Potential use of new cooling technologies during Tokyo 2020 Olympics and associated ethical dilemmas

Muñiz-Pardos, Borja; Angeloudis, Konstantinos; Guppy, Fergus; Tanisawa, Kumpei; Hosokawa, Yuri; Ash, Garrett I.; Schobersberger, Wolfgang; Grundstein, Andrew; Bargoria, Victor; Go, Lwande; Ombaka, James; Ergen, Emin; Yamasawa, Fumihiro; Racinais, Sébastien; Casa, Douglas J.; Pitsiladis, Yannis

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2021-104014

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“…Additionally, the sensors/technology allowed to be used during competition, if providing a competitive advantage, will have to be accessible to all competitors to allow for fairness and equity during competition. These and other issues were discussed further by our team in a recent editorial [47].…”

Section: Adidas Road To Records: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…This represented the first concerted effort involving academic and industry partners to systematically implement real-time wearable solutions to protect the health of athletes competing in major sporting events conducted in hot and humid environments such as were seen at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and transmitting the athlete's bioenergetic response in real time. The idea to implement wearable technologies and real-time monitoring of different athletes and sports emerged from discussions by members of the Adverse Weather Impact Expert Working Group created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to proactively protect the health of athletes competing in Tokyo 2020 given that the environmental conditions in Tokyo were predicted to be extreme [16,18].…”

Section: Tokyo 2020mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The two sporting events we review here will also help highlight some of the potential ethical considerations for governing bodies, sports organisers, the labour market/ industry and the medical field in general [7,15,16], with, for example, many unresolved issues relating to data protection such as ownership and confidentiality. Nevertheless, these concerns should not be used to block the use of such technology.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A growing number of companies are developing or using wearable sensor technologies that can monitor, analyse and transmit data from humans in real time that can be used by the sporting, biomedical and media industries. To explore this phenomenon, we describe and review two high-profile sporting events where innovations in wearable technologies were trialled: the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games (Tokyo 2020, Japan) and the 2022 adidas Road to Records (Germany). These two major sporting events were the first time academic and industry partners came together to implement real-time wearable solutions during major competition, to protect the health of athletes competing in hot and humid environments, as well as to better understand how these metrics can be used moving forwards. Despite the undoubted benefits of such wearables, there are well-founded concerns regarding their use including: (1) limited evidence quantifying the potential beneficial effects of analysing specific parameters, (2) the quality of hardware and provided data, (3) information overload, (4) data security and (5) exaggerated marketing claims. Employment and sporting rules and regulations also need to evolve to facilitate the use of wearable devices. There is also the potential to obtain real-time data that will oblige medical personnel to make crucial decisions around whether their athletes should continue competing or withdraw for health reasons. To protect athletes, the urgent need is to overcome these ethical/data protection concerns and develop wearable technologies that are backed by quality science. The fields of sport and exercise science and medicine provide an excellent platform to understand the impact of wearable sensors on performance, wellness, health, and disease.

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Section: Adidas Road To Records: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Tokyo 2020mentioning

confidence: 99%