a break and thinking positively to help mental health recover. Japan's Kagiyama Yuma, the men's figure skating champion from the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth …

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Leading the way on athlete mental health

WEBThe IOC has been leading the way on athlete mental health and published a Consensus Paper in 2019 to guide athlete support measures in the Olympic Movement. Mental …

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Supporting athletes’ mental health on and off the field of …

WEBThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) has put tools and initiatives in place to support athletes’ mental health and well-being, including: the educational, …

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Medical and Scientific

WEBFind here information on medical and scientific educational events organized by the IOC for healthcare professionals, researchers, and athletes. These events cover a range of …

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Olympic Day: Athletes share essential exercise tips and healthy

WEBOlympic Day 2023: Athletes share essential exercise tips and healthy lifestyle recommendations for all. Yoga, skipping, squats, mid-day naps, and ancient …

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Tackling mental health in Olympic sport

WEBFrom Michael Phelps’s candid disclosures about his struggles with depression following the Olympic Games London 2012, to Lindsey Vonn’s openness in …

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Gymnast Ellie Black on how her new floor routine depicts a …

WEB"The routine is basically about the past few years, which have been tough," Canadian gymnast Ellie Black told Olympics.com after performing her stand-out …

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Medical and Scientific Commission

WEBThe Medical and Scientific Commission’s mission is to provide a guiding reference for all other sports organisations on matters relating to the protection of the health of athletes. …

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Jade Carey wins all-around, Suni Lee impresses at 2024 American …

WEBNever count out an Olympic champion. Tokyo 2020 Olympic gymnastics champions Jade Carey and Suni Lee showed their prowess Saturday (27 April) at the …

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Life after sport: Why Athletes need to prepare

WEBThe first four steps deal with mapping out your past experiences, current situation, and perceived future. The final step focuses on integrating their past, present, and projected …

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IOC Mental Health in Elite Athletes Toolkit

WEBThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport Mental Health Assessment Tool 1 (SMHAT-1) is a standardised assessment tool aiming to identify, at an early stage, elite …

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IOC publishes new Consensus Statement on Relative Energy …

WEBIOC publishes new Consensus Statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) to protect athlete health. A new International Olympic Committee (IOC) …

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Michael Phelps opens up about mental health

WEBThose roadblocks included struggles with mental health, a topic the champion swimmer has spent much of his time since retiring after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio discussing. “I …

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Shooting: Mary Tucker on her Olympic tattoos, mental health

WEBMary Tucker knew she was breaking the rules.. But when the Olympic Summer Games Tokyo 2020 were pushed back to 2021, Tucker had already made her plans to …

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2024 ICU Cheerleading Junior World & World Championships, …

WEBEnjoy one of the biggest cheer events of the year in Orlando. Athletes from all over the world will be competing for the global crown with stunning performances.

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