Su Zhaohui, McDonnell Dean, Cheshmehzangi Ali, Ahmad Junaid, Šegalo Sabina, Pereira da Veiga Claudimar, Xiang Yu-Tao
Center on Smart and Connected Health Technologies, Mays Cancer Center, School of Nursing, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Department of Humanities, Institute of Technology Carlow, Carlow, R93 V960, Ireland.
Brain Behav Immun Health. 2022 Mar;20:100424. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100424. Epub 2022 Feb 1.
The Beijing, 2022 Olympics will be the second Games held amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the unique circumstances the 2022 Games face-the Omicron spread, high virus transmissibility in winters, and uncertainties about vaccine efficacy and future variants of concern, safety measures amid the Beijing, 2022 Games will be one of the most intricate among large international events held during the pandemic. To ensure athletes' health, safety, and ability to participate in the Games, the organizers have introduced the Olympic COVID-free "bubble" protection ecosystem, in which COVID-free athletes could stay and be protected from potential infections that could upend their Games plans, if not their career as well. However, while staying in the "bubble" is key for athletes' health and success, there is a lack of insights on factors that might prevent athletes from continuing their scheduled Olympic journey as scheduled. To shed light on the issue, based on Beijing, 2022 Olympic Playbooks and most up-to-date guidance issued, this article and its accompanying infographic were developed to illustrate factors that could influence athletes' ability to join and stay in the "bubble", participate in the Games, and further build their career. Furthermore, we also adapted and integrated easy-to-adopt mental health de-stress techniques recommended by the World Health Organization to help athletes better thrive amid the Beijing, 2022 Winter Olympics, in or outside of the "bubble".
2022年北京冬奥会将是在新冠疫情期间举办的第二届奥运会。由于2022年冬奥会面临着独特的情况——奥密克戎毒株传播、冬季病毒传播性高以及疫苗效力和未来关注变种的不确定性，2022年北京冬奥会期间的安全措施将是疫情期间举办的大型国际赛事中最为复杂的之一。为确保运动员的健康、安全以及参赛能力，组织者引入了奥运“闭环”防疫保护生态系统，在此系统中，未感染新冠病毒的运动员可以在此停留并免受可能破坏其比赛计划甚至职业生涯的潜在感染。然而，虽然身处“闭环”对运动员的健康和取得佳绩至关重要，但对于可能阻碍运动员按计划继续其奥运之旅的因素，我们却缺乏了解。为阐明这一问题，本文及其附带的信息图表依据2022年北京冬奥会手册以及发布的最新指南编写而成，旨在说明可能影响运动员进入并留在“闭环”、参加比赛以及进一步发展其职业生涯的因素。此外，我们还改编并整合了世界卫生组织推荐的易于采用的心理健康减压技巧，以帮助运动员在2022年北京冬奥会期间，无论身处“闭环”之内还是之外，都能更好地蓬勃发展。
