"In 2008, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) implemented a multi-sport injury surveillance system and recorded the number of participants and injuries for most Olympic events. At each Olympics, the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) collates data on injuries. The data was collated for both the summer and winter Olympics. A study by Casinority gathered data from four Summer Games and calculated the most dangerous summer disciplines."
"At SnowBrains, we are naturally keen to know what that data would look like for the Winter Games. We compared data from the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Games, collated by Dr. Torbjørn Soligard and Lars Engerbretsen, to #5: Aerials - 25.2% #4: Snowboard Slopestyle - 27.1% #3: Snowboard Cross - 27.6% #2: Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe - 27.7% #1: Freestyle Skiing Big Air - 28.0%"
The International Olympic Committee implemented a multi-sport injury surveillance system in 2008, and the British Journal of Sports Medicine collates injury data for each Olympics. Data from the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Games were compared. The five disciplines with the highest proportions of athletes injured were Freestyle Skiing Big Air (28.0%), Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe (27.7%), Snowboard Cross (27.6%), Snowboard Slopestyle (27.1%), and Aerials (25.2%). Percentages reflect the share of athletes who sustained injuries, not injury severity. Several disciplines have limited data points or outlier years that can skew averages, including an aerials year with 48.8% injured and Big Air having only one data point.
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