Category: Health
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Worried athletes urged to focus on mental health amid Olympic anxiety
A group of leading current and former athletes have urged their compatriots not to be “overwhelmed” by the uncertainty surrounding the Tokyo Olympic Games and Paralympic Games as the mammoth events struggle to stay on track in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent out late on Thursday by the Australian Institute…
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Barnes: Swimmer Penny Oleksiak navigated some rough water to become happier athlete and person
It was late July 2018 and Penny Oleksiak needed a mental reset, not a trip to the Pan Pacific Championships, for which she had just qualified during trials in Edmonton. So the Toronto-based swimmer who burst onto the scene so famously at the Rio Olympics two years earlier sought out Swimming Canada’s high performance director…
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Psychiatrist on how to stay connected despite social distancing
As bars and restaurants throughout the country shut their doors, the CDC recommends people stay home as much as possible to avoid the risk of catching and transmitting the coronavirus. The new precautions could make it difficult for most to socialize, but psychiatrist Dr. Sue Varma joins “CBS This Morning” to share how people can…
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Team Denmark Warns Against Extreme And Exhausting Training
Read Team Danmark (in Danish), I have tried to translate it here below: ‘There is very little information on how the coronavirus affects athletes in hard training. But athletes and everybody else should not be doing extremely exhausting training at the moment, as this can possibly result in an increased risk of infections.’ ‘Studies have…
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Can I go swimming? Is the DMV open? Your coronavirus questions answered
You have a lot of questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and we’re doing our best to get answers for you during our 7 p.m. newscast.
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‘Hopefully I would get it after I competed’: Campbell sisters would risk coronavirus for Olympic gold
Bronte Campbell said she would only withdraw from the Games under the most extreme of circumstances and if that meant catching coronavirus in Japan, that was a risk worth taking. She said the virus seemed to be spreading in any case, so the rewards were worthy of the gamble. “I don’t think that if they…
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Opinion: IOC Needs to Cancel the Olympics NOW
This is not what I usually do on this site, but feel that I have to speak out, as president of a tiny swimming federation, and as a fellow human being. Despite all good efforts made by federations and clubs around the world, canceling major meets and urging everyone to take care, I suspect that…
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Olympic Torch Relay Suspended in Greece Due to COVID-19
“The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) regrets very much that it has to announce the cancellation of the up-coming legs of the Greek leg of the Olympic Torch Relay. This is even more regrettable after the huge success of the relay during its first two days with big crowds gathering along the route and at the…
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What Swimmers Need to Know About the Coronavirus
Do swimmers need to worry about the coronavirus? We explain what the coronavirus is, if it can be transmitted in the pool, and what swimmers can do to stay safe and healthy.